Campaign News: West Virginia
Posted 1 day ago
How many of these ARE there? Today is the day of the Democratic primary in West Virginia, a contest Hillary Clinton is expected to win by a ridiculous margin. West Virginia is the heart of Appalachia, a region of the country that follows the Appalachian mountains from southern...

Random: Stories We Missed on May. 06, 2008
Posted 4 days ago
Here are URLs that were submitted to our queue on May. 06, 2008 but didn't make it into actual stories... This is an automatically generated list of URLs which found their way into our URL queue, but were not picked up by writers due to a limited writer pool, lack of sufficient time, peril, floods, or hangovers. It has not yet been reviewed by a...

Random: Stories We Missed on May. 05, 2008
Posted 5 days ago
Here are URLs that were submitted to our queue on May. 05, 2008 but didn't make it into actual stories... This is an automatically generated list of URLs which found their way into our URL queue, but were not picked up by writers due to a limited writer pool, lack of sufficient time, peril, floods, or hangovers. It has not yet been reviewed by a...

Random: Stories We Missed on May. 04, 2008
Posted 7 days ago
Here are URLs that were submitted to our queue on May. 04, 2008 but didn't make it into actual stories... This is an automatically generated list of URLs which found their way into our URL queue, but were not picked up by writers due to a limited writer pool, lack of sufficient time, peril, floods, or hangovers. It has not yet been reviewed by a...

Campaign News: North Carolina and Indiana
Posted 8 days ago
More Primaries... Today voters head to the polls in North Carolina and Indiana, with almost half of the remaining pledged delegates up for grabs (187 out of 404). After tonight, there will be more undeclared superdelegates than remaining pledged delegates, so the...

Random: Stories We Missed on May. 02, 2008
Posted 8 days ago
Here are URLs that were submitted to our queue on May. 02, 2008 but didn't make it into actual stories... This is an automatically generated list of URLs which found their way into our URL queue, but were not picked up by writers due to a limited writer pool, lack of sufficient time, peril, floods, or hangovers. It has not yet been reviewed by a...

Random: Stories We Missed on Apr. 30, 2008
Posted 11 days ago
Here are URLs that were submitted to our queue on Apr. 30, 2008 but didn't make it into actual stories... This is an automatically generated list of URLs which found their way into our URL queue, but were not picked up by writers due to a limited writer pool, lack of sufficient time, peril, floods, or hangovers. It has not yet been reviewed by a...

Random: Stories We Missed on Apr. 27, 2008
Posted 14 days ago
Here are URLs that were submitted to our queue on Apr. 27, 2008 but didn't make it into actual stories... This is an automatically generated list of URLs which found their way into our URL queue, but were not picked up by writers due to a limited writer pool, lack of sufficient time, peril, floods, or hangovers. It has not yet been reviewed by a...

Morons in the News: Supreme Court Abridges Voting Rights
Posted 15 days ago
SCOTUS Supports the Republican "Voter Fraud" Red Herring... In a 6-3 decision yesterday, the Supreme Court upheld a law in Indiana which requires voters display a photo-ID before being allowed to vote. This ID must be a state or federal government-issued photo-ID such as a driver's license, passport, or...

Random: Stories We Missed on Apr. 23, 2008
Posted 18 days ago
Here are URLs that were submitted to our queue on Apr. 23, 2008 but didn't make it into actual stories... This is an automatically generated list of URLs which found their way into our URL queue, but were not picked up by writers due to a limited writer pool, lack of sufficient time, peril, floods, or hangovers. It has not yet been reviewed by a...

Troops rush in to help China quake rescue
Posted 39 minutes ago
MIANYANG, China (Reuters) - China poured more troops into the earthquake-ravaged province of Sichuan on Wednesday to speed up the search for survivors as time ran out for thousands of people buried under rubble and mud.

Aid trickles in for Myanmar's cyclone survivors
Posted 56 minutes ago
YANGON (Reuters) - The 1.5 million people left destitute by Myanmar's devastating cyclone were increasingly desperate on Wednesday, as foreign aid remained at a trickle and overstretched aid workers struggled to reach hard-hit areas.

Curfew in historic Indian city a day after blasts
Posted 2 hours ago
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Authorities imposed a dawn to-dusk curfew in parts of India's historic western city of Jaipur on Wednesday, a day after eight bombs ripped through bustling streets, killing around 60 people and injuring 150.

Arab mediators seek to defuse Lebanon conflict
Posted 1 hour ago
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A high-level Arab League delegation starts a mediation mission in Beirut on Wednesday to try to pull Lebanon back from the brink of a new civil war.

Clinton vows to keep her uphill bid alive
Posted 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory over front-runner Barack Obama in West Virginia and vowed to keep her beleaguered White House bid alive until voting ends in the Democratic race.

Afghanistan protests to Iran over border killings
Posted 48 minutes ago
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan has protested to neighbouring Iran over the killing of a number of its nationals by Iranian forces, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

Bush arrives in Israel as scandal clouds peace hopes
Posted 22 minutes ago
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in the Middle East on Wednesday to celebrate Israel's 60th birthday and try to energise peace efforts complicated by a corruption scandal that could topple Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

Iraqi police say Baghdad fighting kills 6
Posted 42 minutes ago
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Clashes between security forces and Shi'ite gunmen killed six people and wounded 28 in Baghdad overnight, Iraqi police said on Wednesday.

First Beijing death linked to China virus outbreak
Posted 1 hour ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's capital has recorded its first death from an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease as authorities try to contain the spread of a potent virus just three months before the city hosts the Olympic Games.

Russia says "Six" could guarantee Iran security
Posted 53 minutes ago
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) - The six nations negotiating with Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment programme could guarantee Tehran's security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters on Wednesday.

The Update: Bhutto returns home
Posted 209 days ago
Oct. 18 - Top news on reuters.com

China's future leaders
Posted 211 days ago
Oct. 16 - Potential future leaders of China share their agenda on the second day of the Communist Party Congress, a key forum for policy announcements.

Bhutto welcomed in Pakistan
Posted 209 days ago
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto lands in Karachi to thousands of cheering supporters.

Commuter chaos in France
Posted 209 days ago
Oct. 18 - French commuters face travel chaos as transport workers strike over plans to end early retirement privileges.

Bush urges China to meet Dalai Lama
Posted 209 days ago
Oct. 17 - With President Bush on hand, Congress gave the Dalai Lama one of the highest U.S. honors. Bush called on China to open talks with the exiled spiritual leader .

Bush asks Turkey to show restraint
Posted 209 days ago
Oct. 17 - US President Bush expressed sympathy to Turkish concerns while calling on the nation to show restraint in Iraq.

Bhutto affirms Pakistan return
Posted 209 days ago
Oct. 17 - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto announces her return to Pakistan after eight-years of self-exile.

"Superbug" spreading
Posted 209 days ago
Oct. 17 - A "superbug" resistant to antibiotics has moved out of hospitals and is creating a major health emergency.

Politics is all relative
Posted 209 days ago
Oct 18 - They may occupy opposite ends of the political spectrum but Dick Cheney and Barack Obama are apparently related.

Christian school Pres denies charges
Posted 209 days ago
Oct. 17 - Oral Roberts University President denies charges by former professors.