Oct. 18 - Top news on reuters.com

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto lands in Karachi to thousands of cheering supporters.

Oct. 18 - French commuters face travel chaos as transport workers strike over plans to end early retirement privileges.

Oct 18 - They may occupy opposite ends of the political spectrum but Dick Cheney and Barack Obama are apparently related.

Oct. 17 - With President Bush on hand, Congress gave the Dalai Lama one of the highest U.S. honors. Bush called on China to open talks with the exiled spiritual leader .

Oct. 17 - US President Bush expressed sympathy to Turkish concerns while calling on the nation to show restraint in Iraq.

Oct 17 - Talk of the Town brings you the latest in news, music and celebrity talk.

Oct. 17 - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto announces her return to Pakistan after eight-years of self-exile.

Oct. 17 - Oral Roberts University President denies charges by former professors.

Oct 17 - Flooding in central province of Vietnam kills two, another two reported missing.

Oct 17 - Talk of the Town brings you the latest in news, music and celebrity talk.

Oct. 16 - Reuters' Manoush Zomorodi takes us inside the store that has 100,000 pairs of shoes and its own postal ZIP code.

Oct. 16 - Spears had been ordered to surrender to Los Angelese police on charges of hit and run and driving without a license.

Oct. 16 - Talk of the Town brings you the latest in news, music and celebrity talk.

Oct. 16 - 25 years after her death, Grace Kelly is remembered in a special exhibition in New York.

Oct. 16 - The acclaimed American filmmaker David Lynch has brought his own distinctive style to the issue of Middle East peace in a meeting with the Israeli President, Shimon Peres.

Oct. 16 - 24-year-old Mexican Priscila Perales takes home the crown at the Miss International 2007 pageant in Tokyo, beating 60 other contestants.

Oct. 15 - Talk of the Town brings you the latest in news, music and celebrity talk.

Oct. 15 - Talk of the Town brings you the latest in news, music and celebrity talk.

Greece moves its priceless antiquities by crane from the Acropolis to a museum below.

Oct 18 - Clowns performing for clowns? That's what you'll get at Mexico's 12th Annual International Clowns' Convention.

Oct. 17 - The winner of 'Japan's best bottom' competition shows off her winning asset.

Oct. 16 - Dogs embrace the Halloween spirit in a Chicago parade

Oct. 16 - Past communist icons are cool in China with designers whipping up a wide array of merchandise featuring images of the Cultural Revolution.

Oct 12 - Students in Mexico city create couture designs using food

Oct. 12- A dog wedding in Peru, mascot race in England, free hugs in Hong Kong and moth a la mode tops this week's Oddly Enough.

Oct. 11 - A 42-year-old grandmother has been caught on tape shoplifting-- and also teaching her four-year-old grand-daughter how to steal.

Oct. 6 - A kangaroo made a lucky escape after it hopped onto the circuit of a major motor sport event in Australia.

Oct. 10 - Ann Thompson taught herself to crow, strut and cluck like a rooster but never thought her talent would take her anywhere.

Oct 9 - A Sydney chef is taking advantage of an invasion of Bogong moths to the Australian city.

Oct. 18 - Japanese real estate prices are rising again, 16 years after its "Bubble" era ended in tears.

Oct. 18 - Asian shares rose Thursday on expectations of lower U.S. interest rates and strong results by tech giant Intel.

Oct. 17 - The Nasdaq jumped 1 percent as strong earnings from technology bellwethers like Intel and Yahoo gave spirits a lift.

Oct. 17 - Two years later than originally scheduled, the Airbus A380 superjumbo lands in Singapore ready for commercial service.

Oct. 17 - U.S. stocks moved higher for the first time in three days on upbeat results from several blue chip names.

Oct. 17 - A United Nations study shows a staggering increase in the amount of money sent back home by migrants.

Oct. 17 - Chinese manufacturers steal the limelight at Asia's largest electronics fair.

Oct. 16 - Crude prices touched $88 for the first time, amid a six-day rally, as geopolitcal tensions kept supply concerns running high.

Oct. 16 - Ericsson lost a quarter of its market value after reporting a surprise drop in third-quarter profits on the back of weak network upgrade sales.

Oct. 16 - The world diamond industry says it wants to rethink its business strategy and give more power to producing countries in Africa.

Oct. 17 - DNA analysis is now available on a commercial level. Ancestry.com and Sorenson Genomics have teamed up to offer DNA results to individuals.

Oct. 17 - Chinese manufacturers steal the limelight at Asia's largest electronics fair.

Oct. 16 - Ericsson lost a quarter of its market value after reporting a surprise drop in third-quarter profits on the back of weak network upgrade sales.

Oct. 16 - Britain's digital television switchover is beginning in the Cumbrian costal town of Whitehaven.

Oct. 11 - In this edition of Reuters Technology Week ...

Oct. 12 - A new residential building going up in Manhattan will let owners park their cars high above the street within steps of their condos.

Oct. 11 - As phone makers gear up for the holiday season, they are targeting the iPhone by offering alternatives.

Oct. 11 - Nintendo's Wii handheld console is adding a home fitness game to its arsenal before the key yearend season, another leg up in its rivalry with Sony's PlayStation 3.

Oct. 10 - If you dream of having a robot to help out round the house - that dream may come true in the not too distant future.

Oct. 10 - German scientist gets "the best birthday present" - a Nobel Prize.

Oct. 12 - Once considered a stiff politician, Al Gore- a newly-minted Nobel winner - is being urged by some Democrats -- to run for the Democratic nomination.

Oct. 17 - Vienna Bureau Chief Boris Groendahl and correspondent Karin Strohecker debrief on the key themes that emerged from the 3-day Reuters Central European Investment Summit.

Oct. 17 - The International Monetary Fund's Christoph Rosenberg says Central European economies are "racing very fast."

Oct. 17 - Czech power generator CEZ says alleviating the power shortage in the Balkans will take 5-10 years.

Oct. 17 - Austrian energy company OMV says all of its "cards are on the table" in its bid for Hungary's oil and gas company MOL.

Oct. 17 - The CEO of Immoeast says "I think it's an attractive situation and time to buy" shares in the company.

Argentina goes to the polls on October 28th. Voters in the country speak out on their choice for Argentina's next president and the issues that matter most to them.