Fewer than 50 wild tigers left in China - expert

Fewer than 50 wild tigers left in China - expert

Fewer than 50 wild tigers left in China - expert

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:06 AM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has an estimated 50 or fewer tigers left living in the wild, but efforts to stabilise one population in the bleak northeast are starting to pay off, a conservationist said on Monday.


Uncertainty as Ukraine's Yanukovich claims narrow win

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:06 AM PST

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich claimed a slender victory in a presidential election on Monday that could tilt the former Soviet republic back toward Moscow, but bitter rival Yulia Tymoshenko refused to concede.


Australia boosts aid to Myanmar, sanctions remain

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 12:38 AM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia will boost humanitarian aid to Myanmar while maintaining sanctions on the military regime, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said on Monday.


Iran says to unveil air defence equal to Russia system

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 12:06 AM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will soon unveil a domestically-made air defence system with at least the same capability as Russia's S-300 anti-aircraft hardware, an Iranian air force commander was quoted as saying on Monday.


Egypt arrests senior Muslim Brotherhood members

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 12:06 AM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces detained senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood on Monday, sources close to the group said, calling it a crackdown on Egypt's biggest opposition group before elections this year.


Iran plans 10 new enrichment plants in 2010/11

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 11:41 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities during the next Iranian year, its atomic energy chief was quoted as saying, in comments likely to further raise tension with the West.


Q+A - Will North Korea resume nuclear talks? If so, so what?

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 11:41 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior Chinese envoy is visiting North Korea and was expected to meet leader Kim Jong-il in a visit aimed at prodding the reclusive neighbour back to stalled nuclear disarmament talks.


Toyota to may recall Prius

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 11:22 PM PST

Toyota says it'll make an announcement soon on whether it is to recall any of its hybrid electric Prius cars.


Troops prepare for Afghan push

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 11:19 PM PST

British, US and Afghan forces are preparing for one of their largest counter-insurgency operations in Afghanistan since the conflict began in 2001.


Taiwan sees no China backlash over U.S. arms deal

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 11:06 PM PST

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan believes its recent detente with China will not be derailed by a deal to buy U.S. weapons, despite Beijing's expressions of outrage towards Washington at the sale, a senior official said on Monday.


Envoys go to North Korea for nuclear talks push

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 11:06 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior Chinese envoy was in North Korea to prod the reclusive state back to stalled nuclear talks while the South sent a team across the border on Monday for talks to restart tourism projects halted due to political wrangling.


Iran tests radar-evading aircraft - commander

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 11:06 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has successfully tested a radar-evading aircraft, a commander said on Sunday, in the country's latest announcement of technological advances as it marks the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.


Yanukovych claims victory in Ukraine

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 10:19 PM PST

Ukraine is in political turmoil. The man whose side was accused of rigging the vote which triggered the 2004 Orange Revolution, Viktor Yanukovych, is claiming victory in the presidential election.


Greece fails to kick the habit

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 10:34 PM PST

Much trumpeted legislation aimed at stamping out smoking in Greece, Europe's most tobacco addicted nation, has been declared a failure by health campaigners.


Yanukovich claims narrow win in Ukraine poll

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 10:37 PM PST

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich claimed a slender victory in a presidential election on Monday that could tilt the former Soviet republic back toward Moscow, but bitter rival Yulia Tymoshenko refused to concede.


Daily pill helped cure osteoporosis in mice, rats

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 10:37 PM PST

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A once-a-day pill helped completely rebuild bone in rodents with severe osteoporosis, a finding that could lead to a new class of drugs to treat the brittle-bone disease in humans, U.S. researchers said.


Australia's "Top End" too dry to become food bowl

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 09:39 PM PST

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The dream of turning Australia's tropical north into a major food bowl to replace drought-stricken southern farmlands and feed a future Asia has been shattered by a new report released on Monday.


Kentucky town closes ranks behind Toyota

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 09:06 PM PST

GEORGETOWN, Kentucky (Reuters) - This small Bible Belt town knows how to help when one of its own is in trouble.


Incumbent declared winner in flawed Nigeria poll

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 09:06 PM PST

AWKA, Nigeria (Reuters) - The incumbent governor of Nigeria's southeastern Anambra state was on Sunday declared the winner of an election which voters, candidates and observers said had been marred by widespread irregularities.


UK Labour closing in on Conservatives - poll

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 09:06 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Conservatives are uncertain of a parliamentary majority at a British election, an opinion poll published on Monday suggested.


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