Malaysia in standoff with 'Philippine militants' |
- Malaysia in standoff with 'Philippine militants'
- Bank of Japan chief denies currency manipulation
- Indonesia conservatives protest against Valentine's Day
- VIDEO: Dorner 'said he would not kill us'
- Children of Europe's debtor countries pushed into poverty - charity
- Valentine's Day sparks celebrations, protests in Pakistan
- U.N. watchdog and Iran fail to reach nuclear deal
- Teenager killed as Bahrain marks anniversary of uprising
- Maldives ex-president in embassy refuge no longer faces arrest - government
- U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran fail to reach deal
- Iranian official killed leaving Syria - embassy
- German, French economies contract in fourth quarter
- German economy shrinks most since 2009 financial crisis
- One person killed as Bahrain marks uprising anniversary
- Iran denies shipping arms to Islamist militants in Somalia
- German economy shrinks 0.6 percent in fourth quarter on weak exports
- German economy shrinks 0.6 pct in fourth quarter on weak exports
- Japan defence chief - could have pre-emptive strike ability in future
- Papal 'cohabitation' poses unique Vatican challenge
- India inflation falls to 3-year low, fuels rate cut hopes
| Malaysia in standoff with 'Philippine militants' Posted: 14 Feb 2013 01:43 AM PST Malaysia's government said Thursday that its security forces have surrounded dozens of suspected Philippine militants in a remote area with a history of incursions by armed Filipino Islamic groups. | ||
| Bank of Japan chief denies currency manipulation Posted: 14 Feb 2013 01:17 AM PST The head of the Bank of Japan on Thursday hit back at claims it is manipulating the yen, saying the BoJ's monetary easing was solely aimed at stoking economic growth at home. | ||
| Indonesia conservatives protest against Valentine's Day Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:54 AM PST Islamic conservatives in Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim-populated nation, voiced opposition to Thursday's Valentine's Day celebrations, saying they promote teen "sex parties" and premarital sex. | ||
| VIDEO: Dorner 'said he would not kill us' Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:02 AM PST A couple taken hostage by former Los Angeles policeman Christopher Dorner who is accused of murder, have spoken out about what happened. | ||
| Children of Europe's debtor countries pushed into poverty - charity Posted: 14 Feb 2013 01:01 AM PST BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Almost a third of children in Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Italy and Spain have been pushed to the brink of poverty by austerity designed to bring down public debt, the global charity Caritas said on Thursday. 
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| Valentine's Day sparks celebrations, protests in Pakistan Posted: 14 Feb 2013 01:00 AM PST ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Some Pakistanis celebrated Valentine's Day on Wednesday with balloons and flowers, but others denounced the holiday as an insult to Islam. 
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| U.N. watchdog and Iran fail to reach nuclear deal Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:56 AM PST VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Thursday it had again failed to clinch a deal in talks with Iran this week on investigating suspected atom bomb research by the Islamic state. 
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| Teenager killed as Bahrain marks anniversary of uprising Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:40 AM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - A Bahraini teenager was killed by security forces on Thursday, an opposition website reported, as activists demonstrated on the second anniversary of an uprising demanding democratic reforms in the U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state. 
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| Maldives ex-president in embassy refuge no longer faces arrest - government Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:34 AM PST MALE (Reuters) - Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed no longer faces arrest, a government spokesman said on Thursday, a day after Nasheed took refuge in India's embassy because he feared being detained and his supporters clashed with police outside. 
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| U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran fail to reach deal Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:31 AM PST VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Thursday it had again failed to clinch a deal in talks with Iran this week on investigating the country's nuclear programme. 
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| Iranian official killed leaving Syria - embassy Posted: 14 Feb 2013 01:07 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander in charge of Tehran's reconstruction assistance in Lebanon has been killed in Syria by rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad, Iranian officials and a rebel commander said. 
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| German, French economies contract in fourth quarter Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:04 AM PST BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's two largest economies, Germany and France, both shrunk markedly in the last three months of 2012, suggesting the euro zone has slipped deeper into recession and throwing a first quarter recovery for the bloc into doubt. 
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| German economy shrinks most since 2009 financial crisis Posted: 13 Feb 2013 11:38 PM PST BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's economy shrank in the fourth quarter more than at any time since the height of the 2009 financial crisis and may have underperformed the wider euro zone for the first time since then, preliminary data showed on Thursday. 
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| One person killed as Bahrain marks uprising anniversary Posted: 13 Feb 2013 11:37 PM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - One person was killed in Bahrain on Thursday, the Interior Ministry said, as activists demonstrated on the second anniversary of an uprising demanding democratic reforms in the U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state. 
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| Iran denies shipping arms to Islamist militants in Somalia Posted: 13 Feb 2013 11:26 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran has denied allegations that it has been supplying Islamist militants in Somalia with weapons, describing the charges as "absurd fabrications," according to a letter obtained by Reuters on Thursday. 
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| German economy shrinks 0.6 percent in fourth quarter on weak exports Posted: 13 Feb 2013 11:16 PM PST BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's economy shrank by 0.6 percent in the final quarter of 2012, its deepest contraction since the height of the global financial crisis in 2009 as exports slowed at the end of the year, seasonally-adjusted data showed on Thursday. 
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| German economy shrinks 0.6 pct in fourth quarter on weak exports Posted: 13 Feb 2013 11:02 PM PST BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's economy shrank by 0.6 percent in the final quarter of 2012, its deepest contraction since the height of the global financial crisis in 2009 as exports slowed at the end of the year, seasonally-adjusted data showed on Thursday. 
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| Japan defence chief - could have pre-emptive strike ability in future Posted: 13 Feb 2013 10:48 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has the right to develop the ability to make a pre-emptive strike against an imminent attack given a changing security environment although it has no plan to do so now, the defence minister said on Thursday, days after North Korea conducted a third nuclear test. 
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| Papal 'cohabitation' poses unique Vatican challenge Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:14 AM PST The Roman Catholic Church faces a unique challenge starting next month when a living former pope begins a "cohabitation" with his successor, both residing in the world's tiniest sovereign state, Vatican City. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| India inflation falls to 3-year low, fuels rate cut hopes Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:09 AM PST India's inflation rate unexpectedly retreated to a more than three-year low last month, data showed on Thursday, opening the door to more interest rates to revive a sharply slowing economy. |
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