U.S. House heads for close healthcare vote

U.S. House heads for close healthcare vote

U.S. House heads for close healthcare vote

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 10:27 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives headed for a close vote on a landmark healthcare overhaul on Sunday, with Democratic leaders predicting victory on President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.


FACTBOX - Ties between China and North Korea

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 10:27 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il may soon visit China, bolstering ties between the two neighbours while regional powers and Washington seek to draw Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament talks.


Thai protest talks scheduled; resolution unlikely

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 09:27 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Opposition activists prepared for talks with Thailand's government on Sunday to seek a way out of an intractable political conflict, but with neither side willing to budge, a resolution seems far from likely.


Obama in final health reform call

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 08:24 PM PDT

Democratic members of the US House of Representatives have been urged to vote for President Obama's healthcare reforms on Sunday.


UN's Ban urges settlement halt

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 08:20 PM PDT

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said Israeli settlement building anywhere in occupied territory is illegal and must stop.


Russians rally against government

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 08:23 PM PDT

Protesters have taken to the streets in several Russian cities in what they have called "A Day of Anger" at the government.


Italians back PM in mass rally

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 08:24 PM PDT

Tens of thousands of people have attended a rally in Rome supporting Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, ahead of regional elections this month.


Australia's Rudd loses support in state elections

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 08:56 PM PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minster Kevin Rudd's ruling Labour Party suffered a large loss of support in weekend elections in Australia's two smallest states, in a result which could disrupt his plans for sweeping health reforms.


U.N.'s Ban in West Bank pushes for peace talks

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:56 PM PDT

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Israel and the Palestinians on Saturday to restart negotiations as one Palestinian was killed during clashes in the West Bank.


U.S. Democrats say they have votes to pass healthcare

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:56 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Saturday they had secured enough support to pass a sweeping healthcare overhaul and would dump a controversial plan to avoid a direct vote on the Senate bill.


Pope's shame and remorse over Irish child sex abuse

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:56 PM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict apologised on Saturday to victims of child sex abuse by clergy in Ireland and ordered an official inquiry there to try to stem a scandal gripping the Catholic Church which has swept across Europe.


Sarkozy faces heavy defeat in French regional poll

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:56 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right party faces heavy losses in regional elections on Sunday that could affect the pace of reform as manoeuvring begins before the 2012 presidential campaign.


Berlusconi's "party of love" holds election rally

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:56 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi led a rally in Rome on Saturday to bolster support ahead of regional elections in which his party's chances have been hurt by bureaucratic bungling.


Darfur's ICRC hostage "despairing" during 147-day ordeal

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:56 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Darfur's longest held foreign hostage said on Saturday he felt despair during his 147-day captivity in Sudan's arid west and that his captors seemed to be organised criminals.


Moderate quake hits in Guatemala; no damage

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:56 PM PDT

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A magnitude-5.3 quake struck in Guatemala on Saturday, about 60 miles (97 km) from the country's border with Mexico, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.


Colombian journalist shot and killed

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:56 PM PDT

BOGOTA (Reuters) - A gunman killed a Colombian journalist who had received threats and reported on politicians linked to paramilitary death squads, police and the victim's family said on Saturday.


No evidence of mine collapse in Sierra Leone town

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:56 PM PDT

BAOMAHUN (Reuters) - Gold mines around the remote Sierra Leone town of Baomahun showed no evidence of a collapse on Saturday, a Reuters television crew said, corroborating an official denial that a mining disaster had occurred there.


Obama urges vote for health bill

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 01:43 PM PDT

President Barack Obama says House Democrats should vote for a massive health care bill "to help Americans".


Persian new year celebrated

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 03:40 PM PDT

The Persian New Year has been celebrated for 3000 years across a whole swathe of the world which used to form the ancient Persian empire.


U.N.'s Ban in West Bank pushes for peace talks

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 12:50 PM PDT

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Israel and the Palestinians on Saturday to restart negotiations as one Palestinian was killed during clashes in the West Bank.


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