No Honduras deal yet on Zelaya return after coup

No Honduras deal yet on Zelaya return after coup

No Honduras deal yet on Zelaya return after coup

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 10:08 PM PDT

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A tentative plan to end Honduras' political crisis has not yet been agreed to by ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the country's de facto leader but a negotiator for the leftist toppled in a coup said on Thursday a deal looked closer.

Thai king's health 'improving'

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:56 PM PDT

Palace says ageing monarch remains in hospital as health fears rattle Thai stocks.


Video: Karzai rival demands run-off

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 02:16 PM PDT

Former foreign minister calls for a run-off to ensure the ballot is not tainted by fraud.


In New Orleans, Obama fires back at critics

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 10:15 PM PDT

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama fired back on Thursday at critics who say he has few accomplishments of note in his nine months in office and declared he was just getting started.


Congo army "killed 50 civilians in UN-backed ops"

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 10:15 PM PDT

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese government soldiers killed at least 50 Rwandan civilian refugees during United Nations-backed operations against rebels in the east earlier this year, a U.N. investigator said on Thursday.


U.S. Army to build 500 MW solar power plant

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 10:15 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. military is tackling a new mission in the field of alternative energy, moving to power up a 500-megawatt solar facility at Fort Irwin's sprawling desert complex in California.


Turkish TV series further strains ties with Israel

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 10:15 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Turkish television drama which depicts an Israeli soldier shooting dead a Palestinian baby has strained already tense relations between Israel and Turkey, its strategic Muslim ally.


Documentary exposes Mexico's "medieval" courts

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 10:15 PM PDT

MORELIA, Mexico (Reuters) - Street vendor Antonio Zuniga was picked up by police in Mexico City in late 2005 without a warrant, jailed and sentenced to 20 years for the murder of a man he had never met.


Canada covered up Afghan abuse allegations - critics

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 10:15 PM PDT

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Critics accused the Canadian government of a cover-up on Thursday over revelations it had not acted on warnings that Afghan authorities could be abusing detainees handed over by Canadian forces.


Ireland completes ratification of Lisbon Treaty

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 05:14 PM PDT

DUBLIN - Ireland completed its ratification of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, intensifying the pressure on the Czech Republic to overcome its objections and become the final member state to pass the treaty.

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Obama signs huge Pakistan aid package into law

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 08:52 AM PDT

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has signed a 7.5 billion dollar aid package for Pakistan, as the key US anti-terror ally reeled from a new wave of militant attacks which killed 40 people.

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India's richest man caps his salary at $3.3M (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2007 file photo, Chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd. Mukesh Ambani gestures during an appearance in a television program in New Delhi, India. India's richest man, Ambani, announced Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, that he will voluntarily cap his compensation at 150 million rupees ($3.3 million) this year. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan, File)AP - India's richest man announced he will voluntarily cap his compensation at 150 million rupees ($3.3 million) this year, saying he will get by on about a third of his take-home pay from the previous year.

U.N. rights body considers condemning Israel on Gaza

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:49 PM PDT

GENEVA (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders should launch investigations of alleged war crimes in Gaza to help rebuild trust and support peace, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Thursday.


Sarkozy rejects nepotism charge over job for son

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:49 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy dismissed allegations of nepotism over his son's likely appointment as head of one of France's biggest urban development agencies, saying the 23-year-old had every right to stand for the post.


Afghan war debate endangers U.S. troops - veterans

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:49 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. veterans criticized President Barack Obama's lengthy review of Afghan war strategy, saying on Thursday the drawn-out debate in Washington was a direct threat to troops and the nation's defense.


Honduras deal in balance, talks tackle Zelaya future

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:49 PM PDT

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A tentative plan to end Honduras' political crisis hung in the balance on Thursday as negotiators met again on whether President Manuel Zelaya, toppled in a June coup, should be returned to power.


Portugal PM says to form minority government

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:49 PM PDT

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's ruling Socialists, who won a Sept 27. general election, will form a minority government after talks with other parties produced no partners for a coalition, Prime Minister Jose Socrates said on Thursday.


In New Orleans, Obama fires back at critics

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:49 PM PDT

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama fired back on Thursday at critics who say he has few accomplishments of note in his nine months in office and declared he was just getting started.


Vatican talks with traditionalists to open Oct 26

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:49 PM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Thursday announced the imminent start of talks with a traditionalist splinter group that includes a bishop prosecutors in Germany want fined for denying the Holocaust.


Study finds potential key to growing heart cells

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:49 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers looking for ways to turn stem cells into the types of heart cells they want said on Thursday they had found the key to making one important type in mice.


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