China car firm buys Ford's Volvo

China car firm buys Ford's Volvo
Obama meets with Karzai in surprise Afghanistan visit
China 'missing' lawyer 'is free'
Union dismisses Tory strike claim
N. Ireland priest on leave over child safety concern
China 'missing' lawyer 'is free'
Chanting Haitian voodoo celebrants honor quake dead
French government sticks by civil service cutbacks
Freed American Expected to Return to U.S. Soon
Chinese Activist Surfaces After Year in Custody
Darfur rebels say shot down Sudan helicopters
Somali pirates claim to have hijacked Spanish ship
Italians vote in regional polls
Weather Hampers Search for South Korean Ship’s Survivors
Republicans Criticize as Democrats Defend Obama Appointments
Crist, Rubio Spar Over Spending in Debate
Obama arrives in Afghanistan
Armed robbers raid Swiss casino
Rescuers search Morocco lake for Abu Dhabi sheikh
Torres double deflates Sunderland

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 01:02 PM PDT

Chinese carmaker signs $1.8bn deal to take over troubled US-owned brand.

Obama meets with Karzai in surprise Afghanistan visit

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:07 PM PDT

KABUL -- President Obama made a surprise trip to Afghanistan on Sunday, arriving under cover of darkness after a secret overnight flight to visit the war zone for the first time as president.

China 'missing' lawyer 'is free'

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:15 PM PDT

Dissident feared dead or held in secret by security forces says he is with family.

Union dismisses Tory strike claim

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:26 PM PDT

Unite rejects David Cameron's claim its members are on strike due to "weakness" in Gordon Brown's handling of the BA row.

N. Ireland priest on leave over child safety concern

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:25 PM PDT

DUBLIN (Reuters) - A parish priest in Northern Ireland has been asked to take a period of leave following concerns over child safety, the head of the Irish Church Cardinal Sean Brady said.

China 'missing' lawyer 'is free'

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:15 PM PDT

Dissident feared dead or held in secret by security forces says he is with family.

Chanting Haitian voodoo celebrants honor quake dead

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 11:57 AM PDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Dressed in white, shaking decorated gourd rattles and singing praises to "Olorum Papa" (God the Father), several hundred practitioners of Haiti's voodoo religion held a public ceremony on Sunday to honor those killed in the January 12 earthquake.

French government sticks by civil service cutbacks

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 11:45 AM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - France will press ahead with plans to scrap civil service jobs through attrition even as it recruits more police officers to tackle crime, government spokesman Luc Chatel said on Sunday.

Freed American Expected to Return to U.S. Soon

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 11:24 AM PDT

The Pentagon announced the release of Issa T. Salomi, which a Shiite militant group said was in exchange for the Iraqi government agreeing to release four militants.

Chinese Activist Surfaces After Year in Custody

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:43 AM PDT

Gao Zhisheng, the Chinese rights activist who has been missing for more than a year, has resurfaced near his hometown in northern China.

Darfur rebels say shot down Sudan helicopters

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 11:07 AM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Darfur rebels said on Sunday they had shot down two Sudanese army helicopters in the latest reports of fighting that have marred faltering peace talks between Khartoum and other insurgents.

Somali pirates claim to have hijacked Spanish ship

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 11:06 AM PDT

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates said on Sunday they had captured a Spanish fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean, but Spain said there was no sign that any of its vessels had gone missing.

Italians vote in regional polls

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 11:06 AM PDT

Low turnout in elections set to threaten Berlusconi's governing centre-right party.

Weather Hampers Search for South Korean Ship’s Survivors

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:47 AM PDT

The South Korean Navy continued its search near the disputed maritime border with North Korea, but hopes of finding 46 sailors were dimming.

Republicans Criticize as Democrats Defend Obama Appointments

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:12 AM PDT

Republicans predicted that President Obama's decision to sidestep Senate confirmation on 15 appointments would make it more difficult to get bipartisan support.

Crist, Rubio Spar Over Spending in Debate

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:07 AM PDT

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and his Republican challenger, Marco Rubio, argue the merits of the federal stimulus package.

Obama arrives in Afghanistan

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 09:47 AM PDT

President Obama made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on Sunday.

Armed robbers raid Swiss casino

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 08:23 AM PDT

About 10 men armed with pistols and small machine guns raided a casino in Switzerland and made off into France with several hundred thousand Swiss francs in the early hours of Sunday morning, police said.

Rescuers search Morocco lake for Abu Dhabi sheikh

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:44 AM PDT

RABAT/ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Rescuers on Sunday were searching a Moroccan hillside lake for the boss of the world's largest sovereign fund, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), two days after his plane crashed into it.