G20 looks to nurture recovery, plant safeguards

G20 looks to nurture recovery, plant safeguards

G20 looks to nurture recovery, plant safeguards

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 12:52 AM PDT

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Leaders of the world's biggest countries meet on Thursday to seek ways to nurture the recovery from the worst recession since the 1930s and build safeguards against future catastrophes.


Netanyahu wants Israel recognised as "Jewish"

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 12:52 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will not drop his demand that the Palestinians recognise Israel as a Jewish state in peace negotiations that the United States wants to revive.


Hu's carbon commitment marks new era for China

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 12:52 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao's pledge this week to cut "carbon intensity" marked Beijing's first acceptance that it must control emissions, a pivotal shift that could alter the dynamic of global climate change talks.


China says pressure not conducive to Iran solution

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 12:52 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Thursday that stepping up pressure on Iran would not be an effective way to persuade the country to halt its nuclear programme.


Leaders to meet on nuclear issue

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 12:00 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama is to chair a special meeting of the UN Security Council on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.


AIDS vaccine protects 1/3 of Thai trial volunteers

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 12:12 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental AIDS vaccine made using two older vaccines protected volunteers, lowering the risk of infection by about a third, U.S. and Thai researchers reported on Thursday.


N.Koreans in asylum bid at Danish embassy in Vietnam

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 12:12 AM PDT

HANOI (Reuters) - A group of North Koreans seeking political asylum has entered Denmark's embassy in Hanoi, the ambassador and an activist said on Thursday.


China, S.Korea lead in green stimulus investment

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 11:43 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korea and China lead the world's 20 largest economies in the percentage of economic stimulus money they invest in environmental projects, the U.N. Environment Program reported on Thursday.


FEATURE - Hydro brings light and hope to Sierra Leone

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 11:43 PM PDT

FREETOWN (Reuters) - It hasn't yet reached Ali Lamie's small store, which flashes with colours as he charges cellphones by the rack. But after more than 30 years, Bumbuna hydroelectric dam is bringing power and economic hope to Sierra Leone.


Chimney collapse kills 22

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 07:00 PM PDT

More than 20 people have died after a chimney collapsed at a building site in India. It happened during a storm in the central state of Chhattisgarh.


MRI, solar cells, aging work lead Nobel predictions

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 10:48 PM PDT

Here is a list of the likely winners, as predicted by Thomson Reuters' David Pendlebury, who has been making such picks since 1989.


G20 looks to nurture recovery, plant safeguards

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 10:16 PM PDT

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Leaders of the world's biggest rich and developing countries meet on Thursday to seek ways to nurture the economic recovery and build safeguards against future catastrophes.


Obama to chair historic UN council nuclear meeting

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 10:01 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will chair a historic meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that is expected to ask nations with nuclear weapons to scrap their deadly arsenals.


Koreans meet after half century to say goodbye

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 09:40 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - The South Korean soldier said he wanted Lee Sun-ok to leave her North Korean village near the border with China and come with him to be a medic in the South. Her father saw he had a gun and said she should go.


China open to G20 talks on new economic balance

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 09:22 PM PDT

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A U.S. drive to build a more balanced global economy gained the qualified support of China on Wednesday in a sign that Group of 20 leaders may be ready to take joint action to prevent future economic crises.


Australian military objects to China investment

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 09:22 PM PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia is set to reject a Chinese investment in an outback mining venture after defence officials on Thursday said the project threatened national security, potentially upsetting testy ties with Beijing.


Iran hit with new demand as U.N. meets

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 08:36 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and other major powers on Wednesday told Iran to prepare a "serious response" by Oct. 1 to demands it halt its nuclear program or risk the consequences.


Missions find evidence of water on the moon

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 08:36 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three separate missions examining the moon have found clear evidence of water there, apparently concentrated at the poles and possibly formed by the solar wind.


U.S. keeps Myanmar sanctions, plans more talks

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 08:36 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States will pursue deeper engagement with Myanmar's military rulers to try to spur democratic reform but will not ease sanctions for now, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.


Venezuela may resume relations with Iraq - Chavez

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 08:36 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday he is considering establishing full relations with Iraq, six years after cutting ties over the U.S.-led invasion of the Middle Eastern nation.


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