Billionaire wins Chile election

Billionaire wins Chile election

Billionaire wins Chile election

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 01:02 AM PST

Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera has won Chile's presidential run-off, ending two decades of centre-left rule.


Blast heard in part of Kabul separate from other attacks

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:52 AM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - A blast was heard on Monday outside a cinema in a crowded part of the Afghan capital south of the presidential palace, several hundred metres from the site of major coordinated insurgent attacks, a security source said.


Suicide bombers, gunmen attack central Kabul

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:52 AM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban gunmen, some wearing suicide vests, launched a commando-style assault on Kabul on Monday, attacking banks, a shopping mall and Afghan government ministries.


Glory for Avatar at Golden Globes

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:23 AM PST

James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar wins two prizes at the Golden Globes, the first of 2010's major Hollywood awards.


Turk who shot Pope John Paul released from prison

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:21 AM PST

ANKARA (Reuters) - The man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II, Mehmet Ali Agca, was released from prison in the Turkish capital Ankara on Monday, nearly 30 years after the assassination attempt in St. Peter's Square.


Suicide car bomb kills several police in Kabul - source

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:21 AM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb exploded outside a Kabul shopping centre -- the second targeted by militants in a complex attack on the Afghan capital -- killing several police and intelligence officials, a security source said.


Suicide bombers, gunmen attack central Kabul

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:21 AM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban gunmen, some wearing suicide vests, launched a commando-style assault on Kabul on Monday, attacking banks, a shopping mall and Afghan government ministries.


U.S. poll: fewer see Obama advancing racial ties

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:21 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer Americans believe the presidency of Barack Obama, the first African American elected to the White House, has helped advance race relations compared with a year ago, a Washington Post-ABC News poll suggests.


Suicide bombers, gunmen attack central Kabul

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:51 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - About two dozen gunmen, some wearing suicide vests, attacked locations across Kabul on Monday in a coordinated commando-style operation against several targets, including banks and Afghan government ministries.


INTERVIEW - Haitian education system 'totally collapsed'

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:51 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Half of Haiti's schools and its three main universities were destroyed or badly damaged in the earthquake, but classes must resume even in tents to help children overcome trauma, the education minister said.


Indonesia president has no plans to reshuffle cabinet - minister

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:51 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has no plans to reshuffle his cabinet in the near term, Chief Economics Minister Hatta Rajasa said on Monday.


U.S. troops to help Haiti security, aid flows in

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:21 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The United States was to send more troops on Monday to aid in Haiti's rescue as tens of thousands of hungry, thirsty and injured Haitian earthquake survivors waited desperately for promised food and medical care.


Minor Thai cabinet change may precede big reshuffle

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:21 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Five new Thai cabinet ministers are to be sworn in on Monday following a minor reshuffle that may be a prelude to a bigger shake-up aimed at prolonging the life of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's fragile coalition government.


Troops to help keep Haiti order

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 10:17 PM PST

UN peacekeepers in Haiti will be joined by thousands of US troops to help keep order, so aid agencies can deliver much-needed supplies.


Israel and Germany meet for talks

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 10:31 PM PST

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the stalled Middle East peace process and Iran's nuclear ambitions in talks on Monday.


Highlights from the Golden Globes

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 09:14 PM PST

Highlights from the Golden Globes, in which Meryl Streep, James Cameron and Sandra Bullock were just some of the Hollywood stars awarded.


Can U.S-China ties weather perfect storm in 2010?

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 08:21 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google "perfect storm" in 2010 and it is looking increasingly likely that U.S.-China relations will pop up as a top search result.


Haiti's voodoo priests object to mass burials

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 08:21 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's voodoo priests are objecting to anonymous mass burials as an improper way to handle the tens of thousands of dead from the earthquake -- and have taken their complaint to President Rene Preval.


Israeli minister visits Abu Dhabi, a first for UAE

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 08:21 PM PST

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Israel's infrastructure minister Uzi Landau visited the United Arab Emirates at the weekend for a renewable energy conference, amid tight security, in the first visit by an Israeli minister to the Gulf state.


Iran plans new renewable energy plants - minister

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 08:21 PM PST

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Opec member Iran plans to develop new renewable energy power plants over the next five years with capacity totalling 2,000 megawatts (MW) to meet energy demand, its deputy minister for electricity said on Sunday.


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