Iran agrees "in principle" to Brazil's mediation

Iran agrees "in principle" to Brazil's mediation

Iran agrees "in principle" to Brazil's mediation

Posted: 05 May 2010 01:05 AM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has agreed "in principle" to Brazil's mediation over a stalled U.N.-backed nuclear fuel deal, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Wednesday.


Thai protesters hold ground on Bangkok's streets

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:25 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters held their ground on the streets of Thailand's capital on Wednesday and said they would stay there until Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva set a date for dissolving parliament.


Greeks to ramp up protests, euro hit by contagion fear

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:25 AM PDT

ATHENS/LONDON (Reuters) - Greece is likely to grind to a halt on Wednesday as protests intensify against draconian measures to secure financial aid, sending global stocks and the euro tumbling and stoking anxiety about an EU debt contagion.


ANALYSIS - Clumsy but keen: Would-be bombers stir concern

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:25 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Counter-terrorism experts say an attempted car bombing in New York underscores concerns about increasingly active Western-based volunteer militants with vague ties to groups overseas.


Australia PM stands firm on tax as miners fight back

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:25 AM PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told miners on Wednesday he would stand firm behind his planned 40 percent tax on resource profits as the industry intensified its campaign to overturn the election-year move.


British parties can agree deficit plan - Lib Dems

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:51 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's political leaders can easily agree the outlines of a plan to tackle the country's record budget deficit irrespective of who wins this week's national election, the Liberal Democrats said.


Philippine poll body to push ahead with May 10 vote

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:51 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' Commission on Elections said it would do everything to ensure national elections were held as planned on May 10, after faults with vote counting machines prompted some calls for a delay.


Key Senators in partial agreement on Wall Street reform

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:51 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Key U.S. senators reached a partial agreement on Wall Street reform on Tuesday, but disputes over some issues continued, and the Senate adjourned without casting votes on amendments as planned.


FACTBOX - Ties between China and North Korea

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:51 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il, is visiting China, bolstering ties between the two neighbours despite tensions on the Korean peninsula over the sinking of a South Korean navy ship.


Calm U.S. Gulf weather aids spill fight, for now

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:18 PM PDT

VENICE, La. (Reuters) - Teams of oil spill workers were set to take to advantage of at least one more day of calm in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday to keep fighting to contain a huge and growing slick before winds turn against them.


U.S. oil spill hurting energy moves in Congress

Posted: 04 May 2010 11:18 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The massive, uncontrolled oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is roiling President Barack Obama's carefully laid plans to open up America's coasts to drilling again, while rattling Congress to a point where the oil industry's exploratory plans could face a big shake-up.


NY bomb suspect nearly escaped US

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:47 PM PDT

Details emerge of how the New York bombing suspect was arrested just minutes before leaving the country.


Greek strikers hit Athens streets

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:43 PM PDT

Greek public sector workers storm the Acropolis and scuffle with riot police during a strike against austerity measures.


Times Square bomb plot spotlights larger U.S. fear

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:45 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After the failed bombing of a passenger jet on Christmas Day, U.S. intelligence officials told the White House what kept them awake at night was the risk that militants could launch waves of small scale attacks on hard-to-protect targets on U.S. soil.


Investigators still interviewing NY bomb suspect

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:45 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities were still questioning a Pakistani-American man on Wednesday, who they say admitted trying to bomb New York's Times Square and receiving training in a Taliban and al Qaeda stronghold in Pakistan.


Thai protesters hold ground on Bangkok's streets

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:45 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters in Thailand held their ground on the streets of Bangkok on Wednesday and said they would stay there until Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva set a date for dissolving parliament.


SCENARIOS - Japan PM's dilemma deepens after Okinawa trip

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:45 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister, his ratings diving ahead of a mid-year poll, faces a deepening dilemma that could cost him his job, after angry residents of Okinawa rebuffed his proposal to keep part of a U.S. airbase on the island.


North Korea's Kim visits Chinese port city, Tianjin

Posted: 04 May 2010 09:13 PM PDT

TIANJIN (Reuters) - Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il toured the Chinese port city of Tianjin on Wednesday in a rare trip abroad ahead of talks with government leaders expected to focus on reviving the North's feeble economy.


More deaths feared in US flooding

Posted: 04 May 2010 07:19 PM PDT

Receding floodwater in Nashville, Tennessee, is likely to reveal more dead from weekend rainstorms that have killed at least 29, officials say.


Weather aids U.S. oil slick fight; current feared

Posted: 04 May 2010 07:13 PM PDT

VENICE, La. (Reuters) - A flotilla of nearly 200 boats tackled a massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, taking advantage of calm weather to intensify containment efforts while a scientist warned that a powerful current could carry the crude to Miami and points beyond.


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