FACTBOX - The rocky path of U.S.-China ties in 2010

FACTBOX - The rocky path of U.S.-China ties in 2010

FACTBOX - The rocky path of U.S.-China ties in 2010

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:29 AM PST

But Chinese President Hu Jintao is due to make a formal bilateral visit to Washington later this year.


Iran test-fires satellite rocket - media

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:29 AM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran test-fired a domestically made satellite-carrier rocket on Wednesday, Iranian media said, a move that may worry Western powers who fear Tehran is seeking to build a nuclear bomb and missile delivery systems.


Taiwan wants more U.S. weapons despite latest sales

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:29 AM PST

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Far from being satisfied with a $6.4 billion arms package proposed by Washington last week, Taiwan said on Wednesday it wants more weapons, and more advanced ones at that, a move sure to further infuriate China.


US jet bomb suspect 'co-operates'

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 10:50 PM PST

The alleged Christmas day airliner bomber is now cooperating with investigators in the United States according to officials.


Germany to pay for stolen bank data

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 08:25 PM PST

Plans by Germany to pay for stolen data on tax evaders has sparked a row with Switzerland.


Bomb kills four foreigners, 3 Pakistani students

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Four foreign aid workers and three Pakistani children were killed in a bombing near a school in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, security officials and police said.


Philippine presidential race tightens - survey

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine presidential frontrunner Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino has dropped his lead over his nearest rival, a new opinion poll showed on Wednesday, pointing to a close race in the election scheduled for May.


A N.Korean life shattered by Kim Jong-il's secret

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 11:29 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters Life!) - Kim Young-soon was a celebrated dancer who moved among North Korea's elite before she was sent to prison for nine years. Her crime? Knowing a secret about the private life of heir apparent Kim Jong-il.


Iran test-fires satellite carrier - media

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 11:29 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran successfully test-fired a rocket satellite carrier on Wednesday, state media reported.


Jackson doctor 'could face charge'

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 11:05 PM PST

Michael Jackson's doctor could be charged with involuntary manslaughter, according to US media reports.


China warns against Obama-Dalai Lama meeting

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 11:01 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China warned U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday that a meeting between him and the Dalai Lama would further erode ties between the two powers, already troubled by Washington's arms sales to Taiwan.


Illinois sets race for Obama's old Senate seat

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 11:01 PM PST

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois Democrat who won his party's nomination on Tuesday to campaign for Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat struck a populist tone, attacking his Republican opponent as part of the Washington establishment.


Iran test-fires satellite carrier - state tv

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 11:01 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran successfully test-fired a satellite carrier on Wednesday, state television reported.


China "resolutely opposed" to Obama-Dalai Lama meeting

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 10:29 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it was "resolutely opposed" to any meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, saying the issue was highly sensitive.


Airplane bomb suspect said cooperating with U.S.

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 09:59 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day has provided "useful, actionable" intelligence to U.S. authorities after the FBI flew his relatives to the United States to urge him to cooperate, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.


Convicted Taiwan ex-president faces new indictment

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Prosecutors have filed new charges against former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, an advocate of formal independence from China who has already been convicted of graft and money laundering, his office said on Wednesday.


North Koreans starving after currency move - reports

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 07:59 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Koreans are starving to death and unrest is growing due to a currency revaluation last year that crippled markets and led to the sacking of a senior cadre, reports said on Wednesday.


More than half of Americans use Internet for health

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 07:59 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than half of Americans looked up health information on the Internet last year, U.S. government researchers reported on Tuesday.


U.S. missionaries see judge in Haiti child case

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 07:28 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Five of the 10 American Baptist missionaries accused of illegally trying to take children out of earthquake-shattered Haiti left their jail cells temporarily to plead their case to a judge on Tuesday.


Israel launches air strikes in Gaza

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 07:28 PM PST

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel launched air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday hitting tunnels along the border with Egypt and an abandoned airport, officials on both sides said.


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