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  Hitler wax figure unveiled in Berlin amid criticism (03 July 06:18)
BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin's new waxwork museum on Thursday unveiled a figure of a glum-looking Adolf Hitler in a mock bunker during the last days of his life, an exhibit that has been critic...
  Zambia denies President Mwanawasa is dead (03 July 06:17)
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's vice president denied on Thursday media reports that President Levy Mwanawasa had died, saying he was in a stable condition in a Paris hospital.
  U.S. envoy in Israel plays down plans to attack Iran (03 July 06:13)
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Israel was on Thursday quoted as playing down speculation that an attack on Iranian nuclear sites by either country was imminent, saying that the...
  China attacks Dalai Lama but offers more talks (03 July 05:38)
BEIJING (Reuters) - China launched another attack on Tibet's Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, on Thursday but also offered to continue talks provided he showed "positive behaviour" as the co...
  Cambodia safeguards Thai embassy amid temple spat (03 July 04:58)
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia ordered extra police protection for the Thai embassy on Thursday for fear a row over the disputed 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple on their joint border might...
  Asia arms race may be overstated - defence analyst (03 July 04:18)
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Asia's arms race may be overstated, with defence spending on the decline as a proportion of economic growth, pointing to an increasing sense of regional security, an Aus...
  Thai court bars ex-PM Thaksin from leaving country (03 July 04:09)
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Supreme Court has barred former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from leaving the country while it conducts hearings on graft charges against him and his wife...
  Indonesia uncovers plot on Western targets - source (03 July 04:04)
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A group of suspected Muslim militants detained by Indonesia's anti-terrorism unit after a cache of bombs was found in Sumatra were plotting to attack Western targets, a p...
  Sarkozy not welcome at Olympics, say China media (03 July 02:29)
BEIJING (Reuters) - China made a barely veiled swipe at French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday and state media warned he can expect a cold public shoulder if he attends the Beijing Oly...
  Colombia tricks rebels in bloodless hostage rescue (03 July 01:40)
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian troops tricked rebels into freeing politician Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans in a bold but bloodless jungle rescue that dealt a severe blow to Latin Ameri...
  Bush urges unity on Iran after meeting pope (13 June 10:20)
PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush urged European allies on Friday to unite with Washington to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
  China to award blood donors 'medals for life' - WHO (13 June 10:12)
GENEVA (Reuters) - China has improved the safety of its blood supply by drawing in more volunteer donors, some of whom will be awarded Olympics-inspired "medals for life," the World Health O...
  NASA clears space shuttle Discovery for landing (13 June 10:11)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA on Friday cleared space shuttle Discovery for a landing attempt on Saturday after determining that a piece of floating debris and an apparent bump on it...
  Security chief says al Qaeda plotting in Denmark (13 June 09:17)
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Al Qaeda is planning an attack in Denmark, the head of the Danish security police said on Friday, two weeks after the network claimed responsibility for a deadly bombi...
  Big powers to offer Iran "generous" deal in atom row (13 June 08:59)
TEHRAN (Reuters) - The EU's top diplomat said he would hand Iran a generous offer on Saturday aimed at resolving a deepening dispute over its nuclear ambitions that has helped push up oil pr...
  Zimbabwe's Mugabe says war vets ready to fight (13 June 08:08)
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe said on Friday liberation war veterans would take up arms if he loses a June 27 presidential run-off vote.
  China top carbon emitter, Beijing under pressure (13 June 06:57)
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ranking as top emitter of the main planet-warming gas, carbon dioxide, seemed confirmed by a Dutch report on Friday, putting more pressure on Beijing to come up w...
  Malaysia's Anwar vows to oust govt, cut fuel price (13 June 06:48)
DUBAI (Reuters) - Malaysian opposition figurehead Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday he would press ahead with a campaign to topple the government and would cut fuel prices if he took power.
  Iraq says talks with U.S. on pact deadlocked (13 June 06:44)
AMMAN (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday talks with the United States on a new long-term security pact were at a stalemate because of U.S. demands that encroached...
  China, Germany resume dialogue after Dalai Lama row (13 June 04:48)
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Germany said on Friday they would resume regular talks on strategic foreign policy issues which were interrupted after a row over the Dalai Lama's reception in ...
  In Franken's U.S. Senate run, jokes are off record (09 June 06:48)
MINNEAPOLIS, (Reuters) - Former funnyman Al Franken hopes to convince Minnesotans that he can represent them in the buttoned-down halls of the U.S. Senate. So for now, jokes are off the reco...
  Greek villagers sift through quake-hit homes (09 June 06:28)
VALMI, Greece (Reuters) - Villagers in southern Greece sifted through the rubble of homes and businesses for belongings on Monday, a day after an earthquake killed two people and injured sco...
  Pope to host Bush in unusual Vatican setting (09 June 06:22)
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict will unusually host talks with U.S. President George W. Bush in a restored medieval tower on Friday, to repay him for a warm reception at the White Hou...
  Malaysia cuts ministers' allowances, delays projects (09 June 06:16)
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, trying to assuage public anger over a steep hike in fuel prices, said on Monday government ministers would take a 10 ...
  Aftershocks hit brimming China quake lake (09 June 06:15)
CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese troops are carving a third drainage channel into the unstable dam holding back a big "quake lake", as water levels rise and aftershocks send more debris tu...
  U.S. presence is Iraq's main problem - Iranian leader (09 June 05:41)
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader told visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday that the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq was the biggest obstacle to its development as a...
  Late U.S. tipoff hurts U.N. Syria atom probe - ElBaradei (09 June 05:37)
BERLIN, June 9 (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors set to examine a Syrian site for signs of a secret nuclear reactor project may find little in part because of tardy intelligence-sharing by Washing...
  Rice to hold talks with Israeli-Palestinian teams (09 June 05:34)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to hold a three-way meeting next week with the chief Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, a senior Palestinian ...
  Muslims rally to ban sect in Indonesia (09 June 05:19)
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Thousands of hardline Indonesian Muslims rallied outside the presidential palace and Jakarta police headquarters on Monday to urge the president to disband a sect branded...
  "Obama-mania" sweeps Africa, but could he deliver? (09 June 02:17)
NAIROBI (Reuters) - In Kenya, they name babies after him and quaff "Senator" brand beer in his honour. Global TV networks camp outside his grandmother's rural home.
  Gunmen kill local BBC journalist in Somalia (07 June 11:38)
KISMAYU, Somalia (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist insurgents shot dead a local journalist working for the BBC in southern Somalia on Saturday, witnesses said.
  Clinton endorses Obama, ends White House bid (07 June 11:36)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton ended her historic presidential bid and endorsed Barack Obama on Saturday, urging her supporters to unite behind Obama and help recapture the White Hou...
  Iran demands Security Council action on Israel threat (07 June 11:20)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran demanded action from the U.N. Security Council about an Israeli threat to attack its nuclear sites if it continues uranium enrichment, according to a letter relea...
  Zimbabwe court overturns police ban on rallies (07 June 11:04)
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's High Court on Saturday overturned a police ban on opposition rallies this weekend ahead of the June 27 presidential run-off, a lawyer for the Movement for Democ...
  Guards prevent "attack" on house of Kosovo PM (07 June 09:51)
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Security guards shot at a man trying to enter Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's home late on Friday in what the government said was an attack on the house.
  German SPD leader breaks with customs, backs Obama (07 June 09:46)
BERLIN (Reuters) - The leader of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) and the centre-left party's putative chancellor candidate broke with German political custom on Saturday and said he hoped t...
  Georgia parliament convenes, opposition stay away (07 June 08:55)
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's newly-elected parliament held its first session on Saturday, without the main opposition coalition which boycotted the chamber in protest at what it says was a ...
  Hamas, Fatah delegates meet Senegal's Wade - media (07 June 06:46)
DAKAR (Reuters) - Hamas and Fatah delegates have met Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade in a first round of mediation aimed at finding a common position for an eventual deal with Israel, Se...
  China begins easing pressure on menacing quake lake (07 June 05:35)
MAJINGXIANG, China (Reuters) - Chinese troops on Saturday eased pressure on a swelling "quake lake" threatening hundreds of thousands of people, but a smaller lake burst its banks in a show ...
  Abbas to stand again for president - Fatah official (07 June 05:28)
NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who has said he would not seek another term, will stand in presidential elections scheduled for 2010, a senior official sai...
  Vaccine doubles survival of deadly brain cancer (03 June 12:13)
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A cancer vaccine more than doubled the survival time of people with the most common and deadly type of brain tumor, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
  No need to review atom cooperation - Iran president (03 June 12:11)
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday there was no need to review cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency now, the official IRNA news agency report...
  Space shuttle, Japanese lab dock at space station (02 June 11:59)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Discovery, carrying Japan's $1 billion Kibo research laboratory, docked at the International Space Station on Monday.
  Olmert seeks to reassure Abbas on talks (02 June 11:02)
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas protested Jewish settlement growth near Jerusalem in talks on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who sought to show it ...
  Hillary Clinton: "It is not over 'til it's over" (02 June 07:47)
RAPID CITY, S.D., (Reuters) - It's almost over, isn't it?
  Thai army chief rules out coup as shares slide (02 June 07:36)
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai army chief Anupong Paochinda told his top commanders on Monday the military would not intervene in a worsening political struggle, his spokeswoman said, as the stock...
  Hitler wax figure sparks controversy in Berlin (02 June 06:51)
BERLIN (Reuters) - Plans to include an Adolf Hitler figure in the new Berlin branch of Madame Tussauds wax museum are being condemned by critics who say displaying the dictator is tasteless ...
  "Confident" China rules out post-quake epidemics (02 June 02:03)
ANXIAN, China (Reuters) - Chinese medical teams have fanned out across the earthquake zone, disinfecting makeshift camps and educating survivors, and on Monday the Health Ministry said it co...
  Clinton looks past assassination comments (26 May 12:11)
HORMIGUEROS, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton's campaign prepared for its next big test as it tried on Sunday to move away from her controversial remarks about the assassination of Ro...
  Lebanese parliament elects Suleiman as president (25 May 10:58)
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Michel Suleiman as head of state on Sunday, reviving paralysed state institutions after an 18-month standoff between a U.S.-backed ...
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