Q+A - Any chance of a thaw between India and Pakistan?

Q+A - Any chance of a thaw between India and Pakistan?

Q+A - Any chance of a thaw between India and Pakistan?

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 11:02 PM PDT

Ties went into deep freeze after attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai in November. India has put on hold the five-year-old peace process, saying Pakistan must act decisively against the militants India holds responsible for the assault.


Afghan aid is priority for U.S. ties - Japan PM

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 11:02 PM PDT

PITTSBURGH, United States (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Thursday the first topic he wants to address in relations with the United States was to come up with a plan for contributing to Afghan security.


U.S. rethinks plans to give Libya $2.5 million in aid

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 09:33 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said it is rethinking a decision to give $2.5 million in aid to Libya, including to foundations run by the Libyan leader's sons, after lawmakers on Thursday asked it to cancel the plan.

20-year-old brunette wins Miss Venezuela (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:06 PM PDT

AP - Marelisa Gibson, a 20-year-old brunette, has been crowned Miss Venezuela and will represent the beauty-obsessed South American country at next year's Miss Universe pageant.


Separated Koreans prepare for family reunions (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:22 PM PDT

AP - Lee Sun-ok fled from North to South Korea to escape chaotic fighting during the Korean War, boarding a ship along with thousands of other people in December 1950. There was no time to say goodbye to her loved ones.


Netanyahu attacks Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:28 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brandished at the U.N. on Thursday Nazi-era documents on the extermination of Jews, dramatically rebutting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial.


U.S. rethinks plans to give Libya $2.5 million in aid

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:28 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said it is rethinking a decision to give $2.5 million in aid to Libya, including to foundations run by the Libyan leader's sons, after lawmakers on Thursday asked it to cancel the plan.


U.S. charges Afghan-born man with bombing plot

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:28 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Colorado airport shuttle bus driver was charged under federal anti-terrorism laws with plotting to set off explosives in the United States and accused of acquiring the same bomb-making chemicals used in the 2005 London transit attacks.


Taiwan ex-president appeals in U.S. court for release

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:28 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-Bian has asked a U.S. court to order his release from prison in his homeland, arguing that the United States still has authority over the island.


Honduras edges toward possible crisis talks

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:28 PM PDT

HONDURAS (Reuters) - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the country's de facto government on Thursday edged toward possible talks to end a standoff triggered after the toppled leftist took refuge in the Brazilian embassy.


Palau agrees to take 12 Uighurs from Guantanamo - U.S.

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:28 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has agreed with Palau to transfer up to 12 of the 13 Uighur Chinese detainees still held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Pacific island nation, according to a letter obtained by Reuters on Thursday.


U.S. warns 15 Kenyans they are blocking reforms

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:28 PM PDT

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States has sent warning letters to 15 prominent Kenyans it says are blocking reform in east Africa's biggest economy following last year's post-election violence, the U.S. ambassador said on Thursday.


Clashes at G20 summit

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 03:52 PM PDT

Trouble has flared as world leaders gather in Pittsburgh for the G20 summit. Riot police have used teargas to disperse hundreds of protesters.


'Informal' talks in Honduras

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:06 PM PDT

The interim government in Honduras has confirmed that it's begun what it describes as informal talks with the deposed president, Manuel Zelaya.


'Safe waters' for sharks in Palau

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:00 PM PDT

The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau is set to make a giant leap forward in marine conservation. It is about to declare all of its national waters a shark sanctuary, banning shark fishing.


Clashes at G20 summit

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 03:52 PM PDT

Trouble has flared as world leaders gather in Pittsburg for the G20 summit. Riot police have used teargas to disperse hundreds of protestors.


'Informal' talks in Honduras

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:06 PM PDT

The interim government in Honduras has confirmed that it's begun what it describes as informal talks with the deposed president, Manuel Zelaya.


'Safe waters' for sharks in Palau

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:00 PM PDT

The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau is set to make a giant leap forward in marine conservation. It is about to declare all of its national waters a shark sanctuary, banning shark fishing.


US plans to send eight Guantanamo Uighurs to Palau

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 05:53 PM PDT

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration told Congress it plans to transfer eight Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo to the Pacific island nation of Palau, according to a US document that said six had already accepted.

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'100 feared dead' in Indian chimney collapse

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 05:34 AM PDT

RAIPUR, India - Rescuers searched desperately for survivors Thursday in the rubble of a giant chimney that collapsed in central India, with a top union official saying more than 100 workers were feared dead.

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