Obama to address gay rights group

Obama to address gay rights group

Obama to address gay rights group

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 12:34 AM PDT

President Barack Obama will address the largest gay rights group in the US on Saturday night.


Four gunmen dead in attack on Pakistani army HQ

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 12:38 AM PDT

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani soldiers killed all four gunmen who attacked the tightly guarded army headquarters in the city of Rawalpindi on Saturday, military officials said.


China says North Korea wants better US, Japan, Seoul ties

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 12:07 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea wants better ties with the United States, Japan and South Korea, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday, days after he visited Pyongyang for talks, adding that time for making progress was limited.


Suspected militants attack Pakistani army HQ

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 12:07 AM PDT

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suspected militants attacked Pakistan's tightly guarded army headquarters on Saturday, opening fire and throwing a grenade at a main gate, security officials and media said.


China to cut aviation fuel prices from Sunday

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 11:36 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will cut the price of aviation fuel from Sunday, the National Development and Reform Commission said.


Firing outside Pakistani army HQ - officials

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 11:36 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Soldiers guarding Pakistan's army headquarters opened fire at a suspected suicide bomber in a vehicle on Saturday, a security official and media said.


Bomb in Chechnya kills policeman, injures 14

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 11:36 PM PDT

GROZNY (Reuters) - A policeman was killed in a bomb attack in the Chechen capital Grozny late on Friday that also injured 14 people, a local law enforcement official said.


East Asia powers show united front on N.Korea, economy

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 11:06 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea wants better ties with the United States, Japan and South Korea, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told East Asian neighbours at a summit that focused on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and regional economic integration.


Bomb in Chechnya kills one, injures 14 -agencies

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 11:06 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A policeman was killed in a bomb attack in the Chechen capital Grozny late on Friday that also injured 14 people, Russian news agencies reported.


China says N.Korea wants better US, Japan, Seoul ties

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:38 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea wants better ties with the United States, Japan and South Korea, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday, days after he visited Pyongyang for talks, adding that time for making progress was limited.


US school swine flu event shows vaccine challenge

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:38 PM PDT

LANDOVER, Maryland (Reuters) - A U.S. government media event to promote H1N1 school vaccinations on Friday included VIPs, cute kids and a phalanx of television cameras -- but only one in five children at the school had proper parental consent to get immunized.


Dutch gov't aims to flood land for Antwerp port plan

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:38 PM PDT

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government approved a plan on Friday to flood a patch of reclaimed land by breaching dikes to compensate nature for planned work to deepen a river estuary route to the Belgian port of Antwerp.


EU's Barroso - "very worried" about climate talks

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:05 PM PDT

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Friday he was very worried about global climate talks with less than two months left until governments are due to meet in Denmark to try to seal a deal.


US school swine flu event shows vaccine challenge

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:05 PM PDT

LANDOVER, Maryland (Reuters) - A U.S. government media event to promote H1N1 school vaccinations on Friday included VIPs, cute kids and a phalanx of television cameras -- but only one in five children at the school had proper parental consent to get immunized.


Ex-WTO chief "mildly optimistic" on Doha round

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:05 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It may take another world economic downturn to persuade everyone, but there is still a chance the long-running Doha round of world trade talks can be completed, a former WTO head said on Friday.


Two die at US spiritual retreat

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 09:10 PM PDT

Two people have died and 19 others were taken to hospital after being overcome while in a sauna-like room at a spiritual retreat in Arizona.


Brazil TV host turns himself in

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 09:09 PM PDT

A Brazilian TV presenter accused of ordering killings to boost his programme's ratings has turned himself in to police after going on the run.


Turkey prepares for historic peace

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 09:13 PM PDT

Turkey and Armenia are preparing to sign a historic agreement normalising relations between them after a century of hostility.


Armenia to sign historic accord

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 09:11 PM PDT

Turkey and Armenia are preparing to sign a historic agreement normalising relations between them after a century of hostility.


Q+A - Is it the Nobel "Peace" or "Political" prize?

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 09:34 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to President Barack Obama, the third prominent U.S. Democrat to win recently, only seemed to reinforce an impression the prize can be as much about politics as about peace.


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