Pakistan trial of Mumbai attack suspects delayed

Pakistan trial of Mumbai attack suspects delayed

Pakistan trial of Mumbai attack suspects delayed

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 12:44 AM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A trial of seven Pakistanis suspected in last year's attacks on Mumbai was delayed after lawyers went on strike on Saturday to protest against a militant attack near Pakistan's military headquarters.


FACTBOX - Pakistani suspects on trial for Mumbai attacks

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 12:44 AM PST

REUTERS - A trial of seven Pakistanis suspected in last year's attacks on Mumbai was delayed after lawyers went on strike on Saturday to protest against a militant attack near Pakistan's military headquarters.


Footage captures start of blaze

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 12:13 AM PST

A cameraman captured the beginning of a blaze in a Russian nightclub which killed at least 101 people.


Aftermath of Peshawar bomb attack

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 12:25 AM PST

At least three people are reported to have been killed in a bomb attack in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.


Bomb explodes in Pakistani city Peshawar

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 12:09 AM PST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb exploded near a fast food restaurant in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Saturday, police said, a day after a brazen attack by militants near the country's military headquarters.


Dozens of militants attack Pakistan army checkpoint

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 11:48 PM PST

WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Up to 40 militants have attacked an army checkpoint, killing one soldier, a security official said on Saturday, after suicide bombers and gunmen killed dozens at a mosque near Pakistan's military headquarters.


Explosion hits Pakistan's Peshawar

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 11:48 PM PST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday, but there was no immediate word on casualties, a police official said.


Two guilty of Kercher murder

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:40 PM PST

American student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend have been found guilty of the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher in the Italian town of Perugia.


Indonesia probes nightclub fire after 20 killed

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 11:08 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities were investigating the cause of a fire that ripped through a karaoke bar in the country's third-biggest city of Medan killing 20 people, police said on Saturday.


Philippines imposes martial law in massacre province

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:43 PM PST

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (Reuters) - The military chief in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao took over as local governor after martial law was imposed on Saturday, following the country's worst election-related crime last month.


U.N. panel rejects China windfarms, lifts suspension

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:43 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - A United Nations climate panel on Friday blocked carbon financing for around 10 Chinese wind farms over concerns about whether they are financially viable without receiving carbon offsets, the panel said.


Texas refinery explosion kills 1, injures 2

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:43 PM PST

HOUSTON (Reuters) - One person was killed and two injured in a Friday night explosion at Valero Energy Corp's refinery in Texas City, Texas, according to a city official.


Texas refinery explosion kills 1, injures 2 -official

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:08 PM PST

HOUSTON (Reuters) - One person was killed and two injured in a Friday night explosion at Valero Energy Corp's refinery in Texas City, Texas, according to the city's emergency manager.


Roman Polanksi allowed home

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:10 PM PST

Film director Roman Polanksi - who is fighting extradition to the US over a 1977 case of unlawful sex with a minor - has started his house arrest at his Swiss home in the resort of Gstaad.


Climate change e-mail inquiry

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:11 PM PST

UN experts are about to investigate allegations that British scientists manipulated data on global warming to strengthen the argument that it is man-made.


Hospitalised Thai King makes rare public appearance

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:39 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's aging monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, appeared in public for the first time in more than a month on Saturday ahead of a royal ceremony to mark his 82nd birthday.


FACTBOX - Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:39 PM PST

Thousands of Thais have been flocking daily to Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital to pray for the revered monarch, admitted on Sept. 19 suffering from fever and lung inflammation.


SNAP ANALYSIS - Obama's Copenhagen switch shows climate commitment

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 08:54 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to attend U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen at the end of the process rather than the beginning shows the White House is serious about pursuing a deal to curb global warming.


Firework blaze in Russian club kills at least 101

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 08:54 PM PST

PERM, Russia (Reuters) - A blaze sparked by an indoor firework show ripped through a crowded Russian nightclub on Friday, killing at least 101 and injuring 134 as revellers stampeded for the exits, the Emergencies Ministry said.


Twelve die in drug war shootouts in Mexico

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 08:08 PM PST

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed in related gun battles in northern Mexico on Friday, one of the highest death tolls from a clash in the country's drug war in recent months.


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