Passenger plane crashes in Libya, 105 dead - TV

Passenger plane crashes in Libya, 105 dead - TV

Passenger plane crashes in Libya, 105 dead - TV

Posted: 12 May 2010 12:51 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - A passenger plane crashed in Libya on Wednesday, killing 105 people, Al Arabiya television said, citing official sources.


Yemen al Qaeda arm claims attack on UK ambassador

Posted: 12 May 2010 12:51 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's Yemen wing has claimed a suicide attack on the British ambassador to Sanaa, accusing him of leading a war on Muslims in the Arabian peninsula on Britain's behalf, a monitoring group said on Wednesday.


Cameron leads Britain into new coalition era

Posted: 12 May 2010 12:19 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - New Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives and the smaller Liberal Democrat party struck an agreement on Wednesday to form Britain's first coalition government since 1945.


Prosecutors seek to quiz Japan political kingpin-Kyodo

Posted: 12 May 2010 12:19 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Prosecutors are seeking to question Japanese ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa over a political funding scandal, Kyodo news agency said on Wednesday, in a possible blow to the party ahead of an election.


Seven children, teacher die in China school rampage

Posted: 12 May 2010 12:19 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Seven children and a teacher were hacked to death in an attack on a kindergarten in northwest China on Wednesday, the latest in a string of assaults on children that has stoked public alarm about the government's grip on order.


Obama, Karzai to hold fence-mending talks

Posted: 11 May 2010 11:55 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hosts Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the White House on Wednesday for a show of wartime unity to turn the page on months of strained relations.


Big oil to get more grilling as oil gushes in Gulf

Posted: 11 May 2010 11:55 PM PDT

WASHINGTON/PORT FOURCHON, La. (Reuters) - Top oil executives face a second day of grilling by U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday over a deadly well rupture that unleashed a huge oil slick and the specter of environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.


Six children, teacher hacked to death in China school

Posted: 11 May 2010 11:55 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Six children and a teacher were hacked to death in an attack on a kindergarten in northwest China on Wednesday, the latest in a string of assaults on children that has stoked public alarm about the government's grip on safety.


Philippines' Aquino wants judicial reform

Posted: 11 May 2010 11:27 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - Senator Benigno Aquino, far ahead in the Philippine presidential election count on Wednesday, said he will move quickly to fulfil his vow to investigate the outgoing administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.


Cameron is new UK prime minister

Posted: 11 May 2010 11:09 PM PDT

David Cameron was confirmed as Prime Minister of a Tory-Liberal Democrat leadership on Tuesday night, Britain's first full coalition for 70 years


Spain to reveal budget cut plans

Posted: 11 May 2010 11:06 PM PDT

Spain's prime minister is to announce plans to reduce the country's budget deficit to try to prevent an economic crisis similar to that in Greece.


Hamid Karzai to meet Obama

Posted: 11 May 2010 10:25 PM PDT

Hamid Karzai is expected to discuss the issue of civilian casualties in Afghanistan when he meets US President Obama at the White House on Wednesday.


Thai protesters say won't leave despite govt threats

Posted: 11 May 2010 10:19 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai anti-government protesters said on Wednesday they won't end their five-week occupation of Bangkok's main shopping district despite threats by authorities to cut off their supplies and use force.


Thai army to take tougher action to disperse protesters

Posted: 11 May 2010 09:45 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai military will shut off power, cut supplies and close off entrances from midnight to a central Bangkok district occupied by anti-government protesters for five weeks, said a spokesman for Thailand's army chief.


Thai "red shirts" stay put despite PM's ultimatum

Posted: 11 May 2010 09:45 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai anti-government protesters showed no sign of ending their two-month rally in Bangkok despite Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's warning that security forces were ready to act if they did not quit by Wednesday.


FACTBOX - British newspapers comment on coalition

Posted: 11 May 2010 09:45 PM PDT

Below are the headlines and extracts from editorial comments in British newspapers on Wednesday.


Seven children hacked to death in China school attack

Posted: 11 May 2010 09:45 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Seven children were "hacked to death" in an attack on a kindergarten in northwest China on Wednesday, the official Xinhua news agency reported, the latest in a string of assaults on children that has alarmed the public.


FACTBOX - World leaders congratulate new UK PM Cameron

Posted: 11 May 2010 08:42 PM PDT

(Reuters) - World leaders contacted Britain's new centre-right Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday to congratulate him after he took over from Labour's Gordon Brown.


SNAP ANALYSIS - UK coalition government faces stormy future

Posted: 11 May 2010 08:42 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Conservative leader David Cameron took over as British prime minister on Tuesday and said he wanted to form a full coalition with the smaller Liberal Democrat Party.


ANALYSIS - Europe shows Britain coalitions can work

Posted: 11 May 2010 08:42 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Recent European history teems with examples of durable coalition governments that tackled crises head on, giving Britain's new Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron reason to hope he can prove sceptics wrong.


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