Russia, U.S. plan unprecedented nuclear cut - Lavrov

Russia, U.S. plan unprecedented nuclear cut - Lavrov

Russia, U.S. plan unprecedented nuclear cut - Lavrov

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 12:38 AM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States plan "radical and unprecedented" cuts to their Cold War arsenals of nuclear weapons under a new arms reduction deal, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Tuesday.


Japan minister says May is deadline for U.S. base

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 12:04 AM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazwa said on Tuesday that May was the deadline for resolving a row over the relocation of a U.S military base on the southern island of Okinawa which risks fraying ties with Washington.


Man jailed for eating rare tiger in China

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 12:04 AM PST

Kang Wannian, a villager from Mengla, Yunnan Province, met the tiger in February while gathering freshwater clams in a nature reserve near China's border with Laos. He claimed to have killed it in self-defence.


First Eurostar train leaves Paris after snow chaos

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 12:04 AM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - A cross-channel Eurostar train pulled out of the Gare du Nord station in Paris on Tuesday, the first since the service was halted by snow at the weekend, leaving thousands of passengers stranded.


France says will keep using stolen Swiss bank tax data

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 12:04 AM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - France will continue to use data stolen from a Geneva private bank in its drive against tax evasion, its budget minister said on Tuesday, a day after French officials agreed to return the client lists to Switzerland.


Ahmadinejad denies trigger claim

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:21 PM PST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said a document apparently showing that Tehran plans to test a trigger for a nuclear bomb, is a US forgery.


Fiat's future in the balance

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:24 PM PST

Car manufacturer Fiat's Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne will present his plans for the company to the Italian prime minister's office on Tuesday.


Moderate quake rattles Cyprus, no damage, injuries

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:34 PM PST

NICOSIA (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring about magnitude 5.0 rattled Cyprus on Tuesday, with no damage or injuries reported, authorities said.


Eurostar trains due to resume

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:01 PM PST

Eurostar is due to resume operation of its high-speed trains through the Channel Tunnel on Tuesday after three days with no service.


China regrets WTO appeal ruling on cultural imports

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:04 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday said it regretted the loss of Beijing's appeal against a World Trade Organisation ruling that its import monopolies violated trade commitments.


Missing Dutch sailor back home in the Netherlands

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:04 PM PST

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Teenager Laura Dekker, who went missing last week after child welfare authorities thwarted her attempt to become the youngest person to sail single-handed around the world, has returned to the Netherlands.


Ahmadinejad denies trigger claim

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 08:51 PM PST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says a document apparently showing that Tehran plans to test a trigger for a nuclear bomb is a US forgery.


Iran nuclear trigger report fabricated - Ahmadinejad

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:35 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A reported confidential Iranian technical document describing Tehran's efforts to design an atomic bomb trigger was forged by Washington, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a U.S. news program on Monday.


ANALYSIS - Testing times ahead for Thai PM Abhisit

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:35 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva may have survived longer than expected, but a year after taking office, with a political crisis still unresolved, the future of his fractious government remains uncertain.


Q+A - What lies ahead for turbulent Thailand?

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:35 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Protesters and parliamentarians allied with exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra are planning a big push to bring down Thailand's government next month as the ousted billionaire seeks to wrestle back power.


Australia backs carbon plan,early poll chances cool

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:03 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia promised to press on with its carbon trade plan on Tuesday despite the U.N. climate summit's failure to set emissions targets, but the Copenhagen outcome has cooled chances an early election on climate policy.


Obama picks Schmidt as cyber-security chief - report

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:03 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has picked former Bush administration adviser Howard Schmidt to serve as national cybersecurity coordinator, The Washington Post reported on Monday.


FBI probes cyber attack on Citigroup - WSJ

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:03 PM PST

The cyber attack by hackers believed to be linked to a Russian cyber gang was aimed at Citi's Citibank subsidiary, the paper said, adding it was unclear whether the hackers gained access to the bank's systems directly or through third parties.


Women with high breast cancer risk refuse MRIs

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:03 PM PST

CHICAGO (Reuters) - As many as 42 percent of women who are at intermediate or high risk of getting breast cancer decide not to get recommended MRI screening, even if it is offered for free, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.


Seven North Koreans cross sea border to South

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 08:34 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - Seven North Koreans crossed into the South by taking a seldom used sea route that has been the site of deadly naval clashes between the rival Koreas in the past, officials said on Tuesday.


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