Under siege

Under siege

Under siege

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:42 PM PDT

John Simpson visits China's restive Xinjiang province


Honduras' Micheletti lifts media, social curbs

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:14 PM PDT

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti lifted an emergency decree on Monday that had suspended some civil liberties and shut two media outlets loyal to ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

Somali pirates free Turkish ship after ransom

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:09 PM PDT

BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali pirates freed a Turkish ship on Monday after a pirate source said the hijackers received a $1.5 million ransom.

City Room: U.S. Won’t Seek Death for Ex-Detainee

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:38 PM PDT

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a suspected Qaeda militant, was ordered by President Obama to face trial in a civilian court in New York.

U.N. chief, Gorbachev call for end to nuclear arms

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 11:26 AM PDT

GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Monday for world leaders to display political will to work toward genuine reductions and an eventual ban of nuclear weapons.

Nuclear shift

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 08:47 AM PDT

A change of heart or delaying tactics by Iran?


Reprieve After a Botched Execution

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 11:41 AM PDT

Lawrence R. Reynolds Jr. won a stay of execution because Ohio was unable to carry out the execution of another prisoner three weeks ago.

Freeze top public pay - Darling

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:37 PM PDT

Chancellor Alistair Darling announces a pay freeze on senior civil servants, NHS managers and GPs.


The Puppy Diaries: Insurance, When the Patient Is a Pet

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:39 PM PDT

As with humans, pet insurance programs are complex.

Police guard holy site after Jerusalem riots

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 09:22 AM PDT

Police were out in force at one of Jerusalem's holiest sites Monday, one day after 150 Palestinians rioted there. Authorities contained tensions at the site, which is known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as Haram Al-Sharif.

Teen inventor's windmills power African village

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 10:09 AM PDT

William Kamkwamba dreamed of powering his village with the only resource that was freely available to him.

Abbas cabinet says will confront Israel

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 11:43 AM PDT

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Western-backed Palestinian government pledged on Monday "to confront Israel" as Israeli troops clashed with protesters for a second day in the Jerusalem area.

U.S. Biologists Win Medicine Nobel

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 10:43 AM PDT

Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak won the Nobel Prize in medicine for research that has implications for cancer and aging research.


Live text - Monday football

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 11:14 AM PDT

Aston Villa entertain Manchester City, as ex-Villa captain Gareth Barry returns to his former club.


Honduras leader annuls restrictions

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:37 PM PDT

Roberto Micheletti cancels decree limiting freedom of speech, assembly and movement.


Oxfam: drought threatens 6.2 million Ethiopians

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 10:21 AM PDT

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - As many as 6.2 million Ethiopians need emergency humanitarian assistance due to severe drought, an official from the Oxfam charity said on Monday.

Funeral Bomber Kills 6 in Iraq

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 10:58 AM PDT

A bomber detonated himself at a funeral, killing six people and wounding 16.

Suicide bomber hits Iraq funeral

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 10:00 AM PDT

Up to six mourners killed in town of Haditha in Anbar province, police say.


Tories plan tax cut for new firms

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:27 PM PDT

George Osborne says he will help create 60,000 by cutting taxes on firms set up in the first two years of a Tory government.


Bridge plunge kills teenage girls

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:33 PM PDT

Two girls, aged 14 and 15, die after leaving a young persons unit and jumping into the River Clyde from the Erskine Bridge.


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Some schools reopen in quake-hit Indonesia city

Some schools reopen in quake-hit Indonesia city

Some schools reopen in quake-hit Indonesia city

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:59 AM PDT

PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Markets reopened and some children attended school in the earthquake-shattered city of Padang on Monday, but inland hamlets engulfed by landslides were to be left as mass graves to focus on getting aid to survivors.

Israel shuts Jerusalem mosque area after clashes

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:59 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police barred access to Islam's third holiest site on Sunday and fired tear gas towards Palestinian protesters hurling rocks and bottles near the Jerusalem compound, Palestinian and Israeli officials said.

Bomb at Pakistani U.N. office, 2 dead - police

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:59 AM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A bomb exploded on Monday at an office of the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killing two people and wounding four, police said.

Fatah and Hamas eye truce deal, but hurdles remain

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:59 AM PDT

GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas and Fatah, the warring parties that have divided the Palestinian territories, may agree this month to an Egyptian-brokered deal that sketches out a path to peace between them, but which also faces many further obstacles.

Foreigner dead in Pakistani blast - doctor

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:29 AM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A foreigner was killed in a suspected bomb blast at an office of the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) in the Pakistani capital on Monday and four people were hurt, a doctor and police said.

EU farmers protest milk prices

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:56 PM PDT

Farmers from across the European Union are to protest in Brussels over the plunging price of milk.

China vows to stand by isolated North Korea

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:29 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China pledged to strengthen bonds with isolated North Korea on Monday, calling their relationship a boon to peace, while reports of swoops on North Korean ships underscored strains behind a recent easing of tension.

FACTBOX - Sanctions and punishment for North Korea

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:29 PM PDT

Oct 5 (Reuters) - South Korean authorities have seized cargo containers belonging to North Korea under U.N. sanctions imposed on the reclusive state for past weapons tests, a news report said on Monday while China's premier continues a visit to Pyongyang.

California town evacuated as wildfire approaches

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:29 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A wildfire fanned by erratic winds chased thousands of people from their homes in a mountaintop town 80 miles (130 km) east of Los Angeles, officials said on Sunday.

China vows to stand by isolated North Korea

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:50 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China pledged to strengthen bonds with isolated North Korea on Monday, calling their relationship a boon to peace, while reports of swoops on North Korean ships underscored strains behind a recent easing of tension.

Q+A - What will come of Chinese PM's visit to N.Korea

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:50 PM PDT

Following are some points on how Wen's visit is playing out against the backdrop of international efforts to jump start stalled talks on ending the North's nuclear arms ambitions.

Some schools reopen in quake-hit Indonesia city

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 09:58 PM PDT

PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Markets reopened and some children attended school in the shattered port city of Padang on Monday, but no hope remained for some inland villages which would be left as mass graves.

Support for Japan's PM stays above 70 pct - media

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 09:29 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Support for Japan's new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, stayed above 70 percent more than two weeks after he took power, a newspaper survey showed on Monday, but tough challenges loom ahead for the novice government.

Guinea military leader says blameless in killings

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 09:29 PM PDT

DAKAR (Reuters) - Guinea's military leader on Sunday said he was blameless in last week's lethal crackdown on protesters that a local human rights group said killed at least 157 people and injured hundreds.

Typhoon turns back, dumps rain on northern Philippines

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 08:58 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - A powerful typhoon that slammed into the northern Philippines over the weekend has made a U-turn and was being pulled back by another, stronger storm, officials said on Monday.

IAEA to inspect Iran's Qom site Oct. 25

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 08:58 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - U.N. experts will inspect Iran's newly disclosed uranium enrichment plant on Oct. 25, the IAEA nuclear agency chief said on Sunday, praising a shift "from conspiracy to cooperation" between Tehran and the West.

China vows to stand by North Korea

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 08:58 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China vowed to strengthen bonds with North Korea, saying on Monday that its traditional ties with the isolated state were a boon to peace.

U.S. swine flu vaccination effort starts Monday - CDC

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 08:58 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthcare workers in Indiana and Tennessee will be among the first to get swine flu vaccines in the United States on Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Taliban return to power unlikely - White House aide

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 08:28 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's national security adviser said on Sunday he did not see an imminent risk Afghanistan would fall to the Taliban and said al Qaeda's presence there had been sharply reduced.

Greek Socialists win landslide election victory

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 08:28 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's Socialists on Sunday won a landslide election victory on promises they would tax and spend to battle an economic crisis that the incumbent conservatives failed to get to grips with.
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