Harsh winter hits Yemenis fleeing conflict: ICRC

Harsh winter hits Yemenis fleeing conflict: ICRC


Harsh winter hits Yemenis fleeing conflict: ICRC

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 11:37 AM PST

GENEVA (Reuters) - Yemeni civilians fleeing a civil conflict in the north face harsh winter conditions that are increasing their misery, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Friday.


Immigrants riot in Italy amid racial unrest

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:08 PM PST

ROSARNO, Italy (Reuters) - Clashes between immigrants and locals in a southern Italian town entered a second day on Friday, with the government rushing extra police to try to stem one of the worst episodes of racial unrest in years.


First Georgian plane since war lands in Moscow

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 11:30 AM PST

MOSCOW/TBILISI (Reuters) - A Georgian Airways charter plane landed in Moscow from Tbilisi on Friday, the first direct flight between Georgia and Russia since the two countries fought a brief war in 2008.


UPS to cut 1,800 management jobs

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:25 PM PST

United Parcel Service (UPS) is to cut back its workforce as part of a reorganisation of its US small parcels division.


Ford Says He Won’t Be ‘Bullied’ by Senator’s Allies

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:05 PM PST

Harold E. Ford Jr. fired back at the supporters of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand as he considers challenging her.


Nigerian Arraigned in Bomb Attempt

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:18 PM PST

The 23-year-old man accused of trying to bomb a Northwest flight said little during the hearing in a Detroit courtroom Friday.


Leno, O'Brien and the NBC Muddle

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 11:45 AM PST

Network late-night talk shows are like a Ford Taurus: better made and sportier than most people recognize, but that is easily forgotten because there are so many other choices out there.


US site hit in west Afghanistan

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:50 AM PST

Rockets are fired at the site of a future US consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat, but no-one is injured.


Robbers fire on bus with soccer stars

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:55 AM PST

Robbers used machine guns to fire on a bus carrying the Togo national soccer team to the African Cup of Nations in Angola. One person was killed and three wounded. Manchester City star Emmanuell Adebayor was not hurt.


Big Deficits Cloud Britain's Future

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 11:49 AM PST

Even as Britain recovers from recession, it faces one of the largest budget deficits in the world. And paring it down may make recovery more painful than in many other places.


Germany Probes Blackwater-CIA Report

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 11:03 AM PST

German authorities are investigating a published report that the CIA conceived a plan with the Blackwater security firm to assassinate a man who allegedly helped fund the Sept. 11 hijackers in Hamburg.


Tackle science fraud, China urged

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:26 AM PST

An editorial in the medical journal the Lancet has urged China's authorities to do more to prevent scientific fraud.


New Investment Tools Approved by Regulator in China

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:41 AM PST

China said that it would permit stock index futures, short selling and trading on margin, making its capital market system more sophisticated.


Rockets fired at U.S. consulate site in Afghan city

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:51 AM PST

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Three rockets were fired on Friday at a building leased as the site of a future U.S. consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat, police said.


Togo footballers attacked in Angola

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 11:59 AM PST

Gunmen open fire at bus carrying national team ahead of African Cup of Nations.


Chad Ochocinco, the N.F.L. Leader in Attention

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 11:35 AM PST

With his outrageous tweets and outlandish antics, the Bengals' Chad Ochocinco wants to have fun. Is that good for the N.F.L.?


Immigrants riot in Italy amid racial unrest

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:34 AM PST

ROSARNO, Italy (Reuters) - Thousands of immigrants protested against racism in a southern Italian town on Friday, after a night of rioting sparked by an attack on African farm workers by a gang of white youths.


UK braced for weekend icy blasts

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 11:32 AM PST

The UK braces itself for more freezing temperatures as the government steps in to ration supplies of gritting salt.


Robinson defiant despite pressure

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:53 AM PST

Northern Ireland's First Minister wants an inquiry to assess whether he breached any rules in relation to his wife's affairs.


Pakistani official says house bombing targeted him

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 08:43 AM PST

Pakistan's interior minister, citing police evidence gathered after a deadly house bombing Friday, said people at the dwelling had been planning to attack him during a court appearance in Karachi.


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