N.Korea says has made more arms-grade plutonium

N.Korea says has made more arms-grade plutonium

N.Korea says has made more arms-grade plutonium

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 12:54 AM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it had completed reprocessing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant and weaponised plutonium from the material, giving it more material to produce atomic arms.


China blocks Taiwan ex-VP's Egypt trip, party says

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 12:54 AM PST

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Egypt has bowed to pressure from China by barring a former top Taiwanese official who was critical of Beijing from visiting Cairo ahead of a China-Africa summit, the opposition said on Tuesday.


North Korea says has reprocessed nuclear fuel rods

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 12:25 AM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has completed reprocessing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant and weaponised plutonium from the material, its KCNA news agency said on Tuesday.


Release jailed Iranian women, Mousavi's wife urges

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 11:54 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - The wife of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi has called on the authorities to release women jailed since the disputed June presidential election, the reformist Kaleme website reported on Tuesday.


Fiji orders expulsion of Australia, NZ envoys

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 11:54 PM PST

SUVA, Fiji (Reuters) - Fiji coup leader and self-appointed Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama on Tuesday ordered Australia and New Zealand recall their envoys within 24 hours, accusing them of interfering in its internal affairs.


Afghan leader Karzai vows inclusive government

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 11:54 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed to form an inclusive government on Tuesday after stern warnings from Western supporters he would have to work harder to root out corruption.


Four albino killers sentenced to hang in Tanzania

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 11:54 PM PST

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's high court has sentenced four men to death by hanging for killing a 50-year-old albino man, local media reported late on Monday.


Afghan leader Karzai vows inclusive government

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 11:25 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed on Tuesday to include all Afghans in his new government to be formed after a disputed election process ended with the withdrawal of his only rival from a run-off vote.


Karadzic 'will attend court'

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 10:12 PM PST

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is expected to appear at his trial for war crimes in The Hague for the first time.


Magnitude 5.9 quake hits off Greece - USGS

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 10:23 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.9 quake struck off Greece on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.


More swine flu vaccine ready in US; kids need 2 doses

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 10:23 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Up to 30 million doses of vaccine against the H1N1 swine flu virus have been delivered to the U.S. government and production is now picking up, officials said on Monday.


ANALYSIS - Ethiopian opposition impotent as elections loom

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 10:23 PM PST

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - When Ethiopia's opposition leaders were freed from jail in 2007, the three most prominent were hailed by fanatical supporters as leaders-in-waiting for sub-Saharan Africa's second most populous nation.


U.S. Navy chief favors speeding up unmanned programs

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 09:53 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy's top admiral said on Monday he hoped to speed up work on unmanned weapons systems, including underwater vehicles and an unmanned combat plane being developed by Northrop Grumman Corp.


Pirate threat continues off Africa

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 08:58 PM PST

The idyllic east African coast is a huge draw for adventurous tourists, but yachtsmen and shipping companies alike are nervous about pirates in the area.


Japan PM racing up music charts

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 08:59 PM PST

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is doing well in the country's music charts with a collection of songs he recorded more than 20 years ago.


China launches "strike hard" crackdown in restive west

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 08:52 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese forces have launched a "strike hard" security campaign in the restless far western region of Xinjiang, vowing to wipe out lawlessness and "change the face" of the public security situation there.


Lawsuit against gene patents can proceed - U.S. judge

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 08:23 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawsuit challenging patents on two human genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer can move forward, a U.S. federal judge ruled on Monday.


FACTBOX - Major issues between South Korea and the U.S.

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 07:22 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit South Korea this month as a part of his Asian trip.


Czech court expected to lift last barrier to EU treaty

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 07:22 PM PST

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Constitutional Court is expected to throw out a complaint against the EU's Lisbon treaty on Tuesday, removing the last obstacle to its ratification.


China's Wen tells EU to stick to current climate pact

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 06:25 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will insist key global climate change negotiations next month build on current treaties that limit the obligations of poor countries in controlling greenhouse gas emissions, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said.


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