FACTBOX - Ties between China and North Korea

FACTBOX - Ties between China and North Korea


FACTBOX - Ties between China and North Korea

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 12:42 AM PDT

(Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il made a rare public appearance at Pyongyang's airport on Sunday to greet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the start of a rare visit likely to test the North's stance on nuclear disarmament.


EU leaders welcome Ireland result

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 12:26 AM PDT

Political leaders across Europe have welcomed the result of the Irish referendum endorsing the Lisbon Treaty.


North Korea's Kim woos China's Wen on rare visit

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:42 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il held talks with visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday after making a rare appearance to greet his guest at the start of a visit likely to test the North's stance on nuclear disarmament.


Eight U.S. troops killed in east Afghan battle

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:42 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Eight U.S. troops were killed in battle when remote outposts were stormed by fighters in an Afghan district the Americans were planning to abandon, the military said on Sunday, the deadliest battle in more than a year.


Hopes fade for Indonesia quake survivors

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:42 PM PDT

PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Rescue teams combing the rubble in the shattered Indonesian city of Padang said on Sunday there was little hope of finding more survivors of a massive earthquake that authorities say may have killed 3,000 people.


Typhoon kills 17 in Philippines

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:22 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - A powerful typhoon slowly moved out to sea on Sunday after slamming into the remote northeastern Philippines and killing 17 people, but damage and flooding, while extensive, were less widespread than feared.


China's Wen holds talks with North Korea's Kim - Xinhua

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:22 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held rare talks with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, the first day of Wen's visit to the North.


Eight U.S. troops killed in east Afghan battle

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:22 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Eight U.S. troops were killed in battle after tribal militia attacked two combat outposts in a remote area in eastern Afghanistan, the military said on Sunday, the deadliest battle for U.S. troops in more than a year.


Israel's Netanyahu to undergo hospital tests

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:22 PM PDT

JERUSALEM, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo medical tests in hospital on Sunday, including a colonoscopy of his lower intestinal tract and a cystoscopy of the bladder, his office said.


Eight U.S. troops killed in E. Afghan battle

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:42 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Eight U.S. troops were killed in day of fighting in the remote east of Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, after fighters launched a "complex" attack, a military spokeswoman said on Sunday.


Socialists set for comeback as Greece votes

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:42 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greeks began voting on Sunday in an election that the socialist opposition was expected to win due to discontent with the government's failure to crack down on corruption and its handling of the economic crisis.


North Korea's Kim woos China's Wen on rare visit

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:41 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il made a rare appearance at Pyongyang's airport on Sunday to personally greet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the start of a top-level visit likely to test the North's stance on nuclear disarmament.


Socialists set for comeback as Greece votes

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:41 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greeks vote on Sunday in a snap election that the socialist opposition is expected to win due to popular discontent with the government's failure to crack down on corruption and its handling of the economic crisis.


Philippines says may import rice as storms hit crops

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:41 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines, the world's biggest rice buyer, may import more of the grain to fill its needs for the first half of 2010 after two storms wreaked havoc on ricefields, a government official said on Sunday.


Russia dam disaster blamed on Chubais, five others

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:41 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian government commission found that Anatoly Chubais, the former head of the national power monopoly, was among those responsible for the Siberian hydropower station accident that killed 75 people in August.


China's Wen visits North Korea with nuclear talks in focus

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:15 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao began a rare top-level visit to North Korea on Sunday, with his meetings expected to focus on the poor and isolated nation's nuclear programme.


Former Japan finance minister found dead

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 08:41 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Japanese finance minister Shoichi Nakagawa, who was forced to deny he was drunk at a G7 news conference in February, has died, Tokyo police said on Sunday.


Only 10 days left for climate deal, UN's Ban says

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 08:41 PM PDT

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday negotiators had just 10 days left to secure a global climate deal and governments must not be hindered by domestic troubles.


Chance of more survivors from Indonesia quake dims

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 08:41 PM PDT

PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Rescue teams in the Indonesian city of Padang combed through rubble on Sunday in a desperate bid to find more survivors of a devastating earthquake four days ago, but were retrieving only bodies.


Nigerian rebel leaders give up arms in amnesty deal

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 08:41 PM PDT

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Hundreds of Nigerian rebel fighters gave up their weapons and accepted an amnesty deal on Saturday in the most concerted effort yet to end years of fighting in the oil-producing Niger Delta.


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