FACTBOX - Flashpoint Jerusalem site sacred to religions

FACTBOX - Flashpoint Jerusalem site sacred to religions

FACTBOX - Flashpoint Jerusalem site sacred to religions

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 01:06 AM PDT

The clashes came amid rising tensions in the past weeks over the area known to Jews as Temple Mount and to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif or Noble Sanctuary, site of the mosque and the Dome of the Rock, one of Islam's holiest sites.


Q+A - What is Australia's Asia-Pacific idea all about?

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 01:06 AM PDT

HUA HIN, Thailand (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will press his idea of an Asia Pacific community when he meets his Asian counterparts on Sunday.


U.N. experts in Iran to inspect new nuclear site

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 12:36 AM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors have arrived in Iran to examine a nuclear site that has heightened Western fears of a covert programme to develop atomic bombs, an accusation the Islamic Republic rejects.


China confident Myanmar will keep peace on its border

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 12:36 AM PDT

HUA HIN, Thailand (Reuters) - China's premier is confident Myanmar will safeguard peace on its border, Chinese state media said on Sunday after violence erupted on the Myanmar side in August that pushed thousands of refugees into China.


Israeli police, Arabs clash near Jerusalem mosque

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 12:07 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police and Arab worshippers clashed near Jerusalem's flashpoint al-Aqsa mosque in the Old City on Sunday and several people were arrested, an Israeli police spokesman and Palestinian officials said.


S.Korea to announce food aid plan for North - Yonhap

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 12:07 AM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea plans to announce this week a plan to resume humanitarian food aid for the impoverished North Korea, Seoul's Yonhap News reported on Sunday.


S.Korea urges Asia to support new N.Korea proposal

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 12:07 AM PDT

HUA HIN, Thailand, Oct 25 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak urged Asia-Pacific leaders on Sunday to support a new diplomatic approach to pressuring North Korea into ending its nuclear arms programme in return for massive aid.


S.Korea nuclear power unit resumes operation-Yonhap

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 12:07 AM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - A power generation unit at a South Korean nuclear power plant has resumed operations after a one-day shutdown due to technical problems, Yonhap News reported on Sunday.


US declares swine flu 'emergency'

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:03 PM PDT

President Obama has declared H1N1 swine flu a national emergency, in a move to help medical teams handle the outbreak.


Nuclear inspectors arrive in Iran

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:02 PM PDT

International nuclear inspectors have arrived in Iran to visit a secret nuclear plant, which was disclosed by the Iranians last month.


Deadly train collision in Egypt

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:27 PM PDT

At least 25 people have been killed after two passenger trains collided in the Giza district of the Egyptian capital Cairo.


Obama declares swine flu a national emergency

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:35 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has declared 2009 H1N1 swine flu a national emergency, the White House said on Saturday.


Obama calls Sarkozy, Medvedev on Iran nuclear plan

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:35 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama called Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday to consult on Iran's nuclear program, the White House said.


Taliban threaten Afghan run-off vote, urge boycott

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:35 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban called on Afghans on Saturday to boycott next month's presidential election run-off and vowed to disrupt voting in a repeat of their threat to derail the disputed first round.


Fewer Britons calling for Afghanistan troop withdrawal - poll

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:35 PM PDT

By Avril Ormsby


U.S. diplomat meets N.Korean official in New York

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:35 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. diplomat met on Saturday with North Korea's second-ranking official involved in stalled six-country nuclear negotiations, a move that could be a step towards reconvening the talks.


NY Mayor Bloomberg now biggest US political spender

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:35 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent more of his own money in pursuit of public office than any other individual in U.S. history, spending $85 million as of Friday on his latest re-election campaign, the New York Times reported on Saturday.


Winds shift as fire burns Puerto Rican oil depot

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 08:35 PM PDT

SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Firefighters made progress in containing a raging fire at an oil storage depot in Puerto Rico, but shifting winds threatened to bring the toxic smoke closer to populated areas, officials warned on Saturday.


Egyptian passenger trains collide, at least 15 dead

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 08:35 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Two Egyptian passenger trains collided on Saturday south of Cairo, killing at least 15 people and leaving passengers trapped in wreckage, security sources said.


President set for re-election as Tunisians vote

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 08:35 PM PDT

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisians vote on Sunday in a election almost certain to hand a new term to President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, the 73-year-old who has run the North African country for over two decades.


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