Japan powerbroker Ozawa ready to challenge PM: report

Japan powerbroker Ozawa ready to challenge PM: report

Japan powerbroker Ozawa ready to challenge PM: report

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:16 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Ruling party powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa is considering backing a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Naoto Kan, raising the possibility that Japan will have another change at the top as it grapples with a nuclear crisis and deep economic problems.

Civil war looms in Yemen, Saleh urged to quit

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:08 PM PDT

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen teetered on the verge of civil war on Friday as President Ali Abdullah Saleh defied calls from opponents and world leaders for him to relinquish power.

VIDEO: Is Mladic fit to face extradition?

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:23 PM PDT

Doctors in Belgrade are to decide whether Ratko Mladic is fit to resume attending a hearing aimed at extraditing him to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague.


VIDEO: Deauville G8 talks focus on aid

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:42 PM PDT

Britain has confirmed it will contribute to the G8 aid package for Egypt and Tunisia.


Vatican convenes AIDS experts amid condom flap (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:11 PM PDT

AP - The Vatican has invited AIDS experts from around the world to a two-day symposium on preventing HIV and caring for people with the virus, just months after the pope made international headlines with his comments about condoms and AIDS.


North Korean leader returns home from China (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:02 PM PDT

AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il returned home from a weeklong trip to China on Friday, saying that ties with Beijing are "sealed in blood" and set to grow for generations to come.


Blatter accused of ethics violations

Posted: 26 May 2011 09:55 PM PDT

FIFA presidency rival Bin Hammam accuses incumbent of failing to abide by footballing body's code.


Clinton in Pakistan on surprise visit

Posted: 26 May 2011 09:32 PM PDT

US secretary of state arrives in Islamabad on Friday, amid straining relations between the two countries.


Clinton in Pakistan, presses for more to quash (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:06 PM PDT

Armed soldiers patrol past a police station, which was destroyed by a car bomb, in Peshawar May 25, 2011. REUTERS/Adrees LatifReuters - The United States said on Friday that Pakistan has failed to grasp just how much more it must do to quash Islamist militancy, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Islamabad amid tense relations over the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Clinton, Joint Chiefs chairman press Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:03 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on during a press conference as part of the 50th anniversary Ministerial Council Meeting 2011 at the OECD, in Paris, Thursday, May 26, 2011. Prospects for economic growth in the United States and the eurozone have improved and are predicted to hit 2.6 percent and 2 percent this year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Pakistan on Friday to repair badly frayed relations after the killing of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden at a comfortable hideout not far from this capital city.

Clinton, on Surprise Trip, Arrives in Pakistan

Posted: 26 May 2011 09:26 PM PDT

Top U.S. diplomatic and military officials, including Secretary of State Clinton, are in Pakistan to repair badly frayed relations after the killing of Osama bin Laden.


China US Debt Holdings Do Not Influence Policy, Locke Tells Senate

Posted: 26 May 2011 09:01 PM PDT

US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday that China'


Egypt: Convergence of Civilizations (Time.com)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Egypt: Convergence of Civilizations


East Libyans spend dwindling savings on bare basics (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 08:47 PM PDT

Reuters - Shoppers struggle under bags of food and boxes of water bottles in Benghazi's main market. Sellers of mobile SIM cards connecting worried families are thriving. Cars vie for parking in the busy streets nearby.


Clinton in Pakistan, presses for more to quash

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:06 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday that Pakistan has failed to grasp just how much more it must do to quash Islamist militancy, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Islamabad amid tense relations over the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Scenes From A Silicon Valley Bubble

Posted: 26 May 2011 08:30 PM PDT

For a local like myself, driving around downtown Palo Alto these days is a scary and depressing thin


By 2020, China No. 1, US No. 2

Posted: 26 May 2011 08:18 PM PDT

China is on its way to becoming the US of 2020; only the locals won't be making as much as Americans


East Libyans spend dwindling savings on bare basics

Posted: 26 May 2011 08:47 PM PDT

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Shoppers struggle under bags of food and boxes of water bottles in Benghazi's main market. Sellers of mobile SIM cards connecting worried families are thriving. Cars vie for parking in the busy streets nearby.

Christians worry Egypt being hijacked by Islamists (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 08:13 PM PDT

Reuters - Last January, Nazih Moussa Gerges locked up his downtown Cairo law office and joined hundreds of thousands of fellow Egyptians to demand that President Hosni Mubarak step down.


Singapore rejects contempt appeal by Brit author (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 08:21 PM PDT

AP - A Singapore court has rejected an appeal by a 76-year-old British author against a contempt of court conviction related to one of his books deemed critical of the city-state's judiciary.


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