Japan fish merchants protest proposed tuna trade ban

Japan fish merchants protest proposed tuna trade ban

Japan fish merchants protest proposed tuna trade ban

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 12:16 AM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Dozens of fish wholesalers protested at a market in Tokyo on Thursday against a proposed ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna trade ahead of a meeting that could decide to protect the valuable fish used in sushi as an endangered species.


Greeks go on general strike again

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 10:35 PM PST

Services in Greece are grinding to a halt for the second time in a month as hundreds of thousands of workers stage a general strike.


Italy sees purple over politics

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 10:44 PM PST

Italians fed up with the political parties on offer have begun their own pressure group, the Purple People Movement.


New Ukraine coalition to be announced, will name PM

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 11:46 PM PST

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian parliamentary deputies assembled on Thursday for a session which appeared set to announce a new ruling coalition to avoid snap elections and tackle a deep economic crisis.


ANALYSIS - Political ads: new weapon in U.S. climate change war?

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 10:45 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Big business is now free to blitz the airwaves to attack politicians who support action against climate change, which could smother messages from environmentalists.


Australia on top of the world for expat kids-survey

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 10:45 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters Life!) - With its beaches, outdoor lifestyle and friendly schools, Australia has been voted the world's best country to bring up children by expatriates parents working there, an HSBC bank survey shows.


Earthquake-rattled Chile to swear in new president

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 10:16 PM PST

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera takes office as Chile's new president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding the country after one of the worst earthquakes ever recorded killed hundreds of people less than two weeks ago.


China's Wen Jiabao to visit Indonesia in April

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 10:16 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - China's Premier Wen Jiabao will make his first trip to Indonesia in April, just weeks after a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama, a foreign ministry official said on Thursday.


South Sudan humanitarian problems worsening - report

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 10:16 PM PST

JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Semi-autonomous south Sudan, wracked by inter-tribal fighting and hunger, will face a worsening humanitarian situation this year, a Norwegian aid agency report said on Thursday.


Australian authors protest China visa refusal

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:45 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday protesting against China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated novelists because he was HIV-positive.


UN asks for climate body review

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:01 PM PST

The UN climate change panel's work is to be reviewed by science academies around the world, in plans announced by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.


Angry China blasts Dalai Lama's latest speech

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:16 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese officials have reacted with anger to a speech by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in which he said Buddhists were living in prison-like conditions and expressed sympathy with the people of Xinjiang.


Myanmar lets Suu Kyi's party reopen regional offices

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 07:45 PM PST

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government has allowed the party of detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to reopen regional branch offices that have been closed since May 2003, a party spokesman said on Thursday.


Obama: Time for talk is over on healthcare bill

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 06:14 PM PST

ST. CHARLES, Missouri (Reuters) - President Barack Obama declared on Wednesday the "time for talk is over" and urged the U.S. Congress to vote on healthcare as his health secretary directly challenged insurers to forgo profits to make coverage more affordable.


Egypt's al-Azhar leader dies in Saudi Arabia

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 05:44 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, died of a heart attack on Wednesday on a visit to Saudi Arabia, religious officials at al-Azhar said. He was 81.


Arab League chief says Mideast talks off

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 05:10 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had told him he would not enter indirect talks with Israel, only days after the Palestinian side had agreed to the contacts.


ANALYSIS - Brazil's Lula raises concern with Iran embrace

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 05:10 PM PST

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose charm and everyman style have made him a hit on the world stage, is risking trouble at home and abroad with a puzzling embrace of Iran just as world opinion hardens over its nuclear program.


FACTBOX - Carlos Slim, Latin America's Midas

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:40 PM PST

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FACTBOX - Forbes top 20 richest people in the world

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:40 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the new richest person in the world, knocking Microsoft founder Bill Gates into second spot, Forbes said on Wednesday.


Obama-Graham partnership emerges in climate debate

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:40 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's rare when a conservative Republican in Congress heaps praise on President Barack Obama, especially in regards to fighting global warming, but Senator Lindsey Graham did just that on Wednesday.


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