Iran worker 'jailing' angers UK

Iran worker 'jailing' angers UK

Iran worker 'jailing' angers UK

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 12:05 AM PDT

Foreign Secretary David Miliband has urged Iran to overturn a four year jail sentence reportedly given to a British embassy employee.


Obama honors slain soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 12:28 AM PDT

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama saw first hand the human cost of the Afghanistan war as he welcomed home on Thursday 18 soldiers and Drug Enforcement Administration agents killed in Afghanistan this week.


IAEA says had "good trip" to Iran enrichment site

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 12:28 AM PDT

VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's mission to a newly disclosed plant in Iran said on Thursday the inspectors had what he termed a good trip but he declined to give any details.


Russia must legalise methadone to stop HIV - experts

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 12:28 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia must legalise methadone to stop an AIDS epidemic from spreading, with at least one million Russians infected with HIV, experts warned on Wednesday.


EU grapples with climate change

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:46 PM PDT

Climate change and the state of the economy will dominate discussions in Brussels when leaders from the European Union gather for their autumn summit.


Foreign minister on Iraqi pullout

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:52 PM PDT

Iraq's foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari speaks to the BBC about Iraq's security and the American pullout in 2011.


Rods fall from San Francisco bridge

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:50 PM PDT

Steel rods have fallen off the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge in California, one of the busiest road bridges in the world.


China stalling U.S. ruling on Taiwan arms: president

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:56 PM PDT

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said on Thursday the U.S. government was stalling in replying to Taiwan's request for F-16 jet fighters because of displeasure from China, which claims sovereignty over the self-ruled island.


U.N. human rights expert Nowak deported from Zimbabwe

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:56 PM PDT

HARARE (Reuters) - United Nations human rights expert Manfred Nowak was deported from Zimbabwe on Thursday after being detained by security officials on arrival overnight, a U.N. official said.


U.S calls for balanced trade at meeting with China

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:31 PM PDT

HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - China and the United States kicked off an annual trade meeting on Thursday with both sides reiterating calls against protectionism, against a backdrop of friction over trade and the value of their currencies.


U.N. votes against U.S. embargo on Cuba for 18th year

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:31 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to urge the United States to lift a nearly half century-old economic embargo against Cuba, making its now ritual call amid some easing of U.S. ties toward the communist-run island.


WHO chief says Fidel Castro "looks wonderful"

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:31 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro "looks wonderful," World Health Organization director general Margaret Chan said on Wednesday, after meeting the 83-year-old who resigned the presidency last year due to ailing health.


Five U.N. foreign staff killed in attack in Kabul

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:31 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants killed five U.N. foreign staff in an attack on an international guest-house in Kabul on Wednesday, deepening concerns about security for a presidential election run-off due in 10 days.


U.N. rights expert Nowak deported from Zimbabwe

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:31 PM PDT

HARARE (Reuters) - United Nations human rights expert Manfred Nowak, who was detained by security officials on arrival in Zimbabwe on Wednesday, has been deported from the country, a U.N. official said on Thursday.


NASA successfully tests new tall moon rocket

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:31 PM PDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - An unmanned NASA rocket designed to help develop a new space taxi service to the moon streaked through the sky on Wednesday on a successful two-minute test flight.


U.S. climate bill spurs low-carbon jobs debate

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 11:31 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders at companies that develop low-carbon energy told a Senate panel that climate legislation would create millions of new jobs, but lawmakers from fossil-fuel dependent states said the bill would hit employment in the traditional energy economy.


Study on Afghan leaders to aid Obama troop decision

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 10:56 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has asked senior aides for an analysis of each of Afghanistan's 34 provinces to determine which regions are managed effectively by local leaders, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.


British govt cuts blamed for military plane crash

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 10:56 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - British government cost cuts played a major role in a fatal 2006 military plane crash, an inquiry found on Wednesday -- a further blow to Prime Minister Gordon Brown who is already accused of failing the troops.


Obama flies to air base to honor slain soldiers

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 10:28 PM PDT

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del., (Reuters) - President Barack Obama landed at a U.S. military base early on Thursday to meet the plane bringing home the bodies of 18 American soldiers and Drug Enforcement Administration agents killed in Afghanistan this week.


ANALYSIS - China steps up climate diplomacy as Copenhagen looms

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 10:28 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's busy climate change diplomacy has become increasingly feverish weeks before crucial talks that could forge a new pact to fight global warming, or end in rancour that could rebound onto the world's biggest emitter.


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