Islamists claim Russian rail bombing

Islamists claim Russian rail bombing

Islamists claim Russian rail bombing

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 12:52 AM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Islamist militants on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a bombing that derailed a Russian express train killing 26 people, according to the website KavkazCenter.com.


Iran editor gets 9-year jail term over vote unrest

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 12:52 AM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A newspaper editor and well-known critic of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been sentenced to 9 years in jail, his lawyer said, the longest jail term yet for fomenting unrest after June's disputed elections.


Iran releases five Britons detained from yacht - radio

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 12:52 AM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have released five Britons detained in the Gulf after their yacht apparently strayed into Iranian waters, state radio said on Wednesday.


British yachtsmen 'freed by Iran'

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 11:50 PM PST

The Foreign Office says it is "actively investigating" reports that five British yachtsmen held by Iran have been freed.


General Motors searches for new boss

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 11:52 PM PST

Fritz Henderson, the chief executive of General Motors, has resigned after less than a year in the job.


EXCLUSIVE - India's provisional CO2 cut target at 24 pct by 2020

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 12:23 AM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India estimates a 24 percent cut by 2020 in its carbon intensity -- the amount of carbon dioxide emitted for each unit of GDP -- compared with 2005 levels, according to provisional government figures obtained by Reuters.


Islamists claim responsibility for Russian rail bomb

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 11:37 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Islamist militants on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a bomb that derailed a Russian high-speed train killing 26 people, according to the website KavkazCenter.com.


UK's Brown calls for backing for Obama Afghan plan

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 11:37 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Wednesday for coalition countries to back U.S. President Barack Obama's plans to send an extra 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.


ANALYSIS - Obama's escalation challenges U.S. military

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:55 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's escalation of the war in Afghanistan challenges his generals to do more with slightly less than they wanted -- and much, much faster. The odds are against them.


Q+A-What happens now to Australia's carbon-trade plan?

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:55 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - The parliamentary defeat of Australia's carbon-trade laws has handed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd a trigger for an election from early 2010 to salvage his emissions trading scheme and key climate policy.


FEATURE - Efforts under way to stem U.S. school dropout problem

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:55 PM PST

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jesus Garcia dropped out of high school and figured he was destined for prison or a life shortened by violence -- until he found an alternative school that became the family he never felt he had.


Obama faces tough sell with Afghan troop plan

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:45 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's national security team heads to Congress on Wednesday to address concerns from skeptical lawmakers on expanding the war in Afghanistan by sending another 30,000 troops.


Typhoons to hit Philippine growth, increase poverty -World Bank

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:45 PM PST

MANILA (Reuters) - Two typhoons which struck the Philippines' main island of Luzon in recent months will probably dampen growth in the near term, stretch state finances and push 480,000 people into poverty, a post-disaster report showed on Wednesday.


Australia carbon laws fail, election possible

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:45 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's parliament rejected laws to set up a carbon trading scheme on Wednesday, scuttling a key climate change policy of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and providing a potential trigger for an early 2010 election.


Iran releases five Britons detained from yacht - radio

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:45 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has released five Britons who had been detained in the Gulf after their yacht apparently strayed into Iranian waters, state radio said on Wednesday.


Obama plan welcomed by one group of U.S. veterans

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:45 PM PST

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Reuters) - For one group of military veterans watching U.S. President Barack Obama announce his military build-up in Afghanistan, the decision could not come soon enough.


Obama faces tough sell with Afghan troop plan

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:15 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's national security team heads to Congress on Wednesday to address concerns from skeptical lawmakers on expanding the war in Afghanistan by sending another 30,000 troops.


Thais pray for hospitalised king as birthday nears

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 09:50 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Monks chant. Elderly women pray. Schoolboys draw cheerful faces on get-well books.


Obama to send more troops, seek Afghanistan exit

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 08:48 PM PST

WEST POINT, N.Y. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he is ordering 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan by next summer to counter a resurgent Taliban and plans to begin a troop withdrawal in 18 months.


France welcomes Obama speech, delays own decision

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 08:48 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday he welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan, but did not immediately commit France to following suit.


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