Haiti aid airdrops under way

Haiti aid airdrops under way

Haiti aid airdrops under way

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:28 PM PST

The US military begins airdrops of food and water into Haiti, as aid efforts gather pace a week after the devastating earthquake.


US takes in Haiti orphans

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:30 PM PST

The US re aiming to speed up the process to allow dozens of Haitian orphans to join adoptive families as quickly as possible.


Massachusetts hosts key US vote

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 08:51 PM PST

US President Barack Obama has been on the campaign trail in Massachusetts ahead of a vote for the late Ted Kennedy's Senate seat.


Probe into Japan ruling party leader scandal widens

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:50 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Tuesday widened their probe into a funding scandal embroiling the No. 2 executive in Japan's ruling Democratic Party that could threaten the party's chances of winning a mid-year election, media said.


Massachusetts votes in crucial election for Obama

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:50 PM PST

BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts voters head to the polls on Tuesday in a cliffhanger election for a new U.S. senator that could derail Democrats' dominance in Washington and scuttle their top priority of sweeping healthcare reform.


Man City have more to lose in derby semi: Ferguson (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:10 PM PST

Manchester United's Scottish manager Sir Alex Ferguson leaves the pitch after an earlier game. Ferguson has tried to up the pressure on Manchester City by claiming their League Cup semi-final against Manchester United matters more to them than to his team.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson has tried to up the pressure on Manchester City by claiming their League Cup semi-final against Manchester United matters more to them than to his team.

Gunmen in northwestern Iran assassinate prosecutor (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:21 PM PST

Iranian opposition demonstrators run away from riot police during a protest in central Tehran on November 4, 2009. Seven months after a presidential poll that plunged Iran into a cycle of street protests and arrests, state television is opening the door a crack and giving the opposition precious air time before a nationwide audience.(AFP/File)AP - Iranian state media say gunmen have fatally shoot a local prosecutor outside his home in northwestern Iran.

S.Korean team crosses border for N.Korea talks (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:27 PM PST

A North Korean border guard takes pictures at the truce village of Panmunjom. A South Korean team has crossed the border for talks with North Korea, despite last week's threats from Pyongyang of a possible attack on its neighbour.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)AFP - A South Korean team crossed the border Tuesday for talks with North Korea, despite last week's threats from Pyongyang of a possible attack on its neighbour.

Prince William in Australia for second-ever visit (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:10 PM PST

Britain's Prince William, pictured, has arrived in Australia for the first time in decades for a tour that will take in a poor inner-city Aboriginal community and towns devastated by wildfires.(AFP/Krystle Wright)AFP - Prince William on Tuesday began his first visit as an adult to Australia, kicking off a tour that will take in a poor inner-city Aboriginal community and towns devastated by deadly wildfires.

More aid pledged for Haiti

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:28 PM PST

The US military begins airdrops of food and water into Haiti, as aid efforts gather pace a week after the devastating earthquake.


US accepts Haiti's orphans

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:30 PM PST

The US re aiming to speed up the process to allow dozens of Haitian orphans to join adoptive families as quickly as possible.


Toronto 18 'bomb plot chief' jailed

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:42 PM PST

Alleged leader of failed plan to explode devices in Canada given life in prison.


Haiti aid picks up, doctors fear disease risk

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:22 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The pace of food and medical aid deliveries picked up in earthquake-shattered Haiti, providing some hope to desperate survivors, but doctors worried disease would be the next big challenge for the tens of thousands left injured and homeless a week ago.


China former senior judge jailed for graft

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:22 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court gave a life sentence to the most senior judge ever convicted in the country on corruption charges, state media agency reported on Tuesday.


Wales rugby coach tells England to give Johnson time (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 09:38 PM PST

Wales rugby coach Warren Gatland (pictured last year) has said England must learn from their experience with World Cup winning supremo Clive Woodward and give Martin Johnson time to develop as their manager.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Wales coach Warren Gatland has said England must learn from their experience with World Cup winning supremo Clive Woodward and give Martin Johnson time to develop as their manager.

Indian minister slams UN body on glacier research (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:00 PM PST

A general view of Indian Himalayas shot onboard a flight in May, 2009. India's environment minister slammed the UN's top climate body in comments published Tuesday, claiming its doomsday warning about Himalayan glaciers was not based on AFP - India's environment minister slammed the UN's top climate body in comments published Tuesday, claiming its doomsday warning about Himalayan glaciers was not based on "scientific evidence."

U.S. drops food, water into Haiti

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 06:50 PM PST

Bypassing the gridlock of Haiti's main airport and congestion of roadways in the earthquake-ravaged country, the U.S. military delivered badly needed food and water on Monday by parachute.

Photo gallery: Capital city in ruins

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 03:38 PM PST

Haitians everywhere united by faith

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 03:00 PM PST

Given all their country and people have been through, between political upheavals, human rights abuses, hurricanes, abject poverty and last week's earthquake, "If Haitians were constantly questioning their faith, they would all be atheists."

Why does Haiti suffer so much?

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:49 AM PST

We are all sick at heart to witness the unfathomable suffering in Haiti. Why do bad things happen to innocent people? Why Haiti, again? Even Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said recently, "It is biblical, the tragedy that continues to stalk Haiti and the Haitian people."
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Billionaire wins Chile election

Billionaire wins Chile election

Billionaire wins Chile election

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 01:02 AM PST

Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera has won Chile's presidential run-off, ending two decades of centre-left rule.


Blast heard in part of Kabul separate from other attacks

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:52 AM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - A blast was heard on Monday outside a cinema in a crowded part of the Afghan capital south of the presidential palace, several hundred metres from the site of major coordinated insurgent attacks, a security source said.


Suicide bombers, gunmen attack central Kabul

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:52 AM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban gunmen, some wearing suicide vests, launched a commando-style assault on Kabul on Monday, attacking banks, a shopping mall and Afghan government ministries.


Glory for Avatar at Golden Globes

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:23 AM PST

James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar wins two prizes at the Golden Globes, the first of 2010's major Hollywood awards.


Turk who shot Pope John Paul released from prison

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:21 AM PST

ANKARA (Reuters) - The man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II, Mehmet Ali Agca, was released from prison in the Turkish capital Ankara on Monday, nearly 30 years after the assassination attempt in St. Peter's Square.


Suicide car bomb kills several police in Kabul - source

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:21 AM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb exploded outside a Kabul shopping centre -- the second targeted by militants in a complex attack on the Afghan capital -- killing several police and intelligence officials, a security source said.


Suicide bombers, gunmen attack central Kabul

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:21 AM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban gunmen, some wearing suicide vests, launched a commando-style assault on Kabul on Monday, attacking banks, a shopping mall and Afghan government ministries.


U.S. poll: fewer see Obama advancing racial ties

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:21 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer Americans believe the presidency of Barack Obama, the first African American elected to the White House, has helped advance race relations compared with a year ago, a Washington Post-ABC News poll suggests.


Suicide bombers, gunmen attack central Kabul

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:51 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - About two dozen gunmen, some wearing suicide vests, attacked locations across Kabul on Monday in a coordinated commando-style operation against several targets, including banks and Afghan government ministries.


INTERVIEW - Haitian education system 'totally collapsed'

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:51 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Half of Haiti's schools and its three main universities were destroyed or badly damaged in the earthquake, but classes must resume even in tents to help children overcome trauma, the education minister said.


Indonesia president has no plans to reshuffle cabinet - minister

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:51 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has no plans to reshuffle his cabinet in the near term, Chief Economics Minister Hatta Rajasa said on Monday.


U.S. troops to help Haiti security, aid flows in

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:21 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The United States was to send more troops on Monday to aid in Haiti's rescue as tens of thousands of hungry, thirsty and injured Haitian earthquake survivors waited desperately for promised food and medical care.


Minor Thai cabinet change may precede big reshuffle

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:21 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Five new Thai cabinet ministers are to be sworn in on Monday following a minor reshuffle that may be a prelude to a bigger shake-up aimed at prolonging the life of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's fragile coalition government.


Troops to help keep Haiti order

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 10:17 PM PST

UN peacekeepers in Haiti will be joined by thousands of US troops to help keep order, so aid agencies can deliver much-needed supplies.


Israel and Germany meet for talks

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 10:31 PM PST

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the stalled Middle East peace process and Iran's nuclear ambitions in talks on Monday.


Highlights from the Golden Globes

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 09:14 PM PST

Highlights from the Golden Globes, in which Meryl Streep, James Cameron and Sandra Bullock were just some of the Hollywood stars awarded.


Can U.S-China ties weather perfect storm in 2010?

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 08:21 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google "perfect storm" in 2010 and it is looking increasingly likely that U.S.-China relations will pop up as a top search result.


Haiti's voodoo priests object to mass burials

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 08:21 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's voodoo priests are objecting to anonymous mass burials as an improper way to handle the tens of thousands of dead from the earthquake -- and have taken their complaint to President Rene Preval.


Israeli minister visits Abu Dhabi, a first for UAE

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 08:21 PM PST

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Israel's infrastructure minister Uzi Landau visited the United Arab Emirates at the weekend for a renewable energy conference, amid tight security, in the first visit by an Israeli minister to the Gulf state.


Iran plans new renewable energy plants - minister

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 08:21 PM PST

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Opec member Iran plans to develop new renewable energy power plants over the next five years with capacity totalling 2,000 megawatts (MW) to meet energy demand, its deputy minister for electricity said on Sunday.


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