Spain says ETA rebels' top leader caught in France

Spain says ETA rebels' top leader caught in France

Spain says ETA rebels' top leader caught in France

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 01:05 AM PST

MADRID (Reuters) - The leader of armed Basque separatists ETA was arrested on Sunday in northern France together with two other senior rebels, the Spanish interior ministry said.


Tsunami waves hit Pacific regions after Chile quake

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 12:30 AM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tsunami waves of up to 1.5 metres (5 ft) hit far-flung Pacific regions from the Russian far east and Japan to New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands on Sunday after a massive earthquake struck Chile, killing more than 300 people.


PREVIEW - Clinton faces Latin America test on Iran

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 11:30 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flies to Latin America on Sunday, working to buff a lackluster U.S. image in a region where Brazil is emerging as a regional power with global aspirations.


FACTBOX - Highlights of Clinton's Latin America trip

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 11:30 PM PST

Clinton's Feb. 28-March 5 trip also includes two final stops in Central America, which is still grappling with the aftermath of a coup in Honduras last year that shook faith in the region's recent political gains.


Israel confronts protesters near Jerusalem mosque

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 11:30 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police raided a plaza near the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Sunday in response to stone-throwing protests by Palestinians, an Israeli police spokesman said.


Q+A - Can another Aquino become president of the Philippines?

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 11:30 PM PST

REUTERS - Opposition senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino, son of the Philippines' democracy heroine Corazon "Cory" Aquino, said he may consider raising taxes if elected if it was clear the budget gap was unlikely to be cut quickly.


Hundreds killed in Chile quake

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 10:47 PM PST

At least 300 people have been confirmed killed in the earthquake that struck Chile in the early hours of Saturday.


Iraq cracks down on camouflage tailors

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 09:30 PM PST

Iraq is cracking down on shops and tailors who sell and make police and military uniforms because of security fears.


Wary Chileans sleep outside; quake affects millions

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 11:04 PM PST

CONCEPCION, Chile (Reuters) - Chileans fearful of aftershocks camped outside on Sunday in towns shattered by a massive earthquake, as officials struggled to grasp the scale of the damage to the country's transport, energy and housing infrastructure.


Tsunami waves hit Russia, no damage reported

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 11:04 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tsunami waves of up to 0.8 metres hit Russia's east coast on Sunday following a major earthquake in Chile, but no damage was reported.


North Japan hit by 30 cm tsunami after warning

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 11:04 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tsunami waves of up to 30 cm (12 inches) hit Japan's northern Pacific coast and a tiny southern island on Sunday following a massive earthquake in Chile the day before, as the country worried that worse was in store.


INTERVIEW - Philippines' Aquino may impose new taxes if elected

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 11:04 PM PST

CEBU, Philippines (Reuters) - Philippine Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino, frontrunner in the presidential race, said he may consider raising taxes if elected if the budget gap was not cut quickly by moves to crack down on tax evasion.


Zimbabwe's Mugabe defends local ownership laws

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 11:04 PM PST

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe defended his controversial local ownership laws at his 86th birthday celebrations on Saturday, saying they were designed to broaden Zimbabwean participation in the economy.


Financial reform compromise rebuffed in U.S. Senate

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 10:30 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Key U.S. Senate Republicans rejected a compromise offer from a top Democrat on a dispute over consumer protection, sources said on Saturday, as talks on financial regulatory reform slogged through the weekend.


Russia's Kamchatka region lifts tsunami alert

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 10:30 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Authorities in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka region have lifted a tsunami alert after a series of small waves appeared to cause no damage, a spokeswoman for the Emergencies Ministry said.


Tsunami waves of 0.8 metres hit Russia's east coast

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 10:00 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tsunami waves of up to 0.8 metres (2 ft 7 in) hit the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's far east on Sunday following a major earthquake in Chile, the Sakhalin Tsunami Centre said.


30-cm tsunami hits Japan's northern coast - TV

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 10:00 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - A 30 centimetre (12 inch) tsunami hit Japan's northern Pacific coast on Sunday after a massive earthquake struck Chile the day before, Japanese media reported.


Security tightened in Bangkok after bank blasts

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 10:00 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday ordered security tightened in Bangkok after two hand grenades exploded outside branches of the country's biggest bank, causing light damage but no injuries.


SCENARIOS - Possible Iraqi election outcomes

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 10:00 PM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliamentary election on March 7 may be a make-or-break moment for the oil-producing nation as it tries to emerge from decades of economic decline, dictatorship and war.


Wary Chileans sleep outside; quake affects millions

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 09:30 PM PST

CONCEPCION, Chile (Reuters) - Chileans fearful of aftershocks camped outside on Sunday in towns shattered by a massive earthquake, as officials struggled to grasp the scale of the damage to the country's transport, energy and housing infrastructure.


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