Hacker to appeal over extradition

Hacker to appeal over extradition

Hacker to appeal over extradition

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 08:51 PM PST

A British computer hacker faces being tried in the US after requests to block his extradition were refused by the Home Office. Gary McKinnon, who has Asperger's syndrome, is accused of breaking into US military computers.


Commonwealth leaders target climate

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 11:15 PM PST

The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting , which takes place every two years, begins in Trinidad and Tobago later.


Polanski bail application approved

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 08:52 PM PST

Roman Polanski's application for bail has been approved and the film director will soon be released from jail in Switzerland.


Australian binge drinking concerns

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 11:05 PM PST

It is Schoolies week in Australia - when teenagers celebrate the end of exams by heading to beach parties.


China AIDS sufferers face widespread discrimination - U.N.

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 11:19 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - People in China living with HIV and AIDS face widespread discrimination and stigma, with even medical workers sometimes refusing to touch them, according to a U.N. survey released on Friday.


EXCLUSIVE - China gives safety approval to GMO rice

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 11:19 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China, the world's largest rice producer and consumer, has approved a locally-developed strain of genetically-modified rice, paving the way for large-scale production in 2 to 3 years, Chinese scientists said on Friday.


U.S. shoppers hit Black Friday sales with pared budgets

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 11:19 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans headed to department stores in droves in the dead of night on Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season, though many said they had pared back how much they would spend on family members and on themselves.


Swiss vote to 'ban' minarets

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:48 PM PST

Swiss voters will decide on a proposal which would ban the building of minarets. It's backed by Switzerland's most popular political party, the right wing Swiss People's Party, which claims allowing minarets would be a step towards Islamisation.


Cuba begins war games with U.S. invasion in mind

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 07:54 PM PST

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba began its biggest military maneuvers in five years on Thursday, saying they were needed to prepare for a possible invasion by the United States.


China executes 2 men for abducting, selling children

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 05:02 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China executed two men who abducted and sold children, some of whom still cannot find their parents, the official news agency said, reflecting growing public anger over the grim trade.


Britain will oppose Sri Lanka hosting talks

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 05:02 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will oppose Sri Lanka hosting the next Commonwealth summit because of concerns over its conduct of the war against Tamil fighters and its treatment of refugees, a government source said on Friday.


Rich must aid poor more on climate - Brazil,France

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 04:22 PM PST

MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - The presidents of France and Brazil said on Thursday that rich countries must immediately boost aid for developing nations to fight global warming if they want to reach a climate accord in Copenhagen next month.


Putin seeks energy, car deals on visit to France

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 04:22 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will offer French firms a bigger role in major energy projects at talks on Friday while clinching Renault's support to save Soviet-era indebted car giant AvtoVAZ.


Canada's Afghan whistleblower mistaken - ex-boss

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 04:22 PM PST

OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian diplomat who says officials ignored his warnings about the abuse of detainees handed over to Afghan authorities was mistaken, the man's former boss told a Parliamentary committee on Thursday.


Under pressure, Canada PM to attend climate talks

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:22 PM PST

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, whose government is often criticized for dragging its feet on global warming, will attend U.N. talks next month in Copenhagen designed to find a successor to the Kyoto climate change protocol.


Cuba conducts war games with U.S. invasion in mind

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:22 PM PST

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba began its biggest military maneuvers in five years on Thursday, saying they were needed to prepare for a possible invasion by the United States.


Britain will not stop hacker's extradition to U.S.

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:22 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - British Home Secretary Alan Johnson said on Thursday he cannot stop the extradition of a Briton wanted in the United States for hacking into NASA and Pentagon computers.


PENPIX - Presidential hopefuls aim to lead coup-hit Honduras

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 02:22 PM PST

Zelaya, who snuck back into Honduras in September and took refuge in the Brazilian embassy, says the election is illegitimate and the Organization of American States has refused to send international observers to the ballot boxes.


Israel dismisses Palestinian rejection of freeze

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 01:17 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's foreign minister on Thursday shrugged off the Palestinian dismissal of a 10-month moratorium on some building in West Bank settlements, saying winning international support was more important.


PREVIEW - Honduras to vote for new president amid coup crisis

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 01:17 PM PST

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras chooses a new president on Sunday in an election that may defuse a crisis caused by a coup against President Manuel Zelaya, but the vote is splitting Washington and Latin America.


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