Japan eyes Okinawa plan to settle US base row-media

Japan eyes Okinawa plan to settle US base row-media

Japan eyes Okinawa plan to settle US base row-media

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 12:48 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Some in the Japanese government are considering broadly accepting a 2006 plan to relocate a U.S. airbase on Okinawa to meet an end of May deadline to resolve a row with Washington, a Japanese newspaper reported on Saturday.


S.Korea raises warship, finds clues on sinking

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 12:18 AM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Saturday raised the front half of a warship that exploded and sank a month ago near a contested sea border with North Korea, finding clues that support growing suspicions Pyongyang attacked the vessel.


Thai govt considers red shirts compromise

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 12:18 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai government officials huddled on Saturday to consider a peace overture by tens of thousands of protesters demanding elections in an increasingly deadly six-week street rally in Bangkok.


China replaces party chief of riot-hit Xinjiang

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 10:54 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has replaced the top official in energy-rich Western Xinjiang region, hit last year by deadly rioting and a scare over syringe stabbings, the official Xinhua agency reported on Saturday.


Thai officials consider protesters' new demands

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 10:22 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai government officials huddled on Saturday to consider a peace overture by tens of thousands of protesters demanding elections in an increasingly deadly six-week street rally in Bangkok.


Drug laboratories raided in Venezuela

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 08:42 PM PDT

Anti-narcotics officers in Venezuela have raided eight drug laboratories near the Colombian border.


US man chooses firing squad death

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 08:40 PM PDT

A convicted murderer in the US state of Utah has chosen to be executed by firing squad.


S.Korea raises warship, looking for link to North

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 08:28 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Saturday raised the front half of a warship that exploded and sank near a contested sea border with North Korea a month ago, seeking clues to confirm growing suspicions that Pyongyang attacked the vessel.


Bombs kill 64 in Iraq after al Qaeda deaths

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 07:28 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of bombs targeting Shi'ite areas rocked Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 56 people in an apparent backlash after Iraq touted a series of blows against a weakened al Qaeda-led insurgency.


U.S. border police train Mexicans for drug fight

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 06:54 PM PDT

NOGALES, Ariz. (Reuters) - In a warehouse in this Arizona border city, a U.S. Border Patrol trainer teaches a Mexican federal policeman to slip into a boxing stance and press a military assault rifle to his shoulder.


U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for 11 rig workers

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 06:23 PM PDT

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard suspended a search on Friday for 11 workers missing after an oil rig exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week.


Arizona tightens immigration law

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 05:41 PM PDT

Arizona's governor has signed into law an immigration bill seen as one of the toughest in the US, despite strong criticism by President Barack Obama.


U.S. fears for well-being of Americans held by Iran

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 05:20 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it feared for the well-being of three Americans detained by Iran since July and called for their immediate release.


Mexico's swine flu hangover

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 07:46 AM PDT

Tourists abandoned Mexico when it became the first country to show symptoms of swine flu. Twelve months on, are holidaymakers returning?


Tight UK election heads for stalemate - polls

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 04:46 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Conservatives held their lead in the tightest election race in nearly 20 years after a close-fought second live TV debate, although the vote is likely to end in a stalemate, polls suggested on Saturday.


U.S. climate bill gives polluter and nuclear breaks

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 04:46 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. climate change bill expected to be unveiled on Monday contains incentives to spur development of a dozen nuclear power plants, but delays emissions caps on plants that emit large amounts of greenhouse gases, industry sources said on Friday.


U.S. to WellPoint: Stop dropping breast cancer patients

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 04:46 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has called on health insurer WellPoint to stop dropping coverage for patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer, calling the practice "deplorable."


Arizona governor signs toughest U.S. immigration law

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 04:46 PM PDT

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday signed into effect the toughest immigration law in the United States, which President Barack Obama singled out as a "misguided" effort that showed the need for national reform.


Obama warns of 'misguided' immigration efforts

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday warned that without federal immigration reform the door would be open to "misguided efforts" such as a new Arizona law that has raised questions of civil rights.


SCENARIOS - Obama may get few more big 2010 wins in Congress

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is moving toward tightening regulation of the financial industry, which if it becomes law would give President Barack Obama a big victory in Congress after his healthcare overhaul in March.


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