Paterson Chastises Lawmakers in Blunt Speech

Paterson Chastises Lawmakers in Blunt Speech

Paterson Chastises Lawmakers in Blunt Speech

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:06 PM PST

Gov. David A. Paterson delivered an unusually blunt address to the Legislature on Wednesday.

City Says 9/11 Trials Will Cost $200 Million a Year

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:50 PM PST

Mayor Bloomberg outlined the city's projected security expenses in a two-page letter to Peter R. Orszag, the director of the federal Office of Management and Budget.

Holocaust Museum Suspect Dies

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:00 PM PST

The man accused of shooting a security guard at the Holocaust museum in Washington last June died at a hospital near the federal prison where he was being held.

Guinea junta offers steps towards civilian rule

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:43 PM PST

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's deputy junta chief pledged on Wednesday to pave the way for a return to civilian rule and announced that military leader Moussa Dadis Camara would need time to recover after an assassination bid.

Nigerian Man Indicted in Plot to Blow Up Plane

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:58 PM PST

The six charges against Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab include attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted murder.

Web Campaign Fails to Prevent Execution in China

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:57 PM PST

A British human rights group tried to save a man with a history of mental illness by posting online his rambling e-mail messages to world leaders, along with a pop song he thought could be the start of a music career.

Bin Laden Children Reportedly Held in Iran

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 06:22 AM PST

On Wednesday a Saudi-owned newspaper based in London reported that six of Osama bin Laden's children have been held under house arrest in Iran they escaped Afghanistan in late 2001.

All Quiet on the South Waziristan Front

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 03:44 PM PST

New video offers a rare glimpse of the front in Pakistan's war on the Taliban in South Waziristan, near the Afghan border -- but it remains unclear if the militants have been dealt a real blow or just made a tactical retreat.

'Just War' Theory and Afghanistan

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 01:16 PM PST

President Barack Obama discussed "the concept of a 'just war,'" as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, just over a week after he decided to send 30,000 more American soldiers to fight in Afghanistan. This raises the obvious question: is the Afghan war a just one?

De Villiers wades into ball row

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:23 PM PST

South Africa's AB de Villiers says an official complaint should have been made about alleged ball-tampering by England in the third Test in Cape Town.


Running scared?

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:30 PM PST

Mark Mardell: Why some Democrats are bowing out


Nigerian charged over plane plot

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:54 PM PST

A US grand jury indicts Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on six counts over an alleged plot to bomb a plane on Christmas Day.


Discord, revolt roil Brown's Labor Party before elections in Britain

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:15 AM PST

LONDON -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought to fend off a surprise challenge to his leadership from within his own ranks Wednesday, dealing a blow to both Brown and his ruling Labor Party just months before general elections.


US 'museum gunman' dies in jail

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:03 PM PST

A US man accused of murdering a guard at Washington's Holocaust museum dies in a prison hospital, aged 89, officials say.


Fed Minutes Show Division on Emergency Steps

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:43 PM PST

The comments reflected a lingering wariness about the strength of the recovery in the face of high unemployment and slack in the economy.

Afghan military surge mustn't harm civilian work: U.N.

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:41 AM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. special envoy to Afghanistan on Wednesday warned the United States and other Western powers not to let a planned troop surge divert attention from civilian and political goals in the Asian nation.

Dawson to Enter Hall of Fame Alone

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:11 PM PST

Andre Dawson was elected by baseball writers on his ninth try, while Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar just missed.

Deadly Gunfire at Gaza Protest on Egypt Border

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:28 AM PST

Demonstrators rushed the border fence and threw stones at Egyptian troops, leading to an exchange of gunfire and the death of an Egyptian soldier.

Egypt allows through Gaza aid convoy after protests

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 10:25 AM PST

RAFAH, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt has reached a deal with members of an aid convoy to take supplies to Palestinians in Gaza after protests overnight, but Cairo barred their private cars from crossing, an Egyptian security source said.

Taliban issue demands for release of French journalists

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 10:55 AM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban kidnappers holding two French journalists have demanded the release of a militant commander held by the United States and a cash ransom in return for freeing the hostages, an Afghan security official said.
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Israel's Barak getting death threats, official says

Israel's Barak getting death threats, official says

Israel's Barak getting death threats, official says

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:02 AM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has received dozens of death threats from people who fear that Jewish settlements in the West Bank will be disbanded, a defence official told Reuters on Wednesday.


Japan eyes new finmin amid policy, political doubts

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:02 AM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ailing finance minister looked set on Wednesday to quit, raising bond market concern about whether a successor would hold the line on spending in the face of a fragile economy and ballooning public debt.


Latest China coal mine disaster kills 25

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:02 AM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - At least 25 miners have died in a fire at a colliery in central China and three others remain trapped, state media said on Wednesday, in the latest disaster to hit the world's most dangerous mining industry.


Yemeni forces arrest three wounded al Qaeda militants

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:02 AM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni forces have arrested three suspected al Qaeda militants who had been wounded in a raid that killed at least two members of the group on Monday, a security source said on Wednesday.


Bomb in Pakistani Kashmir kills three army cadets

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 11:28 PM PST

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb at a military school in Pakistan-ruled Kashmir killed three cadets and wounded 11 on Wednesday, police said.


Europe 'will continue to shiver'

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:30 PM PST

Europe continues to shiver as one of the coldest winters in the past century shows no sign of easing.


Swiss avalanche death toll rises

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:38 PM PST

The bodies of three more skiers have been found in Switzerland after the worst avalanche disaster in the country for more than a decade.


China policeman roasted over 110-table banquet

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:58 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese police officer faces investigation and public outrage after holding a wedding banquet for his daughter with some 110 tables of guests who scoffed down lobster and abalone, local media reported.


Japan whalers accused of sinking protesters' boat

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:28 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Anti-whaling activists accused Japanese whalers of ramming and sinking a high-tech protest boat in the frigid Southern Ocean on Wednesday, as tensions mounted over accusations of "spy flights" mounted from Australia.


FACTBOX - Possible successors to Japan Finance Minister Fujii

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:00 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan looks set to need a new finance minister, with ill health likely to force out Hirohisa Fujii, leaving Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama with a difficult choice as he struggles with a weak economy and huge public debt.


Cold snap spurs power rationing in China

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:00 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Cities across eastern and central China are rationing power for industry and urging residents to limit gas use after a wave of icy weather sent energy demand soaring while straining supplies of coal that were already tight.


Cuba protests new U.S. air security measures

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:28 PM PST

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba signaled its growing anger with the United States on Tuesday by calling in the top U.S. diplomat on the island to protest its inclusion on a list of countries whose U.S.-bound air passengers must get extra security screening.


Expect more U.S. charges vs Rajaratnam - prosecutors

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:10 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Indicted Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam faces expanded charges of insider trading and allegations that he earned $36 million in illicit profits, double the amount previously alleged, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.


Bomb in Pakistani Kashmir kills three army cadets

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:10 PM PST

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb at a military school in Pakistan-ruled Kashmir killed three cadets and wounded 11 on Wednesday, police said.


Japan Sengoku: almost no chance he will be next finmin

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 08:28 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Administrative Reform Minister Yoshito Sengoku said on Wednesday that there is almost no chance that he will replace Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii if Fujii quits his post.


Argentine teenagers run radio station

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:51 PM PST

The Argentine government has backed a radio station run by teenagers as a way of keeping people across the country in touch with each other.


U.S. presses for truth commission on Honduras crisis

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:59 PM PST

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The United States urged Honduras on Tuesday to form a unity government and establish a truth commission to investigate the country's June coup, suggesting that U.S. aid may hinge on these conditions.


'Explosive' at California airport found to be honey

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:59 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Authorities shut down a California airport on Tuesday after a suspicious amber liquid in a passenger's bag tested positive for explosives -- only to ultimately determine that the substance was honey.


Costa Rican volcano erupts after long silence

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:59 PM PST

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Costa Rica's Turrialba volcano, last active in the 19th century, erupted on Tuesday, spewing ash and steam and prompting authorities to evacuate a small number of people from its slopes.


Japan whaler "spy flights" rile Australia

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:59 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's government came under pressure from lawmakers on Wednesday to block "spy flights" launched by Japanese whalers from Australian airports to foil hardline anti-whaling activists in the Southern Ocean.


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