Vietnam, concerned that too many boys are being born, will destroy more than 30,000 copies of books instructing couples how to have a baby of their desired sex.
1 hour, 18 minutes agoSpanish police foiled a plot to use a zeppelin to help a prisoner break out of jail, the interior ministry says.
1 hour, 33 minutes agoTEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian cleric warned on Friday that detained British embassy staff would face trial for their alleged role in post-election unrest, and EU countries summoned Iranian envoys to protest against the detentions.
1 hour, 34 minutes agoTwo aid workers from Ireland and Uganda have been kidnapped by armed men in Sudan's volatile Darfur region.
1 hour, 34 minutes agoTwo children, including a three-week-old baby, were killed and about 30 people had to be rescued when fire ripped through a high-rise apartment building in UK.
1 hour, 59 minutes agoTEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The Organisation of American States tried to convince Honduras on Friday to restore toppled President Manuel Zelaya or suffer a diplomatic sanction from the Western Hemisphere.
July 4, 2009, 6:46 amRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has rejected criticism from US President Barack Obama that his thinking is still influenced by Cold War attitudes.
ABC - July 4, 2009, 6:39 amAn Australian citizen is suspected of being the first swine flu case in Croatia.
July 4, 2009, 6:27 amSheriff's deputies are searching for a serial killer blamed for four deaths over the past six days as terrified residents wonder who might be next.
July 4, 2009, 6:14 amAlaska Governor Sarah Palin , the former Republican vice presidential nominee, says she will resign from office on July 26.
July 4, 2009, 6:07 amJERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's envoy will hold a second meeting in a week with Israel's defence minister, an Israeli official said on Friday, announcing talks on Monday likely to focus again on a dispute over settlements.
July 4, 2009, 5:02 amWANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles on Friday into Pakistan's South Waziristan region, killing 10 militants, officials said, ahead of an expected Pakistani military offensive in the area.
July 4, 2009, 4:45 amJERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States and its Western allies are sounding out Arab governments to see if they might ease sanctions on Israel if it stopped building Jewish settlements on Palestinian territory, diplomats said on Friday.
July 4, 2009, 4:43 amCorrects to say last meeting between the two was this week
July 4, 2009, 4:31 amLONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Myanmar authorities on Friday to halt the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and to release her.
July 4, 2009, 4:27 amLONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Myanmar authorities on Friday to halt the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and to release her.
July 4, 2009, 4:20 amJERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military was investigating whether a teenage Palestinian girl killed in the Gaza Strip was hit by a Palestinian or an Israeli mortar shell, an army spokeswoman said Friday.
July 4, 2009, 4:12 amVIENNA (Reuters) - The incoming head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday he did not see any hard evidence Iran was trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear arms.
July 4, 2009, 4:11 amNEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian court ruling to decriminalize gay sex will boost the fight against AIDS, but a powerful stigma against homosexuality and uneven quality of healthcare will still hamper efforts, a top AIDS worker said.
July 4, 2009, 3:29 amLIMA (Reuters) - Peru's prime minister said on Friday he planned to step down next week following criticism of the government's handling of violent Amazon protests in which at least 34 people died last month.
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