Thursday, 19 March 2015 @ 17:09
Monks brave teargas and gunfire to challenge generals' grip on Burma
Buddhist monks marched in protest in Burma yesterday in the biggest show of defiance for a decade against the country’s repressive and tenacious dictatorship.
Thursday, 19 March 2015 @ 15:37
Nepal on the brink as Maoists quit coalition
Nepal’s peace process has been thrown into turmoil yesterday after the former rebel Maoists withdrew from the interim Government.
Sunday, 27 January 2008 @ 13:14
Annan meets Odinga as Kenya clashes kill 10
NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - Ethnic clashes killed at least 10 people in Kenya's Rift Valley on Sunday as former U.N. chief Kofi Annan met opposition leader Raila Odinga to try to resolve a month-long crisis that has claimed 750 lives.
Sunday, 27 January 2008 @ 12:42
Putin foe barred from Russian election
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's election authorities on Sunday barred former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov, a sharp critic of the Kremlin, from running in a March presidential election against President Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate.
Sunday, 27 January 2008 @ 12:24
Indonesia's former president Suharto dead
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's former president Suharto, whose legacy of economic development was marred by graft and human rights abuses during his 32 years in power, died on Sunday, aged 86, after suffering multiple organ failure.
Sunday, 27 January 2008 @ 07:53
Poll shows Romney climbs into Florida tie with McCain
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney climbed into a tie with John McCain three days before a critical presidential primary in Florida, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Sunday.
Saturday, 26 January 2008 @ 19:23
South Carolina Democrats vote in presidential race
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina Democrats cast votes on Saturday in a bitter presidential nominating race, with Barack Obama leading rival Hillary Clinton in polls and counting on heavy black support to carry him to a needed victory.
Saturday, 26 January 2008 @ 19:09
Up to 25 militants killed in Pakistan
KOHAT, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani army helicopter fired at militants trying to damage a road tunnel in the country's northwest on Saturday, killing up to 25, a senior government official said.
Saturday, 26 January 2008 @ 18:39
Tribal gangs clash in Kenyan town
NAKURU, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan police battled on Saturday to stop clashes between tribal gangs wielding machetes, spears and bows and arrows that have killed at least 27 people in the western town of Nakuru in three days of bloodshed.