UN official denies Taliban talks date

UN official denies Taliban talks date

UN official denies Taliban talks date

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 09:54 PM PST

The UN envoy for Afghanistan, Kai Eide, denies meeting Taliban members on 8 January in Dubai.


Secret source of Roman aqueduct found

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 12:11 AM PST

The source of a Roman aqueduct, which had vexed archaeologists, has been discovered


Myanmar regime trying to influence court case - Suu Kyi

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:00 AM PST

YANGON (Reuters) - Detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said a government minister's comment that she would be freed in November could be contempt of court as she appeals her sentence.


Israel kills top Hamas commander in Dubai - Hamas

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:00 AM PST

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Israel has assassinated a senior Hamas military commander in Dubai, an official in the Palestinian Islamist group said on Friday.


Philippine court jails gunman of slain journalist

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:00 AM PST

MANILA (Reuters) - A Philippine court sentenced to life imprisonment an unemployed man it found guilty for the 2005 murder of a radio commentator on the southern island of Mindanao, a media watchdog said on Friday.


Russia's 5th-gen fighter makes first flight - Sukhoi

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 12:29 AM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A new jet fighter seen as Russia's response to U.S. advances in military aviation made a successful first test flight on Friday, planemaker Sukhoi said.


Blair set to face Iraq inquiry

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:15 PM PST

Tony Blair is set to mount a spirited defence when he is questioned in public for the first time about his decision to take the UK to war against Iraq.


Israel kills top Hamas commander in Dubai - Hamas

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:28 PM PST

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Israel has assassinated a senior Hamas military commander in Dubai, an official in the Palestinian Islamist group said on Friday.


North Korea fires more artillery toward South

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:28 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired artillery towards a disputed sea border with its southern neighbour for the third straight day on Friday in a move seen by the South's president as a ploy by Pyongyang to put pressure on regional powers.


Taliban to decide soon on joining Afghan talks

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:06 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban's leaders will decide soon about joining talks with the Afghan government, a spokesman said on Friday, after President Hamid Karzai invited them to a peace council as part of efforts to end years of fighting.


New Russian fighter makes test flight

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:06 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A new fighter aircraft seen as Russia's response to U.S. advances in military aviation made a successful first test flight on Friday, plane maker Sukhoi said.


Israel kills top Hamas commander in Dubai - Hamas

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:28 PM PST

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Israel has assassinated a senior Hamas military commander in Dubai, an official in the Palestinian Islamist group said on Friday.


China car craze won't dent gasoline exports

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:28 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Gasoline demand in China this year is forecast to grow half the rate at which citizens drive shiny new cars out of showrooms, but refineries will be more than able to keep pace, and exports will mop up the excess fuel.


North Korea fires more artillery toward South

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:00 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Friday fired artillery toward South Korean islands near a disputed sea border for the third straight day, a South Korean broadcaster said.


North Korea not about to collapse, says South's Lee

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 09:02 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is not near collapse and leader Kim Jong-il has recovered from his illnesses, but the destitute state is hurting from U.N. sanctions imposed for its nuclear test, South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak said.


White House defends Obama's court ruling criticism

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 07:59 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House squared off on Thursday against conservative critics who questioned whether President Barack Obama had gone too far by condemning a Supreme Court decision in his State of the Union address to Congress.


FACTBOX - Big emitters signal support for Copenhagen Accord

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 06:58 PM PST

Governments are meant to tell the United Nations by Sunday if they want to be associated with the accord, worked out last month, and submit their plans for curbing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. The deadline is flexible.


Nations pledge $140 mln for Afghan reintegration

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 06:58 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Donor countries have pledged more than $140 million towards a fund to encourage Afghan militants to renounce violence and reintegrate into mainstream society, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Thursday.


U.S. legislation seeks to boost Haiti's recovery

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 06:58 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior U.S. senators on Thursday introduced legislation that seeks to write off Haiti's foreign debt, increase trade and create an infrastructure fund to help the quake-hit country rebuild quicker.


Obama's latest speech seen by 48 million Americans

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 06:58 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's television ratings may be the latest indication that his popularity is slipping, despite his move to push job creation to the top of his policy agenda.


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