Q+A - What next in China's Rio Tinto investigation?

Q+A - What next in China's Rio Tinto investigation?

Q+A - What next in China's Rio Tinto investigation?

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:32 AM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's probe into four detained Rio Tinto employees, including Australian national Stern Hu, is set to move forward next week, when investigators could decide to extend the investigation, seek prosecution or drop charges.

France, Rwanda seek better ties after 'dark history'

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:32 AM PST

KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda and France have turned over a new leaf in relations marked by a "dark history", the two countries' foreign ministers said, following a dispute over events surrounding Rwanda's 1994 genocide,

Two sentenced to death in Myanmar for document leak

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

YANGON (Reuters) - A court in military-ruled Myanmar passed death sentences on two people and sentenced another to 15 years in prison for leaking confidential documents, a legal source said on Friday.

Spain assumes EU presidency

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 10:42 PM PST

A party is planned in Madrid to celebrate the start of Spain's six-month presidency of the European Union on Friday.

Croatia ready for presidential decider

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 10:47 PM PST

Croatia is preparing for the second round of its presidential election on Sunday, pitting Social Democrat Ivo Josipovic against Zagreb mayor Milan Bandic.

Jailing of China gang lawyer alarms legal world

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 10:42 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese lawyer for a suspected mafia boss in one of the nation's most high-profile trials was jailed on Friday, drawing warnings from lawyers worried the government is trampling rules in its zeal for convictions.

Six suspected militants killed in Karachi blast

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 10:42 PM PST

KARACHI (Reuters) - Six suspected militants were killed on Friday when explosives being stored in a hideout in the Pakistani city of Karachi were apparently detonated accidently, police said.

U.S. job purge likely halted, jobless rate seen up

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 09:39 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government report on Friday is expected to show the economy stopped shedding jobs last month for the first time since it fell into recession two years ago, easing a political weight on President Barack Obama.

Six reported dead in Karachi blast

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 09:02 PM PST

At least six people have been killed in an explosion at a house in the Pakistani city of Karachi, local reports say.

Gunmen shoot radio reporter in Philippines north

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 09:08 PM PST

MANILA (Reuters) - Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot and wounded a radio commentator in the Philippines' northern tobacco region, the first case of violence against journalists this year in the country, police and a local press union said on Friday.

Australia presses Japan on whaling safety

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 08:37 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - The futuristic anti-whaling protest boat struck by a Japanese harpoon vessel near Antarctica finally sank on Friday, prompting Australia to voice official concern about safety in the remote Southern Ocean.

Indian KKK news cartoon angers Australia

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 08:37 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's government and police angrily criticised on Friday a cartoon in an Indian newspaper that depicted police as racist Ku Klux Klan members following the fatal stabbing of an Indian student.

Medical beauty therapies on the mend - IMCAS

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 08:37 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - Medical beauty treatment sales will be on the mend again in the next years after a decline of about 15 percent in 2009, with more women looking for natural-looking touch-ups and pampering in increasingly popular medical spas.

Obama targets intelligence lapses

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 06:06 PM PST

US President Barack Obama says he is more interesting in fixing the failures which lead to the failed Christmas Day attack than in assigning blame.

UK PM Brown damaged by leadership ballot call - poll

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 07:07 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - A failed attempt to oust Gordon Brown has damaged both the British Prime Minister and his Labour Party, and boosted the opposition Conservatives, according to an opinion poll for the Sun newspaper.

U.S. Pentagon chief Gates to stay through 2010

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 07:07 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to remain in his job at least one more year, the Pentagon press secretary said on Thursday.

U.S. plans more scanners, pushes air security overseas

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 06:21 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Thursday it plans to make greater use of full-body scanners at airports while it works to develop better aviation security technology and pushes other countries to take similar steps.

Obama takes responsibility for lapses, sets reforms

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 06:21 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama took ultimate responsibility on Thursday for security failures that led to the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner and ordered reforms aimed at thwarting future attacks.

Indian KKK news cartoon angers Australia police

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 06:21 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian police angrily criticised on Friday a cartoon in an Indian newspaper that depicted them as racist Ku Klux Klan members following the fatal stabbing of an Indian student.

One dead in Israeli air raids on Gaza Strip

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 06:21 PM PST

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel launched a series of air strikes on the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least one Palestinian and wounding another, medical workers and the Islamist group Hamas said.

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