International News Archive - December 27, 2005
Even as the mourners were placing flowers on the beach in memory of loved ones lost in the tsunami, Koh Phi Phi was welcoming fresh boatloads of its lifeblood -- tourists and beer.
By Ed Cropley KOH PHI PHI, Thailand (Reuters) - Even as the mourners were placing flowers on the beach in memory of loved ones lost in the tsunami, Koh Phi Phi was welcoming fresh boatloads of its lifeblood -- tourists and beer.
By Jon Herskovitz SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is more interested in establishing diplomatic ties with the United States than it is in receiving economic aid, a top South Korean official said on Tuesday.
By Richard Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow's tensions with the West over Iran's nuclear program and its patchy record on democracy will test Russia's year at the helm of the G8 club of rich nations starting on Sunday.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon has detained a Syrian suspect in the killing of anti-Syrian lawmaker and newspaper magnate Gebran Tueni, judicial sources said on Tuesday.
By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Fuelling fears of a return to civil war, suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed 10 soldiers in the island's far north on Tuesday in the second mine attack in less than a week, the military said.
By Darren Schuettler PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) - In the chaos after Asia's killer tsunami, a volunteer Israeli doctor and a badly injured survivor fell in love. A year later, Israeli-born businessman Ron Bombiger held Dr.
Please read in headline ... Tueni's killing ... instead of ... Tueini's killing ... BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon has detained a Syrian suspect in the killing of anti-Syrian lawmaker and newspaper magnate Gebran Tueni, judicial sources said on Tuesday.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon has detained a Syrian suspect in the killing of anti-Syrian lawmaker and newspaper magnate Gebran Tueni, judicial sources said on Tuesday.
