U.N.'s Ban arrives in Cyprus to push elusive deal

U.N.'s Ban arrives in Cyprus to push elusive deal


U.N.'s Ban arrives in Cyprus to push elusive deal

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:00 AM PST

LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived on Cyprus Sunday to inject momentum into peace talks between the island's estranged Greeks and Turks.


Execution 'likely' for 9/11 suspect

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:50 AM PST

Alleged mastermind of attacks expected to get death sentence, White House spokesman says.


Moving Your Business to a Smaller Market

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:39 AM PST

Especially the today's economy, the advantages can be significant.


Karzai rejects Taliban conditions

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:14 AM PST

Afghan leader says demand that US forces withdraw before talks "not meaningful gesture".


Plans for Airlift of Injured Haitians on Hold

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:44 AM PST

The White House said it was working on a plan to resume a U.S. military airlift of Haitians seriously injured in the earthquake to American hospitals.


Bankers Put Focus on ‘Real Economy’

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:48 AM PST

Jobs will be hard to find as the financial system and world economies are put on a firmer footing, key participants at the World Economic Forum said Sunday.


Rotting fish yield fossil clues

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:02 AM PST

By watching fish rot, scientists discover patterns that could help interpret some of the most important fossils in the record.


Pakistan investigating report that Taliban chief is dead

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:28 AM PST

ISLAMABAD -- Reports circulated Sunday that Hakimullah Mehsud, the top leader of Taliban extremist forces in Pakistan, has died from wounds sustained in a U.S. unmanned aerial strike in mid-January. But army and civilian officials said they could not confirm his death.


Mexico partygoers die in attack

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:49 AM PST

Thirteen young people die as gunmen open fire at a student party in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez.


Gunmen kill 13 students at party in Mexico

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:51 AM PST

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen burst into a party and killed 13 high school students, on Sunday in Ciudad Juarez, the latest massacre in one of the world's deadliest cities, Mexican media and witnesses said.


In Haiti, a Puzzling Drought of Tears

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 07:19 PM PST

When the poorest lose all, they are twice robbed. In calamity, the effort to survive can steal even their will to stop and cry.


Miliband defends climate science

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:18 AM PST

The climate change secretary denies that controversies over scientific data have undermined efforts to tackle global warming.


Slick Man Utd punish sloppy Arsenal

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:08 AM PST

Manchester United outclass Arsenal to win 3-1 at the Emirates and maintain the pressure on Premier League leaders Chelsea.


Peugeot Citroen announces recall

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:55 AM PST

Two models built in conjunction with Toyota are recalled as "preventive" measure.


African summit hears world ignoring Somalia crisis

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:13 AM PST

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The worsening crisis in Somalia is as big a threat to global security as Afghanistan but is being ignored by the world, delegates told an African Union summit on Sunday.


Nations in carbon emissions vow

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:45 AM PST

Governments around the world reaffirm plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, as required by last month's climate accord.


Four buffaloes and a pig fine for adultery in Malaysia

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:05 AM PST

A Malaysian court reportedly orders a man and a woman to pay a fine of four buffaloes and a pig for an extra-marital affair.


Africa mulls resettling Haitians

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:05 AM PST

African Union considers proposal to allow Haiti's earthquake victims to live in Africa.


Four buffaloes and a pig fine for adultery in Malaysia

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:05 AM PST

A Malaysian court reportedly orders a man and a woman to pay a fine of four buffaloes and a pig for an extra-marital affair.


Police detain opposition leader at anti-Kremlin rally

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:12 AM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police detained up to 100 anti-Kremlin protesters, including leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, in central Moscow on Sunday, despite an appeal by rights group Amnesty International to let the rally go ahead.


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