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BBC News | Asia-Pacific | World Edition (25 Headlines)
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Verdict 'robbed Lucie of justice'
Lucie Blackman's father says she has been "robbed of justice" after a man is cleared of killing her in Japan.Chinese killed in Ethiopia attack
An attack by gunmen in southern Ethiopia leaves 65 Ethiopians and nine Chinese oil workers dead, officials say.China emissions 'may pass US'
China could overtake the US this year as the largest greenhouse gas emitter, energy agency officials say.
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NYT > International (6 Headlines)
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Turkish Party’s Pick for President Worries Secularists
The choice of Abdullah Gul is expected to extend the reach of moderate Muslims from the majority party into the heart of Turkey’s secular establishment.Democrats Back Date for Start of Iraq Pullout
President Bush has vowed to veto the Democratic war spending bill, which would order the administration to begin withdrawing troops by Oct. 1.Indonesian Court Clears U.S. Mining Company
The Newmont Mining Corporation and one of its senior executives faced criminal charges of polluting a bay with toxic waste from a gold mine.
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BBC News | Africa | World Edition (29 Headlines)
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Ethiopian tanks pound Mogadishu
Ethiopian tanks step up an offensive in the Somali capital as a car bomb kills five near a hotel.Stars donate to Darfur aid sale
Sir Elton John's suit and Sienna Miller's signed shoes are among items being auctioned for Oxfam's Darfur and Chad appeal.Zambia pays 'vulture fund' $15m
Zambia is to pay $15m to settle a debt demand case at London's Hgih Court launched by a so-called "vulture fund".
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BBC News | Politics | UK Edition (34 Headlines)
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'Right rain' avoids hosepipe ban
The UK has had enough of the "right kind of rain" to avoid hosepipe bans this summer, a minister says.Navy resumes Gulf ship missions
The navy resumes boarding missions in the northern Gulf, for the first time since the capture of 15 personnel.Interim standards chief appointed
The longest-serving member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Rita Donaghy, has been appointed interim chairwoman.
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BBC News | Europe | World Edition (29 Headlines)
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Rivals woo France's 'kingmaker'
France's presidential rivals seek to win over centrist Francois Bayrou's voters ahead of the 6 May run-off.Cycling: Team suspends Basso
Ivan Basso is suspended by his Discovery Channel team after being summoned to an Italian Olympic Committee doping hearing.Hundreds gather to mourn Yeltsin
Hundreds of people gather to pay respects at a Moscow church, where the body of Boris Yeltsin lies in state.
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BBC News | Middle East | World Edition (30 Headlines)
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US troops die in new Iraq attack
A suicide bomber kills nine US soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks on US forces since late 2005.Syria jails human rights activist
A Syrian human rights activist is jailed for five years for spreading "hostile information", lawyers say.Joy as Saudis separate twins
A Saudi doctor who successfully separated Cameroonian conjoined twins says he is hopeful about their recovery.
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BBC News | South Asia | World Edition (38 Headlines)
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Live - New Zealand v Sri Lanka
Upul Tharanga is the third Sri Lankan wicket to fall in the first World Cup semi-final in Jamaica.Pakistan lawyers keep up protests
Hundreds of Pakistani lawyers and opposition supporters hold another protest against the suspension of the chief justice.Tamil Tigers in deadly air attack
Tamil Tiger rebels kill six soldiers in their second-ever aerial assault, on an air base in northern Sri Lanka.
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washingtonpost.com - World News and Analysis From The Washington Post (16 Headlines)
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Iraq Blast Kills 9 GIs, Injures 20 At Outpost
BAGHDAD, April 24 -- A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-rigged truck into a U.S. military outpost near Baqubah on Monday, killing nine soldiers and wounding 20 in one of the deadliest single ground attacks on U.S. forces since the start of the war in Iraq, military officials said early Tuesday. Gunmen Kill at Least 69 in Attack on Oilfield in Ethiopia
BEIJING, April 24 -- Gunmen attacked a Chinese-run oilfield in Ethiopia early Tuesday, killing at least nine Chinese and more than 60 Ethiopian workers, according to the New China News Agency.
 Rough-Hewn Father of Russian Democracy
Boris Yeltsin was once asked to name his greatest goal as president. He answered that more than anything, he wanted tranquillity for Russia.
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washingtonpost.com - Iraq -- Washington Post Continuing Coverage (58 Headlines)
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Iraq Blast Kills 9 GIs, Injures 20 At Outpost
BAGHDAD, April 24 -- A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-rigged truck into a U.S. military outpost near Baqubah on Monday, killing nine soldiers and wounding 20 in one of the deadliest single ground attacks on U.S. forces since the start of the war in Iraq, military officials said early Tuesday. Democrats Challenge Bush on Iraq Bill
WASHINGTON -- A historic veto showdown assured, Democratic leaders agreed Monday on legislation that requires the first U.S. combat troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by Oct. 1 with a goal of a complete pullout six months later. Negotiators Agree on War-Funding Package
House and Senate negotiators reached agreement yesterday on war-funding legislation that would begin bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq as early as July, setting a goal of ending U.S. combat operations by no later than March.
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washingtonpost.com - Africa (103 Headlines)
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Gunmen Kill at Least 69 in Attack on Oilfield in Ethiopia
BEIJING, April 24 -- Gunmen attacked a Chinese-run oilfield in Ethiopia early Tuesday, killing at least nine Chinese and more than 60 Ethiopian workers, according to the New China News Agency. Nigeria Election Victor Is Named Despite Protests
ABUJA, Nigeria, April 23 -- Nigeria's electoral commission on Monday named ruling party candidate Umaru Yar'Adua the landslide winner of Saturday's presidential election, brushing aside demands from opposition parties and observer groups that results be canceled because of widespread ballot-box... Nigerian Opposition, Monitors Want Vote Voided
ABUJA, Nigeria, April 22 -- The two leading opposition candidates and the largest independent observer mission on Sunday denounced this weekend's presidential election, saying rigging and incompetence had so tainted the process that only a new vote could correct it.
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washingtonpost.com - Americas (20 Headlines)
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G-7 Issues Upbeat Growth Outlook
Despite last week's sudden plunge in stock prices, top economic policymakers from the world's richest countries expressed confidence that the global economy remains on track for "solid growth" this year.Protests Escalate In Ecuador's Capital
QUITO, Ecuador, April 17 -- Residents of Quito on Sunday hit the streets for the fifth day to demand the resignation of President Lucio Gutierrez over his handling of a crisis with the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Congress met in a special session to determine the constitutionality of a presidential decree regarding the court's makeup.U.N. Envoy Says Park Invested in His Firm, Advised Him on N. Korea
UNITED NATIONS, April 18 -- A senior U.N. official said Monday that he "was associated" with a company that received investments from a South Korean businessman who was charged last week with lobbying U.N. officials as an unregistered agent for Saddam Hussein's government.
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washingtonpost.com - Asia/Pacific (104 Headlines)
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N. Korea Holds Off On Reactor Pledge
BEIJING, April 20 -- Despite assurances from U.S. and Macau officials, North Korea said Friday it is still negotiating over possession of $25 million in North Korean accounts frozen by Macau banking authorities for 21 months. Iraq Pullout Would Lead To Bloodbath, Bush Warns
TIPP CITY, Ohio, April 19 -- President Bush warned Thursday that pulling out of Iraq too soon would trigger a bloodbath akin to that of the Cambodian killing fields of the 1970s, while Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid declared that it is too late to stay because the war has already been lost. Fishing for Lunch In an Urban Haven Out of Old China
BEIJING -- Shui Yunxing was the centerpiece in what looked and felt like a tableau from the annals of ancient China.
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washingtonpost.com - Europe (19 Headlines)
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In French Runoff, a Fight for the Center
PARIS, April 23 -- With French voters selecting a conservative, Nicolas Sarkozy, and a Socialist, Ségolène Royal, as the finalists in the country's two-stage presidential contest, a clear battle has been drawn along ideological lines, and the outcome could depend largely on who lures the most voters... Rough-Hewn Father of Russian Democracy
Boris Yeltsin was once asked to name his greatest goal as president. He answered that more than anything, he wanted tranquillity for Russia.
 News of Yeltsin's Death Stirs Mixed Feelings in Russia
MOSCOW, April 23 -- Former Russian president Boris Yeltsin, who died Monday of heart failure, will be buried Wednesday in the history-rich clay of Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery, where elites of the Soviet Union and Russia, poets and politicians, scientists and spies, have traditionally been laid to...
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washingtonpost.com - Middle East (58 Headlines)
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Iraq Blast Kills 9 GIs, Injures 20 At Outpost
BAGHDAD, April 24 -- A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-rigged truck into a U.S. military outpost near Baqubah on Monday, killing nine soldiers and wounding 20 in one of the deadliest single ground attacks on U.S. forces since the start of the war in Iraq, military officials said early Tuesday. Negotiators Agree on War-Funding Package
House and Senate negotiators reached agreement yesterday on war-funding legislation that would begin bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq as early as July, setting a goal of ending U.S. combat operations by no later than March. Palestinian Government Shows Strains as Interior Minister Seeks to Quit
JERUSALEM, April 23 -- The first cracks in the Palestinian unity government appeared Monday when the independent interior minister, who has been trying to tame lawlessness in the Gaza Strip, submitted his resignation.
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washingtonpost.com - Nora Boustany - Diplomatic Dispatches (washingtonpost.com) (29 Headlines)
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Even on an Easy Day, Negotiating the Hard Line
During a round of talks with North Korea over the abduction of Japanese citizens, Akitaka Saiki , a Japanese negotiator, pounded the table in frustration. The North Koreans reciprocated with the same gesture. When he threatened to leave, they told him to go right ahead. Prison to Playhouse: Director Hopes To Bring N. Korean Exposé to U.S.
To get "Yoduk Story" produced, the director had to put his kidney up for collateral. July's Calm Disrupted by Stormy Events
In mid-July, Embassy Row usually quiets down as occupants retreat to their home capitals to sip lemonade in the shade or escape to a favored vacation spot. But Washington's diplomatic world was in the grip of high drama this week with the resignation of Colombian ambassador Andrés Pastrana and the Lebanese government's decision to recall its ambassador, Farid Abboud .
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washingtonpost.com - Jim Hoagland (washingtonpost.com) (35 Headlines)
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France's Two-Week Referendum
PARIS -- The leading conservative candidate had warned French voters for weeks that the nation is undergoing a "national identity crisis" that saps its political and economic vitality. The main leftist candidate raised the alarm that the country could be plunged into "civil war" if the other side won. Now they will take off the gloves and get tough in a sprint to the finish. From Blacksburg to Algiers
PARIS -- By the standards of Iraq's suicide bombers, the extremists who targeted their blasts on the prime minister's office and a police station in Algiers on April 11 were serious underachievers. They massacred "only" 33 Algerians, a bloody total that was nearly matched by a single gunman at Virginia Tech five days later. In Iran, Feeling the Heat
Dying from cancer a quarter-century ago, the deposed shah of Iran pressed on me a fundamental point about his nation that has become even more vivid over the past two weeks. What the shah said, and almost said, then sheds light on the current confrontation between Iran and the world's great powers.
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washingtonpost.com - Robert Kagan (washingtonpost.com) (20 Headlines)
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The 'Surge' Is Succeeding
A front-page story in The Post last week suggested that the Bush administration has no backup plan in case the surge in Iraq doesn't work. I wonder if The Post and other newspapers have a backup plan in case it does. Grand Delusion
It's quite a juxtaposition. In Iraq, American soldiers are finally beginning the hard job of establishing a measure of peace, security and order in critical sections of Baghdad -- the essential prerequisite for the lasting political solution everyone claims to want. They've launched attacks on Sunni insurgent strongholds and begun reining in Moqtada al-Sadr's militia. And they've embarked on these operations with the expectation that reinforcements will soon be on the way: the more than 20,000 troops President Bush has ordered to Iraq and the new commander he has appointed to fight the insurgency as it has not been fought since the war began. Our 'Messianic Impulse'
As Americans struggle to find an answer to the serious problems in Iraq, larger and broader questions beckon. How did we wind up in Iraq in the first place? Some argue that we were too aggressive and self-righteous in promoting our principles, too meddlesome, too arrogant in seeking to transform the world, too quick to intervene militarily in crises far from our shores and remote from our interests. If the United States would only change its approach to the world, if it understood the virtues of limits, modesty and humility, we could avoid foreign policy debacles and the world would be a safer place.
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washingtonpost.com - Marcela Sanchez: Desde Washington (100 Headlines)
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Hora de negar refugio a violadores de derechos humanos
Por más de dos años, autoridades estadounidenses han contado con un arma poderosa para perseguir violadores de derechos humanos de otros paÃses, que se hayan establecido en Estados Unidos. Y ello empieza finalmente a surtir efecto. Denying Refuge to Human Rights Abusers
WASHINGTON -- For more than two years, U.S. authorities have had a more potent weapon to pursue alleged human rights abusers from other countries who have made the United States their home. The enhanced authority is finally starting to bear fruit. Democrats' New Trade Plan: What's in It for the Americas?
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats have unveiled their plan to reshape future trade deals. As expected, their "New Trade Policy for America" reads like a direct response to the anxiety over globalization and trade that helped the Democrats take back Congress in November.
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Boston Globe -- World News (13 Headlines)
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Afghan torture allegations hit Canada defense ministry
OTTAWA -- Critics demanded the resignation of Defense Minister Gordon O'Connor yesterday over new allegations that Afghan prisoners, detained by Canadian soldiers and handed over to local authorities, had been tortured.A refuge from the streets and the past
MEXICO CITY -- Carmen Munoz ticks off the basic facts of her life in a quiet, neutral voice that belies the horrors she has known:Ruling party claims victory in Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Ruling-party candidate Umaru Yar Adua yesterday was declared the winner of Nigeria's presidential elections amid widespread condemnation of ballot rigging, intimidation, and violence and calls to cancel the results.
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TIME: Top World Stories (38 Headlines)
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Car Bomb Kills 9 U.S. Soldiers
A suicide car bomber struck a patrol base northeast of Baghdad and killed nine U.S. soldiers and wounded 20 Hamas: Truce With Israel Over
Hamas militants fired a barrage of rockets and mortar shells toward Israel on its independence day Tuesday, and said they considered it the end of a five-month truce with Israel Coast Guard Makes Major Drug Bust
The Coast Guard began unloading more than 40,000 pounds of cocaine seized from three ships off the Central American coast
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MSNBC.com: World News (8 Headlines)
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Toyota tops GM in world auto sales
 Through a shrewd combination of investing in environment-friendly vehicles, offering sharp new models and wooing drivers with brand power, Toyota has toppled GM from the top global sales spot for the first time ever, sales figured released on Tuesday show.
74 die in Ethiopian oil field attack
 Gunmen raided a Chinese-run oil field in eastern Ethiopia on Tuesday, killing 65 Ethiopians and nine Chinese workers, an company official said. An ethnic Somali rebel group took responsibility.
U.K. arrests 6 on terror charges
 British anti-terrorist police on Tuesday arrested six people who were suspected of inciting others to commit acts of terrorism overseas and raising funds for terrorism.
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