Russell, Rosalind (1911-1976)
Rosalind Russell is best remembered for numerous roles in 1930s and 1940s comedies as high-powered career women (executives, judges, psychiatrists) caught between the pro...
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YALA, Thailand, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Suspected Islamic rebels
killed four Buddhist state officials on Wednesday in a roadside
gun attack in Thailand's rebellious Muslim south, police said. Four mili...
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KABUL, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber targeting an
Afghan provincial governor killed his son and six police
bodyguards on Monday, the provincial police chief said. The governor escaped unhurt...
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BANGKOK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Malaysia's de facto opposition
leader, Anwar Ibrahim, called on the country's disparate
opposition on Tuesday to forge a loose electoral pact ahead of
a snap election h...
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Dec 11 (Reuters) - South Koreans will elect a new president
on Dec. 19, with the front-runner to win the race promising a
tough line on North Korea, where aid is tied to progress on
ending its nuc...
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BALI, Indonesia, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The European Union
might be willing to cut greenhouse gas emissions deeper than 30
percent by 2020 if other rich nations join a broad fight
against global warmi...
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HANOI, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Vietnam has not given the United
States any evidence of reports in state-run media that four
Vietnamese-Americans arrested last month were suspected of
terrorism, the U.S...
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Afghan and
NATO-led forces killed 20 Taliban fighters and wounded another
nine in an operation west of the main southern city of
Kandahar, the provincial ...
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Janet Blair, the vivacious actress who appeared in several 1940s musicals and comedies, then turned to television and stars like Sid Caesar and Henry Fonda, has died. She was 85.Blair died Monday f...
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CANBERRA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Australia's Labor Party leader
Kevin Rudd said on Monday he would lead his country's
delegation to December's Bali climate summit and sign the Kyoto
pact if he wins po...
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