Israeli police kill Palestinian in E. Jerusalem

Israeli police kill Palestinian in E. Jerusalem

Israeli police kill Palestinian in E. Jerusalem

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 01:07 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli paramilitary border police killed a Palestinian who violently resisted arrest on Sunday after entering East Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank without a permit, a police spokesman said.


Fidel Castro may visit Venezuela, Chavez says

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 01:07 AM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro may visit Venezuela, his friend and ally Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday, in what would be the 84-year-old Castro's first visit abroad in at least four years.


Iran says several held for spying on nuclear sites

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 01:07 AM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has arrested several people it believes were spying on its nuclear facilities, a news agency quoted the intelligence minister as saying on Saturday.


Commonwealth Games: D-Day arrives for fortress Delhi

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 12:27 AM PDT

NEW DELHI, Sunday 3 October 2010 (AFP) -- India's day of destiny finally arrives Sunday with the Commonwealth Games due to begin in a fortress-like New Delhi after a shambolic run-up that threatended to derail the event.

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Germany celebrates 20 years since reunification

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 12:23 AM PDT

BERLIN, Sunday 3 October 2010 (AFP) -- Germany Sunday celebrated the 20th anniversary of its reunification when the capitalist West and communist East merged after decades of Cold War division that ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Lula's pick favored as Brazil votes for president

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 12:32 AM PDT

SAO PAULO (REUTERS) - Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff's lead narrowed in two polls released on Saturday on the eve of the presidential election, raising the prospect she may be forced into a runoff against her main rival.


PREVIEW - Climate talks put top emitter China in hot seat

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 12:32 AM PDT

TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - The world's top greenhouse polluter hosts week-long U.N. climate talks from Monday aimed at sealing a broader pact to fight global warming and helping poorer nations with money and clean-energy technology.


Lula’s pick favored as Brazil votes for president

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 12:12 AM PDT

SAO PAULO, Oct 3 — Brazilians are expected to place their trust in President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and vote for his hand-picked successor on Sunday, possibly giving her an outright victory without needing a runoff vote. Dilma Rousseff (picture right), a career civil servant running for her first elected office, has a good chance of winning the ...


Is West best for young Germans?

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 05:48 AM PDT

Teenage student Christian Barz explains why he likes his home town, but probably will not return after his studies.


US to issue Europe travel warning

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 11:07 PM PDT

The US government is to advise its citizens to be vigilant while travelling in Europe because of the threat of an al-Qaeda attack.


Delhi Commonwealth Games to open

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 11:10 PM PDT

The 2010 Commonwealth Games will officially start on Sunday with a spectacular opening ceremony at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi.


Building collapse kills eight in China

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:46 PM PDT

BEIJING, Sunday 3 October 2010 (AFP) -- A four-storey residential building under construction in northern China collapsed, killing eight workers and injuring three others, state media reported Sunday.

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Commonwealth Games oening day arrives for Delhi after rocky run-up

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:25 PM PDT

NEW DELHI, Sunday 3 October 2010 (AFP) -- The Commonwealth Games were due to open on Sunday evening in New Delhi with a glittering opening ceremony that organisers hope will erase memories of a shambolic run-up to the event.

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Australia set for 'rare earths' boom as China clamps down

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:23 PM PDT

SYDNEY, Sunday 3 October 2010 (AFP) -- Rare earths, the little-known elements behind everything from iPods to hybrid cars and eco-friendly light bulbs, are set to boom in Australia thanks to an export clampdown by China, experts say.

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Paraguayan leader’s health stable after treatment

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 09:38 PM PDT

SAO PAULO, Oct 3 — Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo's health was stable yesterday after he was rushed to a hospital in Brazil to treat what turned out to be a vascular problem, his doctor said. Lugo (picture), a former Roman Catholic bishop who has led Paraguay for two years, underwent a battery of tests in the intensive care unit of the Sao ...


Fidel Castro may visit Venezuela, Chavez says

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 09:27 PM PDT

CARACAS, Oct 3 —  Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro may visit Venezuela, his friend and ally Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said yesterday, in what would be the 84-year-old Castro's first visit abroad in at least four years. Castro began reappearing in public in July after a four-year seclusion due to a serious illness and intestinal surgery that ...


Cemetery site scares off Hong Kong developers

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:21 PM PDT

HONG KONG, Sunday 3 October 2010 (AFP) -- Hong Kong axed its first land auction in 16 years last week after property-mad developers were scared off by the site's location -- next to a cemetery, considered a bad omen by Chinese buyers.

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Poverty still stalks resource-rich Mongolia

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:19 PM PDT

ULAN BATOR, Sunday 3 October 2010 (AFP) -- Munkherdene should be in high school. Instead the 15-year-old Mongolian sifts through mountains of garbage each day at a rubbish tip in Ulan Bator, collecting scraps of steel, copper and plastic.

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Philippines' famed footwear fights cheap imports

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:18 PM PDT

MANILA, Sunday 3 October 2010 (AFP) -- A museum displaying the famed shoe collection of ex-first lady Imelda Marcos has reopened in the Philippines, heralding a fightback by its beleaguered shoe industry against a flood of cheap imports.

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Earthquake hits central Japan

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:17 PM PDT

TOKYO, Sunday 3 October 2010 (AFP) -- A 5.0-magnitude quake hit areas some 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of Tokyo Sunday as Japan's early warning system kicked in to alert residents to the tremor.

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