Environmentalists say tiger skins openly sold in Chinese, Tibetian markets

With almost three quarters of votes counted, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has about 49 percent of votes

At least eight people were killed and scores more wounded

Early results show President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is ahead, but does not have enough votes to avoid a run-off election

Early results show President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is ahead, but does not have enough votes to avoid a run-off election

Losses suffered in wake of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany’s admission that he lied to voters to keep power

At least eight people were killed and scores more wounded

Brazilians, appreciating stable economy and social programs, may again elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Social Democratic leader Alfred Gusenbauer is expected to become next chancellor

Soldiers are clearing area around wreckage of Gol airlines flight to allow rescue helicopters to land

President Musharraf says his country has not withdrawn troops from tribal border regions

Municipal elections follow two weeks of sometimes violent anti-government protests that erupted after Ferenc Gyurcsany admitted lying about state of economy

President Musharraf says his country has not withdrawn military from tribal border regions

Officials say gunmen rounded up workers and stole two refrigerator trucks late Sunday

Georgia-Russia relations reach a new low, after arrest Wednesday of four Russians Georgia accuses of spying

Authorities say it is unlikely there are any survivors of Gol airlines’ 155 passengers

Brazilians, appreciating stable economy and social programs, may again elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Police, demonstrators clash in Lusaka, opposition leader Michael Sata says 400,000 ballots are missing

National Security Advisor Mouwafak al-Rubaie says Abu Ayyub al-Masri’s days are numbered

Brent Bennett served more than two years of a three-year sentence

Police, demonstrators clash in Lusaka, opposition leader Michael Sata says 400,000 ballots are missing

Condoleezza Rice to meet with King Abdullah, President Hosni Mubarak, President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

Law places mandatory sanctions on companies, nations providing Iran means to make nuclear weapons

Four killed, dozens injured when Hamas security forces tried to break protests

But chief of the UN force in Lebanon says some Israeli troops remain in a village, which straddles the border between Lebanon and Israeli-occupied Syrian territory

One of the fugitives, Fawaz Al-Rabeiee, was sentenced to death last year for his involvement in suicide attack on Limburg oil tanker

500 homes washed away in town of Gusau

Environmentalists say tiger skins openly sold in Chinese, Tibetian markets

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram says 8.9 percent growth ‘most rapid growth achieved in recent times’

Mourners remember 15 Indonesians, four Australians and one Japanese killed in triple suicide bombings last year