Russia reports first swine flu deaths -- agency

Russia reports first swine flu deaths -- agency

Russia reports first swine flu deaths -- agency

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:44 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two Russian women have died from H1N1 swine flu in the country's first fatalities from the virus, health officials were quoted as saying by Interfax news agency on Tuesday.


Hideaway for radiowave refugees

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 11:53 PM PDT

A campaign group in France has opened a refuge for people who say they feel physically ill when they get too close to mobile phones or wi-fi networks.


Uighur film being shunned due to China fears - producer

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:21 AM PDT

As "The 10 Conditions of Love" finishes showing at a Taiwan film festival this week, it lacks new venues as potential takers in Canada, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands and Britain turned it down, producer John Lewis told a media conference.


Obama to sign U.S. defense bill this week

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:21 AM PDT

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he will sign the defense authorization bill this week.


Rights violated under guise of counter-terrorism - U.N.

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:21 AM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Some governments' broad counter-terrorism laws are punishing women and gays and suppressing groups pushing gender equality, a U.N. envoy of human rights and counter-terrorism said on Monday.


U.S. officials to visit to Honduras to push for deal

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:21 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior U.S. officials will travel to Honduras this week to press ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the country's post-coup de facto leaders to break a stalemate in a four-month-old political crisis.


Iran hints at acceptance of atom deal with powers

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 11:18 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it could endorse a U.N. deal for it to send potential nuclear fuel abroad for processing, the first official indication that Tehran could respond positively to the outline agreement.


Qaeda-linked group claims Baghdad bomb attacks

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 11:18 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-linked group has said it carried out the twin suicide bombings that killed 155 people in Baghdad on Sunday and revived doubts about security in the run-up to Iraq's elections in January.


U.S. Senate panel kicks off climate bill drive

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 11:18 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday launches three long days of hearings on a Democratic climate bill in a bid to further convince an international summit in December that Washington is serious about tackling global warming.


FACTBOX - U.S. cites repression of religious freedoms

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 11:18 PM PDT

The State Department's International Religious Freedom Report (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf) surveyed 198 countries. Following are some of the conclusions in the report, which cited eight countries for "special concern" over their limits to religious freedom:


ANALYSIS - Why it's sane for Kim Jong-il to be mad

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 11:18 PM PDT

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - For those who see North Korean leader Kim Jong-il as a dangerous lunatic prepared to risk the annihilation of his regime by launching a devastating attack on his neighbours, there is no shortage of supporting evidence.


FACTBOX - Huge divide between rival Koreas

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:43 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - A united Korea -- combining Asia's fourth biggest economy with one of its poorest -- could surpass that of Germany or Japan in economic might in the next 30-40 years, U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs said last month.


ANALYSIS - Peace worries some Korea watchers more than war

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:43 PM PDT

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - If there is one thing more worrying for North Korea watchers than the behaviour of ailing leader Kim Jong-il, it is what might happen once he is gone.


FACTBOX - Key U.S. states, issues in climate bill fight

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:43 PM PDT

A key Senate committee holds high-profile hearings this week, but passage by the full Senate was unlikely this year.


Qaeda-linked group claims Baghdad bomb attacks

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:13 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-linked group has said it carried out the suicide bomb attacks that killed 155 people in Baghdad on Sunday, one of Iraq's deadliest days this year.


Australia can reach political deal on carbon - govt

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:13 PM PDT

GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) - The Australian government on Tuesday talked up the prospects of a compromise deal on its hotly contested plan to cut carbon emissions, citing the farm and coal sectors as key issues in political talks.


China looking for U.S. bomber missing for 59 years

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:13 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has begun looking for the remains of a U.S. Air Force bomber and its crew that crashed over the southern part of the country some six decades ago during the Korean War, state media reported.


SCENARIOS - Obama's options in Afghan war

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:13 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is in the midst of a lengthy review of U.S. strategy for Afghanistan that has been complicated by August's fraud-ridden election which is now set for a run-off on Nov. 7.


U.S. sees 'mixed picture' on world religious liberty

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 09:43 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States sees a mixed picture on world religious freedom, with progress in interfaith dialogue weighed against government repression and sectarian strife in many countries.


North Korea, Iran on U.S. religion watchlist

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 09:43 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea and Iran were among the world's worst offenders in abusing religious freedom, the U.S. State Department said on Monday in an annual report spotlighting countries Washington charges with severe religious repression.


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