MOGADISHU, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — The United Nations should send peacekeepers to Somalia urgently to stop the strife that is fuelling piracy and is being aggravated by feuding politicians, the African Union's top diplomat said on Thursday. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visits to Venezuela and Cuba during a week-long trip to Latin America look set to irk Washington, highlighting a foreign policy challenge facing President-elect Barack Obama. ... > full story
CARACAS, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Still popular after a decade in power, President Hugo Chavez aims to consolidate his hold on Venezuela in tight state elections on Sunday that may give him a platform to speed up his socialist "revolution." ... > full story
VIENNA, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — An inquiry by the U.N. nuclear watchdog into alleged atom bomb research by Iran has degenerated into a silent standoff a few months after Tehran asserted "the matter is over," U.N. officials said on Wednesday. ... > full story
GENEVA, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Russia and Georgia started talks on Wednesday to resolve tensions over breakaway regions that led to a war in August, and one senior official predicted negotiations could take years. ... > full story
KHIMKI, Russia, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — A Russian reporter who is in a coma after a savage beating told the authorities a week ago he had received threats to his life because of his investigative reporting, a friend told Reuters Tuesday. ... > full story
TEHRAN, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — Iran is aiming to commission its first nuclear power plant in 2009 after years of delays, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday. ... > full story
ANKARA, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — Russia's Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Tuesday he was concerned by what he called Georgia's efforts to boost its military potential, adding this could have bigger consequences than August's conflict. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — Lootings and kidnappings along Georgia's de facto border with separatist South Ossetia are stopping more than 20,000 people from returning home, human rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday. ... > full story
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — Bolivia's left-wing President Evo Morales said on Monday he wanted improved ties with the incoming U.S. administration of Barack Obama but ruled out having U.S. anti-drug agents resume work under his rule. ... > full story
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Little headway in Iran nuclear probe: UN watchdog Nov. 19, 2008 (The Raw Story) — Iran is still defying UN demands to suspend uranium enrichment and not cooperating with investigations into claims that its nuclear programme has a ...
Paulson unlikely to tap rest of bailout: report Nov. 17, 2008 (The Raw Story) — US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in an interview Monday he would likely leave the remainder of a 700 billion dollar finance sector bailout ...
Long lines form early as voters finally decide Nov. 17, 2008 (ABC 26 New Orleans (WGNO)) — Long lines have formed as polls open in Eastern states as Barack Obama's bid to become the first black president faced the final test of his ...
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