Seven dead as Matthew slams Central America

Seven dead as Matthew slams Central America

Seven dead as Matthew slams Central America

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:34 AM PDT

CARACAS, Saturday 25 September 2010 (AFP) - Seven people have died in a Caracas slum due to heavy rains from Tropical Storm Matthew, which brought fresh misery to a region were hundreds have been killed in flooding and landslides this year.

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Unfinished

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:16 AM PDT

Labourers smoke bidis (local cigars) on the semi-finished pavement heading to Jawarhal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

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Russian-U.S. space crew lands in Kazakhstan

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:43 AM PDT

KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) - A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut back to Earth from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan on Saturday.


Plane diverts to Sweden due bomb threat

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:43 AM PDT

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Boeing 777 with 273 passengers on board flying from Canada to Pakistan was diverted to Sweden on Saturday due to a bomb threat on board, police said.


FBI searches Midwest homes; activists say targeted

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:43 AM PDT

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - FBI agents searched eight homes in Chicago and Minnesota on Friday as part of an investigation the law enforcement agency said related to "the material support of terrorism."


U.S. urges judge to toss lawsuit over target killings

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:43 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Saturday urged a federal judge to reject a challenge to a program that targets for killing U.S. citizens like Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki who have joined militant groups and have been tied to terrorism plots.


Police to talk to alleged airplane bomb threat man

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:43 AM PDT

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish police said on Saturday they were trying to make contact with a man on board a Pakistani plane who is said to be carrying explosives, a spokesman said.


CGames: Extensive work still needed: Games chief

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:39 PM PDT

NEW DELHI, Saturday 25 September 2010 (AFP) - Extensive work remains to be done on the crisis-hit Delhi Commonwealth Games with barely a week to go, federation chief Mike Fennell said on Saturday, warning of the damage done to India's image.

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Due dilligence on Bakun set to start: Husni

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:28 PM PDT

The federal government has yet to commit to any price in its negotiation with Sarawak on the sale of Bakun hydroelectric project, which is into its final completion now.

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Taiwan welcomes Chinese hints on missiles

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:19 PM PDT

TAIPEI, Saturday 25 September 2010 (AFP) - Taiwan welcomed remarks by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao suggesting that missiles pointing at the island could one day be removed, calling his words "pragmatic" and "a sign of goodwill".

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Rights groups condemn arrest of Thai Internet editor

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:18 PM PDT

BANGKOK, Saturday 25 September 2010 (AFP) - Rights groups on Saturday slammed the arrest of a Thai news website editor as she returned from an Internet freedom conference on charges of insulting the monarchy and breaching computer law.

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Najib offers to help Obama overcome Islamophobia

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:08 PM PDT

Malaysia wants to assist the United States (US) in overcoming Islamophobia among the American society to allow them a better understanding of Islam and dispel negative perceptions towards the religion, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.

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Police to talk to alleged airplane bomb threat man

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:57 PM PDT

STOCKHOLM, Sept 25 — Swedish police said today they were trying to make contact with a man on board a Pakistani plane who is said to be carrying explosives, a spokesman said. Spokesman Janne Hedlund at Stockholm district police said the plane was diverted from its flight from Canada to Pakistan and landed in Stockholm when a woman called Canadian ...


US space crew lands in Kazakhstan

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:32 PM PDT

KOROLYOV, Russia, Sept 25 — A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut back to Earth from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan today. "The TMA module has landed," an announcer at Mission Control outside Moscow said to applause from officials and relatives, relieved afer an initial attempt to return ...


Iraq's winning bloc rejects Maliki as PM again

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:12 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The alliance which won most votes in Iraq's March election said on Friday it would not join any government headed by incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a step that could further complicate forming a government.


Pakistan jet diverts to Sweden due bomb threat - TT

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:12 AM PDT

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A plane with 273 passengers on board flying from Canada to Pakistan has been diverted to Sweden after a bomb threat on board, Swedish news agency TT quoted the aiport as saying.


Clinton meets Abbas as Mideast peace deadline looms

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:12 AM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday amid "intense" talks with both Palestinian and Israeli officials ahead of Sunday's expiry of an Israeli freeze on new settlement construction.


Rwanda won't pull troops out of Darfur - U.N. official

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:09 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Rwanda, which had threatened to withdraw its peacekeepers from Sudan's western Darfur region, has decided to leave its troops in the conflict-torn territory, a top U.N. official said on Friday.


Suspected hitmen shoot another Mexican mayor

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:09 PM PDT

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen shot and critically wounded a mayor-elect in Mexico on Friday, the second attack on a public official in less than 24 hours.


Tropical Storm Matthew hits Nicaragua, Honduras

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:09 PM PDT

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Matthew hit Honduras and Nicaragua on Friday, forcing hundreds of residents and tourists to evacuate and threatening damage to Central America's coffee and sugar crops.


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