By Ron Corben Bangkok 11 November 2009 Cambodia has rejected Thailand's request for the extradition of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. There now are suggestions that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations should intervene to reduce ten...
By Aya Batrawy Cairo, Egypt 11 November 2009 Egyptian authorities recently banned opposition leader Ayman Nour from traveling to the United States where he was invited to speak to several organizations. While Egyptian authorities say the ban is lawf...
By Scott Stearns Dakar 11 November 2009 Liberian President Charles Taylor in court (file photo) U.N. prosecutors at the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor want to limit his access to defense lawyers during cross-examination...
By Ricci Shryock Dakar 11 November 2009 Captain Moussa Dadis Camara (File photo) At mediation talks in neighboring Burkina Faso, Guinea's ruling military says there is no way their current leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, will relinquish his rol...
By Scott Bobb Harare 11 November 2009 Zimbabwe farm Zimbabwe's few remaining commercial white farmers report they are under increasing pressure, some of it violent, to leave their land. It is the latest surge in farm seizures since the Zimbabwean go...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 10 November 2009 Photo shows Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were caught in Indonesian waters while trying to sail to Australia, 26 Oct 2009 Opinion polls show that many Australians are unhappy with the way Prime Minister Kevin R...
By Robert Carmichael Phnom Penh 10 November 2009 Mother and child in Cambodia Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia. Given its turbulent past, decades of civil war and the devastating policies of the Khmer Rouge to name just two...
By Chris Simkins Washington 10 November 2009 The Memorial opened in 2004 and is located on the national mall, honors the service and sacrifice of the 16 million Americans who served, fought and died November 11 is Veteran's Day, a day when veterans...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 10 November 2009 The boss of the automakers Renault and Nissan has announced the companies will team with an Indian partner to launch the most affordable car in the country. It appears the world's cheapest car, the Tata Nan...
By Vidushi Sinha Washington 10 November 2009 Health officials around the world say they are frustrated by the shortage of vaccine to protect against the H1N1 flu. The United States and other wealthy countries have promised to donate 10 percent of th...
By Daniel Schearf Beijing 10 November 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama will make his first trip to Asia this month with stops in Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. In Singapore, Mr. Obama will attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum...
By Michael Bowman Washington 10 November 2009 An attorney for a U.S. Army psychiatrist believed to have shot 13 people dead at Fort Hood, Texas says he does not believe his client would get a fair trial at the military installation where the rampage...
By Kent Klein White House 10 November 2009 President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, 10 Nov 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama led a public memorial on Tuesday to each of the 13 people killed in a shooting rampage at For...
By Scott Stearns Dakar 10 November 2009 Prosecutors at the U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone have begun their cross-examination of former Liberian President Charles Taylor who is facing charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Former Lib...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 10 November 2009 An eyewitness account of an attempted plane hijacking last week in Somalia's northern semi-autonomous Puntland region suggests would-be hijackers were members of a pirate gang, whose operations have been affect...
