Chad calls for UN troop withdrawal

Chad calls for UN troop withdrawal


Chad calls for UN troop withdrawal

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 12:29 PM PST

Fears for work of aid agencies as request is made for peacekeeping mission to leave country.


Obama backs Israel, also sympathetic to Palestinians

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 12:07 PM PST

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would never waver from support for Israel's security but insisted that Washington must also pay attention to the plight of the Palestinians.


Kenya's PM role 'to be scrapped'

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST

Kenyan MPs agree to scrap the position of prime minister in a draft constitution being drawn up as part of a power-sharing deal.


New dinosaur solves bird puzzle

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:29 AM PST

A newly discovered fossil sheds light on the mystery of why a group of dinosaurs resembled modern birds.


Voices of Voters: Few Minds Were Changed

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:17 AM PST

The opinions of a handful of voters polled last month were largely unchanged by the State of the Union address on Wednesday.


'Dramatic' step for laser fusion

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:10 AM PST

Experiments at the National Ignition Centre in the US show a potential obstacle to producing energy by laser fusion has been swept aside.


Blair poised to face Iraq inquiry

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:11 AM PST

Former PM Tony Blair is to be questioned by the Iraq inquiry on Friday about the decision to take the UK to war in 2003.


Iran hangs two in wake of election unrest

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:54 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran hanged two men convicted in the wake of the unrest that erupted after last year's disputed election, as a top opposition figure predicted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would be ousted before the end of his term.


J. D. Salinger, Enigmatic Author, Dies at 91

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:29 AM PST

Mr. Salinger, the author of "The Catcher in the Rye," turned his back on success and adulation.


Crist, Obama Forgo the Hug; Shake Hands

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:40 AM PST

After political fodder grew out of an infamous photo of the Florida governor in an embrace with President Obama last year at a stop promoting the stimulus package, the two meet and greet without a shoulder-touch.


Final chapter

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:25 AM PST

Recalling the life of influential American author JD Salinger


Whodunnit?

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 01:53 AM PST

New squabble over Swedish sensation Stieg Larsson


China to Stay Course, With 'Flexibility'

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:20 AM PST

Vice Premier Li Keqiang nods to government's concerns about inflation but says growth remains on an upward trajectory.


J.D. Salinger, 91, Is Dead

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:26 AM PST

The elusive and enigmatic author of "The Catcher in the Rye" was 91 and lived in Cornish, N.H.


On Washington: Where Clinton Turned Right, Obama Plowed Ahead

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:29 AM PST

President Obama's message is that Democrats should not be so certain that they will lose control of Congress.


ICC prosecutor expects Bashir genocide charge

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 12:01 PM PST

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Thursday he expects judges to add a charge of genocide within weeks against Sudan's "fugitive" President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.


Catcher in the Rye novelist dies

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 12:54 PM PST

American novelist JD Salinger, author of classic 20th Century book The Catcher in the Rye, has died aged 91, his son says.


Bill Clinton calls for more Haiti aid at Davos

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:33 AM PST

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has warned that many Haitians still face a daily struggle to find food and water two weeks after the island was decimated by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that killed an estimated 150,000 people.


Ghana beat Nigeria to reach final

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:20 AM PST

Ghana reach the final of the Africa Cup of Nations after an Asamoah Gyan goal leads them to a 1-0 victory over Nigeria.


BNP whites-only policy 'must go'

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 09:46 AM PST

The British National Party is given a final chance to scrap its whites-only membership policy or face a possible court injunction.


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