Europe gripped by snow chaos

Europe gripped by snow chaos

Europe gripped by snow chaos

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:58 PM PST

Unusually severe winter weather is continuing to disrupt life in parts of Europe.


US Senate leader makes Obama apology

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 12:40 AM PST

US Senate majority leader Harry Reid has apologised for comments he made about Barack Obama before the 2008 presidential election.


Zazi associate charged in New York bomb plot

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 12:49 AM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former high school classmate of a man accused of plotting an al Qaeda-inspired bomb attack in New York pleaded not guilty on Saturday to charges of murder conspiracy and receiving training by a terrorist organization.


Police charge two after Heathrow bomb threat

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 12:49 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - British police charged a man on Saturday over a bomb hoax that prevented a Dubai-bound Emirates airliner from taking off from London's Heathrow airport.


Zazi associate charged in New York bomb plot

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:18 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former high school classmate of a man accused of plotting an al Qaeda-inspired bomb attack in New York pleaded not guilty on Saturday to charges of murder conspiracy and receiving training by a terrorist organization.


Police charge two after Heathrow bomb threat

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:18 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - British police charged a man on Saturday over a bomb hoax that prevented a Dubai-bound Emirates airliner from taking off from London's Heathrow airport.


Togo quits soccer cup after ambush kills three

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:18 PM PST

CABINDA, Angola (Reuters) - Two members of Togo's soccer delegation died on Saturday and one was undergoing surgery, a day after the team bus was ambushed and sprayed with gunfire on its way to the African Nations Cup in Angola.


CIA bomber video calls for attacks on U.S.

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:18 PM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The suicide bomber who killed CIA agents in Afghanistan had made a video calling on militants to avenge the death of the Pakistani Taliban leader by carrying out attacks in and outside the United States, al Jazeera said.


Explosive device goes off outside Greek parliament

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:18 PM PST

ATHENS (Reuters) - An explosive device went off outside Greece's parliament in central Athens on Saturday evening, causing no injuries, police said.


US promoting census participation

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 08:43 PM PST

The US is to hold a census which ill determine how much federal money should go to each state.


Venezuela to devalue currency

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 08:42 PM PST

Venezuela will devalue its currency, the bolivar, by at least 17% against the US dollar to boost oil revenues.


Togo pressed to play on in Africa

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 08:10 PM PST

Togo look set to pull out of the Africa Cup of Nations, with the death toll following the attack on their team bus in Angola rising to three.


U.S. warns of attack threat to Sudan-Uganda flights

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 10:17 AM PST

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The United States has warned that "regional extremists" were planning an attack on Air Uganda flights between southern Sudan and Kampala.


CIA bomber video calls for attacks on U.S.

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 09:51 AM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The suicide bomber who killed CIA agents in Afghanistan had made a video calling on militants to avenge the death of the Pakistani Taliban leader by carrying out attacks in and outside the United States, al Jazeera said.


Two of Togo soccer Cup delegation die after ambush

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 09:51 AM PST

CABINDA, Angola (Reuters) - Two members of Togo's national soccer delegation died on Saturday following an ambush on the team bus as it travelled to the African Nations Cup in Angola, and their team appeared set to quit the tournament.


France urges U.N. action on Congo refugees

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 09:51 AM PST

BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) - France raised the alarm on a growing refugee crisis in the Congo Republic on Saturday, urging the United Nations to study possible help to some 100,000 people who have fled local flighting.


Indian man attacked in Australia

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 09:10 AM PST

An Indian man is in a serious condition in a Melbourne hospital after being attacked and set alight by a gang. It comes a week after an Indian graduate student was stabbed to death in the city, prompting a travel advisory from the Indian government.


Snow, freezing weather hit Europe, disrupt travel

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 08:47 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Snow and freezing weather swept parts of Europe on Saturday causing travel chaos for thousands and forecasters predicted no let-up in Britain's harshest cold snap in 30 years.


'CIA bomber' shown vowing revenge

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 08:34 AM PST

Video purportedly of a Jordanian who blew up CIA agents in Afghanistan has shown him vowing revenge for Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud's death.


Injured Berlusconi returns to work, vows tax reform

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 08:17 AM PST

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he is ready to return to work on Monday after spending four weeks recovering from an attack that broke his nose.


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