Head of Egypt's al-Azhar dies in Saudi Arabia - TV

Head of Egypt's al-Azhar dies in Saudi Arabia - TV

Head of Egypt's al-Azhar dies in Saudi Arabia - TV

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 12:43 AM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Egyptian religious leader Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of al Azhar, has died on a visit to Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera television reported on Wednesday, quoting its correspondent.


Q+A - What does Kim Jong-il want from China?

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 11:43 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il reportedly may soon visit China for the first time in four years for talks that could pave the way for a return to nuclear negotiations and win aid to prop up his state's broken economy.


Gunmen attack Western aid agency in Pakistan; 5 dead

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 11:16 PM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants attacked the office of a U.S.-based Christian aid agency in Pakistan on Wednesday with a bomb and gunfire on Wednesday, killing 5 people, police said.


North Korea trade falls for first time in decade - report

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 11:16 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's international trade dropped last year for the first time in more than a decade after the destitute state was hit by U.N. sanctions to punish it for a nuclear test in May, a South Korean think tank said.


SpaceX aborts rocket engine test

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 11:16 PM PST

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station.


Iran: US should leave Afghanistan

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 10:43 PM PST

US troops should leave Afghanistan because their presence is provoking the Taliban, Iran's president is expected to say during a visit to Kabul.


Row over EU diplomatic corps plan

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 10:46 PM PST

Proposals for a new European diplomatic corps will be outlined by the EU foreign policy chief in Strasbourg on Wednesday.


Haiti aid 'must address economy'

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 10:51 PM PST

Aid provided to Haiti in the aftermath of January's earthquake could discourage economic activity there, the country's president has said.


Israel activist case to open

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 10:48 PM PST

A court case into the killing of US protester Rachel Corrie by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003 is to begin on Wednesday.


UK PM Brown warns of bumpy economic road ahead

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 10:43 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sees risks to the economic recovery and says it is not the moment to change course as he prepares for an election by June.


Gunmen attack Western aid office in Pakistan

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 10:13 PM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants attacked the office of a Western aid agency in Pakistan with a bomb and gunfire on Wednesday, killing up to 5 people, police said.


Q+A - Is there a WTO case against Chinese Internet censorship?

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 10:13 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States is studying whether it could launch a WTO challenge against Chinese Internet restrictions that affect Google and other U.S. companies operating in China.


U.S. general in Kyrgyzstan, rivals Russian influence

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 10:13 PM PST

BISHKEK (Reuters) - U.S. General David Petraeus arrived in Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday, a day after the United States said it would build an anti-terrorism training centre for the former Soviet republic in Central Asia.


EXCLUSIVE - U.N. agency punished Somalia whistleblower

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 09:42 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - The United Nations Ethics Committee has upheld complaints by a former employee of the U.N. Development Programme who said he suffered retaliation from the UNDP for alleging that its Somalia programme was corrupt.


Western sanctions fuel rare strikes in Myanmar

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 09:42 PM PST

YANGON (Reuters) - Western sanctions that have decimated Myanmar's once-thriving garment sector have led to a rare spate of strikes that have unnerved its military rulers, fearful of civil unrest in the run-up to long-awaited elections.


Bali bombing suspect killed: Indonesia president

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 09:12 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - A leading Southeast Asian militant, wanted for the 2002 Bali bombings, was the man killed in police raids in Jakarta, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Wednesday.


Visiting Biden condemns new Israel settlement plan

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 09:12 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned Israeli plans to build 1,600 more homes on occupied land where Palestinians seek statehood, announced in the middle of his visit to help revive peace negotiations.


FACTBOX - Five facts on Indonesian Islamist militant Dulmatin

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 09:12 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiah's bomb technician Dulmatin was killed in police raids on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said.


Israeli general says "all options" needed on Iran

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 08:13 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - All options "should remain on the table" to force Iran to stop its nuclear program, Israel's top general said on Tuesday during a visit to New York.


Irish arrests in cartoonist plot

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 07:45 PM PST

Police in the Irish Republic have arrested seven people in connection with an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist for depicting the Prophet Muhammad.


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