Australia govt steps up pressure over carbon laws |
- Australia govt steps up pressure over carbon laws
- Czech leader seeks treaty opt-out
- Pakistan bombs militants, ground offensive imminent
- Chinese authorities extend Rio probe by a month
- ANALYSIS - Are white working-class blues bad for Democrats?
- Clinton hopes for NI devolution
- Boyzone bandmates in Majorca
- Pakistan bombs militants, ground offensive imminent
- FACTBOX - Ties between China and Russia as Putin visits
- Australia braces for "highest-risk" bushfire season
- Opposition says Kremlin fails democracy pledge test
- Abbas defends delay of Gaza war crime report vote
- U.S. arrests suspected 1968 Pan Am flight hijacker
- FEATURE - Dutch ban frees eels, angers fishermen
- Mitterrand, hit by sex furore, wins fresh support
- South Korea seeks talks with North on deadly floods
- Republican senator backs climate-change effort
- Mexico plant closure sparks protest
- N.Irish militants end war, Clinton urges devolution
- Senator: Obama should get Pentagon support on gays
| Australia govt steps up pressure over carbon laws Posted: 12 Oct 2009 12:40 AM PDT CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's government stepped up pressure on a divided opposition over climate policy on Monday, saying it would only negotiate changes to controversial carbon trade laws if the amendments did not hurt the budget.
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| Czech leader seeks treaty opt-out Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:29 PM PDT The EU's Lisbon Treaty is facing a new hurdle as the Czech Republic, the last country holding out on ratification, is seeking an amendment to it.
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| Pakistan bombs militants, ground offensive imminent Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:11 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani aircraft attacked Taliban militants in their South Waziristan stronghold near the Afghan border as the government said a ground offensive against the al Qaeda-linked fighters was imminent.
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| Chinese authorities extend Rio probe by a month Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:11 PM PDT SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has extended by a month a probe into suspected corporate espionage by employees of Rio Tinto, a defence lawyer said, a case which strained ties between Australia and its second-largest trade partner.
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| ANALYSIS - Are white working-class blues bad for Democrats? Posted: 11 Oct 2009 10:40 PM PDT DALLAS (Reuters) - White working-class males have been among the biggest U.S. losers in this recession. Does that mean that President Barack Obama's Democratic Party will be the big loser in the 2010 congressional elections?
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| Clinton hopes for NI devolution Posted: 11 Oct 2009 04:15 PM PDT American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Belfast to urge political leaders to work together to end a long-running dispute which threatens the future of devolved government.
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| Posted: 11 Oct 2009 09:16 PM PDT The other four members of pop group Boyzone have arrived in Majorca following the death of their bandmate, Stephen Gately, on Saturday.
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| Pakistan bombs militants, ground offensive imminent Posted: 11 Oct 2009 10:13 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani aircraft attacked Taliban militants in their South Waziristan stronghold near the Afghan border as the government said a ground offensive against the al Qaeda-lnked fighters was imminent.
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| FACTBOX - Ties between China and Russia as Putin visits Posted: 11 Oct 2009 10:13 PM PDT (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits China from Monday, with deals worth $5.5 billion expected to be signed during his visit.
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| Australia braces for "highest-risk" bushfire season Posted: 11 Oct 2009 09:39 PM PDT CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia has begun preparing more than 1,000 fire refuges and will recast its national alert system to warn of "catastrophic" bushfires as a new fire season threatens to eclipse blazes this year which killed 173 people.
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| Opposition says Kremlin fails democracy pledge test Posted: 11 Oct 2009 08:39 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Opposition candidates and election observers said significant violations in regional votes across Russia on Sunday showed President Dmitry Medvedev was failing to follow through on a promise to boost democracy.
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| Abbas defends delay of Gaza war crime report vote Posted: 11 Oct 2009 08:39 PM PDT RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday defended his decision to back the deferral of a vote on a U.N. war crimes report, saying he wanted to secure broad support for the document.
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| U.S. arrests suspected 1968 Pan Am flight hijacker Posted: 11 Oct 2009 08:39 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man wanted in connection with the hijacking of a Pan Am flight to Cuba nearly 41 years ago was arrested in New York on Sunday, a Justice Department official said.
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| FEATURE - Dutch ban frees eels, angers fishermen Posted: 11 Oct 2009 08:39 PM PDT NUMANSDORP, Netherlands (Reuters) - When Aart van der Waal chose 20 years ago to fish for eel rather than join the legal profession, he didn't expect to be told someday to make a choice between making a living and breaking the law.
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| Mitterrand, hit by sex furore, wins fresh support Posted: 11 Oct 2009 08:39 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand won the backing of fellow politicians on Sunday against calls for his resignation for having written about paying young male prostitutes in Thailand.
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| South Korea seeks talks with North on deadly floods Posted: 11 Oct 2009 08:39 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea proposed on Monday holding talks with the North on preventing flooding from a river flowing across their border that killed six South Koreans last month when the communist state released a surge of water without warning.
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| Republican senator backs climate-change effort Posted: 11 Oct 2009 08:39 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prospects for climate-change legislation in Congress improved on Sunday when a Republican senator broke ranks with his party to outline a compromise with a leading Democrat on the issue.
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| Mexico plant closure sparks protest Posted: 11 Oct 2009 08:04 PM PDT Mexico's government is facing a confrontation with trade unions over its plans to close down a state-owned electricity company which provides power to the capital and surrounding states.
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| N.Irish militants end war, Clinton urges devolution Posted: 11 Oct 2009 08:13 PM PDT DUBLIN (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Britain on Sunday to give Northern Ireland authority over its justice system to complete a peace process that was boosted when a paramilitary group said it would end violence.
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| Senator: Obama should get Pentagon support on gays Posted: 11 Oct 2009 08:13 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading U.S. Senate Democrat said on Sunday he expects President Barack Obama to keep a renewed vow to end discrimination against gays in the military, but that Obama should do so with the support of the Pentagon.
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LONDON US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Iran on Sunday that the international community "will not wait indefinitely" for the Islamic republic to meet its obligations on its disputed nuclear programme.
