Calls grow for Kenya riot justice

Calls grow for Kenya riot justice

Calls grow for Kenya riot justice

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 10:33 PM PST

A prosecutor from the International Criminal Court is due to arrive in Kenya to urge justice for those killed in 2007's post-election violence.


Sri Lanka's hopes for children

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 10:35 PM PST

Children from Sri Lanka's various ethnic groups, separated by decades of war, have been brought together for a series of events promoting reconciliation.


Afghan strategy 'will not change'

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 10:30 PM PST

Nato forces in Afghanistan will continue to train more Afghan police and soldiers, the US Defence department has said.


US officers 'failed Dugard'

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 08:43 PM PST

Parole officers interviewed the man accused of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard some 60 times without realising anything was wrong, a report has said.


CIA guilty in Italy rendition case

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 08:41 PM PST

An Italian court has convicted 23 US officials in absentia of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric under the process of extraordinary rendition.


GM plans to cut 10,000 Opel jobs

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:02 PM PST

General Motors (GM) has confirmed that it plans to cut 10,000 jobs across its European car unit Opel, which includes the Vauxhall brand in the UK.


U.S. urges Karzai to make corruption arrests

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 01:41 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States wants Afghan President Hamid Karzai to arrest and prosecute corrupt government officials and take other concrete measures to shore up his legitimacy, the top U.S. military officer said on Wednesday, suggesting such steps were key to a troop increase.


ANALYSIS - Zelaya stumbles in bid to lead Honduras again

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 01:41 PM PST

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya may have jeopardized his bid to return to power by agreeing to a U.S.-brokered pact to end a four-month political crisis because the deal contains no guarantees for him.


S.Korea, Panama, Colombia eye US trade votes by mid-2010

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 01:41 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korean, Colombian and Panamanian officials said on Wednesday they hoped for U.S congressional approval of pending free trade agreements by the middle of 2010.


France's Chirac says ready to stand trial

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 01:04 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Jacques Chirac said he was ready to appear in court over accusations of embezzlement during his time as mayor of Paris and was determined to clear his name.


Israelis 'seize Iran arms ship'

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 12:33 PM PST

Israel's navy has seized a cargo ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of weapons which it says was destined for Hezbollah in Lebanon.


Clinton: Israel settlement activity illegitimate

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 12:37 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - The United States does not accept Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land but believes resuming peace talks is the best way to curb them, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.


U.N. assembly set to call for probes of Gaza war

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 12:04 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly debated on Wednesday a resolution that would call on Israel and the Palestinians to investigate charges of war crimes during the Gaza war detailed in a report that has infuriated Israel.


Fire out at Silver Eagle Utah refinery

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 12:04 PM PST

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A fire at the 10,250 barrel-per-day Silver Eagle refinery near Salt Lake City, Utah, was extinguished late Wednesday morning, according to a fire department official.


More defendants may be added in Galleon case - SEC

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 11:43 AM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - More defendants may be added to the insider-trading case involving the hedge fund firm Galleon Group, a lawyer for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday.


Poor urge deep climate cuts; U.N. says out of reach

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 11:43 AM PST

BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Developing countries said on Wednesday they risked "total destruction" unless the rich stepped up the fight against climate change to a level that even the United Nations says is out of reach.


Italy convicts former CIA agents in rendition trial

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 11:43 AM PST

MILAN/ROME (Reuters) - An Italian judge sentenced 23 Americans to up to eight years in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric, in a symbolic condemnation of the CIA "rendition" flights used by the former U.S. government.


Mousavi supporters clash with police in Tehran

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 11:43 AM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Police clashed with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in Tehran on Wednesday when a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy turned violent.


ANALYSIS - Romanian vote looks set to prompt aid delay

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 11:43 AM PST

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - The Romanian opposition's rejection of a new cabinet on Wednesday will likely prompt the IMF to hold back a badly-needed aid package, as politicians are unlikely to approve a budget before a deadline next month.


More defendants may be added in Galleon case-SEC

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 10:42 AM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - More defendants may be added to the insider-trading case involving the hedge fund firm Galleon Group, a lawyer for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday.


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