Russia says mine blasts kill 30, 60 missing

Russia says mine blasts kill 30, 60 missing

Russia says mine blasts kill 30, 60 missing

Posted: 10 May 2010 12:46 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Underground explosions killed 30 people and trapped 60 more in Russia's worst mine disaster in three years, emergency officials said on Monday as they raced against rising floodwaters.


UK parties to resume talks on power-sharing deal

Posted: 10 May 2010 12:46 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's two biggest opposition parties resume talks on Monday to reach a deal to govern after an inconclusive election last week that has left markets anxious for a resolution to political deadlock.


Man held at Pakistani airport with wired shoes

Posted: 09 May 2010 11:51 PM PDT

KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistani security officials have arrested a man at Karachi airport after he was found with batteries and electrical circuits hidden in his shoes as he was trying to board a flight, officials said on Monday.


FACTBOX - Free-speech, business cases await U.S. court pick

Posted: 09 May 2010 11:51 PM PDT

President Barack Obama will nominate Kagan on Monday to replace outgoing liberal Justice John Paul Stevens, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday. The retirement of the 90-year-old Stevens will take effect at the end of the current court term in late June.


30 dead, 60 missing in Russia mine blast - minister

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:49 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least 30 people died and 60 remained unaccounted for following two weekend explosions at one of Russia's largest coal mines, Russian news agencies reported the Emergencies Ministry as saying on Monday.


Japan govt. drops May deadline on U.S. base - Kyodo

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:49 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government on Monday dropped an end-of-May deadline Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama had set for resolving a row over the relocation of a U.S. Marine base, Kyodo news agency said.


Gunmen kill seven in broad assault in Iraq

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:49 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen using silenced weapons attacked at least six checkpoints in Baghdad on Monday, killing seven Iraqi soldiers and policemen, while bombs planted at three others wounded several more, an Interior Ministry source said.


EU agrees Euro stability deal

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:25 PM PDT

EU finance ministers have agreed a massive emergency package to prevent the Greek debt crisis spreading throughout the rest of the Eurozone.


Australia PM suffers in polls after policy moves

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:17 PM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Support for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has plunged and his Labour party is now on par with the opposition after controversial policy decisions unsettled voters in the leadup to elections, a fresh survey showed.


Voting machine mishaps frustrate Filipinos in election

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:44 PM PDT

TARLAC CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Problems with some ballot machines kept voters waiting in long queues on Monday as Filipinos cast their votes for a successor to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.


FACTBOX - Chronology of Gulf of Mexico oil spill

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:44 PM PDT

Also threatened is the heart of U.S. energy production, both on and offshore, as a giant, unprecedented underwater leak spreads oil across the northern Gulf of Mexico between the mouth of the Mississippi River and Florida.


Ash disrupts Europe airspace, Germany, Italy reopen

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:44 PM PDT

FRANKFURT/MILAN (Reuters) - Italy and Germany reopened their airspace on Sunday after volcanic ash forced hundreds of flights to be cancelled, leaving restrictions in place in parts of Portugal, Spain, Austria and the UK.


Huge U.S. oil spill drifts west; BP mulls options

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:24 PM PDT

ROBERT, La. (Reuters) - BP Plc engineers desperately explored options on Sunday to control oil gushing from a ruptured well deep under the Gulf of Mexico after a setback with a huge undersea containment dome fuelled fears of a prolonged and growing environmental disaster.


Filipinos start voting to elect new President

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:24 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - Filipinos began voting early on Monday for a successor to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, hoping a new automated voting system worked smoothly and anxious to avoid the fraud and violence that has marked previous ballots.


U.S. says Pakistani Taliban behind bomb attempt

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is convinced that a Pakistani Taliban group closely allied with al Qaeda was behind the attempted bombing in New York's Times Square, administration officials said on Sunday.


German coalition loses state poll

Posted: 09 May 2010 08:10 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party and its coalition allies have been defeated in regional elections in North Rhine-Westphalia.


Japan cabinet meets on U.S. base as support sags

Posted: 09 May 2010 08:53 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and a handful of cabinet ministers tried to hammer out a policy on the relocation of a U.S. airbase on Monday, as the row weighed on voter support ahead of an election.


UK parties to resume government formation talks

Posted: 09 May 2010 08:53 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Conservatives and Liberal Democrats will hold further talks on Monday to try to stitch together a deal to govern, with markets anxious for an agreement following an inconclusive election.


Teams search for 83 people after Russia mine blast

Posted: 09 May 2010 08:29 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Rescue teams re-entered one of Russia's largest coal mines on Sunday in a bid to find 83 people trapped underground by two methane explosions after a build up of gas halted the search for most of the day, officials said.


Obama picks Kagan as Supreme Court nominee - NBC

Posted: 09 May 2010 08:29 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has picked solicitor general Elena Kagan as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, NBC News reported on Sunday, choosing a relative moderate who may still face questions from Republican Senators on gays in the military.


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