Thai blast raises jitters ahead of Thaksin case

Thai blast raises jitters ahead of Thaksin case

Thai blast raises jitters ahead of Thaksin case

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 12:36 AM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A bomb blast at a university and suspected explosives found at a court in Bangkok on Sunday raised jitters ahead of a court ruling later this month on the assets of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.


India says investigating local, foreign leads to blast

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 12:36 AM PST

PUNE, India (Reuters) - The government said it had little idea who was behind a bomb in a tourist eatery in Pune that killed nine people, with sources saying a local militant outfit and a Pakistani-based group were suspects.


India says investigating local, foreign leads to blast

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 11:56 PM PST

PUNE, India (Reuters) - The government said it had little idea who was behind a bomb in a tourist eatery in Pune that killed nine people, with sources saying a local militant outfit and a Pakistani-based group were suspects.


India says few clues to bomb, denies intelligence failure

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 10:56 PM PST

PUNE, India (Reuters) - The government said on Sunday it had little idea who was behind a bomb in a tourist eatery in Pune that killed nine people, an attack that some experts said could be the work of home-grown militants.


Indonesian said "God is greatest" as hotels attacked

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 10:56 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian suspect went on trial on Wednesday charged in connection with bomb attacks on two luxury hotels in Jakarta and a plan to assassinate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.


China embassy gives info on lawyer - rights group

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 10:31 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese embassy in Washington has said the country's best known activist lawyer, missing for a year after being taken from his home, is working in the western city of Urumqi, a U.S.-based rights group said late on Saturday.


India says few clues to bomb, denies intelligence failure

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 09:27 PM PST

PUNE, India (Reuters) - The government said on Sunday it had little idea who was behind a bomb in a tourist eatery in Pune that killed nine people, an attack that some experts said could be the work of home-grown militants.


Clinton seeks more Arab pressure on Iran

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 08:32 PM PST

SHANNON, Ireland (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will seek to enlist more Arab diplomatic pressure on Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions during a visit to the Gulf this week, U.S. officials said on Saturday.


CORRECTED - Indonesian said "God is greatest" as hotels attacked

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 08:32 PM PST

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Ukraine PM 'will challenge result'

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 06:11 PM PST

The defeated candidate in Ukraine's presidential election, Yulia Tymoshenko, says she will challenge the result through the courts.


Eight die in India's first big attack since Mumbai

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 06:28 PM PST

PUNE, India (Reuters) - A bomb ripped through a packed restaurant in Pune on Saturday, killing at least eight people including one foreigner in the country's first big attack since the 2008 Mumbai massacre.


China celebrates Lunar New Year

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 02:47 PM PST

People across China are celebrating their most important annual holiday, the Lunar New Year, as they welcome in the Year of the Tiger.


U.S. Marines spearhead major Afghanistan offensive

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 10:34 AM PST

MARJAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. Marines spearheaded one of NATO's biggest offensives against the Taliban in Afghanistan on Saturday, in an early test of U.S. President Barack Obama's troop surge policy.


German protesters stop neo-Nazi march in Dresden

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 10:34 AM PST

DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) - At least 10,000 Germans formed a human chain in Dresden on Saturday and stopped neo-Nazis staging a funeral march to remember victims of the Allied air raid that flattened the city 65 years ago.


Eight die in India's first big attack since Mumbai

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 10:34 AM PST

PUNE (Reuters) - A bomb ripped through a packed restaurant in Pune on Saturday, killing at least eight people including four foreign women in the country's first big attack since the 2008 Mumbai massacre.


Italy police make huge haul of fake designer goods

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 10:34 AM PST

ROME (Reuters) - A police raid on a sprawling complex of warehouses in Rome turned up about 500,000 tonnes of Chinese goods including fakes of some of the world's most famous designer labels, Italian police said on Saturday.


Obama names U.S. envoy to Muslim world body

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 09:54 AM PST

DOHA (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday he was naming a special envoy to a top Islamic body to further Washington's cooperation with the Muslim world.


German riots on bombing anniversary

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 09:33 AM PST

More than 1000 neo-Nazis were confronted by around 10,000 of their left-wing opponents as they protested in Dresden on the 65th anniversary of the WWII Allied bombing.


U.N. climate panel admits Dutch sea level flaw

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 09:35 AM PST

OSLO (Reuters) - The U.N. panel of climate experts overstated how much of the Netherlands is below sea level, according to a preliminary report on Saturday, admitting yet another flaw after a row last month over Himalayan glacier melt.


Yemen Shi'ite rebels deny assassination bid

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 09:35 AM PST

SANAA/RIYADH (Reuters) - Yemeni Shi'ite rebels on Saturday denied carrying out an assassination attempt on an Interior Ministry official which came hours after a ceasefire agreement this week.


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