Saudi man funded Indonesian militants, trial hears

Saudi man funded Indonesian militants, trial hears

Saudi man funded Indonesian militants, trial hears

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 12:33 AM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A Saudi man gave funds to an Indonesian militant group which carried out suicide bomb attacks on two luxury hotels in Jakarta last year, prosecutors told an Indonesian court on Wednesday.


Seven Turkish officers charged over coup plot

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 12:33 AM PST

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court charged seven senior military officers on Wednesday in an alleged plot to topple the Islamist-rooted government, a move that is likely to further rile financial markets.


Japan verifies secret nuclear pact with U.S. - Nikkei

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 11:33 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has verified the existence of a 1969 agreement with the United States that would allow Washington to deploy nuclear weapons in southern Japan in the event of an emergency, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday.


Thai "red shirts" set mass anti-govt rally for March

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 11:33 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's anti-government "red shirts" on Wednesday announced plans to hold mass rallies from mid-March in a bid to force the dissolution of parliament and new elections.


China envoy says deep divides threaten climate talks

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 11:04 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Rich and developing countries have little hope of overcoming key disagreements over how to fight global warming, China's climate change ambassador said on Wednesday, warning of a year of troubled negotiations.


Thai "red shirts" plan mass Bangkok rally March 12

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 11:04 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's anti-government "red shirts" on Wednesday announced plans to hold a mass rally in Bangkok from March 12 in a bid to force the dissolution of parliament and new elections.


U.S. Millennials: tattooed, plugged in, open minded

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 11:04 PM PST

DALLAS (Reuters Life!) - If you sport a tattoo, voted for Barack Obama, and have a profile on a social networking site, then chances are you are one of the 50 million Americans dubbed the "Millennial" generation.


Greece steeled for 24-hour strike

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 10:49 PM PST

As many as two million people in Greece are to hold a 24-hour strike against austerity measures.


Iraq's March 7 poll could bring peace or chaos

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 10:33 PM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq holds a parliamentary election on March 7 that could set it on a path to peace and prosperity or bring back the bloody sectarian chaos of the years that followed the U.S. invasion of 2003.


Indonesian landslide death toll, number of missing rise

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 10:33 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - About 60 people are missing and six dead have been found after a landslide at a tea plantation in Indonesia's West Java province, a disaster relief agency official said on Wednesday, as the military searched for survivors.


FACTBOX - Possible prime minister in new Iraqi government?

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 10:33 PM PST

The following are political figures who have been mentioned as possible prime ministerial hopefuls:


FACTBOX - The main issues facing Iraq's next government

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 10:33 PM PST

REUTERS - Iraqis vote in an election on March 7 seen as a test of Iraq's young and tenuous democracy, its ability to provide security, and the prospects for reconciliation between warring factions after years of violence.


INTERVIEW - Iraq VP says no chance of return to civil war

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 10:33 PM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Reconciliation between Iraq's once dominant Sunnis and its Shi'ite majority has failed at a political level but the country will not slide back into sectarian conflict, Iraq's Sunni vice-president said.


ANALYSIS - Japan novice govt struggles to flesh out policies

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 09:33 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Five months after Japan's Democratic Party swept to power promising that politicians would wrench control of policy from bureaucrats, critics are wondering -- where are the politicians headed now that they're in charge?


China postpones some military exchanges with U.S.

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 08:04 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has postponed several high-level exchanges between U.S. and Chinese military leaders since Washington angered Beijing by announcing a $6.4 billion arms package for Taiwan, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.


Nigerian president returns from Saudi hospital

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 07:03 PM PST

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua arrived back in Abuja on Wednesday after three months in a Saudi Arabian hospital, government sources said, renewing uncertainty over the leadership of Africa's most populous nation.


Fraud victim pleads life term for Madoff aide

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 07:03 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An investor who says he lost $8 million in the fraud of arch swindler Bernard Madoff pleaded with a judge to imprison Madoff's longtime aide Frank DiPascali for life and ignore government requests for leniency because of his cooperation with investigators.


Drought worsens in China's rubber-growing Yunnan

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 07:03 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - The most severe drought in China's southwestern Yunnan province in six decades has hit sugarcane, rubber and coffee crops and blocked transport on a major river bordering Laos and Myanmar, the Xinhua news agency reported.


Pentagon OKs lifting ban on women in submarines

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 07:03 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Tuesday it is moving ahead with plans to end the U.S. military's ban on allowing women to serve in submarines.


Pandemic has not yet peaked, WHO experts advise

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 07:03 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of H1N1 swine flu has not yet peaked, a committee of experts advised the World Health Organization on Tuesday.


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