Thousands return home after Philippines quake, tsunami warning lifted

Thousands return home after Philippines quake, tsunami warning lifted

Thousands return home after Philippines quake, tsunami warning lifted

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 11:26 PM PDT

GUIUAN, Philippines, Sept 1 — Tens of thousands of people on a central Philippine island returned home on Saturday after a tsunami alert was lifted following a 7.6 magnitude undersea quake, as local authorities began work to repair damages to public infrastructure. The earthquake 91 miles (146 km) off the town of Guiuan on Samar island on Friday ...

Blind Chinese activist to visit China’s rival Taiwan

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 10:42 PM PDT

NEW YORK, Sept 1 —  Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng, whose escape from house arrest sparked a diplomatic crisis between Beijing and Washington, accepted an invitation on Friday to visit Taiwan, underscoring his drive to ensure his influence as a human rights campaigner will continue abroad. Taiwan legislator Lin Chia-lung from the ...

Scandal-battered Penn State prepares for football opener

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 09:01 PM PDT

STATE COLLEGE (United States), Sept 1 — Penn State on Saturday plays its first football game since an agonizing off-season, when ex-assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted of child sex abuse, legendary former head coach Joe Paterno died and the NCAA stripped the university of 111 wins. The delirium that normally precedes the season at Penn ...

Ban Ki-moon defends Iran visit, says pushed for change

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 08:56 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has defended his controversial visit to Iran, saying on Friday that he had used this week's trip to push hard for human rights and transparency from Tehran over its nuclear programme.

Blind Chinese activist to visit China's rival Taiwan

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 08:45 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng, whose escape from house arrest sparked a diplomatic crisis between Beijing and Washington, accepted an invitation on Friday to visit Taiwan, underscoring his drive to ensure his influence as a human rights campaigner will continue abroad.

Clinton says U.S. can work with China in Pacific

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 08:40 PM PDT

RAROTONGA (Reuters) - The United States will buttress security partnerships across the Pacific as it strengthens ties with island nations, but also hopes to work more closely with China as Beijing expands its own influence in the region, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.

Framework needed for neighbourly conduct

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 08:11 PM PDT

SINGAPORE —  As no satisfactory legal solution exists currently to deal with social nuisances that affect one's neighbours, new ways of dealing with such conduct should be considered, said Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam yesterday. In a Facebook post, Mr Shanmugam spoke of a recurrent issue, when what is done in one Housing Board flat ...

Venezuela restarts two refinery units after blast

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 06:22 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Workers have restarted two key production units at Venezuela's biggest refinery after an explosion a week ago that killed nearly 50 people, sparked a huge fire and halted operations at the facility, state oil company PDVSA said on Friday.

Brazil presses Venezuela on alleged Amazon massacre

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 06:05 PM PDT

Caracas (Reuters) - Brazil said on Friday it is pressing Venezuela to determine whether Brazilian gold miners crossed the border and massacred a village of about 80 indigenous people from a helicopter.

VIDEO: Bachelor lion 'welcomes visitors'

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 06:20 PM PDT

A sole male lion at a zoo in Paraguay has had some welcome new visitors from a travelling circus.


VIDEO: Mexico's Obrador rejects poll ruling

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 05:48 PM PDT

Mexico's presidential runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has rejected a court ruling upholding July's election and called for a mass demonstration.


Turkey to keep pushing for UN-backed Syria safe zones

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 05:03 PM PDT

ISTANBUL, Sept 1 —  Turkey will continue to seek international backing for a foreign-protected safe zone inside Syria after a UN Security Council meeting this week failed to deliver much beyond a French plan to channel more aid to rebel-held areas. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said France and Turkey had identified "liberated zones" in ...

Mexico's Pena Nieto confirmed president-elect, rival defiant

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 04:40 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's electoral tribunal confirmed Enrique Pena Nieto as president-elect on Friday, but his rival refused to accept defeat and held out the possibility of further protests that could hamper reform efforts.

VIDEO: How are social media sites changing China?

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 04:27 PM PDT

BBC Monitoring's Qiang Zhang explains how social media websites such as Weibo, Renren and YouKu are changing the way news is made and consumed in China.


U.N. chief defends Iran visit, says pushed for change

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 04:07 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has defended his controversial visit to Iran, saying on Friday that he had used this week's trip to push hard for human rights and transparency from Tehran over its nuclear programme.

Congo asks U.N. to sanction Rwanda officials for rebel support

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 04:07 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo said on Friday it has asked the U.N. Security Council to place sanctions on Rwanda's defence minister and two top military officials for backing an army mutiny in the country's east.

Mexico's Pena Nieto confirmed president-elect, rival defiant

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 03:49 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's electoral tribunal confirmed Enrique Pena Nieto as president-elect on Friday, but his rival refused to accept defeat and held out the possibility of further protests that could hamper reform efforts.

Turkey to keep pushing for U.N.-backed Syria safe zones

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 03:44 PM PDT

ISTANBUL/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Turkey will continue to seek international backing for a foreign-protected safe zone inside Syria after a U.N. Security Council meeting this week failed to deliver much beyond a French plan to channel more aid to rebel-held areas.

Mexico extradites last Arellano Felix brother on drug charges

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 03:32 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government on Friday extradited alleged drug kingpin Eduardo Arellano Felix to the United States, the third brother from the Tijuana-based family to be taken into U.S. custody.

U.N. says Haiti struggling to cope with cholera as aid withdrawn

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 03:21 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon warned on Friday that Haiti was struggling to cope with a cholera epidemic that has killed thousands and deteriorating conditions in tent camps as aid groups withdraw from the impoverished country due to a lack of funding.

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