Twelve killed in explosion at building in Iraq

Twelve killed in explosion at building in Iraq

Twelve killed in explosion at building in Iraq

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 11:03 PM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 12 people were killed and eight wounded after an explosion destroyed a second building in Baghdad as Iraq held a parliamentary election on Sunday viewed as crucial to cementing peace and stability.


Mini-cyclone, record floods hit Australia (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:35 PM PST

Passerbys help push a car down a flooded road in central Melbourne. The city is bracing itself for further storms after a mini-cyclone ripped through Australia's second largest city, bringing with it hail stones the size of tennis balls.(AFP/William West)AFP - Melbourne was bracing itself Sunday for further storms after a mini-cyclone ripped through Australia's second largest city, bringing with it hail stones the size of tennis balls.

Australia police seek leads in India toddler death (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:30 PM PST

The parents of murdered Indian boy Gurshan Singh, father Harjit Singh Channa (L) and mother Harpreet Kaur Channa (R), leave the house where they are staying in Melbourne. Australian police appealed for help from the public Sunday to help solve the mystery surrounding the death of the Indian toddler, the latest tragedy to befall the city's Indian community.(AFP/William West)AFP - Australian police appealed for help from the public Sunday to help solve the mystery surrounding the death of an Indian toddler, the latest tragedy to befall the city's Indian community.

FACTBOX - Details about Iraq's election

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:33 PM PST

Here are some details about the election:


AIDS rise may force India to spend more: World Bank

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:10 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will have to scale up prevention of HIV to avoid having to spend an increasing share of its health budget on treatment of AIDS patients, the World Bank and other agencies said Sunday.

China: US should act to mend ties

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:26 PM PST

Foreign minister cites arms sale to Taiwan and President Obama's meeting with Dalai Lama.


Philippine marines kill 7 suspected militants (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:40 PM PST

AP - Philippine marines killed at least seven al-Qaida-linked militants Sunday in a raid on a coastal hide-out, but failed to capture a Malaysian terror suspect long wanted by Washington, officials said.


Iraq Elections LIVE REPORT

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 07:05 PM PST

BAGHDAD -7:22a.m. Colleagues and officials report a total of four mortar attacks on Baghdad's fortified "Green Zone" and four additional blasts in the Iraqi capital. No reports of injuries.

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Gunmen raid Berlin poker tournament: police

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 06:03 PM PST

BERLIN -Robbers wielding hand guns and a machete raided a million-euro poker tournament in Berlin -- but were forced to leave much of their haul behind after a security guard tackled them, police said.

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Iraqis vote as mortars and bombs rock Baghdad

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 05:39 PM PST

BAGHDAD -Iraqis on Sunday started voting in their war-shattered nation's second parliamentary election since the US-led overthrow of dictator Saddam Hussein, as mortar rounds and bombs rocked Baghdad.

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China Urges U.S. to Repair Relations

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 09:07 PM PST

China said Sunday that it is up to the United States to improve relations that soured over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and a meeting between Obama and the Dalai Lama.


Good times return for India's IT workers (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 09:39 PM PST

This file photo shows founder and mentor of Infosys Technologies, N. R. Narayana Murthy (2nd R) interracting with US employees on the campus of Infosys in Mysore, around 150 kms southwest of Bangalore. India's outsourcing sector is set to increase recruitment by nearly 70 percent in the next financial year, according to the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom).(AFP/File/AFP)AFP - Indian software engineer Prithvi Sen has a spring in his step after getting re-hired by the country's flagship outsourcing industry, which is shaking off the effects of the global recession.

Polls open for Iraq national election

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 09:07 PM PST

Voters headed to the polls in Iraq on Sunday to elect a 325-member parliament after attacks by insurgents marred early voting.

Polls open in Iraq election

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:35 PM PST

Vote will determine the shape of the Iraqi government over the next four years.


Violence Kicks Off Iraq Elections

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:34 PM PST

At least twelve mortar rounds rained down on the International Zone, the heavily fortified seat of government in Baghdad, and a large explosion rocked the city early Sunday, marking the start of voting in Iraq's first parliamentary election since 2005.


Settlement deep in West Bank seen as peace spoiler (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 09:24 PM PST

In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, a woman rests on the edge of a swimming pool in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel. Ariel has ambitions of becoming a city, and is beginning to look like one, with its 19,000 people, its college and $10 million sports complex, and the four-lane highway leading to it. But Ariel is a West Bank settlement, and its geography casts a heavy shadow over Palestinian hopes of a getting a viable state of their own. (AP Photo/Moti Milrod)AP - Ariel has ambitions of becoming a city, and already boasts 19,000 people, a college, a $10 million sports complex, and a four-lane highway leading to it.

China wants more diplomacy before Iran sanctions (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 08:11 PM PST

Reuters - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Sunday strongly signaled his country's reluctance to back sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, but did not shut the door completely to the possibility.


Wounded pilot saves casualties

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 08:19 PM PST

Weeks after a firefight in southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province, a story has emerged of a British pilot who was struck in the head by a bullet and still managed to safely land a helicopter full of casualties, medical personnel and troops.

U.S. official: Armenian genocide resolution unlikely to pass

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 02:07 PM PST

A narrowly passed committee measure that recommends the United States recognize the 1915 killings of ethnic Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide will likely not get a full vote in the House of Representatives, according to a senior State Department official.

Polls open for Iraq's parliamentary election

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 09:03 PM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Polling stations opened in Iraq on Sunday for a parliamentary election seen as crucial to the future of a country seeking stability after years of bloodshed.


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