NATO under pressure over Afghanistan

NATO under pressure over Afghanistan

NATO under pressure over Afghanistan

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:52 PM PST

NATO's foreign ministers are facing calls to commit more troops and money to the war in Afghanistan.


Obama shifts White House spotlight to unemployment

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:12 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama turns his attention on Thursday from Afghanistan to the battle against unemployment which has sapped his popularity and may shape his political future.


Russia recession likely to dominate Putin phone-in

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:12 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister and most powerful politician, will field dozens of questions on Thursday from the Russian people at an annual phone-in likely to be dominated by the country's sickly economy.


India's "death factory" leaves toxic legacy 25 years on

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:12 PM PST

BHOPAL, India (Reuters) - It was seen as a symbol of the new emerging India -- a factory that would not only generate thousands of jobs, but manufacture cheap pesticides for millions of farmers.


Bernanke, seeking second term, to defend Fed role

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:42 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday will push back at efforts to curb the Fed's power as he goes before lawmakers considering his nomination to a second term at the central bank's helm.


India's "death factory" leaves toxic legacy 25 years on

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:42 PM PST

BHOPAL, India (Reuters) - It was seen as a symbol of the new emerging India -- a factory that would not only generate thousands of jobs, but manufacture cheap pesticides for millions of farmers.


Freed yachtsmen arrive in Dubai

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:49 AM PST

The five British yachtsmen held in Iran for the past week have arrived in Dubai after being released early on Wednesday morning.


Obama's first Christmas in White House

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 09:09 PM PST

Michelle Obama, has unveiled this year's Christmas decorations at the White House.


Crisis worsens poverty in eastern Europe - World Bank

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 09:40 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The global financial crisis could push 11 million more people into poverty and another 23 million to the brink of poverty in eastern Europe and central Asia by 2010, according to a new World Bank report.


Japan party threatens to leave govt over U.S. base

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 09:09 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - The leader of Japan's tiny Social Democratic Party threatened on Thursday to leave the ruling coalition if her views on a U.S. military base were ignored, the latest sign of strains that are complicating policy decisions.


Japan to urge China for bigger CO2 cut target - media

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 09:09 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is expected to urge China to toughen its carbon intensity target at a Copenhagen climate conference starting next week, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday.


Six injured in South Korean explosion

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 09:09 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Defence Ministry on Thursday said six people were injured, three seriously, in a blast at an explosives test site north of the capital.


Honduras Congress votes against Zelaya's return

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 09:09 PM PST

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The Honduran Congress voted on Wednesday not to allow the reinstatement of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, a move that closes the door on his return to power after he was toppled in a June coup.


White House accepts some blame in gatecrasher saga

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 09:09 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday shouldered some of the blame for an embarrassing breach of security that permitted an uninvited couple to gatecrash President Barack Obama's debut state dinner last week.


Australia PM leaves open option of poll on carbon

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 08:39 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd stopped short on Thursday of ruling out an early election over climate-change policy and sought instead to pile more pressure on an opposition split over the issue.


Honduras Congress votes against Zelaya's return

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 08:09 PM PST

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The Honduran Congress voted on Wednesday not to allow the reinstatement of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, a move that closes the door on his return to power after he was toppled in a June coup.


U.S. court jails Mexico drug kingpin for 27 years

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 06:45 PM PST

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge sentenced a kingpin of Mexico's powerful Juarez drug cartel to 27 years in prison for smuggling at least 200 tons of cocaine into the United States, authorities said on Wednesday.


Obama aides defend ambitious Afghan scale-up

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 06:08 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. officials said the first of 30,000 new U.S. troops would arrive in Afghanistan in two to three weeks but also made clear on Wednesday that plans to start bringing the soldiers home in 18 months could slip.


Honduras Congress says Zelaya cannot be reinstated

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 06:08 PM PST

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A slim majority of lawmakers in the Honduran Congress voted against the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya on Wednesday, a move that closes the door on his reinstatement after he was toppled in a June coup.


More Venezuelan private banks targeted - Chavez

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 06:08 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday his government may target more banks for state intervention, sparking investor jitters two days after his government shut four private banks.


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