BRUSSELS, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — NATO agreed on Tuesday to gradually resume contacts with Russia suspended after Moscow's intervention in Georgia, and put off a decision on putting Ukraine and Georgia on formal membership tracks. ... > full story
NEW DELHI, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was flying to New Delhi on Tuesday to try to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks and put at risk U.S. counterterrorism efforts in the region. ... > full story
TOKYO, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Support for Japan's gaffe-prone prime minister, Taro Aso, tumbled by a third to 31 percent in a survey published Monday, as he struggles to rescue the economy from recession and keep his ruling party from unraveling. ... > full story
DHAKA, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Nearly 2,500 candidates have submitted nominations to contest parliamentary elections in Bangladesh on December 29, poll officials said Monday. ... > full story
ZENICA, Bosnia, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Daniel Marinic, a convicted murderer, is a victim of Bosnia's ethnic rivalries: he must remain in a prison unit for convicts with psychiatric disorders even though his imprisonment is against the law. ... > full story
TIJUANA, Mexico, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Nine decapitated bodies were discovered on Sunday in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, a hot spot in an increasingly gruesome war between drug cartels. ... > full story
BUCHAREST, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Romania's opposition Social Democrat Party (PSD) appeared to have won Sunday's parliamentary election, according to exit polls, reducing chances for a revival of EU-mandated anti-corruption reforms if it manages to form a government. ... > full story
CARACAS, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday urged supporters to work on a constitutional reform that would let him stay in office as long he keeps winning elections, a year after voters narrowly rejected this same proposal in a referendum. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.N. envoy to Iraq said on Sunday that militants will try but will fail to disrupt the country's provincial elections on January 31. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Israel approved on Sunday the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners in a bid to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his power struggle with Hamas Islamists who control the Gaza Strip. ... > full story
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Venezuela's regional elections Nov. 27, 2008 (Economist) — RARELY can a round of regional elections have been presented in such an apocalyptic fashion. Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president, told his followers ...
Party weighs unlimited Chavez rule Nov. 25, 2008 (Al Jazeera) — Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, has said that his party could seek to amend the constitution to provide unlimited presidential rule.. . The ...
Venezuela Polls Open For Elections Of Governors, Mayors Nov. 23, 2008 (Morningstar) — Polls opened across Venezuela on Sunday in elections for governors and mayors seen as a popularity test for leftist President Hugo Chavez, one year ...
Venezuela: Contradictions in Style Nov. 20, 2008 (RGE Monitor) — With less than a week to go until the regional elections, many investors are expecting President Hugo Chavez to suffer a major defeat ...
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