Rwanda's Kagame set for landslide win-early results

Rwanda's Kagame set for landslide win-early results

Rwanda's Kagame set for landslide win-early results

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 10:53 PM PDT

KIGALI (Reuters) - Early results on Tuesday showed that Rwandan President Paul Kagame would win re-election by a landslide, after an election campaign that rights groups and opponents said was marred by repression and violence against critics.

Gates seeks to trim US military

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 10:46 PM PDT

US defence plans belt-tightening measures amid soaring national debt.


Japan PM reaches out to South Korea with apology

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 10:16 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan apologized on Tuesday for suffering under Japan's colonization of the Korean peninsula, despite criticism from lawmakers that the gesture would lead to renewed calls for wartime compensation.

Visitors attack Taiwan 'haunted house' actors (AFP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 09:52 PM PDT

Photo illustration shows a man dressed up for a Halloween celebration event. Frightened visitors at a Taiwanese theme park have repeatedly attacked actors dressed in ghost costumes in a AFP - Frightened visitors at a Taiwanese theme park have repeatedly attacked actors dressed in ghost costumes in a "haunted theatre" attraction, the company said Tuesday.

Pakistani president returns home to flood crisis

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 10:12 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari returned home on Tuesday from official foreign visits to a chorus of criticism over his government's response to the country's worst flooding in 80 years.

BP deposits 3 bln dlrs into Gulf disaster fund (AFP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 09:43 PM PDT

BP made its first deposit into the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster fund on Monday, while top executives were summoned to the White House to pledge their long-term commitment to restoring the region.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - BP made its first deposit into the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster fund, while top executives were summoned to the White House to pledge their long-term commitment to restoring the region.

SKorea warns NKorea after artillery barrage (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 09:48 PM PDT

South Korean Marines run during a photo opportunity during a military exercise on Baengyeongdo, an island near the disputed maritime border with North Korea, northwest of Seoul, August 8, 2010. South Korea staged military drills from Thursday at the island where one of the South's warships sank in March. Pyongyang threatened AP - South Korea denounced a barrage of artillery fired by North Korea into the sea as a grave provocation Tuesday and warned that it would deal sternly with any further such acts.

Al-Qaeda linked militants ban 3 aid groups in Somalia

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 09:16 PM PDT

Al Qaeda-linked militants have banned three international aid groups from working in Somalia, claiming they are "actively propagating Christianity" in the predominantly Muslim nation.

UN to open probe into Israeli flotilla raid

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 09:25 PM PDT

The United Nations will launch a panel of inquiry Tuesday into Israel's interception of a humanitarian aid flotilla, in which nine people were killed.

BOJ keeps rates on hold and no moves on yen (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 09:24 PM PDT

Reuters - The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady and held off on new policy steps on Tuesday, saving its limited policy options in case a rise in the yen accelerates and threatens the country's fragile economic recovery.


Japan apologizes to SKorea for colonial rule (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 09:11 PM PDT

South Korean family members of victims of World War II shout a slogan during a rally demanding full compensation from the Japanese government in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan offered Japan's latest of several apologies to South Korea for Japan's colonial rule decades ago as part of an effort to strengthen ties between the two countries, news reports said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday offered Tokyo's latest apology to South Korea for Japanese colonial rule, as part of an effort to strengthen ties between the two countries ahead of the 100th anniversary of Japanese aggression against Korea.

BOJ Leaves Rates Unchanged

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 08:46 PM PDT

The Bank of Japan's policy board decided to leave its super-easy monetary policy unchanged, as the central bank waits to assess the impact of the yen's recent strength on the country's fragile economic recovery.


Woman starts fight over chicken nuggets

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 07:08 PM PDT

A customer was so frustrated that she couldn't order chicken nuggets that she attacked the member of staff.


Unstable lake threatens mudslide-ravaged China town

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 08:30 PM PDT

ZHOUQU, China (Reuters) - Engineers battled on Tuesday to drain an unstable lake created by the country's deadliest landslide in decades, threatening new misery for a devastated northwestern China town if it bursts its banks.

Frankfurt stock market bids for China listings (AFP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 08:20 PM PDT

The stock exchange in Frankfurt/Main, central Germany. A total of 23 Chinese companies now list shares in Frankfurt, five on the regulated markets, 13 on an open market and five others, including Kinghero, under an AFP - More and more small- and medium-sized Chinese enterprises (SME) are listing shares on foreign stock exchanges like Frankfurt, which seeks to attract companies from Asia.

Unstable lake threatens mudslide-ravaged China town (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 08:30 PM PDT

Residents walk past a police station covered by a mudslide in the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Rescuers dug through mud and wreckage Monday searching for 1,300 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck northwestern China, just one of a series of floods across Asia that have killed hundreds and spread misery to millions more. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Reuters - Engineers battled on Tuesday to drain an unstable lake created by the country's deadliest landslide in decades, threatening new misery for a devastated northwestern China town if it bursts its banks.

No Comprehensive Energy Bill? That?s Not Stopping Energy Lobbyists

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 08:06 PM PDT

The prospects for a gargantuan "cap-and-trade" climate bill may be dead this year, but that hasn't


Joe Cole burning to end Liverpool's trophy drought (AFP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 07:49 PM PDT

Liverpool's Joe Cole is seen in action against Rabotnicki Skopje during their UEFA Europa League football clash at Anfield on August 5, 2010. Cole, recently moved from Chelsea, says he wants to help his new club sample fresh highs rather than seeing them reduced to savouring the memories of distant triumphs.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Liverpool's recent lack of success has not gone unnoticed by Joe Cole.

Kagame set for landslide in Rwandan presidential vote (AFP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 09:26 PM PDT

Rwandan President Paul Kagame casts his vote at Rugunga polling station. Kagame led Tuesday in early results of a poll expected to return the post-genocide leader for a second term with a landslide, sparking giant celebrations in the capital(AFP/Simon Maina)AFP - Rwandan President Paul Kagame led Tuesday in early results of a poll expected to return the post-genocide leader for a second term with a landslide, sparking giant celebrations in the capital.

Groups treat Haiti's injured animals

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 07:44 PM PDT

More than six months since the earthquake in Haiti, family dogs and pigs paw through garbage and rubble in search of food, putting them at risk of infections, abscesses and parasites, according to animal welfare groups.
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