Indonesia's commissions: do they help or hinder reform?

Indonesia's commissions: do they help or hinder reform?

Indonesia's commissions: do they help or hinder reform?

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:52 AM PDT

JAKARTA (Reuters) - When Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono formed a special taskforce to root out graft in the judiciary, many hoped a parliamentary commission tasked with overseeing legal matters would be a help, not a hindrance.


Thai troops fire in air to halt red shirt convoy - witness

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:29 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai troops fired into the air near a convoy of anti-government protesters on Wednesday in an attempt to halt their convoy, a Reuters witness said.


SCENARIOS - Japan PM, party don in bind over airbase, scandal

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:29 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is in the hotseat ahead of an election as he tries to meet a looming deadline to resolve a feud over a U.S. airbase and pressure on a party kingpin to quit over a funding scandal.


Japan PM keeps party kingpin, plans base trip

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 11:53 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Wednesday he wanted to keep ruling Democratic Party Secretary-General Ichiro Ozawa in his job after a judicial review panel said he should be indicted over a funding scandal.


"Red shirts" take rally outside Bangkok encampment

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 11:53 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Protesters in Thailand pushing for early elections drove out of their central Bangkok encampment by truck and motorbike on Wednesday for a "mobile rally", increasing the risk of clashes with troops and rival groups.


Goldman chief Blankfein grilled by US Senate

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:45 PM PDT

Goldman Sachs' chief executive has denied his bank contributed to the US financial crisis by betting some of its own investment products would fail.


Kyrgyz ex-leader 'facing charges'

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:51 PM PDT

Ousted Kyrgyz leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev has been charged in absentia with organising mass killings, a leader of the interim government says.


Bid to ban Tintin book in Belgium

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:48 PM PDT

A Congolese man is trying to get a controversial Tintin book banned in the cartoon star's home country of Belgium.


After the EXPO: Spain's experience

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:55 PM PDT

Sarah Rainsford looks at the long term impact when a city hosts an international expo.


Americans losing confidence in healthcare - survey

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:47 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans are steadily losing confidence in their ability to get healthcare and pay for it, despite the passage of healthcare reform legislation, according to a survey published on Wednesday.


China ends entry ban for foreigners with HIV/AIDS

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:14 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has revoked a ban on people with HIV/AIDS entering the country, softening a decades-old policy that drew sharp criticism this year when an Australian writer was blocked after declaring himself HIV-positive.


China ends entry ban for foreigners with HIV/AIDS

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 09:35 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has revoked a ban on people with HIV/AIDS entering the country, softening a decades-old policy that drew sharp criticism this year when an Australian writer was blocked after declaring himself HIV-positive.


"Red shirts" threaten to spread rallies in Bangkok

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 08:33 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Protesters in Thailand pushing for early elections threatened mobile rallies across Bangkok on Wednesday in defiance of a state of emergency, which would increase the risk of clashes with troops or rival protest groups.


Q+A - Who are Thailand's mysterious black-clad gunmen?

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 08:33 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's government has vowed to go after shadowy "terrorists" it blames for triggering bloody clashes between the army and red-shirted demonstrators that left 25 people dead and more than 800 wounded on April 10.


Venezuela's chatty leader Chavez joins Twitter

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 08:05 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez opened a Twitter account on Tuesday, launching himself into the digital fray to combat opponents who have seized on the micro-blogging site to criticize his socialist government.


Venezuela's chatty leader Chavez joins Twitter

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 07:32 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez opened a Twitter account on Tuesday, launching himself into the digital fray to combat opponents who have seized on the micro-blogging site to criticize his socialist government.


British man alleges Iraq torture

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 05:17 PM PDT

A British man held in secret detention in Iraq has alleged that he was brutally tortured.


Japan PM says wants to keep party kingpin Ozawa

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 06:29 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Wednesday he wanted to keep ruling Democratic Party Secretary-General Ichiro Ozawa in his job after a judicial review panel said he should be indicted over a funding scandal.


Climate change increases heat waves, floods - U.S. EPA

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 06:22 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deaths from heat waves, property damage from floods and rising seas from melting glaciers are a few of the things Americans can expect as a result of climate change, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a report released on Tuesday.


TV habits divide Guantanamo prisoners, U.S. says

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 06:22 PM PDT

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - While the Obama administration sorts out which Guantanamo prisoners to hold as terrorism suspects and which to repatriate or resettle, the captives have sorted themselves out by entertainment preferences, camp officials said on Monday.


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