On the edge

On the edge


On the edge

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 12:31 PM PDT

Inside the outlying villages devastated by Sumatra quake


Toll in South India Floods Rises to 134

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:45 AM PDT

Soldiers plucked marooned villagers from rooftops in rescue operations after flash floods and landslides killed 134 people in southern India, officials and reports said.


Russia dam disaster blamed on Chubais, five others

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:18 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian government commission found that Anatoly Chubais, the former head of the national power monopoly, was among those responsible for the Siberian hydropower station accident that killed 75 people in August.


Ireland Shifting Its View on Lisbon Treaty

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:18 AM PDT

LONDON, Oct. 3 -- Henry Kissinger once famously asked, "Who do I call if I want to call Europe?" The answer, thanks to the Irish, may soon be the president of Europe.



Hollywood Hotels Are the Hub for Deal Making

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:59 AM PDT

Hotels have long been Los Angeles's answer to the boardroom. With strict privacy, the Sunset Tower Hotel has earned a following of big names.


Own goal gifts Man Utd late draw

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:31 AM PDT

Manchester United salvage a 2-2 draw against Sunderland as an unfortunate Anton Ferdinand scores a late own goal.


Tsunami pain

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:21 AM PDT

Expat Samoans return home to pick up the pieces


Ireland says 'yes' to EU treaty

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 12:37 PM PDT

Second referendum sees pro-Europe vote reverse last years 'no' campaign win.


Tsunami pain

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:21 AM PDT

Expat Samoans return home to pick up the pieces


A Battle Over Low-Income Housing Reveals Post-Hurricane Tensions

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:48 AM PDT

In a New Orleans suburb, a battle over low-income housing has stoked anger at the federal government and long-simmering class and racial tensions.


After Chicago’s Loss, Critics Assail the U.S.O.C.

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:42 AM PDT

Chicago's last-place finish in the 2016 voting was the latest blow to the United States Olympic Committee in a year marked by controversies and setbacks.


Mubarak urges Israel to start final status talks

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:14 AM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has urged Israel to open talks with the Palestinians on the full range of issues blocking the path to peace.


ElBaradei in Iran for nuclear talks

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:44 AM PDT

Discussions to include planned inspection of Tehran's second atomic facility.


Health Care Overhaul Is Drawing Close to Floor Debate

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 12:02 PM PDT

Senior Democrats say they are confident that a bill will pass this year, but party leaders still face immense political and policy challenges as they combine rival proposals.


A Detainee’s Case Shows the Hurdles That a Release Poses

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:23 AM PDT

To understand how hard it is proving for President Obama to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, consider the case of Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed.


Offshore Haven Considers a Heresy, Taxation

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:50 AM PDT

With shrinking revenue and high public spending, the Cayman Islands might have to raise taxes.


Anger Over Term Limits Dogs Mayor

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:16 AM PDT

Anger over the issue of term limits still simmers among voters, bedeviling Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's advisers and giving hope to his underfunded challenger.


Fashion Review: Some Looks Don’t Need Fixing

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:02 PM PDT

Reviews of the spring 2010 Nina Ricci, Rick Owens and Bernhard Willhelm collections.


Nigeria rebel leaders surrender arms in amnesty deal

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:33 AM PDT

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Hundreds of Nigerian rebel fighters gave up their weapons and accepted an amnesty deal on Saturday in the most concerted effort yet to end years of fighting in the oil-producing Niger Delta.


Soldiers killed in south Senegal

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:50 AM PDT

Rebels in Senegal's troubled southern province of Casamance have killed six soldiers, the army says.


Manila moves to boost liquidity after strom wreckage

Manila moves to boost liquidity after strom wreckage


Manila moves to boost liquidity after strom wreckage

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 12:05 AM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered on Saturday a one-year deferment in repayment of loans provided by state pension funds, part of liquidity-boosting measures to protect the economy following massive typhoon devastation.


Typhoon changes course, to only clip Philippines

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:44 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - A powerful typhoon bearing down on the Philippines may not be as destructive as feared since it has changed course and should only clip the far north of the archipelago later on Saturday, officials said.


Last leader of Warsaw Jewish Ghetto Uprising dies at 87

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:40 PM PDT

WARSAW (Reuters) - The last leader of the wartime Jewish uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland, Marek Edelman, died in Warsaw on Friday at the age of 87, friends said.


Vanishing Arctic ice shows no sign of returning

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:40 PM PDT

ON BOARD COAST GUARD FLIGHT ABOVE BEAUFORT SEA (Reuters) - Out in the Arctic Ocean, about 200 miles (322 km ) north of the nearest human settlement, the future of the world's climate is written in the patterns of ice patches on the water's surface.


Will Obama return to Copenhagen for climate talks?

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:40 PM PDT

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama came to Denmark to promote Chicago's Olympic bid, but will he come back to push for a treaty to save the world from climate change?


Irish "Yes" to EU charter, informal tallies show

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:38 PM PDT

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish voters have endorsed the European Union's Lisbon Treaty in a referendum, informal tallies suggested, raising EU hopes of greater global clout.


Israel, Palestinians buoyed by video-prisoner swap

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:38 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli soldier held captive for the past three years by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas smiled briefly and looked healthy in a two-minute Hamas video handed over to Israel on Friday.


ElBaradei bound for Iran to pin down Geneva accord

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:38 PM PDT

VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog will head to Iran this weekend to pin down an Iranian pledge, made at talks with big powers on Thursday, to open a newly revealed uranium enrichment site to inspections.


Obama unlikely to sign climate bill ahead UN meet

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:38 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is unlikely to sign climate legislation ahead of a U.N. global warming meeting in Copenhagen that starts in early December, the White House's top climate and energy coordinator said on Friday.


Foreign gunmen helped Guinea crackdown - witnesses

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:38 PM PDT

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Foreign gunmen, including some speaking English with Liberian accents, took part in the mass killings of anti-government protesters in Guinea this week, witnesses and other sources said on Friday.


Typhoon changes course, to only clip Philippines

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:04 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - A "super typhoon" bearing down on the Philippines has slightly changed course and is only expected to clip the far north of the archipelago later on Saturday, officials said.


Honduras leader says met OAS chief, ready to talk

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:04 PM PDT

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran de facto president, Roberto Micheletti said on Friday he had recently held talks in Honduras with Organization of American States chief Jose Miguel Insulza over how to end a post-coup crisis.


Tape shows Shalit 'safe and well'

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:37 PM PDT

Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has been seen in a video released by Palestinian militant group Hamas, the first sight of him since his capture in 2006.


Obama, U.S. Afghan commander meet in Copenhagen

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:58 PM PDT

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The top commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday met President Barack Obama for the first time since presenting a grim assessment of the war effort and requesting more troops.


Obama unlikely to sign climate bill ahead UN meet

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:58 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is unlikely to sign climate legislation ahead of a U.N. global warming meeting in Copenhagen that starts in early December, the White House's top climate and energy coordinator said on Friday.


Rio to stage 2016 Olympic Games

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:17 PM PDT

Brazil will become the first South American country to host the Olympics, after Rio de Janeiro is chosen as the 2016 host city.


EU and US to present plan to break Bosnia deadlock

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 11:57 AM PDT

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The European Union and the United States will present Bosnia's ethnically divided leaders next week with a plan to settle their differences and clear the way for the country's EU candidacy, officials said on Friday.


Rio to host 2016 Games after landslide win

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 11:32 AM PDT

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympics after the Brazilian city won a landslide victory over Madrid in the final round of voting on Friday.


Victory for Rio's heart and soul, says Brazil's Lula

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 11:32 AM PDT

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Tearful Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hailed a victory for Rio de Janeiro's heart and soul after the city won the right to host the 2016 Olympics on Friday.


ElBaradei bound for Iran to pin down Geneva accord

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 11:32 AM PDT

VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog will head to Iran this weekend to pin down an Iranian pledge, made at talks with big powers on Thursday, to open a newly revealed atomic plant to inspections.