Hillary Clinton visits Pakistan in bid to improve relations

Hillary Clinton visits Pakistan in bid to improve relations

Hillary Clinton visits Pakistan in bid to improve relations

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday for a three-day visit aimed at quelling rising anti-Americanism and convincing Pakistanis that the United States wants a relationship based on more than counterterrorism.


Clinton in Pakistan to rewrite relations

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 09:29 PM PDT

The U.S. secretary of state arrived Wednesday in nuclear-armed Pakistan, a country hit hard by terrorism, economic crisis and rising sentiment that it is paying too high a price for its partnership with the United States in fighting extremists.

Mom: Video shows hikers' 'harmless' outing

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:45 PM PDT

On Tuesday, the counter at the Web site Free the Hikers was at 88 days.

Nazi hit man goes on trial in Germany (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:15 PM PDT

FILE - Heinrich Boere is seen in front of his house, in Eschweiler, Germany in this 2003 file photo. Boere admitted gunning down three men as part of a Waffen SS death squad - civilians killed in retribution for partisan attacks in Holland, as the tide of World War II turned against the Nazis - but has managed to avoid punishment for more than six decades. On Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 he faces trial in Germany, charged with killing a bicycle-shop owner, a pharmacist and another civilian. (AP Photo/ Eric Brinkhorst, File)AP - Nazi hit man Heinrich Boere goes on trial Wednesday for the execution-style killings of three Dutch civilians during World War II.

Clinton applauds Pakistan for taking on militants (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:38 PM PDT

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton opened a three-day visit to Pakistan on Wednesday, praising the government for pressing a high-risk military offensive against extremist forces in a volatile region near the Afghan border.


Once seen as spies, Taiwan eases China media curbs

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 09:45 PM PDT

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has relaxed rules for Chinese media, long regarded as spy organizations for the Communist government, as relations warm between the two long-time political rivals, officials said on Wednesday.

Clinton, in Pakistan, promises new page in ties

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday promising a new page in relations and several civilian investment deals.


U.S. calls for lasting military dialogue with China

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates called for lasting dialogue with China's military after years of "on-again, off-again" talks as he welcomed a top Chinese general to the Pentagon on Tuesday.


Four U.N. staff killed in Kabul; blasts rock hotel

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Four U.N. staff were killed when Taliban militants attacked an international guest house in Kabul on Wednesday while a rocket was fired at a foreign-owned hotel in the Afghan capital, forcing 100 guests into an underground bunker.


FACTBOX - Deciphering the jargon in the climate debate

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

Here are some terms being thrown around in the climate debate.


U.S. Senate healthcare bill draws skeptics, opponents

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A healthcare reform bill with a government-run insurance option faced an uncertain future in the Senate on Tuesday, with many centrist Democrats uncommitted and Senator Joe Lieberman strongly opposed.


Reuters Summit - PM: "Don't worry" over Egypt succession

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's prime minister said on Tuesday it was still too early to expect President Hosni Mubarak to decide whether to run again for president in a 2011 election.


Gunmen wound seven in Athens attack - Greek police

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Two gunmen on a motorcycle launched an attack outside a police station in Athens on Tuesday, wounding six Greek police officers and a passer-by, police said.


U.S., Cuban scientists plan joint Gulf research

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - U.S., Cuban and Mexican scientists have drawn up plans for joint research in the Gulf of Mexico, in another sign of improvement in long-hostile U.S.-Cuba relations.


Colombia, U.S. sign defense pact this week - minister

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Colombia will sign a controversial security pact with the United States to enhance its war on "narcoterrorism" by the end of the week, Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said on Tuesday.


Rescued boatpeople will not land in Australia - govt

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia insisted on Wednesday that 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers rescued by one of its customs ship would not be brought to Australia, despite media reports that Indonesian officials had refuse to accept the boatpeople.


U.N. assembly to debate Goldstone report on Gaza war

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly plans to debate as early as next week a U.N. report accusing Israel and Hamas militants of war crimes during the recent conflict in the Gaza Strip, diplomats said on Tuesday.


Obama: financial regulation bill urgent, crucial

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that a new financial regulation bill introduced by fellow Democrats was urgent and crucial to prevent excessive risk-taking by big financial firms.


EU to back split of UK's Northern Rock: reports (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 09:37 PM PDT

A branch of bank Northern Rock is pictured in London in mid January. Once Britain's fifth-biggest home loan provider, Northern Rock faced potential collapse in September 2007 as banks tightened lending criteria amid uncertainty over exposure to the collapsed US subprime home loan sector.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The European Commission is expected to approve plans to break up and sell nationalised British bank Northern Rock in the wake of the financial crisis, reports said Wednesday.

Six foreigners killed in Kabul attack: Afghan official (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 09:52 PM PDT

File photo shows an soldier keeping watch at a check point in Kabul. Six foreigners have been killed and another five wounded in an attack on a Kabul guesthouse used by staff of the United Nations, an Afghan official said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Six foreigners have been killed and another five wounded in an attack on a Kabul guesthouse used by staff of the United Nations, an Afghan official said Wednesday.
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