Chinese project to boost pandas

Chinese project to boost pandas

Chinese project to boost pandas

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:56 AM PST

An ambitious project involving science and round-the-clock care is offering hope to boost panda numbers in China.


U.S. diplomats may be out in the cold for a while

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 11:49 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If you are a U.S. diplomat accustomed to coaxing, cajoling or strong-arming governments behind closed doors, you will be out in the cold, at least for a while, because of WikiLeaks.

Mubarak party to sail through boycotted Egypt vote

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 10:38 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - The party of President Hosni Mubarak will march to victory almost unchallenged in Egypt's second-round parliamentary election on Sunday, after the two biggest opposition groups quit a contest they said was rigged.

Turkey's Erdogan slams WikiLeaks cables as 'slander'

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 10:02 PM PST

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused U.S. diplomats of spreading "gossip" and "slander" after leaked State Department cables alleged corruption in his government and portrayed him as an Islamist.

China Internet cafe explosion kills 6, injures 37 - Xinhua

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 10:02 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - An explosion at an Internet cafe in southwest China killed six people and injured 37 others, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday.

Greek police find suspected guerrilla arms cache

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 10:02 PM PST

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police located a cache of guns and explosives believed to belong to leftist urban guerrillas in a central Athens apartment on Saturday.

Arrests made over Israel forest fire

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 09:46 PM PST

Palestinian firefighters have joined international efforts to tackle a forest fire in northern Israel.


Tycoon Nadir released from UK custody

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 09:27 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Tycoon Asil Nadir, who returned to Britain this year to stand trial on theft and fraud charges, was freed on Saturday after being briefly held by police who initially suspected he had breached bail conditions.

Ivory Coast's Gbagbo sworn in, faces rejection abroad

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 09:27 PM PST

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Laurent Gbagbo was sworn in as Ivory Coast president on Saturday after his proclaimed election victory was rejected by world leaders and his rival, but accepted by the army, raising the risk of a long power struggle.

Volcano erupts in central Ecuador, villagers flee

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 09:27 PM PST

BANOS, Ecuador (Reuters) - Villagers fled their homes on Saturday after a volcano in central Ecuador erupted, spewing rocks, gas and ash that prompted officials to issue an alert and order the evacuation of nearby communities.

Kyoto row dims prospects at U.N. climate talks

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 09:27 PM PST

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Clashes between rich and developing nations over the future of the Kyoto Protocol for fighting global warming clouded U.N. climate talks on Saturday despite glimmers of progress in some areas.

Exotic museum for Yves Saint Laurent

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 08:51 PM PST

The former home of the late Yves Saint Laurent has been turned into a museum dedicated to his life and career.


Australia says police investigating WikiLeaks boss

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 08:15 PM PST

MANAMA (Reuters) - Australian police are investigating whether WikiLeaks' Australian founder Julian Assange has broken any of the country's laws and is liable to prosecution there, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said on Saturday.

Extreme climb: Scaling Mont Blanc

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 08:27 AM PST

As many as 20,000 people a year climb Mont Blanc and that number is growing with the rising trend for extreme adventure. Michelle Jana Chan tested her own limits on the ascent.


Farming must wait in line at stalled climate talks

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 07:40 PM PST

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Incentives for climate-friendly farming must join a line behind forests and a stalemate over greenhouse gas emissions targets at U.N. climate talks, say experts halfway through a two-week conference.

Spain reopens airspace after controllers' strike

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 07:40 PM PST

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish airspace reopened on Saturday after a wildcat strike by air traffic controllers paralysed airports for a second day and the government declared its first state of emergency in the post-Franco era.

Rights abuses show China no leader - Havel,Tutu

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 07:40 PM PST

OSLO (Reuters) - China will not be a true world leader until it stops human rights abuses at home and support for 'brutal' regimes, former Czech President Vaclav Havel and Nobel Peace prize winner Desmond Tutu wrote in an editorial.

U.S., poor nations criticize new U.N. climate text

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 07:40 PM PST

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - The United States and some developing nations criticized on Saturday a new U.N. draft text seeking to break a deadlock at U.N. climate talks in Mexico on a modest package to help slow global warming.

Top Chinese officials led Google hacking - WikiLeaks

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 07:05 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The hacking of Google Inc that led the Internet company to briefly pull out of China was orchestrated by two members of China's top ruling body, according to U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks and cited by The New York Times on Saturday.

WikiLeaks: Top China officials led Google hacking

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 06:27 PM PST

NEW YORK, Dec 5 — The hacking of Google Inc that led the Internet company to briefly pull out of China was orchestrated by two members of China's top ruling body, according to US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks and cited by The New York Times yesterday. Citing the cables, the Times said China made repeated and often successful hacking ...


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