Biden to try to boost Middle East peace prospects

Biden to try to boost Middle East peace prospects

Biden to try to boost Middle East peace prospects

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 12:05 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama dispatches his vice president to the Middle East on Sunday to try to build support for reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks despite deep skepticism on both sides.


China says Iran sanctions no cure

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 12:05 AM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Minister said on Sunday new sanctions on Iran will not solve the standoff over its nuclear programme, while chiding the United States after two months of tensions between the big powers.


Explosions kill 16 people on Iraq election day

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 12:05 AM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Explosions killed 16 people as Iraqis voted on Sunday in an election that Sunni Islamist militants have vowed to disrupt, in one of many challenges to efforts to stabilise Iraq before U.S. troops leave.


Animal lawyers? Swiss vote to decide

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 11:32 PM PST

A nationwide referendum is taking place in Switzerland on a proposal to give animals the constitutional right to be represented in court.


Security fears as Iraq holds election

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 11:11 PM PST

Polling stations across Iraq have opened amid tight security, as ballots are cast to elect 325 parliamentary members.


Twelve killed in explosion at building in Iraq

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 11:03 PM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 12 people were killed and eight wounded after an explosion destroyed a second building in Baghdad as Iraq held a parliamentary election on Sunday viewed as crucial to cementing peace and stability.


FACTBOX - Details about Iraq's election

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:33 PM PST

Here are some details about the election:


Polls open for Iraq's parliamentary election

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 09:03 PM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Polling stations opened in Iraq on Sunday for a parliamentary election seen as crucial to the future of a country seeking stability after years of bloodshed.


Mortars fired at polling station in northern Iraq

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 09:03 PM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least three mortar rounds were fired at voting centres in Salahuddin province, a Sunni stronghold that was home to toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, as Iraq began a parliamentary election on Sunday, police said.


China wants more diplomacy before Iran sanctions

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 09:03 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Sunday strongly signalled his country's reluctance to back sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, but did not shut the door completely to the possibility.


China says Iran sanctions not "fundamental" solution

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 08:32 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Sunday that pressure and sanctions were not the "fundamental" solution to the stand-off over Iran's nuclear programme.


China to punish hackers, says no Google complaint

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 08:02 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has pledged to punish hackers who attacked Google if there is evidence to prove it, but said it has yet to receive any complaint from the world's top search engine.


China foreign minister says U.S. ties "disrupted"

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 07:32 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Sunday that relations with the United States had been "seriously disrupted", after a rise in friction between the two big powers.


China says all sides should push for N. Korea talks

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 07:32 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Sunday that all sides should keep up efforts to restart talks with North Korea, as regional powers seek to coax Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament negotiations.


Under threat, Iraqis vote in crucial election

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 07:20 PM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis vote on Sunday in a parliamentary election that will help to determine whether their shaky democracy can end sectarian conflict and defeat insurgents who are trying to plunge Iraq back into broader bloodshed.


China foreign minister says U.S. ties "disrupted"

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 07:20 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Sunday that relations with the United States had been "seriously disrupted", after a rise in friction between the two big powers.


UN chief visits Chile quake city

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 04:38 PM PST

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has visited a Chilean city badly damaged by last week's earthquake.


Brown visits troops in Afghanistan

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 09:20 AM PST

Gordon Brown has visited British troops in Afghanistan as a row grows over his evidence to the Iraq Inquiry.


Some Chile quake survivors wait for aid a week on

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:46 AM PST

CONCEPCION, Chile (Reuters) - Some survivors were still waiting for government aid on Saturday in south-central Chile, a week after one of the strongest earthquakes on record killed hundreds and repeated aftershocks rattled nerves.


Separatists clash with troops in southern Yemen

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:46 AM PST

ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - At least ten separatists and three soldiers were injured in clashes in southern Yemen on Saturday, an official said, as President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government steps up a crackdown on southern secessionists.


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