International

Two American journalists sentenced in DPRK
07/06/2009 05:00
The Central Court of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) sentenced two American journalists to 12 years of reform through labor, the official Korean Central News Agency reported on Monday. File photo shows the two U.S. women...
17 bodies retrieved from Air France crash
07/06/2009 05:00
Fifteen more bodies were recovered on Sunday in the Atlantic Ocean near the site where an Air France jetliner was believed to have crashed a week ago, bringing the number of bodies retrieved to 17, Brazilian military officials said. A handout...
Fire kills 27 children in Mexico
06/06/2009 05:00
A fire killed at least 27 children in a daycare center in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora on Friday, the Formato 21 Radio based in Mexico City reported. Firefighters work at the site where a fire broke out at a daycare center in Sonora,...
No evidence of missing airliner found by French forces: minister
06/06/2009 05:00
France Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau said on Friday that no evidence of an Air France airliner that disappeared over the Atlantic has been found by French forces. Crew of a Brazilian Air Force remote sensing aircraft R99 discuss the search...
Canada announces funding for A/H1N1 flu research
06/06/2009 05:00
Canada will spend 10.8 million Canadian dollars (9.7 million U. S. dollars) over the next three years on the research of A/H1N1 flu, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced Friday. Canada’s Minister of Health Leona Aglukkaq (L) answers questions...
Medvedev says Russian financial system stable
05/06/2009 05:00
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that his country had stabilized its financial system, but warned that the world was still in the middle of an economic downturn. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a plenary session...
Brown admits "painful defeat for Labor" in local elections
05/06/2009 05:00
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted on Friday that Thursday’s English local elections had been “a painful defeat for Labor.” Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves Downing Street on his way to Prime Minister’s Questions at the...