18 Dec 2009 09:02:59 GMT Grenada's beaches still make history
Spice Isle is lush, inviting now that its storms have passed
GRENADA -- Friends gave Amanda Robinson and Tim Schenk strange looks when the couple announced they were spending their honeymoon on this southeastern Caribbean island, still ...
18 Dec 2009 08:51:15 GMT 22 candidates and foreign monitors for Presidential polls
Colombo, Dec. 17 -- President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former chief of defence staff general Sarath Fonseka were among the 22 candidates whose nominations were accepted by the Election Department (ED) on Thursday for the Presidential election ...
18 Dec 2009 08:51:07 GMT The unusual suspects
India, Dec. 17 -- Is Islamist terrorism a transnational crime that should be countered with a mix of aggressive policing and intelligence-gathering and, when necessary, foreign cooperation? Alternatively, is it a militarist ideology, like ...
18 Dec 2009 08:48:35 GMT Lava cascades down a gully of the active Mayon volcano in Legazpi city Lava cascades down a gully of the active Mayon volcano in Legazpi city, 500 km (310 miles) south of Manila December 18, 2009. Soldiers and police will forcibly evacuate thousands of residents who ...
18 Dec 2009 08:47:28 GMT Pakistani minister barred from travel, tensions rise (For full coverage of Pakistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK])
* Tension rises, coup rumour spooks markets briefly
* Anti-graft agency lists scores barred from leaving
* Defence minister stopped at ...