Muslim scholars recast jihadists' favourite fatwa |
- Muslim scholars recast jihadists' favourite fatwa
- Web attacks hit Vietnam bauxite activists - Google
- Death toll rises to 11 in south Russian bombings
- Serbia offers Srebrenica apology
- U.S. seeks 4-month Jerusalem building freeze- report
- Web attacks hit Vietnam bauxite activists - Google
- Death toll in Russia's Dagestan blasts rises to nine
- Chevron wins an Ecuador claim, awaits major ruling
- Bomb rocks town in Russia's Dagestan - report
- FEATURE - British island tax havens seek eastern promise
- Afghanistan world's top cannabis source - U.N.
- Haiti hopes for $4 billion to rebuild after quake
- EU subsidies helped drive over-fishing - report
- China uproar over dead babies dumped near river
- Obama signs final healthcare changes, defends law
- U.S., France working to sustain global recovery
- Clinton believes will see U.N. consensus on Iran
- U.S. general apologises for Dutch gay soldier remark
- Trinidad leader hints at general election soon
- Final suspect in raid on U.S. militia group arraigned
| Muslim scholars recast jihadists' favourite fatwa Posted: 31 Mar 2010 01:14 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Prominent Muslim scholars have recast a famous medieval fatwa on jihad, arguing the religious edict radical Islamists often cite to justify killing cannot be used in a globalised world that respects faith and civil rights.
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| Web attacks hit Vietnam bauxite activists - Google Posted: 31 Mar 2010 12:46 AM PDT HANOI (Reuters) - Google Inc has said it identified cyber attacks aimed at silencing opposition to a Vietnamese government-led bauxite mining project involving a major Chinese firm, and said they were similar to those at the heart of the company's friction with Beijing.
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| Death toll rises to 11 in south Russian bombings Posted: 31 Mar 2010 12:46 AM PDT MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - The death toll from two bomb attacks in Russia's southern region of Dagestan rose to 11 from nine on Wednesday, Interfax news agency reported.
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| Serbia offers Srebrenica apology Posted: 30 Mar 2010 11:40 PM PDT Serbia's parliament has passed a landmark resolution offering an apology for the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 - the worst incident of the Bosnian War.
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| U.S. seeks 4-month Jerusalem building freeze- report Posted: 30 Mar 2010 11:45 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama wants Israel to freeze construction in East Jerusalem for four months in exchange for an attempt to renew stalled Israeli peace talks with Palestinians, an Israeli newspaper said on Wednesday.
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| Web attacks hit Vietnam bauxite activists - Google Posted: 30 Mar 2010 11:45 PM PDT HANOI (Reuters) - Google Inc has said it identified cyber attacks aimed at silencing opposition to a Vietnamese government-led bauxite mining project involving a major Chinese firm, and said they were similar to those at the heart of the company's friction with Beijing.
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| Death toll in Russia's Dagestan blasts rises to nine Posted: 30 Mar 2010 11:45 PM PDT MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Two bomb blasts rocked the town of Kizlyar in Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Wednesday, killing nine people including a top police official, a regional police spokesman told Reuters.
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| Chevron wins an Ecuador claim, awaits major ruling Posted: 30 Mar 2010 11:14 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Chevron Corp has won a three-year-old arbitration fight against Ecuador over a commercial dispute as it battles the country separately over an environmental claim against the company that could result in $27 billion in damages.
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| Bomb rocks town in Russia's Dagestan - report Posted: 30 Mar 2010 11:14 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in the centre of the town of Kizlyar in Russia's turbulent North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Wednesday, causing casualties, Itar-Tass news agency quoted police as saying.
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| FEATURE - British island tax havens seek eastern promise Posted: 30 Mar 2010 11:14 PM PDT ST HELIER/ST PETER PORT (Reuters) - The rocky islands that lie off France's northern shores are angling for the new rich of Asia, as clampdowns on offshore tax havens and tougher regulation threaten their traditional sources of income.
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| Afghanistan world's top cannabis source - U.N. Posted: 30 Mar 2010 10:44 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Long the world's largest producer of opium, the raw ingredient of heroin, Afghanistan has now become the top supplier of cannabis, with large-scale cultivation in half of its provinces, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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| Haiti hopes for $4 billion to rebuild after quake Posted: 30 Mar 2010 10:44 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Haiti will ask the world on Wednesday for $4 billion to help it rebuild and modernize in the wake of the earthquake that destroyed the Caribbean nation's capital and killed up to 300,000 people.
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| EU subsidies helped drive over-fishing - report Posted: 30 Mar 2010 10:44 PM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union fishery sector subsidies worth billions of euros since 2000 have increased the bloc's fleet capacity and fed the decline in fish stocks, a report by campaigners the Pew Environment Group said on Tuesday.
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| China uproar over dead babies dumped near river Posted: 30 Mar 2010 10:44 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese officials have sought to contain public outrage after workers at a hospital dumped 21 dead fetuses and infants' bodies near a river bank.
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| Obama signs final healthcare changes, defends law Posted: 30 Mar 2010 08:45 PM PDT ALEXANDRIA, Va./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made another push to sell his healthcare overhaul to a skeptical public on Tuesday, calling it a victory over special interests that will help the middle-class and defending the "courage" of legislators who backed it.
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| U.S., France working to sustain global recovery Posted: 30 Mar 2010 08:45 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he and French President Nicolas Sarkozy were focused on sustaining a global economic recovery and would coordinate on financial reform to ensure a common approach.
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| Clinton believes will see U.N. consensus on Iran Posted: 30 Mar 2010 08:45 PM PDT GATINEAU, Quebec (Reuters) - The United States is optimistic the U.N. Security Council will reach an agreement on what to do about Iran's nuclear program, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday.
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| U.S. general apologises for Dutch gay soldier remark Posted: 30 Mar 2010 08:45 PM PDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A retired U.S. general has apologised for comments this month linking the defeat of Dutch troops by Serb forces at Srebrenica in July 1995 to the presence of openly gay soldiers in the Dutch military.
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| Trinidad leader hints at general election soon Posted: 30 Mar 2010 08:45 PM PDT PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning has been talking about holding an early general election, as parliament prepares to debate a no-confidence motion against him next week.
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| Final suspect in raid on U.S. militia group arraigned Posted: 30 Mar 2010 08:45 PM PDT DETROIT (Reuters) - A ninth member of a Christian militia group accused of conspiring to kill law enforcement officers to trigger a wider war against the U.S. government appeared before a federal judge on Tuesday.
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