Pope to visit Rome's synagogue

Pope to visit Rome's synagogue

Pope to visit Rome's synagogue

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 11:00 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI is making only the second visit in history to the synagogue in Rome, but the occasion is threatened by controversy.


US Presidents launch cash appeal

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 11:57 AM PST

President Barack Obama has appealed to US citizens to contribute funds to help Haiti after the devastating quake that has killed tens of thousands of people.


Polls open in Ukraine's presidential elections (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 10:41 PM PST

Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovich delivers a speech to supporters in central Kiev. Polls opened Sunday in Ukraine's presidential elections which are expected to see a comeback by pro-Russian forces five years after the Orange Revolution.(AFP/File/Sergei Supinsky)AFP - Polls opened Sunday in Ukraine's presidential elections which are expected to see a comeback by pro-Russian forces five years after the Orange Revolution.

Prince William arrives in New Zealand (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 10:54 PM PST

Prince William (right) chats with New Zealand's Prime minster John Key (left) in Auckland on January 17. The prince has arrived in New Zealand on his first official overseas trip on behalf of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, saying he wanted to maintain her high standards on tour.(AFP/Brendon O'hagan)AFP - Britain's Prince William arrived in Auckland Sunday on his first official overseas trip on behalf of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, saying he wanted to maintain her high standards on tour.

Gangs return to Haiti slum after quake prison break

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 11:03 PM PST

CITE SOLEIL, Haiti (Reuters) - Heavily armed gang members who once ran Haiti's largest slum like warlords have returned with a vengeance since Tuesday's earthquake damaged the National Penitentiary allowing 3,000 inmates to break out.


Chile magnate may oust left, fights Pinochet ghost

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 11:03 PM PST

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A conservative billionaire has a paper-thin lead heading into Chile's presidential election on Sunday as he bids to end 20 years of centre-left rule, but is wrestling with the ghost of former dictator Augusto Pinochet.


Lack of Facilities Poses Dilemma

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 10:33 PM PST

Seven non-American earthquake victims were being treated in a medical clinic aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Carl Vinson. The situation aboard the Vinson highlights a dilemma being faced by the U.S. military and other organizations: In some cases, life-saving supplies and expertise stand tantalizingly close to the devastated capital but still out of reach of those in need.


Ukraine begins presidential vote

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 10:25 PM PST

Pro-Russia politician predicted to have edge in poll, but second round run-off likely.


Girl killed, 4,000 homeless in Manila fire (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 10:07 PM PST

AP - A Philippine official says a 5-year-old girl was killed and 4,000 people were left homeless in a fire that razed a squatters' colony near the main port in the capital.


Polls open in Ukraine's presidential ballot (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 10:27 PM PST

A couple walk through a high end shopping street in down town Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. The first round of voting in Ukraine's presidential election is scheduled for January 17. After years of political paralysis and a severe economic recession, one recent poll showed a majority of voters are concerned the election could be rigged. Many Ukrainian voters seem to expect little from Sunday's presidential election. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)AP - Polls have opened in Ukraine for the first presidential ballot since the 2004 Orange Revolution.

12 wounded in Philippines bus ambush: military (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 10:07 PM PST

Gunmen ambushed a bus in the southern Philippines, wounding 12 people in a suspected extortion attempt, the military has said.(AFP/File)AFP - Gunmen ambushed a bus in the southern Philippines, wounding 12 people in a suspected extortion attempt, the military said Sunday.

Gunmen kill anti-Taliban tribal elder in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 10:10 PM PST

In this Aug. 22, 1998 photo, Jalaluddin Haqqani, then Taliban Army Supreme Commander, talks to reporters in Miram Shah, Waziristan, Pakistan. In the town of Mir Ali, al-Qaida regrouped after the U.S. and its allies ousted the Afghan Taliban regime in 2001. The capital Miram Shah once served as the headquarters of one of the deadliest Afghan Taliban groups, led by Jalaluddin Haqqani. (AP Photo/Mohhammad Riaz, File)AP - A local political official says a group of gunmen shot and killed an anti-Taliban tribal elder in Pakistan's volatile northwest near the Afghan border.

World pledges quake aid, Haitians still waiting

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 10:03 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - World leaders have stepped up to pledge aid to rebuild a devastated Haiti, but on the streets of its wrecked capital quake survivors were still waiting on Sunday for the basics: food, water and medicine.


Greece faces EU grilling (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 09:28 PM PST

Greek Minister of Finance George Papaconstandinou talks to the media in Athens. Greek officials are bracing for a European Union grilling next week over faulty national statistics as the country awaits approval of a national crisis plan on its debt-hit economy.(AFP/File/Louisa Gouliamaki)AFP - Greek officials are bracing for a European Union grilling next week over faulty national statistics as the country awaits approval of a national crisis plan on its debt-hit economy.

Bangladesh ask India to bat in first Test (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 09:22 PM PST

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan bowls during a practice session in Chittagong on January 16. Shakib won the toss and sent India in to bat in the first cricket Test on Sunday.(AFP/Munir Uz Zaman)AFP - Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and sent India in to bat in the first cricket Test here on Sunday.

Foreign troops die in Afghanistan

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 09:19 PM PST

Canadian and US troops killed in separate incidents in southwest and east of nation.


As poll looms, Myanmar still building parliament

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 08:37 PM PST

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Military-ruled Myanmar's first parliamentary elections in 20 years are set for this year, yet construction on its parliament is not yet complete -- suggesting little chance of a poll in the next few months.

NKorea's Kim calls for stronger army amid tension (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 10:35 PM PST

In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, wearing sunglasses, visits a pig farm under Unit 534 of the Korean People's Army at undisclosed location in North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il said his country must bolster its armed forces, state media reported Sunday, two days after his regime warned it would launch a war against South Korea if necessary.

Rugged North Waziristan harbors US enemies (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST

AP - They rumble through the narrow snow-clogged mountain passes in black pickup trucks. In the back, eight to ten men armed with Kalashnikov rifles and rocket-propelled grenades huddle together against the cold.


As poll looms, Myanmar still building parliament

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 09:03 PM PST

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Military-ruled Myanmar's first parliamentary elections in 20 years are set for this year, yet construction on its parliament is not yet complete -- suggesting little chance of a poll in the next few months.


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