Cyprus police find stolen corpse of ex-president

Cyprus police find stolen corpse of ex-president

Cyprus police find stolen corpse of ex-president

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PST

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cypriot police have discovered the corpse of former president Tassos Papadopoulos, three months after its macabre theft shocked residents of the Mediterranean island.


Greece 'not looking for aid'

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 10:37 PM PST

The Greek prime minister has repeated assurances that his country is not looking for financial aid from the EU or US in the face of crippling debts.


South west Europe hit by snow

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 09:01 PM PST

Heavy snow has caused widespread disruption across south central Spain and western France, with schools closing and transport suffering.


Burma refugees 'face starvation'

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 10:41 PM PST

Tens of thousands of Burmese refugees living in makeshift camps in Bangladesh are facing starvation, according to a US charity.


Indonesia raids suspected militants, one killed

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 11:29 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police were involved in a shootout with suspected militants on the outskirts of the capital during which one suspect died in a raid targeting a top fugitive militant, media and police sources said on Tuesday.


Numerous aftershocks in Turkey

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 10:34 PM PST

More than 100 aftershocks have struck eastern Turkey following an earthquake on Sunday which killed at least 50 people.


Germany's pothole sponsor scheme

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 09:00 PM PST

A German town has started asking people to sponsor potholes for 50 euros each, with the repaired ground sporting the donors' names.


Yemen offers talks with separatists after crackdown

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 11:00 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's president, following a security crackdown in south, offered to hold talks with separatists and said the state would listen to their grievances, state media said on Tuesday.


Cyprus police find stolen corpse of ex-president

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 10:28 PM PST

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cypriot police said on Tuesday they had discovered the corpse of former president Tassos Papadopoulos, three months after it was snatched from its grave in a crime that shocked the Mediterranean island.


EXCLUSIVE - Freed gadfly lawyer Lerach warns of more Wall St fraud

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 10:03 PM PST

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - His debt to society finally paid in full, William Lerach, the fiery shareholder litigator who exposed the excesses of Enron before running afoul of the law himself, warned of another wave of financial fraud emerging on an unregulated Wall Street.


Indonesia launches raid on suspected militants - TV

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 10:03 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police were involved in a shoot out with suspected militants on the outskirts of the capital, Metro TV station reported on Tuesday.


ANALYSIS - China's military bluster camouflages toothless bite

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 08:28 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Big on spit and polish and parades but short on experience, new technology and force coordination, China's military has far to go before its bite begins to approach its increasingly loud, and for some fearsome, bark.


INTERVIEW - China's sinking city hopes to rise beyond mining

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 08:28 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - There are reasons to be cheerful at last in the sinking city of Fuxin in northeast China's Liaoning province as it seeks to end its dependence on coal and switch to cleaner industries, its mayor told Reuters.


Canadian jury dismissed in Air India perjury trial

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 08:28 PM PST

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A Canadian judge on Monday dismissed a jury as it was about to hear the perjury trial of Inderjit Singh Reyat, who is accused of lying in court about an Air India bomb plot 25 years ago, saying he feared the panel may have been tainted.


Australia gives top award to Indonesian president

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 07:58 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia awarded Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono its highest civilian honour on Tuesday ahead of thorny negotiations on border security and a free trade pact now dragging for more than three years.


N.Korea to boost nuclear weapons capability - KCNA

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 06:28 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it would boost its nuclear weapons capability because U.S. President Barack Obama was determined to ignore its calls for peace and bring it down by military force.


'Getting on with life' in Afghanistan

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 09:12 AM PST

The BBC's Chris Morris visits Kabul to hear what people there make of Nato's ongoing military offensive in Helmand.


Israel to allow Ashton, Ban into Gaza Strip

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 04:28 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will allow two senior international visitors to enter the blockaded Gaza Strip, in a rare departure from policy, during their upcoming visits to the region, the foreign ministry said on Monday.


Women hit by climate change to lobby Capitol Hill

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 04:00 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women hit hard by the effects of climate change -- drought, floods, sea level rise and crop failure -- gathered on Monday to plan a Capitol Hill push for U.S. legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions.


Obama targets insurers, sells reform plan

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 04:00 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama launched a sharp attack on health insurers on Monday and called on his fellow Democrats to rise above politics and pass a healthcare overhaul in the next few weeks.


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