Ashton to face EU 'grilling'

Ashton to face EU 'grilling'
Al-Qaida offers exchange for French hostage (AP)
North Korea calls for peace treaty to replace armistice (Reuters)
Josipovic elected Croatia leader
Ashton to face EU 'grilling'
Clinton to talk bases, security on Pacific swing
Mrs Robinson seeks psychiatric help
UAE, Germany urge Iran to abandon 'uncooperative' nuclear stand
Mexican businessmen killed in helicopter crash-media
Josipovic elected Croatia leader
New attack on Malaysia church as 'Allah' row rages (AFP)
Man arrested in acid attack no longer suspect
U.S. lawmaker presses NY Fed on AIG payment details
U.S. envoy says N.Korea rights record "appalling"
Japan to come clean on secret nuke deals with US (AP)
China to keep up stimulus spending
Qaeda warns French hostage in Mali risks execution: SITE
Corrupt China officials pocket 50 billion: media
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Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:24 PM PST

The EU's new foreign affairs chief Baroness Ashton is expected to face tough question by MEPs at a confirmation hearing.

Al-Qaida offers exchange for French hostage (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:36 PM PST

AP - An al-Qaida's North Africa offshoot has demanded the release of four of its members in exchange for a French hostage it kidnapped two months ago.

North Korea calls for peace treaty to replace armistice (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:38 PM PST

Reuters - North Korea said on Monday it wants to reach a peace treaty quickly to replace the ceasefire that ended the 1950-53 Korean War in order to build trust with the United States.

Josipovic elected Croatia leader

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:17 PM PST

The opposition Social Democrat, Ivo Josipovic, has won Croatia's presidential election by a wide margin.

Ashton to face EU 'grilling'

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:24 PM PST

The EU's new foreign affairs chief Baroness Ashton is expected to face tough question by MEPs at a confirmation hearing.

Clinton to talk bases, security on Pacific swing

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:38 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to the South Pacific this week, working to boost key U.S. alliances while pressing Japan to resolve a damaging dispute over a critical U.S. military base.

Mrs Robinson seeks psychiatric help

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 05:12 PM PST

BELFAST The disgraced politician wife of Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson is undergoing intensive psychiatric treatment as her husband's future hangs in the balance, he said.

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Posted: 10 Jan 2010 12:13 PM PST

ABU DHABI - The United Arab Emirates and Germany said on Sunday that Iran must do more to allay the international community's concerns about its nuclear programme or fresh sanctions would be likely.

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 09:46 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Three members of one of Mexico's wealthiest families were killed in a helicopter crash in the outskirts of Mexico City on Sunday night, a city official told the Milenio television station.

Josipovic elected Croatia leader

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:17 PM PST

The opposition Social Democrat, Ivo Josipovic, has won Croatia's presidential election by a wide margin.

New attack on Malaysia church as 'Allah' row rages (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 09:53 PM PST

AFP - A Malaysian church was attacked on Monday, church officials said, the ninth targeted by arsonists as a dispute over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims deepened.

Man arrested in acid attack no longer suspect

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST

A man arrested in connection with an acid attack at a popular Hong Kong tourist spot on Saturday night has been ruled out as a suspect in that case, police said.

U.S. lawmaker presses NY Fed on AIG payment details

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:03 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. lawmaker said on Sunday he is seeking more information from the New York Federal Reserve Bank about its controversial emails on insurer AIG's bailout, saying he was shocked that the disclosures were never brought to then-bank president Timothy Geithner's attention.

U.S. envoy says N.Korea rights record "appalling"

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:03 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - The Obama administration's newly appointed envoy for human rights in North Korea said on Monday Pyongyang had an abysmal record and that Washington would press the reclusive state to clean up its act.

Japan to come clean on secret nuke deals with US (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 09:34 PM PST

AP - To the government's critics, it was a long and shocking act of official stonewalling: Agreements long hidden in Foreign Ministry files allowed nuclear-armed U.S. warships to enter Japanese ports, violating a hallowed principle of postwar Japan. Yet their very existence was officially denied.

China to keep up stimulus spending

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 09:26 PM PST

Despite unseating Germany as top exporter, government will not pull back spending.

Qaeda warns French hostage in Mali risks execution: SITE

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:43 PM PST

HONG KONG -The north African branch of Al-Qaeda said it will execute a French hostage unless four of its militants are freed from jail in Mali in 20 days, the US monitoring group SITE said on Monday.

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 07:33 PM PST

BEIJING -Thousands of officials have fled China over the past 30 years with some 50 billion dollars in public funds, state media said Monday, as the government scrambles to stem the tide of corruption.