Betancourt: Rescue in Colombia was 'impeccable'
BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing over kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors Wednesday in a daring helicopter rescue so successful that not a single shot was fired.
Nations:Colombia U.S. People:Nicolas Sarkozy John McCain George W. Bush Source:(AP)
2008-07-02
China, Dalai Lama's envoys resume talks
BEIJING (Reuters) - China resumed fence-mending talks with envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Tuesday in a move that could burnish its international image weeks before the Chinese capital hosts the Olympics.
Nations:China People:Nicolas Sarkozy Hu Jintao Dalai Lama Activities:2008 Dalai Lama Talk Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-01
Zheng stuns Ivanovic, Federer cruises
LONDON (Reuters) - World number one Ana Ivanovic's luck at Wimbledon ran out on Friday with the top seed, who survived two match points on Wednesday, hustled out in the third round by China's Zheng Jie.
People:Serena Williams Ana Ivanovic Svetlana Kuznetsova Amelie Mauresmo Roger Federer Anna Chakvetadze Activities:2008 Wimbledon
2008-06-28
Iraq nears first major oil service deals
BAGHDAD - Iraq is close to signing oil service deals with several major Western oil companies in an effort to boost its output capacity, the country's oil ministry said Thursday -- the first major Iraqi contracts with big Western companies since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
Nations:Iraq United Arab Emirates Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis Iraqi Oil Industry Source:(AP)
2008-06-19
Holders Greece go out, Spain in last eight
VIENNA (Reuters) - Greece's Euro 2008 title defense petered out tamely on Saturday when they lost 1-0 to Russia but Spain became the fourth team to qualify for the quarter-finals with a last-gasp 2-1 victory over Sweden.
Nations:Greece Netherlands Russia Sweden Spain Switzerland Activities:Euro 2008 Source:(Reuters)
2008-06-15
Honors for Mao Mao the panda killed in China quake
WOLONG, China - Mao Mao the panda's remains were gently laid in a wooden crate and wheeled to a patch of ground in China's famed Wolong Nature Reserve where a freshly dug grave awaited.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China Earthquake Source:(AP)
2008-06-10
'Medieval' paparazzi laws could benefit Brangelina
PARIS - Perhaps Brangelina chose southern France for its blue skies, vineyards and the availability of an estate with a moat. But there's another reason the world's most famous expecting couple was smart to come here: French law is tough on paparazzi, especially when it comes to snapping photos of children.
Nations:France Switzerland People:Segolene Royal Angelina Jolie Brad Pitt Activities:Pitt & Jolie Source:(AP)
2008-06-10
Sudanese plane bursts into flames, killing dozens
A Sudanese jetliner landed in a thunderstorm and veered off the runway late Tuesday, bursting into flames and killing dozens of people, Sudanese officials said.
Nations:Sudan Source:(AP)
2008-06-10
Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent dies at 71
Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent, who reworked the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant pantsuits that came to define how modern women dressed, died Sunday evening, a longtime friend and associate said. He was 71.
Nations:France Algeria People:Yves Saint Laurent Christian Dior
2008-06-01
Brangelina rents French villa; twin births denied
The Brangelina clan began settling into a villa in the south of France as reports that the couple's twins had been born were refuted by other celebrity news outlets.
Nations:France People:Angelina Jolie Brad Pitt Activities:Pitt & Jolie
2008-05-30
Fuel prices threaten livelihoods across Europe
It was always a hard life working on trawlers off the coast of Brittany but Marc Grandmougin put up with it for 20 years -- until surging fuel costs cut the French fisherman's income by a third in one year.
Nations:France U.K. Germany Bulgaria Netherlands Spain Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis
2008-05-30
Miracle rescues in China quake as death toll tops 40,000
A woman who survived on rainwater and a man fed via a straw were Tuesday pulled out of the rubble eight days after China's earthquake but hopes faded for others as the death toll topped 40,000.
Nations:China People:Nicolas Sarkozy George W. Bush Wen Jiabao Activities:2008 China Earthquake
2008-05-20
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