Under siege

Under siege
Honduras' Micheletti lifts media, social curbs
Somali pirates free Turkish ship after ransom
City Room: U.S. Won’t Seek Death for Ex-Detainee
U.N. chief, Gorbachev call for end to nuclear arms
Nuclear shift
Reprieve After a Botched Execution
Freeze top public pay - Darling
The Puppy Diaries: Insurance, When the Patient Is a Pet
Police guard holy site after Jerusalem riots
Teen inventor's windmills power African village
Abbas cabinet says will confront Israel
U.S. Biologists Win Medicine Nobel
Live text - Monday football
Honduras leader annuls restrictions
Oxfam: drought threatens 6.2 million Ethiopians
Funeral Bomber Kills 6 in Iraq
Suicide bomber hits Iraq funeral
Tories plan tax cut for new firms
Bridge plunge kills teenage girls

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:42 PM PDT

John Simpson visits China's restive Xinjiang province

Honduras' Micheletti lifts media, social curbs

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:14 PM PDT

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti lifted an emergency decree on Monday that had suspended some civil liberties and shut two media outlets loyal to ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

Somali pirates free Turkish ship after ransom

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:09 PM PDT

BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali pirates freed a Turkish ship on Monday after a pirate source said the hijackers received a $1.5 million ransom.

City Room: U.S. Won’t Seek Death for Ex-Detainee

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:38 PM PDT

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a suspected Qaeda militant, was ordered by President Obama to face trial in a civilian court in New York.

U.N. chief, Gorbachev call for end to nuclear arms

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 11:26 AM PDT

GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Monday for world leaders to display political will to work toward genuine reductions and an eventual ban of nuclear weapons.

Nuclear shift

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 08:47 AM PDT

A change of heart or delaying tactics by Iran?

Reprieve After a Botched Execution

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 11:41 AM PDT

Lawrence R. Reynolds Jr. won a stay of execution because Ohio was unable to carry out the execution of another prisoner three weeks ago.

Freeze top public pay - Darling

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:37 PM PDT

Chancellor Alistair Darling announces a pay freeze on senior civil servants, NHS managers and GPs.

The Puppy Diaries: Insurance, When the Patient Is a Pet

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:39 PM PDT

As with humans, pet insurance programs are complex.

Police guard holy site after Jerusalem riots

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 09:22 AM PDT

Police were out in force at one of Jerusalem's holiest sites Monday, one day after 150 Palestinians rioted there. Authorities contained tensions at the site, which is known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as Haram Al-Sharif.

Teen inventor's windmills power African village

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 10:09 AM PDT

William Kamkwamba dreamed of powering his village with the only resource that was freely available to him.

Abbas cabinet says will confront Israel

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 11:43 AM PDT

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Western-backed Palestinian government pledged on Monday "to confront Israel" as Israeli troops clashed with protesters for a second day in the Jerusalem area.

U.S. Biologists Win Medicine Nobel

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 10:43 AM PDT

Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak won the Nobel Prize in medicine for research that has implications for cancer and aging research.

Live text - Monday football

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 11:14 AM PDT

Aston Villa entertain Manchester City, as ex-Villa captain Gareth Barry returns to his former club.

Honduras leader annuls restrictions

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:37 PM PDT

Roberto Micheletti cancels decree limiting freedom of speech, assembly and movement.

Oxfam: drought threatens 6.2 million Ethiopians

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 10:21 AM PDT

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - As many as 6.2 million Ethiopians need emergency humanitarian assistance due to severe drought, an official from the Oxfam charity said on Monday.