UK troops pave way for major NATO Afghan assault

UK troops pave way for major NATO Afghan assault

UK troops pave way for major NATO Afghan assault

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 12:54 AM PST

CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan (Reuters) - British troops have launched helicopter advances in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province to prepare the battlefield for a major NATO operation, the British military said on Friday.


Gaza evidence incomplete, says Ban

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 12:01 AM PST

There is not yet enough evidence to say whether Israel and the Palestinians are complying with UN demands to probe the Gaza conflict, Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon says.


Close vote expected in Ukraine

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 11:17 PM PST

It is the last day of campaigning before Ukraine votes for a new President to replace Viktor Yushenko, the man who led the Orange Revolution five years ago.


Taiwan approves private jet flight to China

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 10:53 PM PST

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has cleared the first direct flight by a private aircraft to military rival China, officials said on Friday, continuing a thaw in ties.


Afghan security better, says US

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:44 PM PST

The top United States commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has said the security situation there is no longer deteriorating.


Artificial pancreas diabetes hope

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 10:07 PM PST

Trials of an "artificial pancreas" show it can improve the control of Type 1 diabetes in children.


Taiwan to buy military helicopters from Europe

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:53 PM PST

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Friday it would buy up to 20 military helicopters from a European manufacturer in a move likely to irritate China less than a week after Washington proposed a $6.4 billion arms deal with the island.


Tibet temperatures hit record high in 2009 - paper

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:16 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Temperatures in Tibet rose last year to the highest level since records began for the remote Himalayan region, which scientists say is particularly vulnerable to global warming, state media reported on Friday.


Ahmadinejad move signals wish for atom deal - envoy

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 07:45 PM PST

VIENNA (Reuters) - The Iranian president's announced readiness to send enriched uranium abroad signals a wish to cooperate for a deal with big powers to ease nuclear tension, Tehran's envoy to the U.N. atomic agency said on Thursday.


China envoy to visit North Korea; U.S. activist released

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 07:45 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior Chinese Communist Party official will visit Pyongyang next week in what appears to be a move to press North Korea to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks, a South Korean news agency said on Friday.


Haiti charges U.S. missionaries with child kidnapping

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 07:45 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Ten U.S. missionaries detained in Haiti were charged on Thursday with child kidnapping and criminal association for trying to take children illegally out of the earthquake-hit country.


Not clear if Gaza war probes are credible - U.N.'s Ban

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 07:17 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cast doubt on Thursday on the credibility of Israeli and Palestinian investigations into U.N. allegations of war crimes during the 2008-2009 war in the Gaza Strip.


Taiwan says to buy military helicopters from Europe

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 06:45 PM PST

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Friday it would buy military helicopters from a European manufacturer, a move that could ignite China's anger toward Europe following a storm over U.S. arms sales to the island that Beijing claims as its own.


North Korea says will release U.S. activist Park

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 06:45 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it will release U.S. religious activist Robert Park, arrested in December for illegally entering the country in a journey to raise awareness about Pyongyang's human rights abuses.


China aide to go to North Korea for nuclear talks - report

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:45 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior Chinese Communist Party official will visit Pyongyang next week in what appears to be a move to press North Korea to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks, a South Korean news agency said on Friday.


U.S. court to rule on deporting Obama's aunt by May

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:15 PM PST

BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities will decide by May at the latest whether to deport an aunt of President Barack Obama to her Kenyan homeland, the Justice Department said after a hearing in her case on Thursday.


FACTBOX - U.S. Democrats face battle for Senate majority

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:15 PM PST

Public dissatisfaction with the economy, unemployment and President Barack Obama's agenda helped fuel Brown's election in heavily Democratic Massachusetts last month, sending shock waves through Democratic circles.


Girl flees from suicide bombers

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:59 PM PST

The plight of young children in Pakistan forced to act as suicide bombers has been exposed by a 13-year-old girl who has spoken to the BBC's Orla Guerin.


U.S. missionaries in Haiti charged with child kidnap

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:44 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Ten U.S. missionaries detained in Haiti were charged on Thursday with child kidnapping and criminal association for trying to take children illegally out of the earthquake-hit country.


Strong 6.0 magnitude quake hits off California coast

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:44 PM PST

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck offshore Northern California on Thursday, but there were no injuries or damage to buildings reported.


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