BEIJING, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Taktser Rinpoche, the pro-independence eldest brother of the Dalai Lama, has died in his U.S. home, a family member and a Tibet advocacy group said on Saturday. He was 86. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraq will seek an explanation from U.S. officials about a report asserting the United States spied on Iraqi officials, including Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi government spokesman said on Friday. ... > full story
KHARTOUM/JUBA, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — In a dusty church in Khartoum's Jeberona camp for displaced persons, the congregation claps and sings beneath a portrait of a smiling woman who has become a focus of hope for a divided country. ... > full story
SYDNEY, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — A former priest has been charged with 93 child sex offences stemming from an alleged paedophile ring at a Catholic boy's school, police said on Wednesday. ... > full story
BEIJING, Sep. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — A spell in hospital by the Dalai Lama highlights enormous complexities likely to arise when the 73-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner does pass away. ... > full story
TEHRAN, Sep. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — The Iranian air force will hold wargames during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which began in Iran on Tuesday, a military commander said. ... > full story
ROME, Sep. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Freed French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt hugged Pope Benedict on Monday and told him how she was overcome with emotion when she heard him appeal for her freedom on a radio broadcast during her seven years of captivity in the jungle. ... > full story
BRUSSELS, Sep. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — EU leaders meet in an extraordinary session on Monday to try to unite behind a strong response to Russia's actions in Georgia, but Moscow warned it would hit back at any threat to its interests at home or abroad. ... > full story
JAMMU, India, Aug. 31, 2008 (Reuters) — Hindus in Indian Kashmir called off their two-month protest after the government allowed them temporary use of land at the centre of a religious row for an annual pilgrimage, officials said on Sunday. ... > full story
DHARAMSALA, Aug. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Thousands of Tibetans in India fasted and prayed for peace in Tibet on Saturday and their leader, the Dalai Lama, participated from his hospital bed in Mumbai. ... > full story
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Not a job for the military Sep. 1, 2008 (Baltimore Sun) — When natural disasters strike, getting food, fresh water, blankets and medical supplies to the affected areas quickly can mean the difference ...
Cowen to attend EU talks on Georgia crisis Sep. 1, 2008 (The Sunday Business Post, Ireland) — Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin will attend an extraordinary European Council in Brussels today to discuss the ...
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