WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JULY 19, 2009) REUTERS - Astronauts who traveled to the moon and back appeared at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC on Sunday (July 19) to sign ...   more »

Thirteen are dead in Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez. Most of those killed fell victim to the ongoing drug war that killed more than 6,000 in 2008.


CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO (JULY 18, 2009) REUTERS ...   more »

India's Gorkha community stepped up its demand for autonomy in eastern Darjeeling hills, pressing on with its indefinite strike in the region. Meanwhile, federal finance minister rules out any division of the state.


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Maoist rebels blow up a police station after ransacking it in India's eastern Orissa state.


BRAHMANIGAON, ORISSA, INDIA (JULY 18, 2009) ANI- Maoist rebels blew up a police post after ransacking it at Katingia village ...   more »

Palestinians make the largest Knafeh platter in an attempt to get into the Guinness Book of World Records.


NABLUS, WEST BANK (JULY 17, 2009) REUTERS - Palestinians made the largest Knafeh in an attempt to ...   more »

Turkey introduced on Saturday (July 19) a ban on smoking cigarettes in restaurants, bars and other recreational places.
However, smokers tempted to flout the ban will be spared execution as allegedly meted out in 17th-Century ...   more »

Radio City Music Hall in New York City reverberated with eclectic sounds from around the world at a star-studded music concert held to celebrate South African leader Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday. Mandela remained in South ...   more »

U.S. military condemns the release of video showing soldier captured in Afghanistan calling for withdrawal of U.S. forces as a violation of international law.

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (JULY 19, 2009) REUTERS - The U.S. military denounced ...   more »