FACTBOX - Provisions of the U.S. House healthcare bill

FACTBOX - Provisions of the U.S. House healthcare bill

FACTBOX - Provisions of the U.S. House healthcare bill

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 11:35 PM PST

ICC's Ocampo says has strong cases in Kenya

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 11:09 PM PST

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court prosecutor believes he has a strong case against a few people for crimes committed during Kenya's post-election violence and he will move fast to avoid a repeat at the 2012 election.


Japan steps up ties with Mekong region at summit

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 10:35 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan stressed on Saturday the development needs of the resource-rich Mekong River region where Japan, China and the United States are competing for influence in an area seen as a last frontier of emerging Asia.


FACTBOX - Glossary of terms in U.S. healthcare debate

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 10:35 PM PST

Here is a glossary of words and phrases being bandied about as Congress takes up President Barack Obama's top domestic priority: a bill that reins in healthcare costs, expands coverage to millions of uninsured people and bars insurers from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions or dropping coverage for the sick.


U.S. House set to open healthcare debate

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 10:35 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a close vote looming, the U.S. House of Representatives was expected to open debate on Saturday on a sweeping reform bill that would spark the biggest healthcare changes in four decades.


Bin Laden videotape not new, monitoring site says

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 09:08 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A videotape of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released on Friday is the Pashto-language version of a tape released several months ago, said IntelCenter, a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring firm.


Blogger Yoani Sanchez detained briefly in Cuba

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 09:08 PM PST

HAVANA (Reuters) - Well-known Cuban blogger and government critic Yoani Sanchez said she and two fellow bloggers were detained briefly on Friday by security agents and accused of being "counter-revolutionaries" as they walked to a demonstration against violence.


FACTBOX - Key excerpts from UN report on Darfur violations

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 08:35 PM PST

The Darfur conflict began in 2003 when mostly non-Arab rebels revolted in 2003 after accusing Khartoum of neglecting Darfur. A counter-insurgency campaign drove more than 2 million people from their homes. The United Nations says as many as 300,000 people died, but Khartoum rejects that figure.


Al Qaeda releases new bin Laden videotape - site

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 08:06 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda released a new videotape from its leader Osama bin Laden on Friday, said IntelCenter, a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring firm.


U.S. House Democrats scramble for healthcare votes

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 08:06 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives scrambled on Friday to allay lingering concerns about a broad healthcare overhaul and said a landmark vote planned for Saturday could slip a day or more.


Rifts appear ahead of G20 talks

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 07:37 PM PST

Disputes over climate change and stimulus spending have emerged as G20 finance ministers gather in St Andrews.


Motive probed for U.S. army shooting rampage

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 07:35 PM PST

KILLEEN, Texas (Reuters) - Investigators searched on Friday for the motive behind a mass shooting at a sprawling U.S. Army base in Texas, in which an Army psychiatrist trained to treat war wounded is suspected of killing 13 people.


U.S. Justice Dept vows focus on white collar crime

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 07:35 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department sees wire taps as a crucial tool to root out securities fraud as it collaborates more closely with mwarket regulators, a senior department official said on Friday, one day after new charges were filed in the biggest U.S. hedge fund insider trading scandal.


Lebanon's opposition agrees to join Hariri govt

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 05:04 PM PST

BEIRUT, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Lebanon's opposition, including Iranian-backed Hezbollah, agreed on Friday to join a national unity government proposed by Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri, a senior opposition source said.


Iranians linked to banned drone videos in Darfur - U.N.

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 05:04 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Two Iranian businessmen working at a Dubai-based firm were linked to video surveillance devices sold to Sudan and used in unmanned drones in Darfur in violation of a U.N. arms embargo, a U.N. report said.


FACTBOX - What's left to agree in U.N. climate talks

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:34 PM PST

EXCLUSIVE - U.S. arms sales hit record in 2009

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:34 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government-to-government arms sales rose 4.7 percent to a record $38.1 billion last year, and are expected to total almost as much in 2010, the Pentagon agency that administers them said on Friday.


Obama administration would talk to North Korea - aide

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:11 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration would be willing to hold bilateral talks with North Korea but only if certain conditions were met, the president's top adviser on Asia said on Friday.


Some U.S. Muslims fear backlash after Army base shooting

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:11 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arab and Muslim Americans on Friday braced for the possibility of verbal or physical attacks after an Army psychiatrist of Arab descent allegedly killed 13 during a shooting rampage at a military base in Texas.


U.S. House Democrats scramble for healthcare votes

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:11 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives scrambled on Friday to allay lingering concerns about a broad healthcare overhaul and said a landmark vote planned for Saturday could slip a day or more.


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