Israel's Barak getting death threats, official says

Israel's Barak getting death threats, official says

Israel's Barak getting death threats, official says

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:02 AM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has received dozens of death threats from people who fear that Jewish settlements in the West Bank will be disbanded, a defence official told Reuters on Wednesday.


Japan eyes new finmin amid policy, political doubts

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:02 AM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ailing finance minister looked set on Wednesday to quit, raising bond market concern about whether a successor would hold the line on spending in the face of a fragile economy and ballooning public debt.


Latest China coal mine disaster kills 25

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:02 AM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - At least 25 miners have died in a fire at a colliery in central China and three others remain trapped, state media said on Wednesday, in the latest disaster to hit the world's most dangerous mining industry.


Yemeni forces arrest three wounded al Qaeda militants

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:02 AM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni forces have arrested three suspected al Qaeda militants who had been wounded in a raid that killed at least two members of the group on Monday, a security source said on Wednesday.


Bomb in Pakistani Kashmir kills three army cadets

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 11:28 PM PST

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb at a military school in Pakistan-ruled Kashmir killed three cadets and wounded 11 on Wednesday, police said.


Europe 'will continue to shiver'

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:30 PM PST

Europe continues to shiver as one of the coldest winters in the past century shows no sign of easing.


Swiss avalanche death toll rises

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:38 PM PST

The bodies of three more skiers have been found in Switzerland after the worst avalanche disaster in the country for more than a decade.


China policeman roasted over 110-table banquet

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:58 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese police officer faces investigation and public outrage after holding a wedding banquet for his daughter with some 110 tables of guests who scoffed down lobster and abalone, local media reported.


Japan whalers accused of sinking protesters' boat

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:28 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Anti-whaling activists accused Japanese whalers of ramming and sinking a high-tech protest boat in the frigid Southern Ocean on Wednesday, as tensions mounted over accusations of "spy flights" mounted from Australia.


FACTBOX - Possible successors to Japan Finance Minister Fujii

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:00 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan looks set to need a new finance minister, with ill health likely to force out Hirohisa Fujii, leaving Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama with a difficult choice as he struggles with a weak economy and huge public debt.


Cold snap spurs power rationing in China

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:00 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Cities across eastern and central China are rationing power for industry and urging residents to limit gas use after a wave of icy weather sent energy demand soaring while straining supplies of coal that were already tight.


Cuba protests new U.S. air security measures

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:28 PM PST

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba signaled its growing anger with the United States on Tuesday by calling in the top U.S. diplomat on the island to protest its inclusion on a list of countries whose U.S.-bound air passengers must get extra security screening.


Expect more U.S. charges vs Rajaratnam - prosecutors

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:10 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Indicted Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam faces expanded charges of insider trading and allegations that he earned $36 million in illicit profits, double the amount previously alleged, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.


Bomb in Pakistani Kashmir kills three army cadets

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:10 PM PST

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb at a military school in Pakistan-ruled Kashmir killed three cadets and wounded 11 on Wednesday, police said.


Japan Sengoku: almost no chance he will be next finmin

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 08:28 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Administrative Reform Minister Yoshito Sengoku said on Wednesday that there is almost no chance that he will replace Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii if Fujii quits his post.


Argentine teenagers run radio station

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:51 PM PST

The Argentine government has backed a radio station run by teenagers as a way of keeping people across the country in touch with each other.


U.S. presses for truth commission on Honduras crisis

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:59 PM PST

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The United States urged Honduras on Tuesday to form a unity government and establish a truth commission to investigate the country's June coup, suggesting that U.S. aid may hinge on these conditions.


'Explosive' at California airport found to be honey

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:59 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Authorities shut down a California airport on Tuesday after a suspicious amber liquid in a passenger's bag tested positive for explosives -- only to ultimately determine that the substance was honey.


Costa Rican volcano erupts after long silence

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:59 PM PST

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Costa Rica's Turrialba volcano, last active in the 19th century, erupted on Tuesday, spewing ash and steam and prompting authorities to evacuate a small number of people from its slopes.


Japan whaler "spy flights" rile Australia

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:59 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's government came under pressure from lawmakers on Wednesday to block "spy flights" launched by Japanese whalers from Australian airports to foil hardline anti-whaling activists in the Southern Ocean.


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