Reuters: In Depth

"Anything goes" at U.S. fight club

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:07:57 -0400

BURBANK, Calif (Reuters) - Electrically charged knives hum and crackle as two fighters circle each other on the gym floor, slashing and kicking out.

Can Olympians bank their gold after the Games?

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:27:51 -0400

BEIJING (Reuters) - Olympic heroes Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt are set to make their fortunes after Beijing but spare a thought for the winners of the other 293 gold medals.

Economic tough times divide Sydney

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:47:32 -0400

SYDNEY (Reuters) - This is a tale of two cities. There's the beachside Sydney, washed by white foamy waves, dotted by cafes and high class restaurants and multi-million dollar houses and apartments -- it's boomtown Sydney.

Saudi's economic cities under pressure to deliver

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:56:59 -0400

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - An hour's drive north of Jeddah on the Red Sea coast, 8,000 workers toil under the relentless summer sun building what Saudi Arabia hopes will be the key to its social and economic future.

On a stubborn battlefield, Iraqi forces set to take lead

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:24:15 -0400

WAJIHIYAH, Iraq (Reuters) - The U.S. commander dons his headset as a convoy of armored vehicles rumbles along the dusty roads of the fertile Diyala river valley in Iraq, and he starts his macabre tour.

Election a study in U.S. patriotism

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:15:41 -0400

ATLANTA (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential election presents a sharp contrast between two types of patriotism: John McCain stands as a war hero. His rival Barack Obama calls Americans back to the can-do spirit of the nation's founders.

Egypt wants antiquated taxis off its roads

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:39:13 -0400

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian government wants Fawzi Zawar, 49, to give up his taxi.

Let underdogs have their day, says Gueye

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:11:32 -0400

DAKAR (Reuters) - Remember Eric "The Eel" Moussambani, splashing through one of the slowest ever 100 meters freestyle heats before a roaring Sydney Olympics crowd after training in an Equatorial Guinea hotel pool?

Grain boom over, Spanish farmers eye lean year

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:40:24 -0400

DUENAS, Spain (Reuters) - Lucas Ferreras watches freshly harvested barley and wheat from a bumper crop pile up outside barns in northern Spain, but with prices coming off and his costs mounting, expects a lean year ahead.

40 years on, Czechs chilled by invasion of Georgia

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:25:00 -0400

DECIN, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Vera Machutova woke one August night in 1968 to the thunder of Soviet tanks surging through this Czech city on the East German frontier.