Pinera vows $12bn help for Chile

Pinera vows $12bn help for Chile

Pinera vows $12bn help for Chile

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 11:56 PM PDT

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has announced plans to spend $12bn on reconstructing those parts of the country worst affected by last month's massive earthquake.


Farc to free Colombian soldiers

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 11:53 PM PDT

The Colombian military has suspended operations in the south east of the country as a humanitarian mission prepares to pick up two soldiers held hostage by Marxist rebels.


Thai PM to meet protesters, few concessions seen

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:19 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva agreed on Sunday to meet leaders of an anti-government protest movement in a move to defuse growing tensions and avert possible confrontation but is unlikely to make major concessions.


Thai PM agrees to meet protest leaders after rally

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 11:46 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva agreed on Sunday to meet leaders of an anti-government protest movement in a move to defuse growing tensions and avert possible confrontation.


Closed Rio trial violated Chinese law, scholar says

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 11:17 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's decision to bar Australian diplomats from part of an Australian Rio Tinto executive's trial was in violation of Chinese law as well as consular agreements, a prominent legal scholar said on Sunday.


UK memos claim drug-taking among Afghan police - paper

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 11:17 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Drug abuse and high attrition rates among the Afghan police mean it will take many years to create a strong force, according to internal British government memos reported by the warned, The Independent on Sunday said.


Merkel, Erdogan trade barbs before Turkey trip

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 10:46 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Differences over Iran and Turkey's bid to join the European Union will dominate talks when German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Turkey on Monday.


Libya and EU patch up Schengen visa dispute

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 10:46 PM PDT

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Libya lifted a visa ban on citizens of 25 European countries on Saturday after EU president Spain said a Swiss-instigated visa blacklist against 188 Libyans in those countries had been scrapped.


Mixed messages from UK opinion polls

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 10:46 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Two opinion polls on Saturday signalled no party would win an overall majority in the upcoming British election, and failed to agree on which party would be the largest in parliament.


Muslims pray for rain in drought-hit Guyana

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 10:46 PM PDT

GEORGETOWN (Reuters) - Muslims across Guyana prayed for rain on Saturday to end a drought that has battered the tiny South American nation's rice and sugar exports and caused food shortages in indigenous communities.


Arab League eyes alternatives to peace process

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 09:45 PM PDT

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Arab states should prepare for the possibility that the Palestinian-Israeli peace process may be a total failure and come up with alternatives, Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said on Saturday.


Tuvalu to Times Square; landmarks off for Earth Hour

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 09:45 PM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Landmarks such as Sydney's Opera House, Beijing's Forbidden City and Taiwan's Taipei 101 office tower temporarily went dark on Saturday as nations dimmed the lights for Earth Hour 2010 to call for action on climate change.


LRA killed hundreds in late 2009 Congo massacre - U.N.

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 09:45 PM PDT

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels killed at least 290, and maybe more than 300 people in Congo in a previously unreported massacre in December 2009, U.N. officials told Reuters on Saturday.


Sarah Palin rallies Nevada Tea Party

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 08:33 PM PDT

Thousands of supporters of the US conservative Tea Party movement have gathered in Nevada for a rally led by Republican politician Sarah Palin.


Nato chief proposes missile shield

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 08:26 PM PDT

Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called for a new missile defence system that would protect the US and its allies, and include Russia as well.


Egypt's Mubarak returns home

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 02:08 PM PDT

President Hosni Mubarak has returned to Egypt after surgery in Germany to remove his gall bladder and a growth from his small intestine.


Evidence of DR Congo massacre

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 05:45 PM PDT

The BBC and Human Rights Watch have uncovered evidence of a massacre in the Democratic Republic of Congo in which more than 300 people were killed.


UK's opposition extends opinion poll lead after budget

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 11:44 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's main opposition Conservative party has extended its opinion poll lead over the ruling Labour party to eight points, which would make it the largest party in an upcoming election but with no overall majority.


Vatican says abuse response crucial for credibility

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 11:16 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Catholic Church's response to cases of sexual abuse by priests is crucial to its credibility and it must "acknowledge and make amends for" even decades-old cases, a Vatican spokesman said on Saturday.


Arab League eyes alternatives to peace process

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 11:16 AM PDT

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Arab states should prepare for the possibility that the Palestinian-Israeli peace process may be a total failure and come up with alternatives, Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said on Saturday.


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