Philippines says lifting martial law in south

Philippines says lifting martial law in south

Philippines says lifting martial law in south

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 01:16 AM PST

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will lift martial law imposed in the southern province of Maguindanao on Saturday night, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said.


Iran needs up to 15 nuclear plants - foreign minister

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 01:16 AM PST

MANAMA (Reuters) - Iran needs up to 15 nuclear plants to generate electricity, its foreign minister said on Saturday, underlining Tehran's determination to press ahead with work the West suspects is aimed at making bombs.


Blair 'right to remove' Saddam

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 12:40 AM PST

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he would still have invaded Iraq even if he had known Saddam Hussein did not hold weapons of mass destruction.


Argentina tries 'Angel of Death'

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 08:30 PM PST

An ex-navy captain dubbed the Blond Angel of Death has gone on trial in Argentina with 18 others for kidnap and torture during military rule.


Philippine hostage crisis drags on, two freed

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 09:47 PM PST

PROSPERIDAD, Philippines (Reuters) - Filipino bandits demanding murder charges against them be dropped freed two more hostages on Saturday but continued to hold 46 others in a mountain forest, negotiators said.


Australians walk to pressure Copenhagen on climate change

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 09:47 PM PST

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Thousands took to the streets of Australia's main cities on Saturday at the start of an international day of action to pressure the U.N. conference in Copenhagen for strong action on climate change, organisers said.


Israeli minister: no real "freeze" on settlement

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 08:15 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The population of Jewish settlements in the West Bank could grow by 10,000 in the coming year despite a declared "freeze" on Israeli building in the occupied territory, an Israeli Cabinet minister has said.


Woods taking break from golf, admits infidelity

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 08:15 PM PST

MIAMI (Reuters) - Tiger Woods said on Friday he would take an indefinite break from professional golf, admitting he cheated on his wife and bowing to the pressure of two weeks of frenzied media scrutiny of his private life.


UK's Blair says Saddam ouster right, without WMDs

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 07:15 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Former British prime minister Tony Blair believes it was right to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power even though no weapons of mass destruction were ever found.


U.S. envoy for North Korea says patience needed

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 07:15 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - The U.S. envoy to North Korea said patience is needed in seeking the resumption of nuclear disarmament talks with the isolated state following his visit there this week.


Woods taking break from golf, admits infidelity

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 07:15 PM PST

MIAMI (Reuters) - Tiger Woods said on Friday he would take an indefinite break from professional golf and acknowledged marital infidelity and the pain he had caused his family.


China detains more than 3,000 in porn crackdown

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 07:15 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have detained some 3,470 people so far this year during a crackdown on online pornography and closed thousands of pornographic websites, state media said on Saturday.


Tiger Woods taking 'indefinite break' from golf

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 05:10 PM PST

MIAMI (Reuters) - Tiger Woods said on Friday he would take an "indefinite break" from professional golf, acknowledging the disappointment and hurt his "infidelity" had caused his family.


'No Knox DNA' in Kercher's room

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 03:50 PM PST

The father of Amanda Knox, found guilty last week of killing Briton Meredith Kercher in Italy, has claimed there is not one bit of his daughter's DNA in the room where Miss Kercher was found.


Gates, EU leaders say Iran to face new sanctions

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday he expected the international community to impose significant additional sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme.


Drone strike believed to kill senior al Qaeda plotter

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan is believed to have killed a senior al Qaeda leader responsible for plotting attacks beyond the Afghan-Pakistan region, a U.S. counter-terrorism official said on Friday.


Experimental drug kills breast cancer stem cells

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An experimental drug was effective at killing breast cancer stem cells -- a kind of master cancer cell that resists chemotherapy, U.S. researchers said on Friday.


Anger over West Bank foods labels

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 02:42 PM PST

Israel has said it was "extremely disappointed" at plans for UK food labels to distinguish between goods from Palestinians in the occupied territories and produce from Israeli settlements.


U.S. warns Iran of consequences over nuclear program

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 03:04 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Friday joined European Union leaders in warning Iran that it will face consequences if it does not bring its nuclear program into U.N. compliance.


Draft deal gives lift to flagging climate talks

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 03:04 PM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A draft climate pact unveiled on Friday revived hopes that U.N. talks might be able to pin down an international deal to fight global warming, but developing nations said they needed more cash from the rich.


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