Myanmar to release 6,359 prisoners under amnesty order -Xinhua |
- Myanmar to release 6,359 prisoners under amnesty order -Xinhua
- Thailand races to defend Bangkok from floods
- Perry under pressure at U.S. Republican debate
- FACTBOX - Right royal debate over Australia's future
- Official Myanmar body urges release of "prisoners of conscience"
- Chicago street protests target financial industry
- Chocolate lovers have fewer strokes - study
- Oil spill grows from stricken ship off New Zealand
- Netanyahu tells Ashton happy to meet Abbas
- Buried Antarctic lake could hold vital climate clues
- Trial of Ukraine's Tymoshenko nears climax
- Andorra to end long history as tax haven: PM
- Pay for organ donors' funerals, says UK ethics group
- Sims, Sargent win 2011 economics Nobel
- Mountainous terrain hampering Gaddafi hunt: NTC
- Israel accepts EU invitation to meet Palestinians
- Book details American letters to Obama White House
- U.S. firm finds 2nd silver-laden British shipwreck
- French Socialist primary set for tight runoff
- Murdochs should be kicked off News Corp board - ISS
| Myanmar to release 6,359 prisoners under amnesty order -Xinhua Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:59 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Myanmar plans to release 6,359 prisoners on Wednesday under an amnesty order, China's official news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday, citing Myanmar's state television and radio. 
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| Thailand races to defend Bangkok from floods Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:27 AM PDT PATHUM THANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Thailand raced on Tuesday to build floodwalls on the outskirts of Bangkok to prevent the worst floods in half a century from inundating parts of the capital later this week when water flowing from the north reaches the low-lying city. 
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| Perry under pressure at U.S. Republican debate Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:27 AM PDT HANOVER, N.H. (Reuters) - Republican Rick Perry hopes to end a string of poor performances and campaign rival Mitt Romney looks to consolidate his newly regained front-runner status at a U.S. presidential debate on Tuesday. 
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| FACTBOX - Right royal debate over Australia's future Posted: 10 Oct 2011 11:57 PM PDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth arrives in Australia next week for a royal tour and to open the annual CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) of predominately former British colonies. 
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| Official Myanmar body urges release of "prisoners of conscience" Posted: 10 Oct 2011 08:21 PM PDT YANGON (Reuters) - A new government-appointed human rights body in Myanmar urged the country's president on Tuesday to release "prisoners of conscience" in an open letter published in state media, the strongest sign yet the reclusive state may soon free political prisoners. 
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| Chicago street protests target financial industry Posted: 10 Oct 2011 08:21 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters, including teachers and religious leaders, converged on downtown Chicago on Monday to rally against economic inequality, with two financial industry events in their crosshairs. 
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| Chocolate lovers have fewer strokes - study Posted: 10 Oct 2011 07:20 PM PDT According to a Swedish study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that looked at more than 33,000 women, the more chocolate the women said they ate, the lower their risk of stroke. 
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| Oil spill grows from stricken ship off New Zealand Posted: 10 Oct 2011 07:20 PM PDT WELLINGTON (Reuters) - An oil spill from a container ship stricken off New Zealand is growing as the weather deteriorates, sending clumps of thick fuel oil on to nearby beaches, officials said on Tuesday. 
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| Netanyahu tells Ashton happy to meet Abbas Posted: 10 Oct 2011 06:18 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Monday that he was willing to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in an effort to restart peace talks, his office said. 
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| Buried Antarctic lake could hold vital climate clues Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:16 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - An ancient lake hidden deep beneath West Antarctica's Ice Sheet may reveal vital clues about climate change and future sea level rises, and uncover new forms of life, according to a group of UK engineers and scientist. 
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| Trial of Ukraine's Tymoshenko nears climax Posted: 10 Oct 2011 04:14 PM PDT KIEV (Reuters) - The trial of Ukrainian ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, which is straining ties between Ukraine and the West, headed towards a climax on Tuesday when it was due to re-convene after an 11-day break with the possibility of a verdict. 
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| Andorra to end long history as tax haven: PM Posted: 10 Oct 2011 03:13 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - The principality of Andorra, long out of reach for European and international tax authorities, announced on Monday that it would vote on legislation to introduce a range of taxes on people, products and corporations as early as 2012. 
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| Pay for organ donors' funerals, says UK ethics group Posted: 10 Oct 2011 03:13 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should try out the idea of paying funeral expenses for people who agree to donate their organs after death, as a way of tackling a serious shortage of human organs for transplant, the country's medical ethics body said on Monday. 
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| Sims, Sargent win 2011 economics Nobel Posted: 10 Oct 2011 03:13 PM PDT STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims shared the Nobel prize in economics on Monday for work that helps governments and central banks weigh up responses to crises -- though it offers no immediate answer to current global problems. 
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| Mountainous terrain hampering Gaddafi hunt: NTC Posted: 10 Oct 2011 03:13 PM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Fugitive Muammar Gaddafi may be hiding in a remote and thinly-populated area surrounded by mountains in an attempt to frustrate efforts to track him, a representative of Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) said on Monday. 
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| Israel accepts EU invitation to meet Palestinians Posted: 10 Oct 2011 03:13 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accepted a European Union invitation to meet Palestinian leaders in an effort to restart peace talks, his office said in a statement. 
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| Book details American letters to Obama White House Posted: 10 Oct 2011 03:13 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Every evening U.S. President Barack Obama is handed what he calls his "homework packet," a thin folder of 10 letters from the American people offering him an unvarnished view of the citizens he governs. 
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| U.S. firm finds 2nd silver-laden British shipwreck Posted: 10 Oct 2011 02:09 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. salvage company Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc said on Monday it had found the sunken wreckage of a second British ship full of silver, this one torpedoed by a German submarine in World War One. 
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| French Socialist primary set for tight runoff Posted: 10 Oct 2011 02:09 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - A strong showing by hardline leftist Arnaud Montebourg in France's Socialist Party presidential primary has made the selection of a moderate candidate less of a certainty and could drag the party's 2012 campaign further to the left. 
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| Murdochs should be kicked off News Corp board - ISS Posted: 10 Oct 2011 02:09 PM PDT The phone hacking scandal at News Corp's UK weekly tabloid paper News of the World has rocked the entire company since it erupted in July. ISS said the scandal has "laid bare a striking lack of stewardship and failure of independence." 
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