Palestinians die in Gaza tunnel

Palestinians die in Gaza tunnel

Palestinians die in Gaza tunnel

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 01:05 PM PDT

Four Palestinians die in a smuggling tunnel under Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics say.


Washington Approves Wind Farm Off Cape Cod

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:55 PM PDT

After nine years of review, the approval of the 130-turbine farm off the coast of Cape Cod gives a significant boost to the nascent offshore wind industry in the U.S.

Everything the Traffic Will Allow

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:56 PM PDT

When the Bloomberg administration announced a river-to-river reimagining of 34th Street, City Room began to wonder about the future of traffic in the city.

US interest rates kept on hold

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:49 PM PDT

The US Federal Reserve kept its main interest rate at a near zero level, saying it expects to hold it there for an "extended period."


Guinea PM warns of pro-Camara plot, threat to vote

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:50 PM PDT

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Supporters of Guinea's sidelined military ruler are secretly plotting his return to the country, but any actions to disrupt a planned election will be quashed, Guinea's interim prime minister said Wednesday.

Israeli troops kill Gaza protester

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:37 PM PDT

Israeli forces have opened fire on protesters against a Gaza buffer zone, killing a teenager.


26 Convicted in Egypt Attack Planning

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:26 PM PDT

An Egyptian court on Wednesday convicted 26 men of belonging to a Hezbollah cell that was charged with planning to attack Israeli tourists in the Sinai Peninsula.

Nigeria orders elections chief to step down

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:30 PM PDT

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's acting president on Wednesday ordered the OPEC member's elections chief to step down immediately over widespread concern that next year's vote would not be credible under his leadership.

In China, Sarkozy Stresses Iran Sanctions

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:24 AM PDT

Sarkozy stressed the urgency of efforts to curb Iran's nuclear program in a meeting with China's President Hu, saying new sanctions must be imposed on Tehran if negotiations fail.


Radioactive Scrap Traced to Delhi University

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:58 AM PDT

Delhi police have traced the source of radioactive waste that ended up at a scrap market, causing the death of one worker and impairing seven others, to a machine in the chemistry department of the University of Delhi.


Shop assistant 'feared she was shot'

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 07:11 AM PDT

A shop assistant held at gunpoint during a robbery at an exclusive London jewellers feared she had been shot, a court hears.


Nigeria fires elections chief

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:19 PM PDT

Acting president orders the head of the electoral commission to step down.


China stripped of 2000 Olympic bronze

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:15 AM PDT

The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday stripped China of a bronze medal in the women's team event at the 2000 Olympic Games after finding one of the team's athletes was underage.

Federal Reserve Maintains Low Interest Rates

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:20 PM PDT

The Fed maintained, as it has for months, that rates would stay low for "an extended period."

Crist Drops More Hints

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:24 PM PDT

Gov. Charlie Crist is expected on Thursday to formally announce his plans to bolt the Republican Party and run in November as an independent candidate.

Labour candidate in crash arrest

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:48 AM PDT

Labour general election candidate Kathryn Smith was arrested after crashing her car into a roundabout on Monday.


Justices’ Ruling Blocks Cross Removal

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:45 PM PDT

The Supreme Court said Wednesday that a lower court went too far in ordering the removal of a war memorial cross from its home atop an outcropping in California.

Bronson artwork removed from Tube

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:39 AM PDT

Mystery surrounds how a piece of art by notorious criminal Charles Bronson was removed from display at a Tube station.


Moscow Releases Katyn Documents

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 10:47 AM PDT

Russian President Medvedev ordered his government to release once-secret documents on the 1940 Katyn massacre of 22,000 Polish prisoners to Warsaw, the latest step in a warming trend in ties with Poland.


26 Convicted of Spying for Hezbollah

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:00 AM PDT

An Egyptian court convicted 26 men of spying for Hezbollah and plotting attacks on Egyptian soil on behalf of the Lebanese militant group.


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Indonesia's commissions: do they help or hinder reform?

Indonesia's commissions: do they help or hinder reform?

Indonesia's commissions: do they help or hinder reform?

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:52 AM PDT

JAKARTA (Reuters) - When Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono formed a special taskforce to root out graft in the judiciary, many hoped a parliamentary commission tasked with overseeing legal matters would be a help, not a hindrance.


Thai troops fire in air to halt red shirt convoy - witness

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:29 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai troops fired into the air near a convoy of anti-government protesters on Wednesday in an attempt to halt their convoy, a Reuters witness said.


SCENARIOS - Japan PM, party don in bind over airbase, scandal

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:29 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is in the hotseat ahead of an election as he tries to meet a looming deadline to resolve a feud over a U.S. airbase and pressure on a party kingpin to quit over a funding scandal.


Japan PM keeps party kingpin, plans base trip

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 11:53 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Wednesday he wanted to keep ruling Democratic Party Secretary-General Ichiro Ozawa in his job after a judicial review panel said he should be indicted over a funding scandal.


"Red shirts" take rally outside Bangkok encampment

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 11:53 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Protesters in Thailand pushing for early elections drove out of their central Bangkok encampment by truck and motorbike on Wednesday for a "mobile rally", increasing the risk of clashes with troops and rival groups.


Goldman chief Blankfein grilled by US Senate

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:45 PM PDT

Goldman Sachs' chief executive has denied his bank contributed to the US financial crisis by betting some of its own investment products would fail.


Kyrgyz ex-leader 'facing charges'

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:51 PM PDT

Ousted Kyrgyz leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev has been charged in absentia with organising mass killings, a leader of the interim government says.


Bid to ban Tintin book in Belgium

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:48 PM PDT

A Congolese man is trying to get a controversial Tintin book banned in the cartoon star's home country of Belgium.


After the EXPO: Spain's experience

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:55 PM PDT

Sarah Rainsford looks at the long term impact when a city hosts an international expo.


Americans losing confidence in healthcare - survey

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:47 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans are steadily losing confidence in their ability to get healthcare and pay for it, despite the passage of healthcare reform legislation, according to a survey published on Wednesday.


China ends entry ban for foreigners with HIV/AIDS

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:14 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has revoked a ban on people with HIV/AIDS entering the country, softening a decades-old policy that drew sharp criticism this year when an Australian writer was blocked after declaring himself HIV-positive.


China ends entry ban for foreigners with HIV/AIDS

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 09:35 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has revoked a ban on people with HIV/AIDS entering the country, softening a decades-old policy that drew sharp criticism this year when an Australian writer was blocked after declaring himself HIV-positive.


"Red shirts" threaten to spread rallies in Bangkok

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 08:33 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Protesters in Thailand pushing for early elections threatened mobile rallies across Bangkok on Wednesday in defiance of a state of emergency, which would increase the risk of clashes with troops or rival protest groups.


Q+A - Who are Thailand's mysterious black-clad gunmen?

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 08:33 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's government has vowed to go after shadowy "terrorists" it blames for triggering bloody clashes between the army and red-shirted demonstrators that left 25 people dead and more than 800 wounded on April 10.


Venezuela's chatty leader Chavez joins Twitter

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 08:05 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez opened a Twitter account on Tuesday, launching himself into the digital fray to combat opponents who have seized on the micro-blogging site to criticize his socialist government.


Venezuela's chatty leader Chavez joins Twitter

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 07:32 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez opened a Twitter account on Tuesday, launching himself into the digital fray to combat opponents who have seized on the micro-blogging site to criticize his socialist government.


British man alleges Iraq torture

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 05:17 PM PDT

A British man held in secret detention in Iraq has alleged that he was brutally tortured.


Japan PM says wants to keep party kingpin Ozawa

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 06:29 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Wednesday he wanted to keep ruling Democratic Party Secretary-General Ichiro Ozawa in his job after a judicial review panel said he should be indicted over a funding scandal.


Climate change increases heat waves, floods - U.S. EPA

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 06:22 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deaths from heat waves, property damage from floods and rising seas from melting glaciers are a few of the things Americans can expect as a result of climate change, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a report released on Tuesday.


TV habits divide Guantanamo prisoners, U.S. says

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 06:22 PM PDT

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - While the Obama administration sorts out which Guantanamo prisoners to hold as terrorism suspects and which to repatriate or resettle, the captives have sorted themselves out by entertainment preferences, camp officials said on Monday.


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