Mega-storm heads for Philippines

Mega-storm heads for Philippines


Mega-storm heads for Philippines

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 12:43 PM PDT

Thousands in the Philippines flee their homes ahead of Super-Typhoon Megi, which is expected to reach the north of the country early on Monday.


Philippine maids pay high price

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 09:49 AM PDT

Overseas workers provide much-needed funds, but some suffer abuse from their employers.


Mega-storm heads for Philippines

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 12:43 PM PDT

Thousands in the Philippines flee their homes ahead of Super-Typhoon Megi, which is expected to reach the north of the country early on Monday.


DR Congo women march against rape

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 12:25 PM PDT

Olive Lembe Kabila, wife of Joseph Kabila, president of the Congo, led protest against sexual violence in eastern city.


PACs linked to foreign companies legally donate millions to U.S. campaigns

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 11:52 AM PDT

As Democrats and Republicans spar over whether foreign money is polluting the midterm elections, a simple point is often overlooked: Hundreds of foreign corporations already play an integral and perfectly legal role in American politics through their U.S. subsidiaries.


Fraud May Void a Quarter of Afghan Votes, Officials Say

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 11:43 AM PDT

The announcement of results from parliamentary elections was postponed as officials indicated that fraud — including ballot-box stuffing and intimidation — had tainted as many as a million votes.


Pakistan PM plays down prospect of row with judges

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 11:50 AM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza on Sunday played down fears of growing tension between the government and judiciary.


Freed Chileans return to San Jose mine

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 11:53 AM PDT

About a dozen of the 33 Chilean miners rescued after more than two months underground have made an emotional return to the San Jose mine.


French Minister Warns of New Terror Threat

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 11:58 AM PDT

French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said France has received new warnings of a terror threat in Europe, "notably France," from Saudi intelligence services.


China Tries a New Political Model in Shenzhen

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 10:55 AM PDT

An experiment with political reform in Shenzhen, the city where China pioneered its economic opening, sheds light on an ideological debate playing out within the Communist Party as it holds an annual meeting in Beijing that will help chart China's political future.


Fears for 'bit of Britain' in India

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 11:03 AM PDT

There is concern in India that a historic stretch of Shimla, a former British hill station, could be unstable owing to unplanned building work.


Pope canonises Australia's first saint

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 08:56 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI has officially recognised Australia's first saint, Mary MacKillop in a ceremony in Rome.


US-backed Councils deny defections

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 11:05 AM PDT

The leaders of Awakening Councils in two Iraqi provinces Sunday denied a report that hundreds of council members have defected to al Qaeda.


DR Congo women in anti-rape march

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 11:02 AM PDT

The Democratic Republic of Congo's first lady leads thousands of women on a march against sexual violence.


Syrian, Saudi Leaders to Discuss Lebanon And Iraq

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 10:19 AM PDT

RIYADH (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for talks with King Abdullah expected to focus on tension in Lebanon over a U.N.-backed tribunal and the political void in Iraq.


Protests Spotlight China-Japan Tensions

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 09:59 AM PDT

A weekend of sporadic anti-Japanese protests continued Sunday in China, in a reminder of how emotions over territorial issues remain raw between Asia's largest economies.


City Critic: A Night for Pagans Brings Out the Sexy

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 10:39 PM PDT

New Yorkers who aren't into the Victoria's Secret version of Halloween can take a more theatrical approach.


Syrian, Saudi leaders met to discuss Lebanon, Iraq

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 11:49 AM PDT

RIYADH (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held on Sunday talks with Saudi King Abdullah that analysts and diplomats had expected to tackle tension in Lebanon over a U.N.-backed tribunal and the political void in Iraq.


Blackpool 2-3 Man City

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 09:59 AM PDT

Manchester City move second in the table after Carlos Tevez scores twice to help his side overcome Blackpool.


China Rebukes U.S. Over Trade Inquiry

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 09:44 AM PDT

China dismissed the American inquiry into subsidies for clean-energy industries as election-season politics.


China urges anti-Japan protesters to stay within law

China urges anti-Japan protesters to stay within law


China urges anti-Japan protesters to stay within law

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 11:52 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China called on its people on Sunday to keep within the law in their "understandable" anger at Japan, a day after protesters in both countries rallied to claim sovereignty over disputed islands.


Philippines braces as Megi becomes super typhoon

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 11:52 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - A typhoon nearing the Philippines intensified into a super typhoon packing winds of more than 250 kph (155 mph) on Sunday, and evacuations began as 20 provinces were placed on alert before it makes landfall on Monday.


China urges anti-Japan protesters to stay within law

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 11:30 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China called on its people on Sunday to keep within the law in their "understandable" anger at Japan, a day after protesters in both countries rallied to claim sovereignty over disputed islands.


Gates:No sensitive info in Wikileaks Afghan papers

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 10:48 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the unauthorized release of some 70,000 classified documents about the Afghanistan war did not reveal sensitive information, but could endanger Afghans who helped the United States, U.S. media reported on Sunday.


Some of Chile's 33 to return to mine for ceremony

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 10:48 PM PDT

COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) - Some of the 33 miners in northern Chile who were rescued last week after 69 days trapped underground will return on Sunday to the mine that almost became their tomb.


China, Japan protesters rally over islands dispute

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 10:48 PM PDT

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Protesters took to the streets in several Chinese cities to vent their anger against Japan on Saturday, and thousands marched in Tokyo in the second anti-China rally this month following a row over disputed islands.


Oman boosts dagger-making project

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT

The government of Oman steps up a programme to revive the local production of Khanjar daggers.


Multicultural society has failed

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 04:45 PM PDT

The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel says her country's attempts to build a multicultural society have utterly failed.


Philippines braces for possible super typhoon

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 08:56 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - An approaching typhoon triggered warnings in 19 northern Philippines provinces with forecasters expecting it to intensify to a super typhoon with winds in excess of 250 kph (155 mph) as it makes landfall on Monday.


Chile's rescued miners tight-lipped about ordeal

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 08:24 PM PDT

COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) - Chile's 33 freed miners kept largely silent on Saturday about the 69 days they spent trapped deep inside a copper and gold mine, as speculation grew they planned to save their stories for a book.


Philippines braces for possible super typhoon

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 07:50 PM PDT

MANILA, Oct 17 — An approaching typhoon triggered warnings in 19 northern Philippines provinces with forecasters expecting it to intensify to a super typhoon with winds in excess of 250 kph (155 mph) as it makes landfall on Monday. Typhoon Megi would be felt on Sunday in the north of Luzon, a rice and corn growing area on the Philippines main ...


New date sought for Paris peace summit - Israel

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 07:49 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A planned Israeli-Palestinian summit due to be held in Paris by the end of the month has been rescheduled, the Israeli prime minister's office said on Saturday, a sign of increased strain over stalled peace talks.


Merkel says German multiculturalism has failed

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 07:49 PM PDT

POTSDAM, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's attempt to create a multicultural society has "utterly failed", Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday, adding fuel to a debate over immigration and Islam polarising her conservative camp.


French protesters rally over pension reform

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 07:49 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - A million or more people marched in cities across France on Saturday in the latest protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's flagship pension reform, and refinery strikes squeezed fuel at airports.


Two of four trapped Ecuadorean miners found dead

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 07:49 PM PDT

QUITO (Reuters) - Two of four men trapped in an Ecuadorean mine cave-in were found dead on Saturday in the latest accident to hit the industry in Latin America.


Iran frees U.S. businessman held for 30 months-ABC

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 07:49 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran has freed a 71-year-old U.S. businessman who had been held in prison for 2 1/2 years on accusations of giving money to an alleged anti-government group, ABC News reported on Saturday.


Obama backs governor where key Senate seat fell

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 07:49 PM PDT

BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama urged voters in Massachusetts to back the state's governor, Deval Patrick, at a raucous campaign stop on Saturday, pushing for a fellow Democrat who is in a tight re-election fight against a former healthcare executive.


Six killed in gun attack in Mexican border city

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 06:12 PM PDT

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, Oct 17 —  Gunmen raided a family party in this violent border city and killed six people in a spray of bullets, police said on Saturday. Armed men on Friday night entered through the back of a house in a residential neighborhood near the center of Ciudad Juarez, surprising the party-goers with an assault-rifle attack. Two ...


Two of four trapped Ecuadorean miners found dead

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 06:03 PM PDT

QUITO, Oct 17 — Two of four men trapped in an Ecuadorean mine cave-in were found dead on Saturday in the latest accident to hit the industry in Latin America. Contrasting with the jubilation at this week's rescue of 33 miners in Chile, the two Ecuadorean miners' bodies were brought out to disconsolate relatives and officials at the small gold mine ...


Freed miner: 'I will return to my job'

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 02:08 PM PDT

Just two of the 33 miners rescued after more than two months underground in Chile remain in hospital, and many of the men are now looking to the future