Almost twenty four hours since the first riots broke out in Athens,
protesters continue a stand-off with police.

ATHENS, GREECE (DECEMBER 7, 2008) REUTERS -
The rage of hundreds of protesters was unabated, and as ...   more »

Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga calls on military intervention to
remove Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.


NAIROBI, KENYA (DECEMBER 7, 2008) REUTERS -
Kenya's prime minister, Raila Odinga, called on Sunday (December 7)
for the deployment ...   more »

Kenya's Odinga calls on military intervention to remove Mugabe.

NAIROBI, KENYA (DECEMBER 7, 2008) REUTERS -
KENYA'S PRIME MINISTER, RAILA ODINGA, SAYING:
"President Kikwete must now call an urgent summit of the heads of
AU ...   more »

The winners of the Nobel prizes in physics, chemistry and economics are in
Sweden ahead of a ceremony to be held in their honour next week, and take time
to speak to the media.

STOCKHOLM, ...   more »

Rioters rampaged through Athens on Sunday (December 7) destroying
everything in their path after police shot dead a teenage boy.

ATHENS, GREECE(DECEMBER 7 2008) REUTERS-
The Athens capital looked like a war zone as fires ...   more »

MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA (DECEMBER 7, 2008) POOL -

More than two million Muslims made their way to Mount Arafat on
Sunday (December 7) for the climax of the haj pilgrimage, following the route
Prophet Mohammad ...   more »

Gay activists hold a sit-in following the Vatican's controversial
opposition to a U.N. declaration calling for an end to discrimination against
homosexuals.

ROME, ITALY (DECEMBER 6, 2008) REUTERS -
Italian gay rights groups took to ...   more »

India's junior foreign minister says that a hoax call to Pakistan's
president needs to be properly scanned and investigated.


PUNE, INDIA (DECEMBER 7, 2008) ANI -
India's junior foreign minister on Sunday (December 7) said ...   more »

Retired Gen. Eric Shinseki, who clashed with the Bush administration over
the number of troops needed in Iraq, will be the next secretary of veterans
affairs.


NBC-
President-elect Barack Obama has selected retired Gen. Eric
...   more »

The wife of British society figure Claus von Bulow has died after almost
three decades in a coma that prosecutors tried to blame on him.

NBC-
A woman who spent almost three decades in a ...   more »

Several cities in Greece have witnessed rioting through the night
after police shot dead a teenage boy in Athens.

Cars, shops, banks and bus stops were set alight in Athens as rioters
rampaged through the ...   more »