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
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Gay rights groups and newspaper editorials on Tuesday condemned the Vatican for its decision to oppose a proposed U.N. resolution calling on governments worldwide to de-criminalize homosexuality. ... > full story
BEIJING, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — China warned French President Nicolas Sarkozy to call off a planned meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying on Tuesday that it was up to Sarkozy to create the right conditions for putting China-EU relations back on track. ... > full story
HEBRON, West Bank, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Jewish settlers and Palestinians threw stones in clashes Monday that injured five in the West Bank city of Hebron where Jews want to stop the eviction of 13 settler families, witnesses said. ... > full story
BOSASSO, Somalia, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Somali pirates have agreed to release a Yemeni cargo ship without ransom after successful negotiations between the hijackers, local elders and a Yemeni official, a local official said Monday. ... > full story
KUWAIT, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Kuwait's ruler has accepted the resignation of the government in a bid to end a crisis with parliament, but reappointed his nephew as prime minister, the speaker of the assembly said on Monday. ... > full story
JOS, Nigeria, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Authorities in the central Nigerian town of Jos may relax a curfew Monday after the army quelled clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs which killed hundreds of people. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Gunmen killed three policemen and a passerby in Dagestan in southern Russia on Sunday, news agencies said, a region where increased violence could destabilize the whole country. ... > 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
HEBRON, West Bank, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — Jewish settlers and Palestinians hurled stones at each other in the West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday before Israeli soldiers separated the two sides, the army and Palestinian witnesses said. ... > full story
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Pirate ransom agreed on Dec. 1, 2008 (Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA) — The saga over a pirated Ukrainian freighter stuffed with weapons may finally be coming to an end.. . Andrew Mwangura, who as head of a Kenyan ...
Tanker 'will be freed without ransom' Dec. 1, 2008 (The Mercury, Australia) — SOMALI President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed says a Saudi oil tanker seized by Somali pirates will be freed soon without a ransom.. . "It is not true ...
Pirates may cost shipping industry big Dec. 1, 2008 (IOL, South Africa) — Related Articles Is military the only solution to piracy?Indian warship fights off piratesPirates seize luxury yacht . Japan's shipping industry ...
Somali pirates to release Yemeni cargo ship without ransom Dec. 1, 2008 (GulfNews, United Arab Emirates) — A Yemeni cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates is due to be released without ransom following negotiations between hijackers, local elders and ...
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