Russia to boost navy over U.S. missile plans - RIA

Russia to boost navy over U.S. missile plans - RIA

Russia to boost navy over U.S. missile plans - RIA

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 12:11 AM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's navy will strengthen its Baltic fleet in response to U.S. plans to deploy Patriot missiles in Poland, Russia's state RIA news agency reported on Thursday, citing an unnamed senior navy official.


Hundreds orphaned by Haiti quake

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:13 PM PST

Despite miraculous stories of survival and the gradual increase in aid as the dust settles after the Haiti earthquake hundreds of children find themselves orphaned.


Croatia's new president's love of music

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:42 PM PST

Croatia's president-elect is hoping to balance high politics with his own love of composing music.


U.S. says Yemen group one of many al Qaeda branches

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:10 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Yemen has made progress in its U.S.-backed fight against al Qaeda, but the extremist group continues to spread elsewhere and has some two dozen affiliates across a swath of the globe, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.


Salt reduction could save 92,000 U.S. lives a year

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:10 PM PST

BOSTON (Reuters) - Shaving 3 grams off the daily salt intake of Americans could prevent up to 66,000 strokes, 99,000 heart attacks and 92,000 deaths in the United States, while saving $24 billion in health costs per year, researchers reported on Wednesday.


Australia dodges row with Japan over WWII sinking

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:10 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Thursday criticised the wartime sinking of a hospital ship by a Japanese submarine, but said Canberra would not pursue reparations to avoid adding to diplomatic strains with Tokyo.


US military boost in Haiti

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:31 PM PST

The US sends another 4,000 military personnel to Haiti for earthquake relief, as many in the stricken country still await help


Rival Koreas fail to agree over factory park

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:40 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - Talks between North and South Korea over the operations of a lucrative joint industrial project have ended without agreement, compounding Pyongyang's economic woes and increasing tension on the troubled peninsula.


Rescue teams pull back as Haiti aid flows in

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:40 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The search for survivors of Haiti's killer earthquake has started to wind down as international rescue teams begin pulling back and aid, though more plentiful, is still not enough for the tens of thousands left homeless and injured.


FEATURE - Hugo Chavez tries to show he's serious about drugs

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:40 PM PST

RIO CARIBE, Venezuela (Reuters) - Powering through Caribbean swell in a heavy grey patrol boat and toting new Kalashnikov guns, soldiers scouring the craggy coves of Paria peninsula for cocaine smugglers look like they mean business.


Impossible to separate Afghan, Pakistan Taliban - U.S.

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:13 PM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Making a distinction between Pakistani Taliban and their Afghan allies is counterproductive and pressure on Taliban havens on both sides of the border is necessary, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday.


Zelaya says may leave Honduras at end of mandate

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:40 PM PST

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Wednesday he may leave the country under an agreement with the newly elected president, bringing an end to his state of political limbo after a June coup.


Study links thyroid disease to non-stick chemicals

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:40 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have linked a chemical used in consumer goods like non-stick pans and water-resistant fabrics with thyroid disease, raising questions about the potential health risks of exposure to the substance.


China economy 'to surpass Japan'

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:26 PM PST

China returns to double-digit growth and is poised to overtake Japan to become Asia's biggest economy.


Signs of aid effort spread to towns outside Haiti capital

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:12 PM PST

JACMEL, Haiti (Reuters) - There are growing signs of coordination in aid efforts to help towns outside Haiti's capital devastated by last week's earthquake and frightened anew by a big aftershock on Wednesday.


Peru suffers fatal landslides

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:41 PM PST

In Peru, three people have died and three more are reported missing after landslides caused by heavy rain in the south. Archaeologists are working to shore up an ancient Inca wall which was partially destroyed.


FEATURE - Google tests loyalties of China's wired generation

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:39 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - When Google threw down the gauntlet to China's Internet censors, it also challenged the loyalties of the nation's wired generation.


Australia dodges row with Japan over WWII sinking

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:39 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia has dodged a row with Japan over one of the country's worst wartime atrocities to avoid further straining diplomatic ties, a newspaper said on Thursday.


Israeli, Iranian ministers share a rare handshake

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:39 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli and Iranian ministers exchanged a rare handshake on Wednesday while attending a fair to promote tourist destinations in their respective nations, an Israeli official said.


U.S. says Yemen group one of many al Qaeda branches

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:39 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Yemen has made progress in its U.S.-backed fight against al Qaeda, but the extremist group continues to spread elsewhere and has some two dozen affiliates across a swathe of the globe, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.


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