Thailand to charge plane crew over N.Korean arms

Thailand to charge plane crew over N.Korean arms

Thailand to charge plane crew over N.Korean arms

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 11:20 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will press charges against the crew of a plane forced to land in Bangkok and found to be carrying arms from North Korea, a government spokesman said on Sunday, adding it was unclear where the plane had been going.


Iran opposition warns of action against reformers

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 11:20 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's opposition accused the authorities on Sunday of preparing "unconventional" actions to uproot the reform movement, after official media said pro-opposition students had destroyed pictures of religious leaders.


Chile prepares to hold elections

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 10:35 PM PST

Chile is preparing for the first round of its presidential elections with four men vying for the job.


Gunmen storm jail, free 31 prisoners in Philippines

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 10:19 PM PST

MANILA (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim rebels punched a hole on the wall of a provincial jail on a remote southern island in the Philippines and freed 31 prisoners before dawn on Sunday, security officials said.


Seven crew missing after ship capsizes off Lebanon

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 09:50 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Five crew were rescued from a cargo ship that capsized some 80 km (50 miles) off the Lebanese coast, but seven more were still missing, the Israeli army and the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon said on Saturday.


Russia, U.S. to extend talks on nuclear arms pact

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 07:57 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The presidents of Russia and the United States agreed on Saturday to extend talks to secure a new pact to cut vast arsenals of nuclear weapons, the Kremlin said.


FEATURE - Reign of fear grips Russia's Chechnya

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 07:57 PM PST

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - Bearded police in camouflage clothes, carrying assault rifles and long daggers, stop cars with tinted windows in the rebuilt Chechen capital -- their latest ploy in the hunt for Islamist fighters.


Nearly 1,000 held after Copenhagen climate rally

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 07:19 PM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Police detained nearly 1,000 people in Copenhagen on Saturday during mass demonstrations to demand that negotiators at U.N. talks agree a strong treaty to fight global warming.


INTERVIEW - Major emitters must join climate pact - Australia

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 07:19 PM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A U.N. climate pact must expand the circle of countries in the fight against warming, Australia said on Saturday, but officials at talks in Denmark have a long way to go to seal the outlines of a global deal.


Pakistan Taliban offensive 'over'

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 11:18 AM PST

Islamabad has said its major military offensive against the Taliban in the tribal region of South Waziristan has been completed.


Intelligence on Baghdad blasts mishandled - interior minister

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 11:07 AM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security officials had prior warning of bloody bombings this week that police said killed 112 people, but bureaucracy and blunders tripped up efforts to stop them, the interior minister said on Saturday.


Landmark election in Abkhazia

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 10:41 AM PST

Voting has ended in the first poll in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia since Russia recognised its independence last year.


Thailand seizes arms on plane from North Korea

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 10:03 AM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai authorities seized more than 35 tonnes of arms from a cargo plane they said had come from North Korea, and arrested its five crew members after the aircraft made an emergency landing at a Bangkok airport.


Hardliners: Iran opposition seeks leader's removal

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 10:03 AM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Hardliners accused Iran's reformist opposition on Saturday of seeking the removal of key pillars of the Islamic Republic, including the office of the supreme leader, and of insulting the memory of its late founder.


Worldwide rallies urge strong UN climate treaty

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 10:03 AM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of climate activists marched in Copenhagen on Saturday as part of a worldwide "Day of Action" to urge negotiators at U.N. talks to agree a strong treaty to fight global warming.


INTERVIEW - EU calls on Russia troops to quit Georgian village

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 10:03 AM PST

TBILISI (Reuters) - European Union monitors in Georgia called on Russian forces on Saturday to pull back from a disputed village and warned that detentions on both sides of the de facto border with South Ossetia were raising tension.


INTERVIEW - Yemen says has proof Iran backs northern rebels

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 10:03 AM PST

MANAMA (Reuters) - A Yemeni official on Saturday defended claims of Iranian backing for Shi'ite Muslim rebels in north Yemen, fighting the government since August, and also suggested they had ties to Sunni Muslim al Qaeda.


Iraqi oilfield contracts awarded

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 08:35 AM PST

The Iraqi authorities have been awarding more contracts to develop the country's oilfields.


Worldwide rallies urge strong U.N. climate deal

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 08:51 AM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of climate activists marched in Copenhagen on Saturday to urge negotiators at U.N. talks to agree a strong deal to fight global warming in a worldwide "Day of Action".


Germany probes technology shipments to Iran - report

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 08:51 AM PST

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German authorities are investigating shipments of high technology to Iran to see if they may have violated export control laws, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Saturday without citing sources for its information.


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