Probe to track impact of warming on Earth's water

Probe to track impact of warming on Earth's water

Probe to track impact of warming on Earth's water

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 06:48 PM PST

PARIS -A 315-million-euro satellite that will gauge the impact of climate change on the movement of water across land, air and sea was hoisted into space early Monday, the European Space Agency (ESA) said.

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Russian envoy says Miliband visit chance to 'reset' ties

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 06:41 PM PST

LONDON -David Miliband's visit to Moscow, the first by a British foreign secretary in five years, was a chance to "reset" ties, Russia's ambassador to London said Monday.

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Two charged over Thai King health rumours: police

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 06:39 PM PST

BANGKOK -Two people have been charged in Thailand with spreading false information about the health of the king, after rumours last month sent the stock market plunging, police said Monday.

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Karadzic's genocide trial set to go on without him

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 06:06 PM PST

THE HAGUE -The genocide trial of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic is set to continue in The Hague on Monday despite his boycott of the proceedings.

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US ready to work with next Afghan leader: Clinton

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 05:11 PM PST

WASHINGTON -The United States has vowed to support the next Afghan president, as White House advisors said fresh election turmoil would not complicate a US decision on whether to send more troops there.

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Fire crews battle Timor rig blaze

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 09:25 PM PST

Environmentalists say blaze on leaking oil rig off Austrlia is a "catastrophe".


Police: Blast near Pakistan army headquarters (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 10:00 PM PST

A Pakistani police officer keeps position behind a tire at a checkpoint in Shakhupura near Lahore, Pakistan Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - Police say an explosion has occurred near the army's headquarters in Pakistan's Rawalpindi city.

North Korea demands direct talks with US (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 10:02 PM PST

Ri Gun, a senior North Korean negotiator on nuclear issues, leaves the National Committee on American Foreign Policy offices, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in New York, after a meeting with the chief U.S. nuclear negotiator Sung Kim. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)AP - North Korea pressed the United States to accept its demand for direct talks on the communist regime's nuclear program, warning Monday that Pyongyang "will go our own way" unless Washington agrees.

Indian political awakening stirs Latin America (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 09:01 PM PST

In this photo taken Aug. 20, 2009, Aymara authorities attend a meeting in Jesus de Machaca, Bolivia. In February, Bolivia's voters approved a new constitution creating a 'plurinational state.' It grants the Andean country's 36 native peoples the right to self-determination, including collective title to their lands. All over Latin America, and especially in the Andes, a political awakening is emboldening Indians who have lived mostly as second-class citizens since the Spanish conquest. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)AP - In Ecuador, the Shuar are blocking highways to defend their hunting grounds. In Chile, the Mapuche are occupying ranches to pressure for land, schools and clinics. In Bolivia, a new constitution gives the country's 36 indigenous peoples the right to self-rule.

Devastating drought alters life for Kenya nomads (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 09:01 PM PST

This Oct. 22, 2009 photo shows a Somali Kenyan man praying as another washes his hands in flood waters after a rain storm in the settlement of Dela in northern Kenya near the Somali border. The traditional way of life for Kenya's roughly three million nomads is rapidly giving way under the pressures of increasingly severe and frequent droughts, coupled with a rapidly rising population. In one particularly drought-prone district in Kenya, up to a third of the herdsmen have had to settle permanently because they have lost so many animals. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)AP - When 64-year-old Jimale Irobe was a young man, he guided his herds of cows and camels through knee-high grass.

Already the main Afghan war hub, Bagram is growing (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 09:01 PM PST

In this picture taken Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009, an Afghan policeman smokes a cigarette before a joint patrol with U.S. Army soldiers at Qalanderkhail, outside of Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - Seen from a tiny village on a recent moonless night, the sprawling U.S. base three miles to the north looks more like a medium-size city than a military facility in a war zone.

US criticised over stand on Israel

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 08:53 PM PST

Palestinians accuse US of jeopardising peace process after backing Israel on settlements.


Iran says wants U.N. fuel plan reviewed

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 09:19 PM PST

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Iran wants the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to establish a committee to review a U.N.-drafted deal aimed at easing international tension over Tehran's atomic activities, its foreign minister said on Monday.


Taiwan president safe after smoke pours from plane

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 09:19 PM PST

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Smoke poured from an aircraft carrying Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou after a domestic flight, but the president was taken off the plane and no one was hurt, military officials said on Monday.


Japan says foreign minister trip to U.S. not set

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 09:19 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - A trip by Japan's foreign minister to Washington to try to soothe strained ties ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit was up in the air on Monday after the Japanese government's top spokesman said attending parliament took precedence.


Shared interests define Obama's world

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 09:00 PM PST

President Obama is applying the same tools to international diplomacy that he once used as a community organizer on Chicago's South Side, constructing appeals to shared interests and attempting to bring the government's conduct in line with its ideals.


Israel holds Jewish settler accused as serial attacker

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 08:54 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police said on Sunday they were holding a Jewish settler who they said had confessed to killing two Palestinians and bombing the home of an Israeli professor among a string of attacks over the past decade.


Karzai rival Abdullah quits Afghan run-off

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 07:55 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah quit an election run-off on Sunday after accusing the government of not meeting his demand for a fair vote, leaving doubts over the legitimacy of the next government.

Iran says UN-backed nuclear deal is not dead (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 09:10 PM PST

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, left, is surrounded by reporters outside a foreign ministers meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. Iran said Monday it wants a technical panel to review a U.N.-backed plan that envisages sending most of its uranium stockpile to Russia for enrichment, limiting the country's ability to make a nuclear weapon. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)AP - Iran said Monday it has not rejected a U.N.-backed plan aimed at limiting the country's ability to make nuclear weapons as it called for a technical panel to review its terms.

Vietnam evacuates coastal areas as storm nears (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 09:09 PM PST

Filipinos use umbrellas to protect them from the sun as they flock at Manila's north cemetery, Philippines, to observe All Saints Day on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Huge throngs of people jammed cemeteries to pay respect to their dead in this devoutly Roman Catholic nation as the sun shone back in the capital a day after a strong typhoon hit the country leaving more than a dozen people dead. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Vietnam evacuated coastal areas Monday as tropical storm Mirinae approached after battering the Philippines, where it left 20 people dead.
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