Myanmar ministers to resign from military - govt source

Myanmar ministers to resign from military - govt source

Myanmar ministers to resign from military - govt source

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 12:58 AM PDT

YANGON (Reuters) - At least 20 ministers in Myanmar's ruling junta will resign from the military this week to become civilian politicians ahead of this year's election, a government official said on Tuesday.


Sanctions squeeze Iranians in trade hub Dubai

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 12:58 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Asian workers in a Dubai port load an Iran-bound ship with sacks of sugar. U.S. and U.N. sanctions over Tehran's nuclear work do not bar such goods, but Iranian traders based here are feeling the heat all the same.


Japan PM says finalising plan to end U.S. base row

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 12:36 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Tuesday he was finalising a plan to resolve a row over a U.S. airbase by an end-of-May deadline, as he struggles to revive sagging support in the run-up to an election.


China defines commercial secrets after Rio Tinto trial

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 12:06 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has issued definitions of what constitutes commercial secrets for its hundreds of state-owned firms, in line with a draft law that also requires telecommunications and Internet operators to give authorities access to information sent through their networks.


CORRECTED - Japan PM says finalising plan to end U.S. base row

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 12:06 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Tuesday he is finalising a plan to resolve a row over a U.S. airbase by an end-of-May deadline, as he struggles to revive sagging support in the run-up to an election.


Panama's Noriega is extradited from US

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 10:48 PM PDT

Manuel Noriega's US attorney, Frank Rubino, says he was not notified by the State Department of the decision to extradite the former Panamanian leader.


BP profits double on oil price rises

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 11:25 PM PDT

Profits at oil giant BP have more than doubled from a year ago on the back of rising oil prices.


Plight of Pakistan's Swat displaced

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 11:16 PM PDT

Some two-million people in the troubled district of Swat in north-western Pakistan were forced to leave their homes last year, when the government launched a military operation to oust the Taliban.


Chavez denies elite Iranian forces in Venezuela

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 11:46 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Monday a U.S. report was "absolutely false" that Iranian special forces had an increasing presence in his South American nation.


Fears of civil conflict deepen in Thailand

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 11:15 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Protesters briefly forced Bangkok's elevated railway system to shut on Tuesday, paralysing traffic, and the government warned of tougher operations to quell growing unrest in a seven-week crisis that has killed 26 people.


Japan PM says finalising plan to end U.S. base row

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 11:15 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Tuesday he is finalising a plan to resolve a row over a U.S. airbase by an end-of-May deadline, as he struggles to revive sagging support in the run-up to an election.


FACTBOX - Previous World Expos and their legacy

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 11:15 PM PDT

(Reuters) - The World Expo, prior to the rise of the Olympics, was traditionally seen as one of the most prestigious international events.


Obama touts plans to boost economy in rural America

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 11:15 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will make a speech on financial regulatory reform on Wednesday in Illinois, the White House said, the last stop on a two-day trip to discuss efforts to boost the economy in rural America.


Australia's Rudd says carbon scheme delayed to 2012

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 10:54 PM PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's government will wait until the end of the Kyoto climate pact in 2012 before pushing ahead with a local carbon emissions trade scheme, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Tuesday. "That will provide the Australian government at the time with a better position to assess the level of global action on climate change," Rudd was quoted as telling journalists in Sydney, according to the Australian Associated Press.


Q+A - Why is Shanghai holding the World Expo?

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 10:23 PM PDT

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai will unveil to the world this week its six-month long World Expo, China's largest international event since the 2008 Beijing Olympics.


Shanghai sets stage for World Expo spectacular

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 09:30 PM PDT

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai unveils to the world on Friday its multi-billion dollar World Expo, which China hopes will be an opportunity to assert its growing global clout and show off the fruits of its economic transformation.


Fears of civil conflict deepen in Thailand

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 08:58 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Fears of civil conflict grew in Thailand on Tuesday after anti-government protesters stopped police from moving to Bangkok and rivals threatened to take matters into their own hands if leaders did not restore order.


Robot subs try to stem US oil spill

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 07:34 PM PDT

US authorities say they have evacuated an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico near where another oil rig sank after an explosion last week.


US Senate bars bank reform debate

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 07:37 PM PDT

Republicans in the Senate have blocked moves to start a debate on legislation which would impose sweeping new controls on US banks.


South Korean sailors mourned

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 07:41 PM PDT

South Korea's president has paid tribute to 46 sailors killed last month when a warship exploded and sank near the disputed sea-border with North Korea.


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