Time needed for Indonesia environment law - official

Time needed for Indonesia environment law - official

Time needed for Indonesia environment law - official

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:50 PM PDT

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's tough new environment law, passed last month and aimed at any firm with an effect on the environment, may take as long as two years to implement, a senior government official said on Friday.


Army, rebels impose truce in typhoon-hit Philippines

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:50 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - Maoist rebels in the Philippines have extended a unilateral ceasefire with government troops to help rebuild areas hit by typhoons where more than 760 people died in landslides and floods, a rebel spokesman said on Friday.


Lebanon, Bosnia among five new UN council members

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:50 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Politically divided Lebanon and Bosnia were among five countries elected to the U.N. Security Council on Thursday, in a move diplomats hoped would help strengthen the two countries' fragile institutions.


Mexico utility shutdown no herald of broad reforms

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:50 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon's bold move to shut down a money-losing state electricity company is more likely a one-off event than the start of a big shake-up of the country's bloated public sector.


Runoff expected in Afghan election - report

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:15 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An investigation into fraud in Afghanistan's election has cut President Hamid Karzai's vote tally to about 47 percent, a result that will trigger a runoff, the Washington Post reported on Friday.


Daughter of Ahmadinejad adviser seeks German asylum

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:15 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - The daughter of a senior adviser to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has applied for asylum in Germany after receiving warnings she could be in danger if she returns home because of her critical stance on Iran.


Tropical storm Rick forms off Mexico Pacific coast

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:15 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Rick formed off Mexico's Pacific coast on Thursday and could become a hurricane within the next day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.


Criminal probe into Arizona 'sweat dome' deaths

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:15 PM PDT

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police have begun a criminal investigation into the deaths of two people who fell ill in a sauna-like "sweat dome" at a retreat in northern Arizona, authorities said on Thursday.


British tabloids caught out by filmmaker's hoaxes

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:15 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Three British tabloid newspapers discussed buying confidential medical information about celebrities, in a possible contravention of Britain's privacy laws, after being offered it as a hoax by a filmmaker.


Russia and allies signal joint but separate WTO bid

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:15 PM PDT

GENEVA (Reuters) - Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus hope to join the World Trade Organisation together as a single customs union as soon as possible, negotiators for the three ex-Soviet states said on Thursday.


UK spy boss defends foreign intelligence links

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:15 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's MI5 security service, under fire for alleged complicity in abuse of suspects overseas, has defended its foreign intelligence links, saying they stopped "many attacks" in the years after the Sept. 11 2001 strike.


Q+A - Australia's asylum seeker influx

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:15 PM PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia is seeing the biggest stream of asylum seeker arrivals for seven years, forcing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's government to defend border protection policies and step up interdiction efforts in Asia.


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.


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.


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