Turkish mine blast kills 19 workers

Turkish mine blast kills 19 workers

Turkish mine blast kills 19 workers

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 12:41 AM PST

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An explosion at a coal mine in northwest Turkey has killed 19 workers, Turkish Labour Minister Omer Dincer said on Friday.


Gunmen free nine of 57 hostages in Philippines

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 12:41 AM PST

PROSPERIDAD, Philippines (Reuters) - Armed Filipino bandits demanding murder charges against them be dropped freed nine of 57 people they abducted from a school on a southern island on Friday, a government official said.


North Korea hints ready to return to nuclear talks

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 12:41 AM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea indicated on Friday it was ready to end its year-long boycott of nuclear negotiations, following talks in the reclusive state this week with a U.S. envoy trying to revive a disarmament-for-aid deal.


EU summit struggles on climate pledge

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 11:05 PM PST

EU delegates have worked through the night to try to hammer out a pledge of funding for developing nations on climate change.


FACTBOX-Ties and tensions between Asian giants Japan, China

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 10:08 PM PST

Here are some facts about the Asian neighbours and their relationship, often fraught by mutual suspicion.


Blackwater teams joined CIA operations - NY Times

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 09:08 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Private security guards from Blackwater Worldwide participated in some of the CIA's most sensitive operations, including raids on suspected militants in Iraq and Afghanistan, the New York Times reported on Thursday.


North Korea hints ready to return to nuclear talks

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 08:08 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea indicated on Friday it was ready to end its year-long boycott of nuclear negotiations, following talks in the reclusive state this week with a U.S. envoy to try to revive a disarmament-for-aid deal.


Scores held in child abuse raids

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 10:58 PM PST

115 people suspected of being part of an internet child sex ring, have been arrested in raids across 19 countries.


North Korea hints ready to return to nuclear talks

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 07:19 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea indicated on Friday it was ready to end its year-long boycott of nuclear negotiations, following talks in the reclusive state this week with a U.S. envoy to try to revive a disarmament-for-aid deal.


Man to plead guilty for stalking ESPN reporter

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 07:19 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Chicago insurance executive accused of secretly videotaping television sports reporter Erin Andrews while she was naked in hotel rooms has agreed to plead guilty to interstate stalking, according to court papers filed on Thursday.


Russia's deadly blaze exposed corruption - PM Putin

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 06:48 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared a crusade on corrupt bureaucrats after the country's most deadly blaze claimed the lives of 135 people in a nightclub fire in the Russian city of Perm.


N.Korea says narrowed views in U.S. talks

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 06:48 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday talks with U.S. President Barack Obama's envoy this week had led to narrowing of differences between the two countries and it shared the view on the need to resume stalled nuclear disarmament talks.


Ecuador says U.S. helped Colombia plan '08 bombing

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 06:48 PM PST

QUITO (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence from inside Ecuador was used to plan a 2008 bombing by Colombian troops that killed a top FARC guerrilla chieftain inside Ecuadorean territory, the government said on Thursday.


Pakistan confirms US men arrested

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 06:23 PM PST

The US and Pakistan have confirmed that five suspected militants arrested during a raid on a house in Pakistan are US nationals wanted by the FBI.


Iran returns Nobel medal to peace laureate - Norway

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 04:34 PM PST

OSLO (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have returned a Nobel Peace Prize medal to human rights activist Shirin Ebadi which Norway accused Tehran of confiscating from the laureate, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Store said on Thursday.


Obama calls for climate deal, U.S. target under fire

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST

COPENHAGEN/OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama urged world leaders on Thursday to break the deadlock at climate change talks in Copenhagen, although many nations accused the United States of lacking ambition.


Call for probe into Iran 'abuses'

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 03:10 PM PST

Amnesty International has called for an investigation into widespread allegations of rape, torture and unlawful killings in Iran.


Taliban issues warning to South Korea

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 03:06 PM PST

The Taliban has told South Korea to keep its troops out of Afghanistan.


Five US Muslims arrested in Pakistan

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 02:09 PM PST

The US and Pakistan have confirmed that five suspected militants arrested during a raid on a house in Pakistan are US nationals wanted by the FBI.


Obama calls for climate deal, U.S. target under fire

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 01:52 PM PST

COPENHAGEN/OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama urged world leaders on Thursday to break the deadlock at climate change talks in Copenhagen, even though many nations accused the United States of lacking ambition.


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