China attacks "biased" U.S. cyber-spying report

China attacks "biased" U.S. cyber-spying report

China attacks "biased" U.S. cyber-spying report

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 12:32 AM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Monday accused a U.S. congressional advisory panel of bias for a report in which it said the Chinese government appeared increasingly to be piercing U.S. computer networks to gather useful data for its military.


Groups see red over South Korea's green river plan

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 12:32 AM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea launched an ambitious and costly project this week to overhaul its four major rivers in a way the government says will be a model for green growth but conservationists say will do far more harm than good.


Q+A - Indonesia's president faces critical reform test

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 12:32 AM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, under intense public pressure to reaffirm his reform credentials, was due to respond publicly on Monday to a huge graft scandal implicating police and state prosecutors.


Q+A - Indonesia's need for legal reform

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 12:04 AM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's president said his government would tackle legal reform, crucial to curbing graft, attracting investment, and lifting growth, after a huge scandal involving police and state prosecutors sparked a public outcry.


Mediators report progress in rebel Karabakh talks

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 12:04 AM PST

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Mediators reported important progress at talks on Sunday between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, but said difficulties were also identified as the Azeri leader threatened renewed war.


UK's Brown urges Europe to go for growth

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 11:32 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown, aware his chances of re-election may hinge on Britain's economy emerging from recession, will call on European leaders on Monday to launch a drive for economic growth.


Afghan discussion postponed

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 11:09 PM PST

Nato allies meeting in Belgium have postponed their discussion of whether to pledge reinforcements for Afghanistan.


US deserter seeks German asylum

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 11:11 PM PST

A US Army deserter is to meet German politicians in Berlin as he tries to secure asylum in the country.


Romanian election rivals 'facing run-off'

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 11:15 PM PST

Romania's centre-right President Traian Basescu has won the first round of the country's presidential election but faces a run-off, exit polls suggest.


ANALYSIS - Obama jobs forum to seek growth boost on the cheap

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 11:04 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's December jobs forum may be better at serving his political need to show the White House cares about sky-high U.S. unemployment, than discovering new ways to cheaply boost economic growth.


Healthcare reform faces challenges in U.S. Senate

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 11:04 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's U.S. healthcare overhaul plan has cleared an important Senate hurdle but lawmakers warned on Sunday of challenges ahead in winning support for passage, even among Obama's own Democrats.


Romanian president leads in poll first round

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 11:04 PM PST

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - President Traian Basescu led by a slim margin in the first round of Romania's presidential election on Monday and was set to face leftist leader Mircea Geoana in a Dec. 6 run-off, official partial results showed.


China quake activist jailed for three years

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 11:04 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese dissident who tried to help victims of last year's Sichuan earthquake was jailed for three years on Monday on charges of illegally possessing state secrets, his wife said, decrying the sentence as "revenge".


FACTBOX - Obama's Dec 3 jobs forum

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:32 PM PST

Ideas likely to surface include extending unemployment insurance and financial aid to cash-strapped states, although the White House says attendees from business, labor, finance and the nonprofit world will specifically focus on six topics:


Hundreds in south China oppose waste incinerator

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:14 PM PST

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of residents in China's southern city of Guangzhou protested outside government offices on Monday, opposing plans for a major garbage incinerator that they say will endanger their health and the environment.


U.S. investigates radiation leak at Three Mile Island

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:14 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal officials are investigating a radiation leak at Three Mile Island, scene of the worst U.S. nuclear power accident, but said on Sunday there was no threat to public health or safety.


China quake dissident jailed for 3 years - family

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:14 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese dissident Huang Qi was sentenced to three years' jail on Monday on charges of illegally possessing state secrets, his wife said, decrying the verdict as revenge for his activism after last year's huge earthquake.


'Good progress' in Karabakh talks

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 08:50 PM PST

Azeri and Armenian leaders have made important progress in talks on disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, a mediator says.


Benefits lost 'because of Facebook'

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:02 PM PST

A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook, in which she appeared to be having fun.


Commonwealth should "shame" undemocratic members-report

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:15 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - The Commonwealth must do more to promote democracy and get tough on autocratic regimes, even if that means publicly "shaming" some of its members, said a report to be presented to its political leaders on Monday.


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