Chile troops impose curfew in quake-stricken towns

Chile troops impose curfew in quake-stricken towns

Chile troops impose curfew in quake-stricken towns

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 12:34 AM PST

CONCEPCION, Chile (Reuters) - Chile's government scrambled on Monday to provide aid to thousands of homeless in coastal towns devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunamis as 10,000 troops moved into stricken areas to quell looting.


Chile steps up rescue after quake

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 11:46 PM PST

Chile's president has announced emergency measures to deal with the destruction caused by Saturday's massive earthquake.


Karadzic genocide trial resumes

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 11:44 PM PST

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is due to begin outlining his defence as his genocide trial at The Hague resumes.


Iraq election brings regional rivalry into focus

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 11:04 PM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Outside powers, especially Iran and its U.S. foe, have huge stakes in Sunday's Iraqi election and the messy, maybe violent, political wrangling it may herald.


Turkey's rift deepens with latest military arrests

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 10:34 PM PST

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's crackdown on military officers accused of conspiring to topple a government they see fostering Islamist ambitions brings the country to a historic juncture and raises the prospect of deep social division.


Veterans revisit nuclear test site

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 08:01 PM PST

Veterans of French nuclear tests in Algeria are demanding action to decontaminate the site and compensate victims.


Prickly plant boosts Morocco's profits

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 02:59 PM PST

Sylvia Smith looks at how the cactus is giving a depressed region of Morocco the chance to develop a profitable new industry in skin care products.


U.S. State Dept's Steinberg heads to China, Japan

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 10:06 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - James Steinberg, deputy secretary of State and one of the Obama administration's leading voices on China, will leave for China and Japan on Monday, the State Department announced late Sunday.


Japan agency 'sorry' after tsunami less than feared

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:34 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's weather agency apologised on Monday for "crying wolf" when it urged some 1.5 million people to evacuate ahead of a possible major tsunami, only to find the waves that finally hit were far smaller than feared.


EXCLUSIVE - China PLA officer urges challenging U.S. dominance

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:05 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China should build the world's strongest military and move swiftly to topple the United States as the global "champion", a senior Chinese PLA officer says in a new book reflecting swelling nationalist ambitions.


Al Gore takes aim at climate change skeptics

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 08:34 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore on took aim at skeptics who doubt the reality of human-caused climate change, saying he wished it were an illusion but that the problem is real and urgent.


Obama's Democrats voice new confidence on healthcare

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 07:34 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress voiced confidence on Sunday they will have the votes, possibly within a couple of months or so, to pass landmark legislation to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system.


Quake, tsunamis kill more than 700 in Chile

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 07:07 PM PST

CONCEPCION, Chile (Reuters) - A massive earthquake and tsunamis killed 350 people in one Chilean coastal town, doubling the total death toll on Sunday as the government tried to get aid to hungry survivors and halt looting.


Storms rip through Europe, kill up to 50 in France

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 07:07 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - Storms swept through western Europe at the weekend, killing up to 50 people in France and threatening further damage as powerful winds and torrential rains moved north, officials said.


Violence flares at Jerusalem holy site

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 07:07 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police entered the compound housing Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday and fired tear gas and rubber bullets after Palestinians threw stones at visitors to the site.


China raises profile of its choice of Dalai Lama's No 2

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 07:07 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has moved to raise the profile of the teenage Panchen Lama, traditionally the second-most powerful figure in Tibetan Buddhism who plays a role in the controversial selection of the next Dalai Lama.


ANALYSIS - Earthquake to drag on Chile recession recovery

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 06:33 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A devastating earthquake in Chile will set back the country's recovery from recession and put pressure on central bankers to keep interest rates low to help the economy.


How the tsunami affected the Pacific

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 08:06 AM PST

The Pacific-wide alert for a tsunami in the wake of the Chile quake has been lifted.


France declares storms 'national disaster'

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:12 AM PST

Violent storms across Western Europe have claimed at least 50 lives over the weekend - most of them along France's Atlantic coast.


Florida killer whale show resumes

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 05:32 PM PST

SeaWorld Orlando's killer whale show has reopened, three days after an orca killed one of the trainers.


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