U.N.'s Ban arrives in Cyprus to push elusive deal

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• U.N.'s Ban arrives in Cyprus to push elusive deal
• Execution 'likely' for 9/11 suspect
• Moving Your Business to a Smaller Market
• Karzai rejects Taliban conditions
• Plans for Airlift of Injured Haitians on Hold
• Bankers Put Focus on ‘Real Economy’
• Rotting fish yield fossil clues
• Pakistan investigating report that Taliban chief is dead
• Mexico partygoers die in attack
• Gunmen kill 13 students at party in Mexico
• In Haiti, a Puzzling Drought of Tears
• Miliband defends climate science
• Slick Man Utd punish sloppy Arsenal
• Peugeot Citroen announces recall
• African summit hears world ignoring Somalia crisis
• Nations in carbon emissions vow
• Four buffaloes and a pig fine for adultery in Malaysia
• Africa mulls resettling Haitians
• Four buffaloes and a pig fine for adultery in Malaysia
• Police detain opposition leader at anti-Kremlin rally

U.N.'s Ban arrives in Cyprus to push elusive deal Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:00 AM PST LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived on Cyprus Sunday to inject momentum into peace talks between the island's estranged Greeks and Turks.

Execution 'likely' for 9/11 suspect Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:50 AM PST Alleged mastermind of attacks expected to get death sentence, White House spokesman says.

Moving Your Business to a Smaller Market Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:39 AM PST Especially the today's economy, the advantages can be significant.

Karzai rejects Taliban conditions Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:14 AM PST Afghan leader says demand that US forces withdraw before talks "not meaningful gesture".

Plans for Airlift of Injured Haitians on Hold Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:44 AM PST The White House said it was working on a plan to resume a U.S. military airlift of Haitians seriously injured in the earthquake to American hospitals.

Bankers Put Focus on ‘Real Economy’ Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:48 AM PST Jobs will be hard to find as the financial system and world economies are put on a firmer footing, key participants at the World Economic Forum said Sunday.

Rotting fish yield fossil clues Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:02 AM PST By watching fish rot, scientists discover patterns that could help interpret some of the most important fossils in the record.

Pakistan investigating report that Taliban chief is dead Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:28 AM PST ISLAMABAD -- Reports circulated Sunday that Hakimullah Mehsud, the top leader of Taliban extremist forces in Pakistan, has died from wounds sustained in a U.S. unmanned aerial strike in mid-January. But army and civilian officials said they could not confirm his death.

Mexico partygoers die in attack Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:49 AM PST Thirteen young people die as gunmen open fire at a student party in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez.

Gunmen kill 13 students at party in Mexico Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:51 AM PST CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen burst into a party and killed 13 high school students, on Sunday in Ciudad Juarez, the latest massacre in one of the world's deadliest cities, Mexican media and witnesses said.

In Haiti, a Puzzling Drought of Tears Posted: 30 Jan 2010 07:19 PM PST When the poorest lose all, they are twice robbed. In calamity, the effort to survive can steal even their will to stop and cry.

Miliband defends climate science Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:18 AM PST The climate change secretary denies that controversies over scientific data have undermined efforts to tackle global warming.

Slick Man Utd punish sloppy Arsenal Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:08 AM PST Manchester United outclass Arsenal to win 3-1 at the Emirates and maintain the pressure on Premier League leaders Chelsea.

Peugeot Citroen announces recall Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:55 AM PST Two models built in conjunction with Toyota are recalled as "preventive" measure.

African summit hears world ignoring Somalia crisis Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:13 AM PST ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The worsening crisis in Somalia is as big a threat to global security as Afghanistan but is being ignored by the world, delegates told an African Union summit on Sunday.

Nations in carbon emissions vow Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:45 AM PST Governments around the world reaffirm plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, as required by last month's climate accord.

Four buffaloes and a pig fine for adultery in Malaysia Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:05 AM PST A Malaysian court reportedly orders a man and a woman to pay a fine of four buffaloes and a pig for an extra-marital affair.

Africa mulls resettling Haitians Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:05 AM PST African Union considers proposal to allow Haiti's earthquake victims to live in Africa.

Four buffaloes and a pig fine for adultery in Malaysia Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:05 AM PST A Malaysian court reportedly orders a man and a woman to pay a fine of four buffaloes and a pig for an extra-marital affair.

Police detain opposition leader at anti-Kremlin rally Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:12 AM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police detained up to 100 anti-Kremlin protesters, including leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, in central Moscow on Sunday, despite an appeal by rights group Amnesty International to let the rally go ahead.

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Haiti holds US 'child smugglers'

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• Haiti holds US 'child smugglers'
• Thousands rally to urge Russia's Putin to resign
• First of 250 WWI soldiers from mass grave reburied
• Thailand: Seized N.Korea arms were bound for Iran
• China: U.S. arms sales to Taiwan hurt national security
• Yemen says forces clash with rebels, kill 20
• U.S. halt to Haiti evacuations stirs fears for sick
• Obama to propose $3.8 trillion 2011 budget - paper
• FACTBOX - How China's anger could hurt ties with the U.S.
• Polls suggest hung parliament in British election
• Concern as US halts evacuations
• China: U.S. arms sales to Taiwan hurt national security
• FACTBOX - How China and Taiwan square off militarily
• Opposition grows to NY trial of Sept. 11 suspects
• Mobs disrupt some Haiti quake food handouts
• Karzai govt invites Taliban to peace meeting
• FACTBOX - Big emitters signal support for Copenhagen Accord
• Biden: U.S. budget to seek nuclear funds increase
• U.S. rebuffs N.Korean overture on U.S. MIA remains
• Nations pledge $140 mln for Afghan reintegration

Haiti holds US 'child smugglers' Posted: 31 Jan 2010 12:33 AM PST Haitian police have arrested 10 US nationals on suspicion of trying to illegally take 33 children abroad.

Thousands rally to urge Russia's Putin to resign Posted: 31 Jan 2010 12:14 AM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - Up to 10,000 people rallied in the Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad on Saturday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin over living costs and unemployment, a rare show of anger with the popular figure.

First of 250 WWI soldiers from mass grave reburied Posted: 31 Jan 2010 12:14 AM PST FROMELLES, France (Reuters) - The first of 250 unknown British and Australian soldiers whose bodies were dumped by the Germans in mass graves in northern France during World War I was reburied on Saturday with full military honours.

Thailand: Seized N.Korea arms were bound for Iran Posted: 31 Jan 2010 12:14 AM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A shipment of weapons from North Korea seized by Thai authorities last month were headed for Iran, according to a confidential report the Thai government sent to a U.N. Security Council committee.

China: U.S. arms sales to Taiwan hurt national security Posted: 30 Jan 2010 11:48 PM PST BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. arms sales to Taiwan hurt China's national security, its foreign minister said, escalating the rhetoric in a dispute threatening to deepen rifts between the world's biggest and third-biggest economies.

Yemen says forces clash with rebels, kill 20 Posted: 30 Jan 2010 11:48 PM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's armed forces have clashed with Shi'ite rebels in the north, killing 20, state media reported on Sunday, a day after the insurgents accepted the government's terms for a ceasefire.

U.S. halt to Haiti evacuations stirs fears for sick Posted: 30 Jan 2010 11:01 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Critically injured Haitian earthquake victims are no longer being flown by the U.S. military for treatment in the United States, raising fears some will die in a dispute over where to treat them and who should pay the costs.

Obama to propose $3.8 trillion 2011 budget - paper Posted: 30 Jan 2010 11:01 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will unveil a $3.8 trillion budget proposal on Monday for fiscal 2011, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

FACTBOX - How China's anger could hurt ties with the U.S. Posted: 30 Jan 2010 10:51 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - China has threatened to punish the United States for plans to sell some $6.4 billion of arms to Taiwan, the disputed island that Beijing calls its own.

Polls suggest hung parliament in British election Posted: 30 Jan 2010 10:51 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - A British election due by June is likely to result in a hung parliament where no single party has an outright majority, two opinion polls showed on Sunday.

Concern as US halts evacuations Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:54 PM PST A doctor has warned hundreds could die in Haiti, after evacuations to the US ceased for Haitian earthquake victims.

China: U.S. arms sales to Taiwan hurt national security Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. arms sales to Taiwan hurt China's national security, its foreign minister said, escalating the rhetoric in a dispute threatening to deepen rifts between the world's biggest and third-biggest economies.

FACTBOX - How China and Taiwan square off militarily Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST (Reuters) - The military balance between China and Taiwan has rapidly shifted in China's favour, but a U.S. proposal on Friday to sell advanced arms to the island that Beijing claims as its own would shore up its self-defence.

Opposition grows to NY trial of Sept. 11 suspects Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee's chairwoman on Thursday backed calls by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for the trial of the accused plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks to be moved from Manhattan.

Mobs disrupt some Haiti quake food handouts Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Angry crowds mobbed three food distribution sites in Haiti's capital on Thursday, the latest handouts to turn chaotic as aid groups struggle to help the throngs left desperate and hungry by the catastrophic earthquake.

Karzai govt invites Taliban to peace meeting Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - The Afghan government on Thursday invited the Taliban to a peace council as its Western allies worked out plans to try to end the war in Afghanistan.

FACTBOX - Big emitters signal support for Copenhagen Accord Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST Governments are meant to tell the United Nations by Sunday if they want to be associated with the accord, worked out last month, and submit their plans for curbing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. The deadline is flexible.

Biden: U.S. budget to seek nuclear funds increase Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden said President Barack Obama's budget proposal will include $7 billion to maintain the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, which would be $600 million more than Congress approved last year.

U.S. rebuffs N.Korean overture on U.S. MIA remains Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday rebuffed a North Korean offer to reopen talks on finding U.S. soldiers missing since the Korean War, saying Pyongyang must first resume discussions on ending its nuclear ambitions.

Nations pledge $140 mln for Afghan reintegration Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:45 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Donor countries have pledged more than $140 million towards a fund to encourage Afghan militants to renounce violence and reintegrate into mainstream society, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Thursday.

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