European flights resume, but ash cloud still disrupts

European flights resume, but ash cloud still disrupts

European flights resume, but ash cloud still disrupts

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 12:14 AM PDT

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Flights from large parts of Europe were set to resume on Tuesday under a deal to free up airspace closed by a huge ash cloud, but strengthened eruptions from an Icelandic volcano threatened to unravel the plans.


FACTBOX - European airports and airspace closed by ash cloud

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 12:14 AM PDT

Here is a list of countries as of 0625 GMT on Tuesday and their airspace status:


Thai army defends business area from "red shirts"

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 11:44 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's "red shirt" protesters called off a march to Bangkok's business district on Tuesday after a stern warning from the army, but they threatened to stay in the capital's shopping district "indefinitely"


SCENARIOS - Japan PM in pre-election bind over U.S. base row

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 11:44 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Fading prospects that Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama can resolve a diplomatic row over a U.S. airbase are fanning speculation he will resign, or even call a general election at the time of a mid-year upper house poll.


Naval patrol on Georgia's coast

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 10:46 PM PDT

Eighteen months after Georgia's naval fleet was badly damaged during its war with Russia, the country says it has fully re-established its defensive coastguard service.


FACTBOX - European airports and airspace closed by ash cloud

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 10:44 PM PDT

Here is a list of countries as of 0600 GMT on Tuesday and their airspace status:


North Korea readying for 3rd nuclear test - report

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 10:44 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has been making preparations for a third nuclear test that could come in May or June, South Korean broadcaster YTN reported on Tuesday quoting an unnamed diplomatic source.


Egypt seeks U.N. pressure on Israel over nuclear arms

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 10:44 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel may come under new pressure next month at a U.N. meeting on atomic weapons as the United States, Britain and France consider backing Egypt's call for a zone in the Middle East free of nuclear arms, envoys said.


European flights resume, new ash cloud on horizon

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 10:13 PM PDT

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Flights from large parts of Europe were set to resume on Tuesday under a deal agreed by the European Union to free up airspace closed by a cloud of ash hurled into the sky by an Icelandic volcano.


Europe starts to resume flights

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 09:36 PM PDT

A few flights take off in northern Europe, but the UK warns a new volcanic ash cloud may be spreading from Iceland.


Thai army says plans to get tough with protesters

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 09:41 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's army is toughening up procedures for confronting thousands of anti-government protesters in Bangkok and may use weapons to deal with them "decisively", an army spokesman said on Tuesday.


China to mourn quake dead as toll passes 2,000

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 09:09 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will hold a national day of mourning for victims of an earthquake in the country's western region, the government announced on Tuesday, as the official death toll from the disaster climbed to 2,039.


Regulation calls over Goldman Sachs

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 04:26 PM PDT

Democrat politicians have claimed that new rules are necessary to regulate the financial industry following fraud allegations against Goldman Sachs.


Aircraft enginemakers, regulators study ash impact

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 07:20 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Electric Co and other aircraft engine makers and regulators are studying the possibility of formulating limits for safely operating jet engines in volcanic ash, industry and regulatory officials said on Monday.


Iranian missile may be able to hit U.S. by 2015 - U.S.

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 06:52 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran may be able to build a missile capable of striking the United States by 2015, according to an unclassified Defense Department report on Iran's military sent to Congress and released on Monday.


Netanyahu urges oil sanctions on Iran

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 06:20 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday urged the United States and the world to impose "crippling sanctions" on Iran's imports of refined petroleum to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon.


China quake death toll climbs to more than 2,000

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 06:20 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - The official death toll from an earthquake on China's remote Tibetan plateau has climbed to 2,039, state media said on Tuesday.


European flights resume, new ash cloud on horizon

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 04:45 PM PDT

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Flights from large parts of Europe are set to resume on Tuesday under a deal agreed by the European Union to free up airspace closed by a cloud of ash hurled into the sky by an Icelandic volcano.


U.S. won't seek death penalty in Blackwater shooting

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 04:45 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two contractors from the private security firm previously known as Blackwater Worldwide and working for the U.S. Defense Department will not face the death penalty if convicted on charges that they murdered two Afghans in Kabul.


Obama admininstration subpoenaed in Fort Hood probe

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 04:13 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers subpoenaed the Obama administration on Monday for information sought in a congressional probe of last year's shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 13 soldiers dead and an Army psychiatrist charged with murder.


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