Peru airlifts stranded tourists

Peru airlifts stranded tourists

Peru airlifts stranded tourists

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 12:17 AM PST

Authorities in Peru have ordered the airlift of nearly 2,000 tourists stranded by heavy rains in the country's top attraction, Machu Picchu.


Chinese media scorn U.S. for 'politicising' Google affair

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:56 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese state media stepped up their war of words with the United States over Internet control on Tuesday, with a top newspaper claiming a U.S. conspiracy and saying China can live without Google.


Russia, once a science powerhouse, loses standing

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:56 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Political turmoil, a brain drain of scientists and waning interest have transformed Russia from a nation that launched the first satellite into an increasingly minor player in the world of science, according to a Thomson Reuters report released on Tuesday.


Avalanche warning to off-piste skiers

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 09:41 PM PST

Mountain experts in the Alps are warning of an increased risk of being caught in an avalanche as more and more skiers venture off-piste.


Sri Lankan president casts vote

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 08:41 PM PST

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has cast his vote in the country's first presidential election since the Tamil Tiger rebels were defeated.


Student killed in Venezuela TV station protests

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 10:56 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - One student was killed and nine police officers injured on Monday in the Venezuelan city of Merida in violence linked to protests over the suspension of a TV station opposed to President Hugo Chavez.


Record number of young Americans jobless - researcher

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 10:56 PM PST

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. economic recession has taken a particularly heavy toll on young Americans, with a record one out five black men aged 20 to 24 neither working nor in school, according to research released on Tuesday.


Obama to address voter fears in State of Union

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 10:56 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, concerned by voter anxiety over high unemployment, said on Monday he would use his State of the Union speech on Wednesday to reassure Americans worried about jobs and the economy.


Haiti rebuild 'will take years'

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 09:10 PM PST

Canada's Prime Minister, who is hosting international talks on the reconstruction of Haiti, has said it will take 'years' to rebuild the country.


'Bloodied' Haiti and donors look at recovery plans

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:55 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti could start relocating homeless earthquake survivors from its ruined capital this week, but it will need at least five to 10 years of international help to rebuild from the catastrophe, the government said on Monday.


Venezuela students protest TV station's suspension

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:55 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Police used tear gas to disperse thousands of students who marched in Venezuelan cities on Monday to protest the government's widely criticized suspension of a TV station opposed to President Hugo Chavez.


INTERVIEW - Sahara must unite against al Qaeda: regional body

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:26 PM PST

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Sahara-region states must work together to fight an emerging alliance of Islamist militants and drug traffickers with South American links, the head of a regional body said on Monday.


UN climate chief will not resign

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:55 PM PST

The head of the UN's leading panel on climate change says he won't resign, despite false claims about the deterioration of the Himalayan glaciers


Senators urge bomb suspect face U.S. military charges

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:55 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior U.S. senators urged the Obama administration to hand over to the U.S. military the man accused of trying to blow up a U.S. passenger jet on Christmas Day for additional interrogation and charges.


Calif. marriage case told gays have political heft

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:55 PM PST

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. federal court considering whether a California ban on gay marriage denies constitutional rights was told on Monday that gays and lesbians have strong political allies, including California's governor and the state's Democratic Party.


Venezuela students protest TV station's suspension

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:55 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Police used tear gas to disperse thousands of students who marched in Caracas on Monday to protest the government's widely criticized suspension of a TV station opposed to President Hugo Chavez.


Warne to ease tensions on race

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 02:37 PM PST

Cricketer Shane Warne is to be an ambassador for improving relations between India and Australia following attacks on Indian nationals in Australia.


Clinton's summit more popular than Davos - survey

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:25 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton's philanthropic summit was the most popular venue for chief executives in 2009, with the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, tumbling to No. 4 from the top spot, a survey found on Monday.


Obama to discuss rule on gays in military - Levin

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:25 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is expected to talk about the "Don't ask, don't tell" rule that bars openly gay Americans from serving in the military during his State of the Union address this week, a senior lawmaker said on Monday.


INTERVIEW - Quake cost one in five Haitian jobs - minister

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:25 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - The earthquake that killed up to 200,000 Haitians and left millions homeless also had a devastating toll on the country's economy -- eliminating as many as one in five jobs, the trade minister said on Monday.


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