World - Time

Rightist Joerg Haider's, dead in a car crash, marshaled anti-immigrant sentiment, nationalism and even a bit of Nazi sympathy to change Austrian politics forever

Asian and European markets have another black day as traders keep selling shares

Viewpoint: Professional troubleshooter Martti Ahtisaari may not seem an inspired Nobel choice, but who'd want the job of brokering agreements between those who'd prefer to have blown one another way

The Finn Martti Ahtisaari has made a career of forging peace through the hard slog of conventional diplomacy

Lessons from Japan's "Lost Decade" and the Asian Financial Crisis may provide clues for easing the credit crunch

Stocks in the region suffer historic losses as economic news goes from bad to worse

The hijacking drama may come to an end but the controversial booty may violate an agreement that ended the Sudanese civil war. Where will it end up?

The road to sainthood for the Nazi-era Pontiff had been put on hold, but on the holiest of Jewish holy days, the current Pope appears to renew the process

Jean-Marie Gustave Le ClÉzio has never been easy to classify. Now he'll be known as one of literature's Élites: a Nobel laureate

New elections looks likely to produce a government that's in no hurry to enter NATO

Analysis: Venezuela's Chavez may crow about the demise of the U.S. economy, but it will tighten his own belt. Latin America's big winner may instead be Brazil, the country that has best managed capitalism

Investor confidence is bouyed by a round of global interest-rate cuts, but the reaction was muted and may not last

The global credit crisis leaves the tiny Nordic nation on the brink of bankruptcy

Irreconcilable differences between supporters of ex-President Thabo Mbeki and those of his rival Jacob Zuma may lead to the creation of a new party

Author Hooman Majd offers rare insights into the politics of the Islamic Republic

Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces the tough job of restoring trust in a severely battered sector

In the ongoing regional meltdown, Japan's stock market suffers its steepest daily drop since 1987, and Indonesia closes its exchange after shares fall by more than 10%

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

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

With the international community distracted by the financial crisis, Zimbabwe's embattled president backs away from sharing power

Kenyan officials found bureaucratic reasons to throw controversial writer Jerome Corsi out of their country

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

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

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