Dubai asks FBI to check credit cards in Hamas hit

Dubai asks FBI to check credit cards in Hamas hit

Dubai asks FBI to check credit cards in Hamas hit

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 12:49 AM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai has asked the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to look into U.S.-issued pre-paid credit cards used by suspects in the killing of a Hamas commander, a UAE newspaper said on Tuesday.


ANALYSIS - Hamas and pro-al Qaeda cells set for more conflict

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 12:20 AM PST

GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas Islamists ruling the Gaza Strip face a growing security challenge from al Qaeda-inspired Palestinian groups in the religiously conservative enclave.


Indonesia, Australia launch A$30 mln forest CO2 project

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 11:49 PM PST

SINGAPORE/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia and Australia launched a A$30 million project on Tuesday to fight deforestation in Sumatra as part of efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and boost a planned forest-carbon trading scheme.


Troops deployed amid Chile unrest

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:29 PM PST

Thousands of Chilean troops are heading to the country's earthquake zone as reports emerge of survivors turning to looting.


Farage called before EU Parliament

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:32 PM PST

UKIP MEP Nigel Farage has been summoned before an European Parliamentary committee after insulting the President of the European Council.


Azerbaijan 'ancients' under threat

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:37 PM PST

The Talysh community in Azerbaijan says its elderly are amongst the oldest in the world, but modernity threatens their way of life.


In Texas governor showdown, nice doesn't cut it

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 11:21 PM PST

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tuesday's primary election to decide which Republican will run for Texas governor has put a spotlight on the party's national identity crisis after it lost the White House to Democrats in 2008.


Three reporters seized in Nigeria - S.Africa media

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 11:21 PM PST

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African sports journalist and two Nigerian colleagues have been kidnapped in Nigeria's restive oil-producing Niger Delta region, South African media reported on Tuesday.


Chile struggles to keep order in quake-hit city

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:49 PM PST

CONCEPCION, Chile (Reuters) - Chilean authorities extended a curfew in the country's second-biggest city on Tuesday as troops struggled to contain worsening looting and crime in the wake of a devastating earthquake.


ANALYSIS - Obama faces moment of truth with Iraq election

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:49 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's vow to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of August will be tested this weekend as millions of Iraqis head to the polls to elect a new government.


FEATURE - Youthful Brazil faces challenge of rapid aging

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:49 PM PST

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - For Lieda Sobrosa, retirement from her Brazilian government job 23 years ago was just the beginning.


U.S. seeks to smooth China ties, win backing on Iran

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:28 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Top U.S. and Chinese diplomats will grapple with how to deal with the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea in meetings that Washington hopes will help ease tensions with Beijing.


FACTBOX - Sources of tension between China and the U.S.

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:28 PM PST

(Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg was due to arrive in Beijing on Tuesday for the talks with Chinese officials that Washington has said could ease recent tensions with Beijing.


Indonesia inquiry split on verdict for reformers

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:28 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian parliamentary inquiry committee into a bank rescue said on Tuesday it had failed to reach a unanimous conclusion after months of hearings and issued two widely different recommendations to parliament.


Two South Korea Air Force jet fighters missing

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:28 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - Two South Korean Air Force jet fighters are missing after they were last seen flying inland during training, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.


Cuba accused of crackdown after prisoner death

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 08:42 PM PST

HAVANA (Reuters) - The Cuban government detained at least 126 people, including dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez, in a crackdown following the hunger strike death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo, a Cuban human rights group said on Monday.


Obama said poised to offer more healthcare changes

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 08:42 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will offer changes to his healthcare overhaul this week, the White House said on Monday, and Democrats said they were working to include more ideas advocated by Republicans.


6.1 quake jolts northern Philippines, no damage

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 08:42 PM PST

MANILA (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 6.1 struck the Philippines' northernmost region on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage, the state seismology agency said.


Quake hits Kyrgyzstan, no casualties reported

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 07:48 PM PST

BISHKEK (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.0 quake struck Kyrgyzstan near the capital Bishkek on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.


INDONESIA BANK PROBE: Security tight for parliament inquiry

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 07:48 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The fate of Indonesia's two top reformers, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Vice President Boediono, may be decided soon with the conclusion of a parliamentary committee's inquiry into a bank bailout.


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