Russia to boost navy over U.S. missile plans - RIA |
- Russia to boost navy over U.S. missile plans - RIA
- Hundreds orphaned by Haiti quake
- Croatia's new president's love of music
- U.S. says Yemen group one of many al Qaeda branches
- Salt reduction could save 92,000 U.S. lives a year
- Australia dodges row with Japan over WWII sinking
- US military boost in Haiti
- Rival Koreas fail to agree over factory park
- Rescue teams pull back as Haiti aid flows in
- FEATURE - Hugo Chavez tries to show he's serious about drugs
- Impossible to separate Afghan, Pakistan Taliban - U.S.
- Zelaya says may leave Honduras at end of mandate
- Study links thyroid disease to non-stick chemicals
- China economy 'to surpass Japan'
- Signs of aid effort spread to towns outside Haiti capital
- Peru suffers fatal landslides
- FEATURE - Google tests loyalties of China's wired generation
- Australia dodges row with Japan over WWII sinking
- Israeli, Iranian ministers share a rare handshake
- U.S. says Yemen group one of many al Qaeda branches
| Russia to boost navy over U.S. missile plans - RIA Posted: 21 Jan 2010 12:11 AM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's navy will strengthen its Baltic fleet in response to U.S. plans to deploy Patriot missiles in Poland, Russia's state RIA news agency reported on Thursday, citing an unnamed senior navy official.
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| Hundreds orphaned by Haiti quake Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:13 PM PST Despite miraculous stories of survival and the gradual increase in aid as the dust settles after the Haiti earthquake hundreds of children find themselves orphaned.
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| Croatia's new president's love of music Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:42 PM PST Croatia's president-elect is hoping to balance high politics with his own love of composing music.
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| U.S. says Yemen group one of many al Qaeda branches Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:10 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Yemen has made progress in its U.S.-backed fight against al Qaeda, but the extremist group continues to spread elsewhere and has some two dozen affiliates across a swath of the globe, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
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| Salt reduction could save 92,000 U.S. lives a year Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:10 PM PST BOSTON (Reuters) - Shaving 3 grams off the daily salt intake of Americans could prevent up to 66,000 strokes, 99,000 heart attacks and 92,000 deaths in the United States, while saving $24 billion in health costs per year, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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| Australia dodges row with Japan over WWII sinking Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:10 PM PST CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Thursday criticised the wartime sinking of a hospital ship by a Japanese submarine, but said Canberra would not pursue reparations to avoid adding to diplomatic strains with Tokyo.
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| Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:31 PM PST The US sends another 4,000 military personnel to Haiti for earthquake relief, as many in the stricken country still await help
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| Rival Koreas fail to agree over factory park Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:40 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - Talks between North and South Korea over the operations of a lucrative joint industrial project have ended without agreement, compounding Pyongyang's economic woes and increasing tension on the troubled peninsula.
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| Rescue teams pull back as Haiti aid flows in Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:40 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The search for survivors of Haiti's killer earthquake has started to wind down as international rescue teams begin pulling back and aid, though more plentiful, is still not enough for the tens of thousands left homeless and injured.
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| FEATURE - Hugo Chavez tries to show he's serious about drugs Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:40 PM PST RIO CARIBE, Venezuela (Reuters) - Powering through Caribbean swell in a heavy grey patrol boat and toting new Kalashnikov guns, soldiers scouring the craggy coves of Paria peninsula for cocaine smugglers look like they mean business.
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| Impossible to separate Afghan, Pakistan Taliban - U.S. Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:13 PM PST ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Making a distinction between Pakistani Taliban and their Afghan allies is counterproductive and pressure on Taliban havens on both sides of the border is necessary, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday.
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| Zelaya says may leave Honduras at end of mandate Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:40 PM PST TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Wednesday he may leave the country under an agreement with the newly elected president, bringing an end to his state of political limbo after a June coup.
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| Study links thyroid disease to non-stick chemicals Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:40 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have linked a chemical used in consumer goods like non-stick pans and water-resistant fabrics with thyroid disease, raising questions about the potential health risks of exposure to the substance.
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| China economy 'to surpass Japan' Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:26 PM PST China returns to double-digit growth and is poised to overtake Japan to become Asia's biggest economy.
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| Signs of aid effort spread to towns outside Haiti capital Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:12 PM PST JACMEL, Haiti (Reuters) - There are growing signs of coordination in aid efforts to help towns outside Haiti's capital devastated by last week's earthquake and frightened anew by a big aftershock on Wednesday.
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| Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:41 PM PST In Peru, three people have died and three more are reported missing after landslides caused by heavy rain in the south. Archaeologists are working to shore up an ancient Inca wall which was partially destroyed.
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| FEATURE - Google tests loyalties of China's wired generation Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:39 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - When Google threw down the gauntlet to China's Internet censors, it also challenged the loyalties of the nation's wired generation.
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| Australia dodges row with Japan over WWII sinking Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:39 PM PST CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia has dodged a row with Japan over one of the country's worst wartime atrocities to avoid further straining diplomatic ties, a newspaper said on Thursday.
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| Israeli, Iranian ministers share a rare handshake Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:39 PM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli and Iranian ministers exchanged a rare handshake on Wednesday while attending a fair to promote tourist destinations in their respective nations, an Israeli official said.
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| U.S. says Yemen group one of many al Qaeda branches Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:39 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Yemen has made progress in its U.S.-backed fight against al Qaeda, but the extremist group continues to spread elsewhere and has some two dozen affiliates across a swathe of the globe, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
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