Credit cards implicate Mossad in Dubai hit - report

Credit cards implicate Mossad in Dubai hit - report

Credit cards implicate Mossad in Dubai hit - report

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 12:46 AM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - New evidence incriminating Israel's spy agency in the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai includes credit card payments and phone calls made by suspects, an Arabic-language daily reported on Saturday.


Dutch government falls over Afghan troop mission

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 12:11 AM PST

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's coalition government collapsed on Saturday when the two largest parties failed to agree on whether to withdraw troops from Afghanistan this year as planned.


Dutch government falls over Afghan troop mission

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 11:11 PM PST

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's coalition government collapsed on Saturday when the two largest parties failed to agree on whether to withdraw troops from Afghanistan this year as planned.


WMDs not reason for Iraq war, UK's Brown says

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 11:11 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq not because of its military threat but because of its repeated failure to comply with international obligations.


Russia "very alarmed" at Iranian nuclear stance

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 11:11 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday it was "very alarmed" by Iran's failure to cooperate with the IAEA, after the U.N. nuclear agency said it feared Tehran might be working to develop a nuclear missile.


FACTBOX - Collapse of Dutch government, what opinion polls say

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:10 PM PST

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch coalition government collapsed on Saturday, two days before its third anniversary, in a dispute over extending the country's NATO mission in Afghanistan.


Dutch cabinet collapses over Afghanistan - media

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 08:10 PM PST

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch coalition government collapsed on Saturday when the two largest parties failed to agree on whether to withdraw troops from Afghanistan as planned this year, Dutch media reported.


Dozens die in Morocco minaret collapse

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 06:03 PM PST

At least 36 people were killed in Morocco when a minaret collapsed at a mosque in the central town of Meknes, officials say.


Shuttle leaves station as NASA plans last flights

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 05:54 PM PST

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour sailed away from the International Space Station on Friday after delivering a final connecting hub and an observation deck, completing U.S. assembly of the orbital complex.


Haiti quake survivors fight over shelter materials

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:46 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian earthquake victims traded blows and wrestled on Friday over plastic shelter materials being urgently distributed by authorities to improve flimsy survivors' camps before the onset of rains.


Bush lawyers criticized on interrogation advice

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:46 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Bush administration lawyers who authorized harsh interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects used poor judgment but will not face punishment, according to a U.S. Justice Department report released on Friday.


U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon condemns coup in Niger

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:09 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday condemned a coup in Niger and called on the new authorities to make good on promises to restore constitutional order.


Bush lawyers criticized on interrogation advice

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 03:49 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Bush administration lawyers who authorized harsh interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects used poor judgment but will not face punishment, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday in summarizing a lengthy ethics report.


Falklands drilling 'to go ahead'

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:57 PM PST

Drilling for oil off the coast of the Falkland Islands will begin next week despite opposition from Argentina, the government there has said.


Haiti judge to visit Dominican Rep in Americans case

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:56 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Two U.S. missionaries under investigation in Haiti on child kidnapping charges will remain in jail while a Haitian judge checks their testimony that they wanted to set up an orphanage in neighbouring Dominican Republic, the judge said on Friday.


New passports set for Britons in Dubai assassination

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:56 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Britain has offered new passports to six citizens whose identities were used by suspects in a Dubai assassination, to spare the Britons from inadvertent arrest under an Interpol alert, an official said on Friday.


U.S. calls for release of jailed contractor in Cuba

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:56 PM PST

HAVANA (Reuters) - U.S. negotiators called for the immediate release of an American contractor jailed in Havana, during talks on Friday with Cuban officials about migration issues, a U.S. State Department spokesman said in a statement.


ICC finds crimes against humanity in Guinea

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:56 PM PST

CONAKRY (Reuters) - An International Criminal Court inquiry has found it is likely that crimes against humanity were committed during a bloody crackdown on protesters in Guinea last year, the ICC's deputy prosecutor said on Friday.


Moroccan mosque minaret collapses, kills 38

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:56 PM PST

RABAT (Reuters) - A four centuries-old mosque minaret collapsed in Morocco on Friday, killing at least 38 people and injuring more than 70 worshippers, hospital officials and witnesses said.


Israel barrier protest anniversary

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:02 PM PST

Palestinians in the West Bank village of Bil'in have marked the fifth anniversary of their first protests against the barrier Israel has built on their doorstep.


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