Japanese climbers returning from a mountain in western Nepal said on
Tuesday they had found footprints they think belonged to the abominable
snowman or Yeti.

KATHMANDU, NEPAL (OCTOBER 21, 2008) REUTERS -
Japanese climbers returning ...   more »

Journalists are given a close-up look of how Colombian drug-traffickers
live with a tour of a mansion complete with lions, tigers, panthers and
gorillas.

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (OCTOBER 20, 2008) TELEMUNDO -
Suspected drug smugglers ...   more »

Thailand's ousted former PM Thaksin Shinawatra is sentenced to two
years jail in his absence on conflict of interest charges.


Thaksin, now living in exile in Britain, says the case was politically
motivated and its ...   more »

Barack Obama to cancel campaign events to visit his ailing 85-year-old
grandmother in Hawaii.

ORLANDO, FLORIDA UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 20, 2008) NBC -
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will leave
the campaign trail to ...   more »

Aid workers fear Africa's food crisis is being overshadowed by the world's
financial crisis, as the rich world's money woes filters through to West
Africa's poor.

THIAROYE, SENEGAL (RECENT - OCTOBER 10, 2008) REUTERS -
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India and Pakistan open a trade link across divided Kashmir for the first
time in six decades, a step aimed at reducing tension between the
nuclear-armed neighbours.

KASHMIR, PAKISTAN (OCTOBER 21, 2008) REUTERS -
Trucks ...   more »

World gas powers Russia, Iran and Qatar pledge to strengthen cooperation in
tripartite talks.

TEHRAN, IRAN (OCTOBER 21, 2008) REUTERS-
World gas powers Russia, Iran and Qatar pledged on Tuesday (October
21) to strengthen cooperation ...   more »

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says European Union leaders will do all in
their power to enlist China, India in the forthcoming global finance summit.
He also set out to the European parliament the principles for ...   more »