World - Time

Some analysts say the case-by-case approach of national governments is undermining confidence rather than bolstering it

In spite of the global financial mess, Beijing still wants to make its markets more like the West's

The region is losing confidence it can easily weather a US recession

The "Nation's Actress" is found dead in her apartment after being attacked by aggressive online rumors

With the new Thai PM doing his job in a defunct airport lounge, police step up action against protesters camped out in Bangkok's government headquarters

A continent best known for its symptoms of morbid decline is doing remarkably well by measure of economic growth and good governance

Supporters of the popular president do well in local elections, but not as well as expected

For all the rhetoric about a common front, Germany leads a new run of unilateral action to save institutions and reassure depositors

A storied location will be abandoned for a new, more secure building in humbler surroundings

While the world speculates on Kim Jong Il's health and whether Washington can get nuclear talks back on track, millions of North Koreans are running out of food

France is a key U.S. ally in confronting Iran's nuclear program. But many in Paris, and Washington, believe that solving the problem requires direct U.S.-Iranian talks

A black mayor tries to ban a street dress code, but runs afoul of the courts. Could class politics be at work?

An angry exchange of public denunciations between top leaders of the ANC suggests that some Mbeki loyalists may be planning to quit the party

It may have looked like just another sluggish freighter, but the Faina's cargo of tanks put the buccaneers in the eye of an international storm

A dictionary's cull of archaic terms has brought language mavens onto the ramparts

A new X-band radar in the Negev desert may provide early warning of any Iranian attack, but some say it's there to serve U.S. objectives rather than Israeli ones

At the prodding of Iran, whose support is critical to the survival of the Assad regime, Damascus can be expected to beef up Hizballah

With security heightened after the Sept. 20 bombing, the city resembles the Iraqi capital of 2003

There's been no lights, camera or action in Bollywood with up to 150,000 workers going on strike in India's most glamorous industry

Over three years in the making, the U.S. Senate passes a deal with India that opens up the nuclear power for business

Fakhruddin Ahmed explains why he's willing to risk turmoil to hold a new election

Viewpoint: Washington's orthodoxies have prevailed since the end of the Cold War, but the credit crisis is accelerating their demise

The annual conference of Britain's hopeful opposition party is overshadowed and unsettled by Congress

Was it due to U.S prodding or a way for Kayani to prove that his office remains the most powerful in the troubled country?

Old warriors are up in arms again over a scene in Lee's new film about the Buffalo Soldiers who helped liberate Italy

As Israel's embattled prime minister prepares to leave office, he issues a series of stunning departure statements

Moves to hand control of the anti-Qaeda Sons of Iraq to a Shi'ite government they mistrust are fueling growing anger

France's conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy finds himself echoing long-standing positions of his Socialist opposition