Mbeki holds talks with Mugabe, MDC faction
South African President Thabo Mbeki met Saturday with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and members of a breakaway opposition faction, the South African Foreign Affairs Department said.
Iran defiant on right to nuclear power
Iran's government spokesman on Saturday reiterated its right to develop nuclear power for peaceful purposes, a state-run news agency reported.
Posted Saturday, July 5, 2008 9:10 am CDT
50,000 S. Koreans protest 'unsafe' U.S. beef
Tens of thousands of South Koreans were demonstrating Saturday on the streets of the capital to protest the government's decision to import what they say is unsafe U.S. beef.