Somalia gun battle claims lives

Somalia gun battle claims lives

Somalia gun battle claims lives

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:53 PM PDT

AU force says no peacekeepers among the dead after "al-Shabab raid" on base in Mogadishu.


Germany wants U.N. walkout if Amadinejad denies Holocaust

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:52 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will walk out of the U.N. General Assembly if Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denies the Holocaust in a speech he will give on Wednesday, and it wants other European Union countries to do the same, the foreign ministry said.


Obama issues stern challenge on Mideast peace

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:52 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An impatient U.S. President Barack Obama scolded Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday for not doing more to unblock the peace process and urged them to relaunch negotiations soon.


TIMELINE - Messages attributed to al Qaeda's Zawahri

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:52 PM PDT

Following is a timeline of major statements attributed to Zawahri in the past year.


SCENARIOS - China vs Taiwan -- how the political stand-off may end

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:52 PM PDT

TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Taiwan, once at the brink of war before a thaw in relations, have avoided discussing their political future and instead focused on forming closer economic ties.


Palestinians face $400 mln shortfall despite aid

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:52 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Palestinian authorities face a $400 million shortfall in the 2009 budget despite increased financial aid from international donors in recent months, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday.


Q+A - Is Australia's dust storm linked to climate change?

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:52 PM PDT

Author hopes 'genius grant' will shine on Haiti (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 09:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 6, 2008 file photo, novelist Edwidge Danticat speaks during the National Book Critics Circle awards ceremony in New York. Danticat was named recipient of a MacArtur foundation 'genius grant,' Monday Sept. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)AP - Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat hopes her "genius grant" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation will bring attention to the wealth of talent struggling to be heard in her impoverished Caribbean homeland.

Paper delayed publication of Afghanistan story (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:08 PM PDT

AP - The Washington Post delayed publishing a story about a general's Afghanistan report after the Obama administration expressed concerns that it could put U.S. troops at risk, the newspaper said Tuesday.


Obama reviews options in Afghanistan

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:22 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has delayed a decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan because of doubts about its election and the legitimacy of its government, and is considering other options, officials said on Tuesday.


Netanyahu sidesteps questions on attacking Iran

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:22 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave no clue in a series of U.S. television interviews on Tuesday whether Israel might opt to attack Iran if world pressure failed to curb Tehran's nuclear program.


China sends fuel to Iran as U.S. sanctions loom - FT

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:22 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - State-run Chinese companies have started supplying Iran with gasoline in a move that could undermine U.S. pressure on Iran to give up its nuclear programme, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.


Obama to raise bar for keeping state secrets - report

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:22 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday will unveil a new policy that will make it more difficult for the government to invoke state secrets to shield details of sensitive national security strategies, The Washington Post reported.


Honduras ex-leader supporters hit by tear gas

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 08:09 PM PDT

Honduran police used mustard gas Tuesday to disperse supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya outside the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, where Zelaya has sought refuge since secretly returning to the country, TV news reports showed.

Report: Gadhafi tent set up in NYC suburbs

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 04:47 PM PDT

A tent was erected on a property in Westchester County, New York, in anticipation of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's visit to the United States for the United Nations General Assembly, police told CNN affiliate WABC Tuesday.

France passes tough anti-piracy measure

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 07:52 PM PDT

French lawmakers passed a tough new measure to crack down on illegal downloading.

Russian chess legends face off

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 08:44 PM PDT

Chess legends Garry Kasparov and Anatoli Karpov faced off again in Spain on Tuesday, 25 years after their epic first world championship battle in Moscow, in what organizers are calling a "historic revenge match."

South Korea approves sale of iPhone (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 09:24 PM PDT

iPhone customers wear masks sporting the iconic device at a shop in Tokyo. South Korean telecom regulators have approved the sale of Apple's iPhone in a market currently dominated by local handset manufacturers.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - South Korean telecom regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of Apple's iPhone in a market currently dominated by local handset manufacturers.

Honduras standoff at Brazil embassy set for long haul

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 09:52 PM PDT

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran soldiers and riot police surrounded the Brazilian embassy, where ousted President Manuel Zelaya was sheltering on Wednesday, in what could turn into a long standoff and deepen the country's crisis.


South Korea shaken by civil servants' labour move

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 09:52 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - The South Korean government said on Wednesday it was a matter of grave concern that more than 100,000 civil servants joined a militant labour group known for mass street protests and disrupting industry.


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