Charges of corruption are filed against Taiwan's former President Chen
Shui-bian.

TAIPEI, TAIWAN (DECEMBER 12, 2008) REUTERS -
Former Taiwan president and anti-China firebrand Chen Shui-bian was
indicted on Friday (December 12) in connection with ...   more »

America's National Science Foundation says global climatic conditions in
2008 have produced the perfect environment for jellyfish to thrive.

ARGENTINA (JOHN H. COSTELLO OF PROVIDENCE COLLEGE)
The National Science foundation says many fisheries and tourist
...   more »

Colombia extradites suspected drug lord Diego Montoya to U.S., claims the
end of Norte del Valle cartel.

COMBITA ,COLOMBIA (DECEMBER 12, 2008 ) POLICE TV -
Colombian crime boss suspect Diego Montoya was sent to ...   more »

LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - JULY 22, 2005) REUTERS-
A Brazilian man who was mistaken by police for a suicide bomber and
shot dead on a London underground train was not the victim of ...   more »

Crowds throng Mexico's holiest Catholic shrine in one of the world's
biggest regular pilgrimages, with many of the faithful seeking spiritual
support as the economy slips toward recession.

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (DECEMBER 12, 2008) REUTERS ...   more »

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore urges weary climate delegates to agree a
new climate treaty next year, sprinking some stardust and drawing the loudest
cheers in two-week U.N. talks.

POZNAN, POLAND (DECEMBER 12, 2008) ...   more »

The U.S. said the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe was worsening,
contradicting President Robert Mugabe's assertion that the crisis had been
contained.

The Zimbabwean leader said in a nationally televised speech that his
government had "arrested" ...   more »

Former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other senior U.S. officials
share much of the blame for detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, and
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to portions of a report released ...   more »

Angry students lashed out at police in Athens, Greece as the country
remains paralyzed by riots following the shooting of a teenager by police
officers last Saturday.

The violence was less intense then in previous ...   more »