Peru gives Bolivia a coast of its own
Peruvian leader, Alan García, signs deal with President Evo Morales allowing Bolivia to build port on small stretch of sand
Iran's Khamenei meets adoring crowds – but not dissenting ayatollahs – in Qom
Iran's supreme leader is in the holy city of Qom to cement his religious leadership. State-run TV shows the trip as a popular triumph, but key ayatollahs have been notably absent.
College student fills her Mexico town's toughest job: police chief
Marisol Valles Garcia, a 20-year-old college student who was the only person willing to become police chief of the northern Mexico town of Praxedis G. Guerrero, says she plans to use a mostly female, unarmed force to patrol streets.
As Dollar’s Value Falls, Currency Conflicts Rise
With so many economies struggling and nations trying to turn exchange rates to their advantage, it seems as if it is every nation for itself in the currency markets.
Europe Is Turning Its Back on Keynes’s Cure for Recession
In the land of his birth, John Maynard Keynes’s view that deficit spending is crucial to avoiding a long recession has lately been willfully ignored.
China 'opposes UN Darfur report'
China is trying to prevent a report which says Chinese bullets have been used against peacekeepers in Darfur from being published, diplomats say.
Efforts to Prosecute Blackwater Collapse
Nearly four years after the government began investigations into the Blackwater Worldwide personnel accused of murder in Iraq and Afghanistan, the cases are beginning to fall apart
Canada’s first Muslim mayor Naheed Nenshi
Naheed Nenshi, a Harvard-educated, Ismaili Muslim defeated two other candidates to become the mayor of Calgary.
June date set for Sept. 11 trial against airline
A judge has set a June start date for a lawsuit that says an airline and several security companies are liable for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism attacks.
Spanish-language media now a major player
Spanish-language networks and publications are taking on a more prominent role this election season, nabbing debates with major candidates and increasingly seeing their political coverage spin out into mainstream English-language media.
Cost of sugar leaves bad taste in mouth
The soaring cost of sugar is worrying both businesses and consumers and has even pushed some people to cut back on their intake.
Italian court keeps block on Vatican Bank funds
An Italian court on Wednesday rejected a request by the Vatican Bank to lift a block on 23 million euros ($31.66 million) of funds frozen as part of an investigation into suspected money laundering.
Malaria in India 'underestimated'
The number of people dying from malaria in India has been extremely underestimated, according to new research.
Turkish headscarf legal warning
Turkey's Supreme Court warns politicians against a creeping relaxation of restrictions on women wearing headscarves.
Spending Review 2010: When will it be safe to go back in the water?
So now we know. The cuts are indeed deep, and – more important – will become progressively deeper as we move through this Parliament. For all the fine words of "protecting services" and the need for "fairness", many people will be shocked as the full consequences of the squeeze on spending moves through the system
Universities set to close as funding is slashed by 40 per cent
Widespread closures of universities and colleges were forecast last night in the wake of a 40 per cent cut in funding for higher education. The budget is to be slashed from its present level of £7.1bn a year to £4.2bn by 2014-15.
‘Super typhoon’ regains strength, takes aim at China
Residents scrambled to stockpile food and authorities ordered ships to remain docked as southern China geared up on Wednesday for a super typhoon after it killed 15 people and wiped out crops in the northern Philippines.
Old habits threatening G20 plans
The world's biggest economies are slipping back into pre-crisis bad habits, U.S. and European officials warned on Wednesday, and the G20 should target trade gaps and exchange rates to balance global growth.
Erdoğan offers to keep sultan’s promise to Germany
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has offered to build a hospital in Germany as a way of reciprocating a gift given by German Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Ottoman sultan 109 years ago.
Iran’s top leader seeks to end rifts with clerics
Iran’s top leader quickly set the tone for his long visit among some of the country’s most influential clerics -- demanding loyalty to the Islamic state and an end to defiance that has blurred once-clear lines of power since last year’s disputed elections.
Tibetan students protest use ofChinese in classes
Tibetan students in western China marched in protest of unconfirmed plans to use the Chinese language exclusively in classes, teachers said on Wednesday, an unusually bold challenge to authorities that reflects a deep unease over cultural marginalization.
Police break French oil blockades
The French president has ordered riot police to reopen blocked fuel depots after days of strikes.
Shuvalov Offers New Privatization Timelines
The government expects to drum up 1.8 trillion rubles ($58.5 billion) by 2015 from privatizations of federal property, including stakes in some 900 companies, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said
Cornish farmers celebrate subsidies
The UK's first purpose-built solar farm has been given planning permission and the county's farmers are celebrating
Afghanistan rules 1.3m votes invalid
Afghanistan's election authorities have cancelled 1.3 million votes in last month's parliamentary election because of fraud or other irregularities.
Press Freedom Index: The top 10 worst countries
Syria, Rwanda, and Yemen have fallen to the bottom of the World Press Freedom Index, the media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said today. The three countries join other single-party dominated governments at the bottom of the annual index, while six democratic Northern European nations tied this year as the best places for media freedom.
Queen faces £6m spending cut as Civil List is abolished
The Queen will be forced to slash spending on travel and palaces after the Civil List was abolished in the biggest change to Royal funding for 250 years.
'Let Schwarzenegger run for US president'
Best-selling author Ian Halperin is staging a 48-hour 'bed-in' to support an amendment to the US constitution which would allow Arnold Schwarzenegger to be elected president.
Australian trade union president claims 9/11 was a conspiracy
A senior member of the Australian trade union movement has come under fire after he claimed that the terrorist attacks on Sept 11, 2001 were part of an American conspiracy.
Maori language 'in danger of dying out'
The Maori language is in danger of dying out because of neglect by successive New Zealand governments, a new report has claimed
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