Saudi floods claim 103 lives, 1,400 rescued

Saudi floods claim 103 lives, 1,400 rescued

Saudi floods claim 103 lives, 1,400 rescued

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 12:07 AM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi emergency services said on Sunday the death toll from floods that tore through the port city of Jeddah this week had risen to 103, with another 1,400 rescued, the state news agency reported on Sunday.


Sri Lanka's war hero runs for president

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 11:41 PM PST

COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan general who oversaw the end of 25 years of war said on Sunday he will run for president, pitting himself against the man who also takes credit for the victory against Tamil Tiger rebels.


Iran speaker warns West on nuclear cooperation

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 11:41 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's parliament could move to reduce Tehran's cooperation level with the U.N. nuclear agency watchdog if the West continues to pressure the Islamic state over its nuclear programme, speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday.


Big developing countries form climate change front

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 11:07 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A clutch of major emerging economies including China and India have forged a united front to put pressure on developed countries at next month's climate change negotiations in Copenhagen.


Former guerrilla favored to win Uruguay election

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 11:07 PM PST

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - A former guerrilla fighter who was jailed for 14 years is poised on Sunday to become Uruguay's next president in a runoff vote seen as a referendum on the economic success of the country's ruling leftist coalition.


Hondurans to elect new president after June coup

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 10:51 PM PST

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Hondurans vote for a new president on Sunday in the latest chapter of a months-long political standoff triggered by a coup that has divided the United States from Latin American powers Brazil and Argentina.


ANALYSIS - White House sees progress from Chinese trip

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 10:51 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Perhaps Barack Obama's trip to China this month was not such a flop after all.


TIMELINE - Major attacks in Russia 1994-2009

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 10:51 PM PST

The 14-carriage Nevsky Express carrying nearly 700 people was jolted off the rails on Friday night on the main line between Moscow and Russia's second city, St Petersburg.


Sri Lanka's Fonseka formally announces poll bid

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 10:51 PM PST

COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan general who oversaw the end of 25 years of civil war said on Sunday he will contest the presidential election in January against President Mahinda Rajapaksa.


Q+A-Who is to blame for Russian train disaster?

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 09:45 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A bomb caused the derailment of a Russian high-speed train that killed dozens and injured 100 others, officials said on Saturday, raising fears of a new bombing campaign targeting the Russian heartland.


Namibia ruling party set to win elections

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 09:45 PM PST

WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia's ruling party SWAPO looked set to hold onto power and the head of state appeared assured of a new five-year term as polls closed on Saturday after two-day parliamentary and presidential elections.


Ferry sinks in Bangladesh

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 08:56 PM PST

A ferry capsizes in southern Bangladesh, killing 26 passengers and leaving many more missing, police say.


Russia says bomb caused deadly train crash

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 09:07 PM PST

UGLOVKA, Russia (Reuters) - A bomb caused a Russian train crash that killed dozens of people and injured 100 more, officials said on Saturday, stoking fears of an upsurge in attacks in Russia's heartland.


Geneva anti-WTO protesters smash windows, burn cars

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 09:07 PM PST

GENEVA (Reuters) - Anti-capitalism protesters smashed the windows of banks, shops and cafes in central Geneva and set cars on fire during a demonstration on Saturday against the World Trade Organisation.


Religious, secular Israelis hold opposing protests

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 09:07 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Several hundred Israelis protested in Jerusalem on Saturday against a campaign by ultra-Orthodox Jews to shutter all businesses in the city on the sabbath.


Bruised Sarkozy launches campaign for French regionals

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 09:07 PM PST

AUBERVILLIERS, France (Reuters) - Battered by a series of political setbacks, French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday launched his campaign for next year's regional elections and called for unity in his centre-right UMP party.


U.S. hopeful of breakthrough in Iraq vote deadlock

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 08:39 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraq's leaders in a series of telephone calls on Saturday to break a deadlock that has stalled preparations for an election seen as critical for U.S. troops to withdraw, U.S. officials said.


Commonwealth advances momentum for climate deal

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 08:07 PM PST

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Commonwealth nations representing one-third of the world's population threw their weight on Saturday behind accelerating efforts to clinch an "operationally binding" U.N. climate deal in Copenhagen next month.


Berlusconi not suspect in Florence Mafia bomb case

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 08:07 PM PST

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Silvio Berlusconi is not being investigated in connection with a Mafia bomb attack in Florence in 1993, a court said on Saturday after reports that he was being probed on the evidence of a mobster-turned-witness.


Ukraine reburies famine victims shot in Soviet era

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 08:07 PM PST

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - The remains of 602 people caught fleeing famine in Ukraine 60 years ago and shot by the Soviet secret police were reburied on Saturday, closing a dark chapter in the country's history.


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