Greek Socialists keep lead despite austerity - poll

Greek Socialists keep lead despite austerity - poll

Greek Socialists keep lead despite austerity - poll

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:30 AM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's ruling socialists continue to lead their main opposition conservative rivals despite taking tough austerity measures to deal with the country's debt crisis, an opinion poll showed on Saturday.


Gunmen kill up to 25 people in Baghdad - officials

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:30 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed houses in a village in southern Baghdad and killed up to 25 people, Iraqi authorities said.


Gunmen kill at least 14 in southern Baghdad - police

Posted: 03 Apr 2010 12:02 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least 14 people and as many as 25 in a village in southern Baghdad, Iraqi authorities said on Saturday.


Thai protesters swarm Bangkok's main shopping district

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 11:30 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters converged on Bangkok's shopping district on Saturday, forcing major retailers to close while accusing authorities of neglecting the poor on the 21st day of a mass rally seeking snap elections.


Australia to appoint population minister; develop strategy

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 09:30 PM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is to create a new government post of minister for population tasked of developing an official population strategy, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Saturday.


Five dead in Tesoro Anacortes refinery fire

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 09:30 PM PDT

SEATTLE/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Five Tesoro Corp employees were killed and two critically injured in a fire at the oil company's 120,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Anacortes, Washington on Friday, cutting production at the plant to about one-third of capacity.


Pentagon boosting Afghanistan 'eyes in the sky'

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 08:30 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon is focused on getting more trucks, surveillance equipment and other military equipment into Afghanistan to prepare for what will be a critical summer in the war, Defence Undersecretary Ashton Carter said on Friday.


Four dead in Tesoro Anacortes refinery fire

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 08:30 PM PDT

SEATTLE/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Four Tesoro Corp employees were killed and three critically injured in an early morning blaze at the oil company's 120,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Anacortes, Washington on Friday, cutting production at the plant to about one-third of capacity.


Peru village mudslide 'kills 20'

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 07:54 PM PDT

At least 20 people have been killed in north-eastern Peru after a mudslide engulfed a small village, officials have said.


North Korean cargo train sparks Kim trip speculation

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 07:29 PM PDT

DANDONG, China (Reuters) - The train thought to be carrying Kim Jong-il to China appears to have be a cargo freighter on a journey unrelated to the reclusive North Korean leader, witnesses at the border said on Saturday.


Putin bolsters oil, defence ties with Venezuela

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 06:29 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave the United States' main Latin American foe, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a needed boost with a brief visit on Friday to discuss oil, defence and nuclear energy cooperation.


U.S. government responds to Chinese drywall complaints

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 06:29 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government recommended on Friday that homeowners remove foul-smelling drywall, much of it Chinese-made, and replace electrical items and plumbing corroded by the key construction material.


North Korea's Kim may have entered China - report

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 04:21 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - One of North Korea's special armoured trains used to carry Kim Jong-il arrived in the Chinese border city of Dandong early Saturday, indicating the reclusive leader may be on the move, Yonhap news agency reported.


U.S. announces new airline security measures

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 03:44 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States announced new security measures on Friday to replace the mandatory screening of air travellers from 14 mostly Muslim countries that had angered some allies when it was imposed after a failed bombing on Christmas Day.


Four dead in Tesoro Anacortes refinery fire

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 03:44 PM PDT

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Four Tesoro Corp employees were killed and three critically injured in an early morning blaze at the oil company's 120,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Anacortes, Washington on Friday, cutting production at the plant to about three-quarters of capacity.


Preacher compares attacks on pope to Jewish suffering

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 03:31 PM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Attacks on the Catholic Church and Pope Benedict over a sexual abuse scandal are comparable to "collective violence" against Jews, the pontiff's personal preacher told a Vatican Good Friday service.


Karzai tries to smooth spat with U.S. over speech

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 03:31 PM PDT

WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai tried to smooth over his fraying relationship with Washington on Friday after the White House said it was troubled by a strident anti-Western speech he delivered in Kabul.


Second American woman charged in plot to kill Swede

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 03:31 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A second American woman has been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who had lampooned the Prophet Mohammad, U.S. authorities said on Friday.


Sudan opposition gives Bashir ultimatum

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 02:45 PM PDT

Western diplomats are trying to salvage whatever they can from the wreckage of what would have been Sudan's first multi-party presidential elections.


ElBaradei defies officials in Egypt with outdoor speech

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 02:44 PM PDT

MENEIET SAMANNOUD, Egypt (Reuters) - Former UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei issued a public call for change in Egypt on Friday in defiance of an emergency law banning gatherings critical of the authorities.


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