Japan PM's ex-aides charged over funds scandal - NHK

Japan PM's ex-aides charged over funds scandal - NHK

Japan PM's ex-aides charged over funds scandal - NHK

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 11:49 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Two former close aides to Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama were charged on Thursday over falsified political funding records, Japanese media said, a development that threatens to erode support for the government.


Three dead, dozens missing in Philippine ferry collision

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 11:13 PM PST

MANILA (Reuters) - A ferry collided with a fishing boat off the Philippines on Thursday killing three people and leaving about two dozen missing, an official said.


U.S. Senate on verge of passing healthcare bill

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 10:46 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate was poised to approve President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul on Thursday, backing major changes in the medical insurance market and new coverage for tens of millions of uninsured Americans.


Japan PM's ex-aide charged over funds scandal - NHK

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 10:46 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - A former close aide to Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama was charged on Thursday over falsified political funding records, public broadcaster NHK said, in a development that threatens to erode support for the government.


FACTBOX - Major differences in Senate, House healthcare bills

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 10:46 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is expected on Thursday to pass its version of sweeping healthcare overhaul legislation that aims to extend coverage to some 30 million uninsured Americans.


Yemen says kills 30 al Qaeda militants in airstrike

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 10:46 PM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - A Yemeni airstrike killed 30 al Qaeda militants planning an attack on Yemeni and foreign oil targets, a security official said on Thursday.


Farc in frame for governor murder

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 10:26 PM PST

There are fears that Colombia's problems with drug-violence are spiralling out of control, following the kidnap and murder of governor Luis Francisco Cuellar on Monday.


Japan PM's ex-aide charged over funds scandal - NHK

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 09:49 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - A former close aide to Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's was charged on Thursday over falsified political funding records, public broadcaster NHK said, in a development that threatens to erode support for the government.


Yemen says kills 30 al Qaeda militants in airstrike

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 09:49 PM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - A Yemeni airstrike killed 30 al Qaeda militants planning an attack on Yemeni and foreign oil targets, a security official said on Thursday.


Obama says climate dismay valid

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 08:41 PM PST

US President Barack Obama has said that people are justified in being disappointed by the outcome of the Copenhagen summit on climate change.


China sentences five more to death for Xinjiang riot

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 09:12 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court sentenced five more people to death for their part in bloody ethnic rioting earlier this year in Urumqi, the capital of far western Xinjiang region, a local government spokeswoman said on Thursday.


China says foreign Falun Gong rulings hurt ties

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 09:12 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Overseas court rulings that support banned spiritual group Falun Gong are hurting China's relations with those countries, China's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.


Woman arrested in Hawaii for threat to first lady

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 07:43 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities arrested and charged a woman in Hawaii last week for allegedly threatening to kill President Barack Obama's wife, Michelle, days before the Obamas were due to arrive in the state for the Christmas holiday.


U.S. Senate health bill clears final hurdle

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 07:43 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats cleared the last 60-vote hurdle on U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul on Wednesday, virtually ensuring final passage of its version of the biggest health policy changes in four decades.


One hurt, six detained in Taiwan scuffle over China

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 07:43 PM PST

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A police officer was hurt and six people detained late on Wednesday during a protest against a visit by China's top negotiator to Taiwan, officials said.


Outrage at Mexico reprisal deaths

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 06:27 PM PST

Mexico's leaders have expressed outrage at the apparent reprisal killing of the family of an elite Mexican soldier who died in a high-profile drugs raid.


Ecosystems strain to keep pace with climate - study

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 06:47 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Earth's various ecosystems, with all their plants and animals, will need to shift about a quarter-mile (.42 km) per year on average to keep pace with global climate change, scientists said in a study released on Wednesday.


'Hostages held' in US post office

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 05:28 PM PST

Five people have been taken hostage in a post office in the US by a man in a wheelchair claiming to be carrying explosives, say reports.


Obama says disappointment at Copenhagen justified

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 05:44 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that disappointment over the outcome of the Copenhagen climate change summit was justified, hardening a widespread verdict that the conference had been a failure.


Experimental Pfizer drug may help rare bone cancer

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 05:44 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - An early study of Pfizer's experimental drug figitumumab has found it could help fight a rare bone cancer called Ewing's sarcoma, researchers said on Thursday.


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