| Philippines orders rice imports as typhoon costs mount The Philippines, the world's biggest rice buyer, would hold a tender two months earlier than normal on October 30 for the shipment of the grain, which it wants delivered between January and A ...[more] |
| French don't want minister to resign over sex furor Mitterrand has rejected calls for his resignation, sparked by revelations in his 2005 autobiography, "The Bad Life," and said the male prostitutes were consenting adults. The French g ...[more] |
| Parliament rooftop protesters arrested in London The demonstrators from Greenpeace, demanding more government action on climate change, were held on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site after they climbed down, the Metropolitan Poli ...[more] |
| Up to 24 people dead in Pakistani blast The bomb blew up next to a military vehicle in the Shangla district and members of the security forces were among the dead, one of the officials said. (Reporting by Junaid Khan; Writi ...[more] |
| Pakistani Taliban claim army HQ attack "It was carried out by our Punjab unit," militant spokesman Azam Tariq said by telephone. "We will take revenge for our martyrs and will carry out more attacks, whether it's the GHQ or someth ...[more] |
| Report calls for global U.N. pact to ban organ sales Selling body parts was not just unethical, it also led to greater health risks for both donor and recipient than free, voluntary transplants, the 98-page report said. "We affirm as a ...[more] |
| Lebanese army says one wounded in Lebanon blast Hezbollah lawmaker Hussein Haj Hassan said the explosion took place in the garage of a Hezbollah member, wounding one person. "We are concerned with finding out the reasons for this explosion ...[more] |
| China and Russia sign missile notification pact The accord, although overshadowed by promises of $3.5 billion in deals and oil and gas supply accords, is a small step toward establishing further trust between the two former Communist allie ...[more] |
| BOJ delays credit market exit after government pressure Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii kept up the pressure after the BOJ announcement, saying the central bank's view of the economy was too rosy. The BOJ had been tipped to announce it wou ...[more] |
| Honduras rivals discuss Zelaya return post-coup The standoff is Central America's worst crisis in years and has become a test for U.S. President Barack Obama after he promised better relations with Latin America. Envoys for the lef ...[more] |
| Honduras cocaine flights leap after coup Honduras has been internationally isolated since soldiers exiled President Manuel Zelaya at gunpoint on June 28, and it lost $16.5 million of U.S. military aid after the putsch. Drugs ...[more] |