Toll rises, region mourns after Russia suicide blast

Toll rises, region mourns after Russia suicide blast

Toll rises, region mourns after Russia suicide blast

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:35 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The death toll from a suicide bomb in Russia's restive North Caucasus rose to 18 on Friday as the stricken province observed a day of mourning and doctors fought for the lives of several critically wounded victims.


Gas explosion engulfs homes in San Francisco suburb

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:35 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A natural gas pipeline explosion ripped through a neighborhood in a San Francisco suburb on Thursday, starting fires that burned more than 50 buildings and killing at least one person, officials said.


Greek shoppers get militant over prices

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:56 PM PDT

Activists protesting against Greece's austerity measures are trying a new form of civil disobedience.


Erdogan facing crucial Turkey vote

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:49 PM PDT

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's referendum on constitutional reform is being seen as a vote of confidence in his leadership.


Obama taps Goolsbee as top White House economist

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has chosen Austan Goolsbee as the new head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, U.S. administration officials said on Thursday, promoting a longtime adviser from his inner policy circle.


Australia’s Catholic church bans pop songs at funerals

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:47 PM PDT

MELBOURNE, Sept 10 — Football club songs and pop or rock music have been banned from funerals in Catholic churches in Australia under new guidelines distributed this week to priests and funeral directors. A funeral should not be a "celebration" of the deceased's life, Archbishop of Melbourne Denis Hart said in the rules, but a final sacred ...


Obama taps Goolsbee as top White House economist

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:53 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 — President Barack Obama has chosen Austan Goolsbee to succeed Christina Romer as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, US administration officials said yesterday. Obama is to make the announcement at a White House news conference planned for 11:00 a.m. Eastern time (1500 GMT) today, the officials said. The ...


UN urges Kosovo and Serbia talks

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:40 PM PDT

The UN General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo.


China tells Japan to back down in sea dispute

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:28 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi demanded on Friday that Japan unconditionally free a Chinese fishing boat captain seized in disputed waters, raising the pitch of Beijing's latest territorial quarrel with Tokyo.


Obama taps Goolsbee as top White House economist

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:13 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has chosen Austan Goolsbee to succeed Christina Romer as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, U.S. administration officials said on Thursday.


Japan PM has edge in party race, outcome unclear

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:13 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has a slight edge over powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa ahead of a party leadership vote next week, NHK public TV said on Friday, but with many party lawmakers undecided the outcome is too close to call.


US troops charged with murder of Afghan civilians

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:52 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 — Twelve US soldiers have been charged with gruesome crimes in Afghanistan ranging from murdering civilians to keeping body parts as war trophies — revelations that the Pentagon said yesterday damaged America's image around the world. The infantry soldiers from the 5th Stryker Brigade based in Washington state deployed to ...


Homes set ablaze in San Francisco

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:44 PM PDT

Dozens of homes have been set ablaze near San Francisco International Airport, after a reported explosion.


Versailles cartoon art controversy

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:57 PM PDT

An exhibition by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami at the Palace of Versailles is surprising visitors.


Japan PM has edge in party race but outcome uncertain

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:24 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has a slight edge over powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa ahead of a party leadership vote next week, NHK public TV said on Friday, but with many party lawmakers undecided the outcome is too close to call.


Why Koran burning was put 'on hold'

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:51 PM PDT

The pastor of a small US church who planned to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11 has said his plan is now on hold.


Iran to release US woman hiker

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:52 PM PDT

Iran is set to release on Saturday Sarah Shourd - one of three detained US hikers held since last July and accused of espionage, officials say.


Wary Japan seeks clarity on China military outlay

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:27 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan expressed concern over China's growing military activities on Friday and urged Beijing to be clearer about its defence spending, as discord over islets in the East China Sea raised tensions between the Asian economic powers.


Serbia backs compromise U.N. resolution on Kosovo

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:27 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - In a concession to the European Union that it hopes to join, Serbia supported a compromise U.N. resolution on Kosovo on Thursday that dropped its earlier demands to reopen talks on the status of its former province.


ANALYSIS - Cybersecurity bill on list for passage this year

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:27 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Capitol Hill staffers have made progress stitching together cybersecurity proposals into a huge bill, aides said, with Senate leadership putting it on their short list for passage this year.


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