Mexicans protest crime at soccer match Category: World NewsPublish Date: 09-06-2008 07:16 PM -0700
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Mexican soccer fans dressed in white at an international game in the Azteca Stadium on Saturday to protest rising crime and a brutal drug war that has...[more]
Cuba declines U.S. disaster team Category: World NewsPublish Date: 09-06-2008 06:55 PM -0700
Cuba declined a U.S. offer to send a disaster assessment team after Hurricane Gustav, saying it would rather Washington suspend restrictions on travel and sale of food and other materials.[more]
Soccer diplomacy brings Turkey's Gul to Armenia Category: World NewsPublish Date: 09-06-2008 06:18 PM -0700
YEREVAN (Reuters) - President Abdullah Gul, making the first visit to Armenia by a Turkish leader, joined Armenia's president on Saturday at a soccer match which both men said could help end almost...[more]
Dancing horses get first female riders Category: World NewsPublish Date: 09-06-2008 05:52 PM -0700
Two women have made history at Vienna's Spanish Riding School by becoming the first female riders to pass the entrance exam in 436 years.[more]
Angola ruling party on track for big election win Category: World NewsPublish Date: 09-06-2008 05:43 PM -0700
LUANDA (Reuters) - Preliminary results from Angola's parliamentary election show the ruling MPLA headed for a landslide victory over its opponents, the African nation's electoral commission said...[more]
British school caters to children of Kazakh elite Category: World NewsPublish Date: 09-06-2008 05:35 PM -0700
ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakh businessman Serzhan Zhumashov says some of his friends laughed when he came up with the idea of opening a British school in his home country five years ago.
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Cuba offers alternatives to U.S. hurricane relief Category: World NewsPublish Date: 09-06-2008 05:29 PM -0700
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba on Saturday rejected a U.S. offer to send victims of Hurricane Gustav $100,000 in aid through relief organizations and said Washington instead should sell it relief supplies...[more]
