MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Nov. 20, 2009 (Reuters) — A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles at a northwestern Pakistani militant stronghold on Friday, killing eight people, the second such attack this week, security and Taliban officials said. ... > full story
BEIJING, Nov. 20, 2009 (Reuters) — Two Chinese rights activists who sought a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama hours before he left Beijing said on Friday they were briefly detained by police, and one said Washington's sway over rights in China had eroded. ... > full story
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov. 19, 2009 (Reuters) — Three policemen were killed and six wounded when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Pakistan's volatile city of Peshawar early Friday, police said. ... > full story
TEGUCIGALPA, Nov. 19, 2009 (Reuters) — Honduras's de facto leader said he may give up his presidential duties for a week so voters can focus on an election that Washington hopes will help end a five-month-old political crisis. ... > full story
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 19, 2009 (Reuters) — A special committee of the U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea and Myanmar on Thursday for what it said were widespread human rights violations in the two Asian countries. ... > full story
SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela, Nov. 19, 2009 (Reuters) — Venezuelan soldiers on Thursday blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia in the latest incident to stoke a diplomatic dispute between the Andean neighbors. ... > full story
SHONGA, Nigeria, Nov. 19, 2009 (Reuters) — When white Zimbabwean farmer Irvin Reid arrived in Nigeria almost five years ago, he was given a set of grid references in the remote bush and told to find water and build a new farm. ... > full story
PRISTINA, Nov. 19, 2009 (Reuters) — The biggest party in Kosovo's government has decided to end its coalition with the smaller Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Deputy Prime Minister Rame Manaj said on Friday. ... > full story
LIMA, Nov. 19, 2009 (Reuters) — Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics. ... > full story
ROME, Nov. 19, 2009 (Reuters) — Roman Catholics should look beyond the divisive issue of ordaining women to see how much they share with the world's Anglicans and work toward greater Christian unity, the head of the Anglican Communion said on Thursday. ... > full story
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