TRIPOLI, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi -- once reviled as a "mad dog" by a U.S. president -- on Friday on a historic visit which she said proved that Washington had no permanent enemies. ... > full story
LUANDA, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Angola's first election for 16 years goes into an unscheduled second day on Saturday after opposition parties condemned the vote as chaotic and demanded a re-run. ... > full story
DUBAI, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Al Qaeda issued new threats against Denmark in an Internet video released on Friday, saying an attack on the Danish embassy in Pakistan was the start of its retaliation for perceived insults to the Prophet Mohammad. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was quoted as saying on Friday that he doubted a full peace deal with Israel could be reached this year and urged the next U.S. administration to continue negotiations. ... > full story
HERAT, Afghanistan, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Two civilians were among eight people killed in a U.S.-led coalition operation in western Afghanistan on Friday, the U.S. military said, the latest in a mounting toll of civilian deaths that has outraged Afghans. ... > full story
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — At least five people were killed on Friday in a missile attack by a suspected U.S. drone in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, in a stepped up campaign against militants near the Afghan border. ... > full story
SRINAGAR, India, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Thousands of Muslims staged sit-in protests in parts of Indian Kashmir on Friday, resuming demonstrations against New Delhi's rule in the disputed Himalayan region after a three-day break, witnesses said. ... > full story
GENEVA, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The United States risks a Srebrenica-style massacre if its forces in Iraq hand over responsibility for more than 3,000 exiled opposition Iranians to Iraqi authorities, an international lawyers' group has said. ... > full story
BEIJING, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Discontent over a banned investment scheme erupted into two days of clashes between residents and security forces in a small city in southern China, according to reports on Friday. ... > full story
MANILA, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Philippine Muslim guerrillas halted a United Nations convoy and seized food supplies intended for tens of thousands of people displaced by weeks of fighting on a southern island, police said on Friday. ... > full story
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Aide denies possible meeting between Abbas, Mashaal Sep. 5, 2008 (Xinhua News Agency) — An aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday denied reports that the president will meet Hamas' politburo chief Khaled Mashaal at the ...
Civilian death toll puts strain on U. S. relations Sep. 5, 2008 (Buffalo News) — President Hamid Karzai said a deadly raid on a village by American and Afghan commandos has put new strain on relations with the United States and ...
Energetic intervention Sep. 5, 2008 (Haaretz) — The story broke in late July that the German company SPG (Steiner-Prematechnik-Gastec) had signed a 100-million euro deal with Iran to build three ...
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