Eritrean rebels say kill 25 government troops in attacks

Eritrean rebels say kill 25 government troops in attacks
Dozens dead in Brazil mudslides
Kidnapped French journalists in Afghanistan alive
No U.S. combat deaths in Iraq in Dec.
Music Review | Metropolitan Opera: That Daring Gypsy Strikes Again
Mayor Bloomberg Sworn In for Third Term
U.S., Britain try to shore up Yemen security
Hundreds of cars torched in France at New Year
Former hostage Moore arrives back in Britain
Brown calls global summit on Yemen
Israeli settlements 'witness boom'
Pakistan Sports-Field Blast Kills at Least 75
December first month without U.S. combat death in Iraq
Heavy Toll at Sports Event in Pakistan After Bomb Blast
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Iraq criticizes dismissal of charges in Blackwater shootings
British PM to convene international meeting on Yemen
U.S. to double security assistance to Yemen
Honduran leaders' effigies up in smoke for New Year
Your Money: For Savers, It Was Hardly a Lost Decade

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 11:55 AM PST

ZALAM BESA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Two Eritrean rebel groups said on Friday they have killed 25 government soldiers and wounded at least 38 others, in ambushes on two military camps.

Dozens dead in Brazil mudslides

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 11:49 AM PST

Heavy rain causes hillside to fall on homes and an exclusive hotel on New Years Day.

Kidnapped French journalists in Afghanistan alive

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 11:19 AM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - Two French journalists seized by insurgents this week in Afghanistan are alive and well, their employer said on Friday.

No U.S. combat deaths in Iraq in Dec.

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:39 AM PST

December was the first month since the beginning of the Iraq war in which there were no U.S. combat deaths, the U.S. military reported.

Music Review | Metropolitan Opera: That Daring Gypsy Strikes Again

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 12:18 PM PST

The Metropolitan Opera presented a gripping new production of Bizet's "Carmen" on Thursday night, ringing out 2009 with a solid success.

Mayor Bloomberg Sworn In for Third Term

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 12:34 PM PST

Michael R. Bloomberg, above after being sworn in, struck a humble tone at a ceremony on Friday to inaugurate his third term as New York City mayor.

U.S., Britain try to shore up Yemen security

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 11:30 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - The United States will more than double its security assistance for Yemen and Britain will host an international meeting this month to seek ways of preventing the poorest Arab state from becoming an al Qaeda stronghold.

Hundreds of cars torched in France at New Year

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 11:00 AM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - Youths burned 1,137 cars across France overnight as New Year's Eve celebrations once again turned violent, the French Interior Ministry said on Friday.

Former hostage Moore arrives back in Britain

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:53 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Computer programer Peter Moore, freed this week two and a half years after being taken hostage by militants in Iraq, arrived back in Britain on Friday, the Foreign Office said.

Brown calls global summit on Yemen

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:54 AM PST

UK PM wants international partners to discuss countering radicalisation in Gulf country.

Israeli settlements 'witness boom'

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:48 AM PST

Newspaper says construction continuing despite Netanyahu government's declared suspension.

Pakistan Sports-Field Blast Kills at Least 75

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 12:23 PM PST

At least 75 people were killed and scores injured in northwest Pakistan on Friday when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden vehicle on a sports ground full of people.

December first month without U.S. combat death in Iraq

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:13 AM PST

BAGHDAD -- No Americans died in combat in Iraq in December, a milestone for the U.S. military, the top U.S. commander in the country said Friday.

Heavy Toll at Sports Event in Pakistan After Bomb Blast

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 12:12 PM PST

A suicide bomber targeted a gathering of civilian families, killing as many as 60, in a village militants had threatened in recent weeks in retaliation for attempts to organize against the Taliban.

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:53 AM PST

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Iraq criticizes dismissal of charges in Blackwater shootings

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 08:38 AM PST

The Iraqi government on Friday criticized the dismissal of charges against five Blackwater security guards, saying they murdered 17 innocent civilians.

British PM to convene international meeting on Yemen

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 09:11 AM PST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for an international meeting January 28 to discuss how to counter radicalization in Yemen, his office at 10 Downing Street said Friday.

U.S. to double security assistance to Yemen

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 09:26 AM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. military commander said on Friday the United States will more than double its nearly $70 million security assistance program for Yemen, where a crackdown is underway on al Qaeda militants believed to be behind a failed plot to blow up a U.S. airliner.

Honduran leaders' effigies up in smoke for New Year

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 09:08 AM PST

GERMANIA, Honduras (Reuters) - The main players in Honduras' dramatic 2009 coup went up in smoke on Friday as one village said good riddance to a difficult year.