Pressure builds to get Europe flying again

Pressure builds to get Europe flying again

Pressure builds to get Europe flying again

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 12:43 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Officials hope to significantly increase flights at the start of Europe's new working week on Monday and the EU summoned ministers for talks as pressure builds for a solution to the 5-day-old air travel crisis.


Thai troops guard business zone from protesters

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 12:43 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai soldiers patrolled Bangkok's business district on Monday to keep thousands of anti-government protesters from marching there, raising fears of fresh violence in the polarised country.


Blast hurts official's driver in Russia's Ingushetia

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 12:43 AM PDT

NAZRAN, Russia (Reuters) - A bomb exploded beneath a high-ranking police official's car in Russia's North Caucasus province of Ingushetia on Monday, slightly injuring his driver, authorities said.


Cuban scientist wins U.S.-based environmental prize

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 12:43 AM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - A singing scientist who says the key to Cuba's agricultural future lies in its agrarian past has become the first Cuban to win a U.S.-based Goldman Environmental Prize, the world's biggest award for grassroots environmentalism.


German Catholicism 'in crisis'

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 11:44 PM PDT

In the Pope's native Germany, surveys suggest that a quarter of the country's Catholics are now thinking about leaving the church.


Pressure builds to get Europe flying again

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 12:12 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Officials hope to significantly increase flights at the start of Europe's new working week on Monday and the EU summoned ministers for talks as pressure builds for a solution to the 5-day-old air travel crisis.


Pressure builds to get Europe flying again

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 11:35 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Officials hope to significantly increase flights at the start of Europe's new working week on Monday and the EU summoned ministers for talks as pressure builds for a solution to the 5-day-old air travel crisis.


Australia most famous mobster killed in jail fight

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 11:35 PM PDT

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's most notorious mobster, jailed over a string of gangland killings which captivated the country and left 30 people dead, was himself killed in a prison bashing on Monday, police said.


Italy welcomes Afghan release

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 10:40 PM PDT

Italy has welcomed the release of three medical workers detained by Afghan authorities.


Nationalist wins in north Cyprus

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 10:22 PM PDT

Voters in northern Cyprus have elected Dervis Eroglu as their president.


Pressure builds to get Europe flying again

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 10:23 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Officials hope to significantly increase flights at the start of Europe's new working week on Monday and EU ministers will hold talks as pressure builds for a solution to the 5-day-old air travel crisis.


Troops in Bangkok bank zone after red shirt threat

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 10:23 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai army sent troops to a Bangkok business district on Monday, a day after vowing to punish protesters if they marched there, raising fears of more violence after 24 people died in bloody clashes a week ago.


Majority of Americans distrust U.S. government - survey

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 10:23 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 80 percent of Americans say they do not trust the U.S. government to do what is right, expressing the highest level of distrust in Washington in half a century, according to a public opinion survey.


Thai army to meet as troops defend Bangkok bank area

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 09:22 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai army sent troops to a Bangkok business district early on Monday, a day after vowing to punish protesters if they marched there, raising fears of more violence after 24 people died in bloody clashes a week ago.


S.Korea's Lee vows to root out navy sinking culprit

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 09:22 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - A tearful South Korean President Lee Myung-bak vowed on Monday to find out what caused last month's deadly navy ship sinking, but avoided direct references to neighbouring North Korea, which many believe was the culprit.


U.S. considers options to curb Iran's nuclear program

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 09:22 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's national security advisers are considering a broad range of options to curb Iran's nuclear program, among them military strikes, if diplomacy and sanctions fail, Pentagon officials said on Sunday.


Chavez hails Venezuela independence, foes fume

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 09:22 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez kicked off a national party on Sunday for the 200th anniversary of Venezuela's independence, but critics used the date to accuse him of turning the nation into a Cuban-style dictatorship.


Europe battles to overcome air travel crisis

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 09:22 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Europe begins a new working week on Monday with officials hoping to significantly increase flights to half the normal number and the EU discussing how to tackle the 5-day-old air travel crisis caused by volcanic ash.


Q+A - What might be at stake in South Korean ship sinking

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 09:22 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Monday vowed to find out what caused last month's deadly navy ship sinking but avoided any direct reference to neighbouring North Korea, which many believe was the culprit.


Turkey wants Cyprus deal in 2010 after Eroglu win

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 09:22 PM PDT

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Turkey said on Sunday it wanted to tackle the problem of Cyprus' ethnic division within eight months after nationalist Dervis Eroglu won the presidency in northern Cyprus, which relies on Ankara for its existence.


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