Iran promises "crushing" response as attack toll rises

Iran promises "crushing" response as attack toll rises


Iran promises "crushing" response as attack toll rises

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:33 AM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards promised a "crushing" response to an attack that killed several senior commanders, state television said on Monday, as the death toll from the deadliest such incident in years rose to 42.


Hurricane Rick weakens to category four

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:33 AM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Rick's 175 mph (281 kmh) winds weakened on Sunday and the storm was reclassified as a category four hurricane but weather officials said it still posed a danger to Mexico's southern Baja peninsula.


French govt may compromise on Sarkozy son's job

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:33 AM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - The French government on Sunday showed the first signs of retreat in a row over efforts by President Nicolas Sarkozy's undergraduate son to secure a plum job overseeing development of Paris's business district.


Iran says will enrich uranium if no deal in Vienna

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:33 AM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will further enrich uranium itself if nuclear talks fail with the U.N. watchdog, Russia, France and the United States in Vienna on Monday, an Iranian official said.


Iran says will enrich uranium if no deal in Vienna

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:00 AM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will further enrich uranium itself if nuclear talks fail with the U.N. watchdog, Russia, France and the United States in Vienna on Monday, an Iranian official said.


EXCLUSIVE - Taiwan's Ma urges China to scrap missiles

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:00 AM PDT

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou urged China on Monday to scrap the growing number of missiles aimed at the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own, adding he would not exclude the possibility of meeting Chinese leaders one day.


Pakistan denies Iran bomb link - report

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:00 AM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has condemned a suicide bomb attack in Iran and denied suggestions from the Iranian president that "some security agents" in Pakistan were cooperating with the bombers.


Four killed in south Russia attacks

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:00 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Four militants were killed in two separate gun battles in Russia's volatile North Caucasus while bombs went off in both the capital of a third region and under a gas pipeline, Russian news agencies reported on Monday.


CORRECTED - Botswana's President Khama wins new term

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 11:31 PM PDT

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Egyptians suffer 'phone stalking'

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 10:04 PM PDT

A growing number of Egyptian women complain that they are being pursued on their mobile phones but men they have never met.


Street fighting in Taliban bases

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

Taliban militants are engaged in street fighting with Pakistani soldiers in the South Waziristan region.


Talks for Iranian nuclear deal

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 09:59 PM PDT

Russia, France and the US are to hold talks with Iran to try to finalise an agreement on sending Iranian uranium abroad for enrichment.


US balloon boy case 'was a hoax'

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 10:13 PM PDT

The case of six-year-old Falcon Heene who was believed to be adrift in a hot air balloon was a hoax, a US sheriff says.


Philippine emergency teams prepare as typhoon nears

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 10:32 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines deployed emergency teams across flooded and landslide-hit areas in northern regions of the main Luzon island on Monday as a powerful typhoon moved closer, weeks after two storms killed more than 850 people.


Pakistan denies Iran bomb link - report

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 10:32 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has condemned a suicide bomb attack in Iran and denied suggestions from the Iranian president that "some security agents" in Pakistan were cooperating with the bombers.


Death toll in Iran attack rises to 42 - TV

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 09:58 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian state television said 42 people were killed in Sunday's suicide bombing attack on the elite Revolutionary Guards in the country's volatile southeast, raising the death toll from an earlier estimate of 35.


Hurricane Rick weakens to category four

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 09:29 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Rick's 175 mph (281 kmh) winds weakened on Sunday and the storm was reclassified as a category four hurricane but weather officials said it still posed a danger to Mexico's southern Baja peninsula.


Death toll in Iran attack rises to 42 - TV

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 09:29 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian state television said 42 people were killed in Sunday's attack on the elite Revolutionary Guards in the country's volatile southeast, raising the death toll from an earlier estimate of 35.


Support for Japan PM stays high, finding funds hard

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 08:31 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Support for Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama remains high at over 70 percent, newspaper polls showed on Monday, as his Democratic Party faces the challenge of funding key campaign pledges a month after taking power.


Two kidnapped Darfur aid workers freed - official

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 08:31 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Two kidnapped aid workers from the Irish agency Goal were released on Sunday in Sudan's troubled Darfur region after more than 100 days in captivity, a government official said.


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