El Nino develops but impact seen patchy - Australia

El Nino develops but impact seen patchy - Australia

El Nino develops but impact seen patchy - Australia

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:38 AM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An El Nino weather event is still developing across the Pacific but its impacts are likely to be more variable than past El Nino events, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said on Tuesday.


Gaza's children fight for education

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 11:47 PM PDT

In the second part of the BBC's 'Hunger to learn' series, Katya Adler looks at how the children of Gaza are overcoming trauma to get an education.


UN to protect Corsican singing

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:12 AM PDT

UNESCO has pledged to protect polyphonic Corsican singing which is disappearing from the island.


Clinton to press Russia on Iran

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 11:39 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Moscow to urge Russian leaders to support a tougher stance towards Iran's controversial nuclear programme.


China slams India leader's visit to disputed area

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 11:37 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing said on Tuesday it was "seriously dissatisfied" by the visit of an Indian leader to a disputed Himalayan region, the latest tense exchange between the Asian giants over border areas claimed by both.


Japan to end Afghan refuelling mission - defence min

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 11:37 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will end its refuelling mission in support of U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan when its legal mandate expires in January, Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa was quoted as saying on Tuesday, a month before U.S. President Barack Obama visits Washington's close Asian ally.


Australia PM intervenes with Indonesia on asylum boats

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 11:37 PM PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Tuesday he had raised concern about surging refugee arrivals with his Indonesian counterpart, prompting Indonesia's navy to seize a boat packed with hundreds of asylum seekers.


Q+A - Australia's asylum seeker influx

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 11:37 PM PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia is seeing the biggest stream of asylum seeker arrivals for seven years, forcing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to defend border protection policies and seek transit nation Indonesia's assistance.


UK's Brown to repay $19,000 in expenses claims

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 11:09 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will repay more than 12,000 pounds of expenses claims for cleaning, gardening and decorating after an independent review found he had exceeded revised limits over the past five years.


Headstrong Honduran ruler resists world pressure

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 11:09 PM PDT

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Roberto Micheletti, the headstrong veteran politician who took power in Honduras when President Manuel Zelaya was toppled, is defying international pressure to reinstate his old friend and end media curbs.


China, Russia bolster ties with $3.5 bln in deals

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 11:08 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Russia and China looked to steady their close but increasingly imbalanced relationship on Tuesday when visiting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ushered through trade deals said to be worth $3.5 billion.


Al-Qaeda 'faces funding crisis'

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 10:13 PM PDT

Al-Qaeda is in its worst financial state for many years while the Taliban's funding is flourishing, according to the US Treasury.


Pledge to reform Athens police

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 10:23 PM PDT

The new minister responsible for public order and citizens' protection in Athens has pledged to crack down on violent police officers.


Turkey and Armenia kick-off new ties

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 10:27 PM PDT

After agreeing at the weekend to establish diplomatic ties after a century of hostility, Turkey and Armenia are to meet again on the football pitch.


'Naked' scanner in airport trial

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 10:15 PM PDT

A human X-ray machine that produces "naked" images of passengers has started a trial at Manchester Airport.


North Korea to fire more missiles ahead of talks

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 10:37 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea was on Tuesday reportedly preparing to fire more short-range missiles, a move seen as an attempt to boost its bargaining position ahead of expected talks on ending its nuclear weapons programme.


UK's Brown to repay $19,000 in expenses claims

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 10:37 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will repay more than 12,000 pounds of expenses claims for cleaning, gardening and decorating after an independent review found he had exceeded revised limits over the past five years.


Obama's climate-change hopes get a boost

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 10:21 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS/LONDON (Reuters) - Official Washington sounded more upbeat on Monday than it has for weeks in sizing up U.S. President Barack Obama's chances of progress on a climate-change bill in Congress this year.


Climate no longer top policy issue with Australians

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 10:09 PM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian voters no longer see the environment as the top policy issue, but the government remained committed on Tuesday to an emissions trading scheme which, if defeated in November, could see a snap election.


SCENARIOS - Obama's options in Afghan war

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 10:09 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama faces key decisions in the coming weeks on the war in Afghanistan, where insurgent violence has reached its highest level since the Taliban was ousted from power in late 2001.


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