Uproar in India over mosque report

Uproar in India over mosque report
FACTBOX - PM's visit to U.S. comes with rapid trade growth
U.S. cities grapple for new jobs in economic upswing
FAA Issues Rule for Embraer Jets
KRouge trial prosecutors seek long jail term for Duch
Indian PM offers hand to Obama
Philippines declares emergency in parts of south
Obama aims to reassure Singh on U.S.-India ties (Reuters)
Afghanistan decision to come within days
Thai ex-Prime Minister Sundaravej dies
KRouge trial prosecutors want Duch jailed (AFP)
Opposition debate Australian carbon reduction laws (AP)
Australia revises carbon scheme, aids polluters
Acerbic, right-wing former Thai premier dies at 74
Philippines sends extra troops to scene of massacre
Drug-resistant bacteria on increase in U.S. - study
S'pore policeman faces graft charges
Philippines sends extra troops to scene of massacre
Militants Thrive a Year After Mumbai
UK Iraq war inquiry set to begin

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 10:42 PM PST

Inquiry into Babri Mosque's demolition indicts opposition BJP leaders, paper says.

FACTBOX - PM's visit to U.S. comes with rapid trade growth

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 10:44 PM PST

Following are key aspects of economic ties that took off with the end of the Cold War and the embrace of economic reforms by India -- an adoption of market-friendly policies in which Singh played a prominent role earlier in his career:

U.S. cities grapple for new jobs in economic upswing

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 10:44 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a depressed neighborhood in the City of Angels, hundreds of good jobs appeared to fall from the sky last week.

FAA Issues Rule for Embraer Jets

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 10:13 PM PST

Seeking to prevent some engines on Embraer regional jets from losing power in midair, U.S. aviation regulators mandated replacement of suspect electronic engine-control software on more than 250 of the planes.

KRouge trial prosecutors seek long jail term for Duch

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 07:35 PM PST

PHNOM PENH -Prosecutors called Tuesday for the former Khmer Rouge prison chief to receive a long jail term for his role in the "Killing Fields" atrocities as they delivered final arguments in his trial.

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 09:52 PM PST

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines declared a state of emergency in two southern provinces and in a nearby city on Tuesday, a day after at least 24 people were killed in election-related violence.

Obama aims to reassure Singh on U.S.-India ties (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 10:14 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama hosts Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday for talks considered critical to showing Washington's commitment to New Delhi in a region where its rivals, China and Pakistan, are U.S. priorities.

Afghanistan decision to come within days

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 09:47 PM PST

President Obama will announce within days whether he will send more troops to Afghanistan, the White House said after he and the National Security Council met.

Thai ex-Prime Minister Sundaravej dies

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 09:40 PM PST

Former Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who was ousted from office last year for appearing on television cooking shows for payment, died Tuesday.

KRouge trial prosecutors want Duch jailed (AFP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 09:43 PM PST

AFP - Prosecutors called Tuesday for the former Khmer Rouge prison chief to receive a long jail term for his role in the "Killing Fields" atrocities as they delivered final arguments in his trial.

Opposition debate Australian carbon reduction laws (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 09:26 PM PST

AP - Australia's government took a key step toward passing legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions by negotiating a compromise deal with the opposition Liberal Party, and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged lawmakers Tuesday to support the bill.

Australia revises carbon scheme, aids polluters

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 09:42 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's government will boost compensation to big carbon emitters, coal companies and electricity generators under a revised carbon-trade scheme aimed at securing vital parliamentary support in a vote this week.

Acerbic, right-wing former Thai premier dies at 74

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 09:42 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Combative veteran former Thai prime minister Samak Sundaravej died on Tuesday after a battle with cancer, his aide and hospital officials said. He was 74.

Philippines sends extra troops to scene of massacre

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 09:42 PM PST

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines sacked the provincial police chief and sent hundreds of extra troops to a southern region on Tuesday where gunmen killed at least 24 people in the worst-ever election related violence in the country.

Drug-resistant bacteria on increase in U.S. - study

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 09:42 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cases of a drug-resistant bacterial infection known as MRSA have risen by 90 percent since 1999, and they are increasingly being acquired outside hospitals, researchers reported on Tuesday.

S'pore policeman faces graft charges

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 08:31 PM PST

SINGAPORE A police sergeant was charged in court today with bribing five of his colleagues to keep mum about his misappropriating a wallet and contraband cigarettes.

Elvilin Tay Sheo Tang, 35, claimed trial to four charges of giving a S$50 (RM123) bribe