Irish woman seeks "husband" for 120 liters of beer Category: World NewsPublish Date: 07-05-2008 03:38 PM -0700
SONKAJARVI, Finland (Reuters) - Julia Galvin came to Finland looking for a man that would carry her 120 kg over a 253-metres track -- the incentive being the chance to win the wife-carrying world...[more]
Film shows Zimbabwe vote rigged: report Category: World NewsPublish Date: 07-05-2008 02:49 PM -0700
LONDON (Reuters) - A film secretly taken by a Zimbabwe prison guard and smuggled out of the country shows the extent of the rigging that took place for the June 27 presidential run-off vote, the...[more]
Israel blocks West Bank village over protests Category: World NewsPublish Date: 07-05-2008 02:33 PM -0700
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces blockaded a Palestinian village on Saturday in what the army called an effort to curb protests against the construction of a West Bank barrier deemed...[more]
148 African boat migrants reach Canary Islands Category: World NewsPublish Date: 07-05-2008 01:36 PM -0700
A small boat packed with at least 148 African migrants landed Saturday on a beach in the Canary Islands, the Interior Ministry said Saturday.[more]
U.S. and Japan to discuss next steps in six-party talks Category: World NewsPublish Date: 07-05-2008 01:30 PM -0700
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will discuss the next steps in the six-party talks over North Korea's nuclear status when they...[more]
Zimbabwe officer films forced vote Category: World NewsPublish Date: 07-05-2008 12:20 PM -0700
A Zimbabwe prison officer used a hidden camera given to him by a British newspaper to film how he and his colleagues were forced to vote for Robert Mugabe.[more]
Anti-gay violence mars Hungarian parade Category: World NewsPublish Date: 07-05-2008 12:16 PM -0700
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian riot police used water cannon and tear gas on Saturday to stop far-right extremists from throwing petrol bombs and breaking up the annual gay parade in the capital...[more]
