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By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 7, 2009 | 0 Comments
TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – An agreement to end a four-month political crisis in Honduras collapsed yesterday after two rival leaders failed to form a government of …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 7, 2009 | 0 Comments
KILLEEN, Texas, (Reuters) – Investigators searched for the motive yesterday behind a mass shooting at a sprawling U.S. Army base in Texas, in which an …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 7, 2009 | 0 Comments
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent last month, a 26-1/2-year high, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 7, 2009 | 0 Comments
JAKARTA, (Reuters) – An Indonesia-based study shows carbon-rich tropical peat lands trap more greenhouse gases than first thought, driving up their potential value on the …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 7, 2009 | 0 Comments
ORLANDO, Fla., (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire inside a high-rise office building in Orlando, Florida, yesterday, killing one person and wounding five others, the …
By Stabroek staff | Friday, November 6, 2009 | 2 Comments
KILLEEN, Texas, (Reuters) – An Army psychiatrist opened fire with two handguns at the Fort Hood Army post yesterday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, …
By Stabroek staff | Friday, November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment
RIYADH, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has launched heavy air strikes on rebels in northern Yemen and is moving troops nearer the border after a raid …
By Stabroek staff | Friday, November 6, 2009 | 0 Comments
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela has set next year’s parliamentary elections for Sept. 26 in a vote where President Hugo Chavez is expected to hold off …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, November 5, 2009 | 0 Comments
BARCELONA, Spain, (Reuters) – Developing countries said yesterday they risked “total destruction” unless the rich stepped up the fight against climate change to a level …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, November 5, 2009 | 3 Comments
(Trinidad Express) – Prime Minister Patrick Manning and Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday have decided ‘to work towards agreeing to a new’ constitution during the existing …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, November 5, 2009 | 0 Comments
LONDON, (Reuters) – Swine flu has hit an isolated tribe of Indians in the Amazon jungle, with seven dying in the last two weeks, Survival …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, November 5, 2009 | 2 Comments
MILAN/ROME, (Reuters) – An Italian judge sentenced 23 Americans to up to eight years in prison yesterday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric, in …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, November 5, 2009 | 5 Comments
LONDON, (Reuters) – An Afghan policeman, who the Taliban said was one of its fighters, has killed five British soldiers at a checkpoint in Afghanistan, …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, November 5, 2009 | 0 Comments
TEHRAN – Police clashed with supporters of Iran’s opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in Tehran yesterday when a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the storming …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, November 4, 2009 | 3 Comments
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republican Bob McDonnell rolled to victory over a Democrat in the governor’s race in Virginia yesterday in the first of three key …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, November 4, 2009 | 0 Comments
SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuelan soldiers blocked the main border crossing with Colombia yesterday after President Hugo Chavez’s government said paramilitaries were behind the …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, November 4, 2009 | 0 Comments
ROME, (Reuters) – The European Court of Human Rights ruled yesterday that crucifixes should be removed from Italian classrooms, prompting Vatican anger and sparking uproar …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | 1 Comment
KABUL (Reuters) – Hamid Karzai has been re-elected as Afghanistan’s president after a run-off vote was cancelled, but he faced stern warnings he will have …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | 0 Comments
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran‘s Revolutionary Guards, who helped quell protests after the June election, warned the opposition yesterday not to use anti-US rallies this week …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | 0 Comments
GENEVA (Reuters) – An end is in sight to the world’s longest-running trade dispute, involving bananas, and a deal could be in place by the …
