International

Medvedev, Clinton hail improved Russia-U.S. ties
13/10/2009 05:00
President Dmitry Medvedev hailed the continuously strengthening cooperation between Russia and the United States, when meeting with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with U.S....
Clinton says she won’t run for president again
12/10/2009 05:00
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview broadcast Monday that she would not run for president again. File photo shows that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during her meeting with Britain’s Foreign Secretary David...
41 killed, 45 injured in NW Pakistan blast
12/10/2009 05:00
At least 41 people were killed and 45 others injured in a suicide attack in northwest Pakistan on Monday, local TV channels reported. Security forces stand at the site of a bomb attack in Shangla district October 12, 2009. A suicide bomber killed 41...
Two U.S. economists win Nobel Prize for economics
12/10/2009 05:00
Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson, both from the United States, won the 2009 Nobel Prize for economics for their analysis of economic governance, The photo taken on Oct. 12, 2009 shows the images of the 2009 Nobel Economics Prize winners Oliver...
Irish boy band Boyzone member Gately dies in Spain
11/10/2009 05:00
Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, has died in Spain, the group said on its Web site. In this Dec 19, 1998 file photo, Stephen Gately (R-2) poses for a photo with other...
19 killed, 81 injured in Iraq triple car bombings
11/10/2009 05:00
A series of coordinated explosions on Sunday rocked the city of Ramadi, capital of western Iraq’s Anbar province, killing 19 people and wounding 81 others, an Interior Ministry source said. Policemen inspect the site of a twin car bomb in Ramadi,...
UN envoy: Widespread fraud in Afghan elections
11/10/2009 05:00
The top UN envoy in Afghanistan Kai Eide Sunday said there was “widespread fraud” in the Aug. 20 Afghan election, but he did not give more detail. United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide speaks during a news conference in Kabul...