U.S. investigators hunt New York car bomb culprits

U.S. investigators hunt New York car bomb culprits

U.S. investigators hunt New York car bomb culprits

Posted: 03 May 2010 01:31 AM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investigators combed through security video and other evidence on Monday in the hunt for suspects in a failed car bombing in New York's Times Square and officials expressed optimism that the culprits will be found.


North Korea's Kim seeking lifeline in China

Posted: 03 May 2010 01:01 AM PDT

DALIAN, China (Reuters) - Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il reportedly went to China seeking aid and protection from his only major ally after bungled policies at home and military grandstanding that has exasperated the region.


Pakistan Taliban leader alive, threatens U.S. attacks

Posted: 03 May 2010 01:01 AM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, who was reported killed in a CIA drone aircraft attack in January, has appeared in Internet videos threatening suicide strikes in the United States.


ANALYSIS - UK poll may speed change in U.S. special relationship

Posted: 03 May 2010 01:01 AM PDT

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's 'special relationship' with the United States, already past its heyday, may become increasingly humdrum if Thursday's parliamentary election delivers a weak, minority government.


Indonesia girl dies from bird flu, 3 undergo tests

Posted: 03 May 2010 01:01 AM PDT

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A four year-old Indonesian girl has died from H5N1 bird flu virus, and three other people in the area -- who did not have contact with the child -- are being tested for the virus, an official said on Monday.


North Korea's Kim Jong-il visits China - reports

Posted: 03 May 2010 12:42 AM PDT

DANDONG, China (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has arrived in China, his destitute state's biggest benefactor, for a rare trip abroad that could defuse regional tensions and bring him much-needed aid, reports said on Monday.


More than a dozen die as floods sweep Tenn., Ky.

Posted: 03 May 2010 12:42 AM PDT

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Severe storms and flash floods left more than a dozen people dead in Tennessee and Kentucky over the weekend as rising river waters closed portions of interstate highways leading in and out of Nashville.


FACTBOX - Thailand's resilient "red shirts" movement

Posted: 03 May 2010 12:04 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government "red shirt" protests have entered their eighth week in Thailand's capital, deepening an intractable five-year political crisis and raising the spectre of more violence.


Thai government meets over demos

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:38 PM PDT

An emergency meeting has been held in Thailand by the country's cabinet to decide how to deal with the anti-government protesters who have brought parts of Bangkok to a standstill for the past seven weeks.


NY bomb plot hunt CCTV released

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:05 PM PDT

Investigators in New York are looking for a man who appears in new CCTV footage captured on Saturday evening.


Heli-skiers cause flurry in Alps

Posted: 02 May 2010 10:05 PM PDT

As the snow begins to melt in the Alps, some skiers are finding novel ways to get up to the slopes that chair lifts and cable cars cannot reach.


Nuclear non-proliferation under spotlight

Posted: 02 May 2010 10:26 PM PDT

World leaders are due to gather at the United Nations in New York to try and strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.


WITNESS - Out of the theater, into the drama in New York

Posted: 02 May 2010 10:58 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - We emerged, like many others on a Saturday night in Times Square, from a dark theater into a real drama on the streets outside.


Hunt on for culprits in failed New York car bomb

Posted: 02 May 2010 09:51 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investigators are treating a car bomb defused in New York's Times Square as an attempted terrorist attack but have no evidence to support a Taliban claim of responsibility, police said on Sunday.


Ahmadinejad, Clinton face off at U.N. nuclear meeting

Posted: 02 May 2010 09:51 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran's president faces off with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday at the start of a meeting on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a pact Washington and Tehran accuse each other of violating.


FACTBOX - Ties between China and North Korea

Posted: 02 May 2010 09:51 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il may be visiting China, bolstering ties between the two neighbours as tensions rise on the Korean peninsula over the sinking of a South Korean navy ship.


N.Korea's Kim fears flying, likes trains - bodyguard

Posted: 02 May 2010 09:51 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's Kim Jong-il is so terrified of being shot out of the skies by one of his many enemies that he never travels by plane, said a man who spent years guarding the reclusive leader.


SCENARIOS - Troubled paths for North Korea nuclear diplomacy

Posted: 02 May 2010 09:21 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il went to China, South Korean media reported on Monday, for a trip that could revive international talks on ending Pyongyang's atomic ambitions in exchange for aid and better global standing.


NY street vendors praised for spotting car bomb

Posted: 02 May 2010 09:21 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Street vendors in New York's Times Square are as ubiquitous as yellow taxis, but on Sunday some of those traders were being called heroes after alerting police to a smoking vehicle that turned out to be a failed car bomb.


Pakistani Taliban claim failed New York bomb attack

Posted: 02 May 2010 08:47 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attempted car bomb attack in New York's Times Square, a statement on an Islamist website said on Sunday.


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