North Korea denies it sank South's navy ship

North Korea denies it sank South's navy ship


North Korea denies it sank South's navy ship

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 12:55 AM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Saturday denied that it sank a South Korean naval vessel near their disputed sea border late last month.


Thai protesters boost security at Bangkok base

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 12:03 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai anti-government protesters stepped up security at their base in a ritzy Bangkok shopping centre on Saturday, a week after bloody clashes with security forces killed 24 people.


Tibetans cremate dead as quake toll rises

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 12:03 AM PDT

YUSHU, China (Reuters) - Tibetans mourned their dead with a mass cremation on Saturday after an earthquake devastated part of northwest China this week, and vultures wheeled above the grieving crowd after a traditional "sky burial".


North Korea denies it sank South's navy ship

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 11:03 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Saturday denied that it sank a South Korean naval vessel near their disputed sea border late last month.


Thai protesters boost security at Bangkok base

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 10:28 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai anti-government protesters stepped up security at their base in a ritzy Bangkok shopping centre on Saturday, a week after bloody clashes with security forces killed 24 people.


North Korea denies it sank South's navy ship

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 10:28 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Saturday denied that it had sunk a South Korean naval vessel near their disputed sea border late last month.


Volcanic ash grounds Europe flights for third day

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 10:28 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Large parts of Europe enforced no-fly rulings for a third day on Saturday because of a huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano that has caused the worst air travel chaos since the Sept. 11 attacks.


Tibetans cremate dead as toll passes 1,000

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 10:28 PM PDT

YUSHU, China (Reuters) - Tibetans cremated their dead on Saturday after a massive earthquake struck a remote part of China earlier in the week, killing more than 1,000 people and leaving thousands huddled in the cold in makeshift tents.


U.S. charges Australian with laundering $500 mln

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 08:14 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors arrested an Australian man in Las Vegas on Friday on charges that he helped gamblers and illegal Internet gambling companies launder $500 million.


Tibetans cremate their dead as toll passes 1,000

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 07:04 PM PDT

YUSHU, China (Reuters) - Tibetans cremated their dead on Saturday after a massive earthquake struck a remote part of China earlier in the week, killing more than 1,000 people and leaving thousands huddled in the cold in makeshift tents.


IMF approves $160 million Iceland loan

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 07:04 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Friday approved a long-delayed loan disbursement for Iceland, releasing $160 million to the crisis-hit country.


China quake toll climbs to 1,144

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 06:32 PM PDT

YUSHU, China (Reuters) - The death toll from a deadly earthquake in a remote part of western China has climbed to 1,144, state media said on Saturday.


Volcanic ash grounds flights across much of Europe

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 06:01 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - A huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano spreading out across Europe is causing air travel chaos on a scale unseen since the Sept. 11 attacks and costing airlines hundreds of millions of dollars.


U.N. cancels Congo trip, more Iran talks planned

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 06:01 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council has cancelled a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo as envoys from five key members planned further talks on a new round of sanctions against Iran, diplomats said on Friday.


U.S. says unclear if Hezbollah took Scuds to Lebanon

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 06:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes that Syria intended to transfer long-range missiles to Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas but there are doubts about whether the Scuds were delivered in full and whether they were moved to Lebanon, U.S. officials said on Friday.


UK's ruling Labour Party pushed into third - survey

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 04:58 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Labour Party was pushed into third place by the Liberal Democrats after the country's first televised leaders' debate, the latest opinion poll showed on Friday.


Venezuela oil min says U.S. war with Iraq was for oil

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 04:29 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Venezuela's oil minister on Friday criticized the United States for promoting secure global energy supplies and at the same destabilizing oil producing countries like Iraq.


FACTBOX - Airspace and airports closed by ash cloud

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 03:58 PM PDT

Eurocontrol officials told a news conference between 12,000 to 13,000 flights were likely to operate in European airspace on Friday, compared with about 29,500 normally. On Thursday, there were 20,334 flights, it said previously.


New poll puts UK's ruling Labour in third place

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 03:31 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Labour Party was pushed into third place by the Liberal Democrats after the country's first televised leaders' debate, an opinion poll showed on Friday.


Goldman Sachs accused of fraud

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 03:12 PM PDT

Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs has been accused of defrauding investors by America's financial regulator.


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