By Stabroek staff | Thursday, March 18, 2010 | 0 Comments
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Red-shirted protesters emptied bottles of their blood outside the home of Thailand’s prime minister yesterday in a symbolic sacrifice after the government …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, March 18, 2010 | 2 Comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will lead a top-level delegation to Mexico on March 23 to discuss efforts to fight drug …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, March 18, 2010 | 1 Comment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said yesterday the United States would pursue “aggressive sanctions” to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon that could …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, March 18, 2010 | 0 Comments
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – US and Cuban officials met in the Dominican Republic yesterday to discuss international cooperation on assistance for Haiti after the catastrophic …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, March 18, 2010 | 1 Comment
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – MGM Mirage, accused by New Jersey authorities of links to the Chinese mob, has sealed a plan to exit the weakened …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, March 18, 2010 | 0 Comments
WASHINGTON/BEIJING – China yesterday rejected criticism of its exchange rate policies and said it was being made a “scapegoat” after the US Congress threatened to …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | 2 Comments
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s president yesterday condemned “arrogant” U.S. criticism of corruption in his government, and said the Haitian presidency should have final veto power …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | 0 Comments
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The leader of India’s most populous and poorest state, Uttar Pradesh, came under sharp criticism from national parties yesterday for spending …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | 0 Comments
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, (Reuters) – Crowds of protesters damned President Felipe Calderon’s military crackdown on drug cartels as he flew to Mexico’s most violent city …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | 0 Comments
BRUSSELS – EU finance ministers backed plans yesterday by countries in the euro area to help debt-stricken Greece financially if it becomes the first state …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | 0 Comments
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Pop band Abba was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday in a ceremony that honoured genres …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | 0 Comments
WILLEMSTAD, (Reuters) – The leader of the Dutch Antilles said a base on Curacao used by the United States was purely for anti-drugs operations though …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, March 16, 2010 | 0 Comments
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela is not planning to censor the Web or to shut down social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, officials said …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, March 16, 2010 | 0 Comments
LONDON (Reuters) – A further $4.3 billion is needed if a global vaccines alliance is to meet its goal of supplying life-saving immunisations to millions …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, March 16, 2010 | 1 Comment
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – The killing of three people linked to the US consulate in Mexico’s bloodiest drug war hotspot has thrown President Felipe …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, March 16, 2010 | 0 Comments
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s dissident “Ladies in White” staged a small, mostly silent march through Havana yesterday to begin a week of protest to mark …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, March 16, 2010 | 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – People leave more than fingerprints when they touch stuff — they also deposit a tell-tale trail of germs that could help investigators …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, March 15, 2010 | 0 Comments
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, who is criticized by media freedom groups, called on Saturday for regulation of the Internet and singled out …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, March 15, 2010 | 2 Comments
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, (Reuters) – Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to the local …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, March 15, 2010 | 0 Comments
BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pulled ahead yesterday in early results of an election Iraqis hoped would end years of sectarian strife, but …