Stricken teenage U.S. sailor rescued

Stricken teenage U.S. sailor rescued


Stricken teenage U.S. sailor rescued

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 01:07 AM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Teenage U.S. sailor Abby Sunderland was rescued safely from her stricken yacht Wild Eyes in the remote southern Indian Ocean on Saturday.


Suspected Israeli spy arrested over Hamas killing

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 01:07 AM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Polish police have arrested a suspected Israeli spy wanted in connection with the hit-squad killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai back in January, officials said on Saturday.


Japan space probe set for Australian outback return

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 01:07 AM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Japanese space probe which scientists hope will bring back a sample from an asteroid is due to return to Earth on schedule late on Sunday in the Australian outback, an Australian defence official said.


Cuba frees paraplegic dissident

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 12:39 AM PDT

The Cuban government has freed a jailed dissident and moved six others to jails closer to their homes.


Iran's Guards warn opposition on vote anniversary

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 12:01 AM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned the opposition on Saturday, the first anniversary of a disputed presidential election, that they would crack down on any attempts to create a "security crisis."


Honda China lock factory workers say still on strike

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 11:23 PM PDT

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Workers at a factory making locks for Honda Motors cars in China remained on strike on Sunday, two workers said, even as Honda said the matter had been resolved and operations had resumed.


Quake jolts northern Japan, no damage reported

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 11:23 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 jolted northern Japan on Sunday, the Japan Meteorological agency said, though there were no reports of damage and nuclear facilities in the area were unaffected.


Obama: no intent to devalue BP; U.S wants new plan

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 10:50 PM PDT

BURAS, La./ LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told British Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday that he had no interest in undermining the value of oil company BP Plc following the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.


Quake jolts northern Japan, no damage reported

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 10:00 PM PDT

TOKYO, June 13 — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 jolted northern Japan today, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, though there were no reports of damage and nuclear facilities in the area were unaffected. The quake, at 12:33pm (0333 GMT), was also felt in Tokyo. The focus of the tremor was 40km below sea level off the east ...


Saudi denies it will help Israel bomb Iran

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 08:16 PM PDT

RIYADH, June 13: Saudi Arabia denied Saturday foreign media reports suggesting that it has permitted Israel to use its airspace to launch attacks against Iran.


Saudis to help Israel bomb Iran?

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 08:00 PM PDT

LONDON, June 13: Saudi Arabia has reportedly launched a series of military maneuvers aimed at allowing Israeli jets to use the kingdom's airspace for an aerial attack on Iranian nuclear sites.


US urges Iran to free political prisoners, US hikers

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 07:20 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Iran to meet its international obligations and release all political prisoners, as well as three American hikers held for almost a year.

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Obama heads to disaster zone, Coast Guard warns BP

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 10:51 AM PDT

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -US and British leaders sought to ease tensions amid sharpened rhetoric over the expanding oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as President Barack Obama readied to take matters into his own hands.

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Two bombs in Thai south kill one, wound 26

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 08:13 PM PDT

YALA, June 13 — Two bombs exploded outside a row of crowded roadside restaurants in Thailand's restive south, killing one person and wounding 26, police said today. Assailants hurled two homemade explosives onto a pavement lined with open-air restaurants in Yala province late yesterday, Colonel Piyawat Chalermsri said, blaming suspected Islamic ...


Pakistan agency is funding Taliban

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 08:15 PM PDT

Pakistan's intelligence agency is providing funding, training and sanctuary to the Taliban on a scale much larger than previously thought according to a report from the London School of Economics.


Grand Plan or Grand Illusion?

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 10:04 AM PDT

Prims Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's vision of transforming Malaysia into a great nation can either be a Grand Plan or a Grand Illusion, depending on his commitment and courage to take the brave and bold measures to remove the weed from the wheat.

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Major 7.5-quake strikes off India's Nicobar Islands

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 12:57 PM PDT

NEW DELHI -A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck under the Indian Ocean on Sunday, triggering a tsunami watch for nearby islands and causing tremors reportedly felt along India's eastern seaboard.

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Kyrgyzstan orders shoot-to-kill to quell clashes

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 11:03 AM PDT

MARKHAMAT, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz troops and police were patrolling hot-spots in the south of the country Sunday with a green light from the interim government to shoot-to-kill to quell continuing ethnic unrest.

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Obama says BP must meet economic claims

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 05:17 PM PDT

LONDON, June 13 — US President Barack Obama told British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday that he will insist BP pays clean-up costs and meets economic claims from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Obama also said his frustration with BP was not about national identity after criticism from some in Britain that his rhetoric had taken on an ...


Strong quake hits Indian Ocean, some tsunami alerts

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 04:41 PM PDT

PORT BLAIR, India, June 13 — A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck in the ocean near India's Nicobar Islands today, sparking some tsunami warnings, the US Geological Survey and local officials said. There were no initial reports of casualties or damage, although people ran from their homes in fear on Nicobar, witnesses said. The quake ...


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