Vietnam teacher jailed for advocating democracy

Vietnam teacher jailed for advocating democracy

Vietnam teacher jailed for advocating democracy

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 12:44 AM PDT

HANOI (Reuters) - A Vietnamese court sentenced a secondary school physics teacher on Wednesday to three years in prison followed by three years of probation for hanging a banner on a bridge calling for multi-party democracy.


Uganda military to free Somali state minister

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 12:44 AM PDT

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan security forces have questioned Somalia's state minister for defence and will free him on Wednesday following his dramatic arrest by plainclothes officers in Kampala, Uganda's military spokesman said.


UN data show discrepancies in Afghan vote - newspaper

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 11:43 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Confidential United Nations' data on Afghanistan's disputed presidential election show the official vote count in some provinces exceeded the number of voters by 100,000 or more, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.


Taiwan will not show relics demanded by China

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 11:04 PM PDT

TAIPEI (Reuters) - The top museum in Taiwan, which seeks to improve ties with long-time rival China, has declined to exhibit two imperial Chinese sculptures whose return is demanded by Beijing, the director said on Wednesday.


Obama aware of Afghan differences

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:28 PM PDT

On the eighth anniversary of war beginning in Afghanistan the conflict is causing fresh problems for the US and UK governments.


Honduras talks hopes brighter, Zelaya doubts rival

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:31 PM PDT

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The chance of a negotiated end to the Honduran crisis crept closer on Tuesday as mediators set up talks between de facto leaders and ousted President Manuel Zelaya, trapped by soldiers inside Brazil's embassy.


US troop build-up in Afghanistan may be gaining favor

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:31 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is strongly considering a war strategy that incorporates at least some additional forces in Afghanistan alongside a stepped up campaign against al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Pakistan.


Green group says US climate bill won't hurt farms

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:31 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global warming poses more of a threat to U.S. farm incomes than does the climate change bill passed by the U.S. House, which will have a "negligible" impact on American agriculture's bottom line, an environmental group said on Wednesday.


Nobel honours 'masters of light'

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:01 PM PDT

Three scientists who corralled light to transform our communications systems share this year's physics Nobel Prize.


Relief effort for India flood

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:41 PM PDT

Rescue and relief operations are under way in southern India after severe flooding left about 250 people dead and millions displaced.


U.S. lawmakers press Obama on Afghan war strategy

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:02 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told congressional leaders on Tuesday his decision on a new Afghan war strategy would not make everyone happy, while Republicans urged him to heed his military commander's call for more troops.


Swine flu mild for now, but could worsen

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:02 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new pandemic of H1N1 swine flu is causing a strong second wave of disease in many Northern Hemisphere countries, according to the World Health Organization.


NATO says kills 100 fighters in huge Afghan battle

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:02 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - NATO forces said on Tuesday they had killed more that 100 fighters in a huge weekend battle in eastern Afghanistan in which eight Americans died, the deadliest firefight for U.S. troops in more than a year.


Iranian women's rights activists win courage award

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:02 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - A group of women who are risking imprisonment to collect one million signatures on a petition demanding greater women's rights in Iran were presented on Tuesday with the Anna Politkovskaya award for courage.


U.S. warns Iran may face more sanctions

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:31 PM PDT

WASHINGTON/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The United States and its allies may impose sweeping sanctions on Iran if Tehran fails to allay fears it is building nuclear weapons, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.


Palestinians warn Israel on Jerusalem tensions

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:31 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian officials on Tuesday accused Israel of triggering violence in East Jerusalem to justify a crackdown and to tighten its grip on the disputed city, one even warning of a "battle of Jerusalem".


WITNESS - Holed up in embassy with ousted Honduran president

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:31 PM PDT

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - For two weeks, I have slept with my finger on the shutter button, just meters from where Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, ousted in a coup, waits in refuge and hopes for a return to power.


Minibus bomb kills 9 in west Iraq -police

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:31 PM PDT

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - A minibus bomb exploded at a market in the western Iraqi town of Amiriya on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding 31, a local official said.


Natural gas to play key role in cutting CO2 - study

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:31 PM PDT

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Global natural gas production will need to grow by 70 percent if the world is to start reducing carbon dioxide emissions quickly enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change, according to a study released on Tuesday.


Libya asks for UN council meeting over Gaza report

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:02 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Libya on Tuesday requested a meeting of the Security Council to discuss a U.N. report that accused Israel and Palestinian militants of war crimes during Israel's offensive in Gaza, diplomats said.


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