ISLAMABAD, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Members of Pakistan's parliament and four provincial assemblies began voting in a presidential election on Saturday to choose a replacement for Pervez Musharraf, who resigned last month. ... > full story
BEIJING, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — The United States remains willing to remove North Korea from a list of terror-sponsoring states as soon as the North agrees rules to check its nuclear disclosures, Washington's envoy in disarmament talks said on Saturday. ... > 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
KIEV, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney appealed to Ukraine's divided leaders on Friday to unite and forge closer links with the West, pledging Washington's support for Kiev to join the NATO military alliance. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The Bush administration will withdraw a civilian nuclear pact with Russia soon as a penalty for its invasion of Georgia last month, a State Department official said on Friday. ... > 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
WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The Iraqi government has asked for information about buying 36 F-16 fighter aircraft built by Lockheed Martin Corp, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Al Qaeda remains a dangerous force in Iraq despite a general decline in violence and U.S. troops must continue to confront the militant group, the outgoing top U.S. general in the country said. ... > 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
WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The United States has spied on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders, according to U.S. journalist Bob Woodward's fourth book on President George W. Bush, The Washington Post reported on Friday. ... > full story
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Russia backed over Georgia, angry at US Sep. 5, 2008 (The Bulletin Online) — Russia has won backing over Georgia from six heads of ex-Soviet states and hit out at the United States for sending a navy flagship to a key ...
Abkhazia set for recognition agreement Sep. 5, 2008 (United Press International) — Officials in the breakaway republic of Abkhazia say they will officially recognize the province of Kosovo if leaders there recognize their ...
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