Spain holds first Siesta contest

Spain holds first Siesta contest

Spain holds first Siesta contest

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 12:43 AM PDT

Unemployed security guard Pedro Lopez has won Spain's first siesta championship, having managed to sleep for 17 minutes in a busy Madrid shopping centre.


Cholera reported in Haiti capital

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 01:02 AM PDT

The first cases of cholera have been detected in the Haitian capital, raising concerns that an epidemic in another part of the country is spreading.


IMF reform agreed at G20 summit

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 07:24 PM PDT

Finance ministers from the G20 leading economies have agreed on reforms to the International Monetary Fund during a meeting in South Korea.


China breaks up anti-Japan protests, seeks better ties

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 12:46 AM PDT

LANZHOU, China (Reuters) - Chinese police on Sunday broke up protests against Japan in the northwestern city of Lanzhou over a territorial dispute that has stoked tensions between Asia's two biggest economies.


Richard to become hurricane, dumps rain on Honduras

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 11:12 PM PDT

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Richard was gaining strength on Saturday as it dumped rain on Honduras and was seen becoming a hurricane before hitting Belize and Mexico's Yucatan peninsula later in the weekend.


Italian police arrest top mafia boss

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 11:12 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Italian police said on Saturday they had arrested a top mafia boss who had been on the run since 1999 and was on the list of Italy's 30 most wanted fugitives.


Myanmar gets new flag, official name, anthem

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 11:12 PM PDT

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's ruling military changed the country's flag, national anthem and official name on Thursday, just over two weeks before the country's first election in 20 years, state media said.


Cholera reaches Haitian capital

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 07:26 PM PDT

Officials in Haiti say the first cases of cholera have been detected in the capital, Port-au-Prince, accroding to news agency Reuters.


Coast Guard investigates slick off U.S. Gulf coast

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 10:06 PM PDT

ATLANTA (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating a large brown slick floating near the mouth of the Mississippi river and said on Saturday it could be weathered oil from the BP spill or just algae bloom.


CORRECTED - Myanmar gets new flag, official name, anthem

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 10:06 PM PDT

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's ruling military changed the country's flag, national anthem and official name on Thursday, just over two weeks before the country's first election in 20 years, state media said.


Palin plugs Florida Republicans - and her TV show

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 09:32 PM PDT

ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin rallied Republican candidates in Florida on Saturday by pillorying President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms and economic policies -- and she also used her speech to plug her new TV reality show "Sarah Palin's Alaska."


Gunmen kill 13 at birthday party in Mexico

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 08:30 PM PDT

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Gunmen sprayed bullets into a family birthday party in the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, killing 13 people and wounding 20, authorities said on Saturday.


Obama dazzles Democratic crowds but is it enough?

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 08:07 PM PDT

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, dashing through the U.S. West to campaign for endangered Democrats, proved he still has plenty of star power but it's far from clear that's enough to rescue his party from an election disaster.


Haiti cholera toll tops 200, five cases in capital

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 08:07 PM PDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The death toll from a cholera epidemic in Haiti topped 200 on Saturday and fears of it propagating in the crowded, earthquake-ravaged capital increased after five cases were detected in the city.


Iraq vows to probe any abuse cases

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 06:33 PM PDT

BAGHDAD, Oct 24 — Iraq vowed yesterday to probe allegations that police or soldiers committed crimes in the country's sectarian war, after WikiLeaks released classified US files that revealed prisoner abuse by Iraqi forces. The flood of files mainly containing in-the-field action reports from lower level US military officers detailed gruesome ...


WikiLeaks says logs show 15,000 more Iraq deaths

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 06:30 PM PDT

LONDON, Oct 24 — WikiLeaks said yesterday its release of nearly 400,000 classified US files on the Iraq war showed 15,000 more Iraqi civilians died than previously thought. Uploaded on the WikiLeaks' website, the files detailed gruesome cases of prisoner abuse by Iraqi forces that the US military knew about but did not seem to investigate. In ...


Italian cops nab top mafioso

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 04:20 PM PDT

MILAN, Oct 24 — Italian police said yesterday they had arrested a top mafia boss who had been on the run since 1999 and was on the list of Italy's 30 most wanted fugitives. Gerlandino Messina, 38, was arrested in the Sicilian town of Favara, near Agrigento. He was wanted for several murders and criminal association with the mafia. Some Italian ...


Barbados PM dies from cancer

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 04:16 PM PDT

BRIDGETOWN, Oct 24 — Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson, who had been ill with pancreatic cancer, died at his home yesterday aged 48, and his deputy was quickly sworn in to take charge of the Caribbean island's government. Thompson, who led the ruling Democratic Labour Party and took office as premier of the former British colony in January ...


Gunmen kill 13 at birthday party in Mexico

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 12:18 PM PDT

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Gunmen sprayed bullets into a family birthday party in the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, killing 13 people and wounding 15, authorities said on Saturday.


Vatican Mideast synod ends with criticism of Israel

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 11:31 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Israel cannot use the biblical concept of a promised land or a chosen people to justify new settlements in Jerusalem or territorial claims, a Vatican synod on the Middle East said on Saturday.


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