UK summit agrees to bolster Yemen

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• UK summit agrees to bolster Yemen
• Children's bodies found in car
• Sarkozy backs financial regulation
• Shoes may have changed how we run
• Runaway CO2 rise 'could be lower'
• Eight killed in Venezuela prison riot
• Bloomberg Wants Terror Trial Moved
• Clinton Seeks More Pressure on Iran
• Lobo sworn-in as Honduras president
• Apple unveils the 'iPad'
• Fed maintains low interest rates
• Ruling Sets Back Developer Trade Center Site
• Apple Reveals the iPad Tablet
• The gun markets of Pakistan
• Marbury Takes His Game to China
• For Toyota Dealers, a Day of Patience and Preparation
• Dubai to execute child's killer
• New Honduran president sworn in
• Google 'sister' launches in China
• Foreign fans 'snub SA World Cup'

UK summit agrees to bolster Yemen Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:26 PM PST Yemen and foreign partners pledge to tackle country's security and economic problems.

Children's bodies found in car Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:13 PM PST A 43-year-old woman from Surrey is arrested following the discovery of two children's bodies in a car in Sussex.

Sarkozy backs financial regulation Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:51 AM PST French leader blames unrestrained markets for financal crisis at Swiss economic forum.

Shoes may have changed how we run Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:07 PM PST Barefoot runners may be at less risk of injury than those who wear cushioned running shoes, new research suggests.

Runaway CO2 rise 'could be lower' Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:03 PM PST The feedback between CO2 level and temperature may be too high, but overall temperature predictions are not affected.

Eight killed in Venezuela prison riot Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:07 AM PST A prison riot in Venezuela left eight dead and 16 injured, the country's penitentiary director told CNN en Español on Wednesday.

Bloomberg Wants Terror Trial Moved Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:33 PM PST Two months ago, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg supported plans to try the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks at the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan. But amid a growing chorus of complaints that a trial there would be too expensive and pose security risks, the mayor has done an about-face.

Clinton Seeks More Pressure on Iran Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:21 PM PST Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's diplomatic whirlwind came on the sidelines of two days of conferences, on Yemen on Wednesday and Afghanistan on Thursday.

Lobo sworn-in as Honduras president Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:38 AM PST Conservative president vows to lead Zelaya to airport as first official duty.

Apple unveils the 'iPad' Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:38 AM PST "More intimate than a laptop and much more capable than a smartphone," CEO Jobs says.

Fed maintains low interest rates Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:40 AM PST The US Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged at their range of between zero and 0.25%.

Ruling Sets Back Developer Trade Center Site Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:53 AM PST An arbitration panel has ruled against the developer Larry Silverstein on a series of critical issues.

Apple Reveals the iPad Tablet Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:33 PM PST Steven P. Jobs said the new iPhone-like tablet computer, $499, is prime for video, music and e-books.

The gun markets of Pakistan Posted: 27 Jan 2010 07:10 AM PST Take a tour of one of the world's largest gun markets in the tribal area of northwest Pakistan, where craftsmen working with little more than their bare hands produce more than 1,000 weapons a day.

Marbury Takes His Game to China Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:07 PM PST Stephon Marbury, the biggest NBA star ever to play professional basketball in China, starts playing for the Shanxi Dragons this week. It's a potentially lucrative deal for both that also promises to yield some curious culture interactions

For Toyota Dealers, a Day of Patience and Preparation Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:08 PM PST Dealers say they are trying to operate normally a day after Toyota decided to halt sales and production of eight models because of safety concerns.

Dubai to execute child's killer Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:32 AM PST A man convicted of raping and murdering a four-year-old boy in a Dubai mosque is sentenced to death.

New Honduran president sworn in Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:19 AM PST Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo Sosa was sworn in Wednesday as president of Honduras, bringing an end to the de facto government that ruled the country following a coup in June.

Google 'sister' launches in China Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:13 AM PST A search engine called "Goojje" has come online in China, in an apparent plea to Google not to end operations in the country.

Foreign fans 'snub SA World Cup' Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:53 AM PST Only half of the expected number of foreign fans will travel to the football World Cup in South Africa, Fifa says.

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Australia keeps 5 to 25 pct CO2 cut range for accord

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• Australia keeps 5 to 25 pct CO2 cut range for accord
• Britain's Brown stays in N.Ireland for more talks
• Would world economy miss the financial 'froth'?
• Two Koreas trade fire; North warns and shoots again
• Two Koreas trade fire; North warns of more
• Political leaders gather in Davos
• Nato appoints new Afghan civilian rep
• Obama to recast agenda to focus on jobs, deficit
• China says no curb on Google mobile technology
• Q+A: Get ready for retooled Obama agenda
• U.S. climate control supporters focus on job creation
• North Korea warns South of more artillery firing
• China, Taiwan to speed up broad trade pact
• Geithner, New York Fed defend actions on AIG payments
• China, Taiwan to speed up broad trade pact
• Obama approved secret operations in Yemen - Post
• Australia opposition eyeing voluntary CO2 cuts plan
• Indonesian group wants Obama statue torn down
• Two Koreas trade fire, spooks markets
• FACTBOX - Key facts about Philippine elections in May

Australia keeps 5 to 25 pct CO2 cut range for accord Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:08 AM PST CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia will stick to its 5 to 25 percent emissions cut range as part of a global commitment to fight climate change under the controversial "Copenhagen accord", the government said on Wednesday.

Britain's Brown stays in N.Ireland for more talks Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:08 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will remain in Northern Ireland on Wednesday morning to try to salvage a deal to keep the province's power-sharing government in place after making progress during all-night crisis talks, his office said.

Would world economy miss the financial 'froth'? Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:08 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - The political backlash against profligate global banks is underway; regulators everywhere are sizing up "hot" cross-border money flows; and capital controls in developing economies are back in vogue. Financial globalisation, in short, is on the back foot.

Two Koreas trade fire; North warns and shoots again Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:08 AM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near their disputed sea border on Wednesday, highlighting instability along a heavily armed frontier for the second time in three months.

Two Koreas trade fire; North warns of more Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:39 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near their disputed sea border on Wednesday, highlighting instability along a heavily armed frontier for the second time in three months.

Political leaders gather in Davos Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:46 PM PST Political leaders and thousands of business executives are meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, trying to find ways of boosting the fragile global economy.

Nato appoints new Afghan civilian rep Posted: 26 Jan 2010 09:06 PM PST Nato has appointed a new civilian representative in Afghanistan with stronger powers to coordinate reconstruction and work closely with the military.

Obama to recast agenda to focus on jobs, deficit Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:08 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After his worst political setback since he took office a year ago, President Barack Obama will vow to revive U.S. job growth and tame skyrocketing budget deficits in a crucial speech on Wednesday.

China says no curb on Google mobile technology Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:08 PM PST BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China sought to head off concerns about curbs on Google phone technology on Wednesday, as U.S. business groups urged Washington to tackle "alarming" measures against foreign high-tech companies in China.

Q+A: Get ready for retooled Obama agenda Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:08 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stung by political setbacks and a drop in the polls, President Barack Obama will use his State of the Union speech on Wednesday to retool his agenda with a more populist tone and address Americans' concerns about the economy, jobs and deficits.

U.S. climate control supporters focus on job creation Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:08 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The four-letter word that will dominate U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday -- jobs -- could be the savior for faltering climate control legislation, or at least that's environmentalists' latest hope.

North Korea warns South of more artillery firing Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:08 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea confirmed it fired artillery on Wednesday near a disputed sea border with the South as a part of military drills and warned that there would be more.

China, Taiwan to speed up broad trade pact Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:08 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Taiwan agreed to speed up the process of negotiating a broad free trade-style agreement at preliminary talks this week, a Beijing official said on Wednesday.

Geithner, New York Fed defend actions on AIG payments Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:08 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner denied any role in disclosures about American International Group's payments to banks and defended his decisions as New York Federal Reserve chief to pay full price to retire AIG credit default swaps.

China, Taiwan to speed up broad trade pact Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:08 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Taiwan agreed to speed up the process of negotiating a broad free trade-style at preliminary talks this week, a Beijing official said on Wednesday.

Obama approved secret operations in Yemen - Post Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:08 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama approved secret joint U.S. military and intelligence operations with Yemeni troops that began six weeks ago and killed six regional al Qaeda leaders, The Washington Post reported.

Australia opposition eyeing voluntary CO2 cuts plan Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:08 PM PST SINGAPORE/CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's main opposition coalition, which has repeatedly blocked attempts to pass carbon trading laws, is eyeing a voluntary scheme based on buying up cheap offsets as a way to break the deadlock.

Indonesian group wants Obama statue torn down Posted: 26 Jan 2010 09:39 PM PST JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesians, who welcomed Barack Obama as one of their own two years ago, now want a statue commemorating his Jakarta school years to be removed, a sign the U.S. president's global appeal may be waning.

Two Koreas trade fire, spooks markets Posted: 26 Jan 2010 08:31 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near their disputed sea border on Wednesday, the second time in three months the rivals have clashed and briefly sending prices down on jittery Seoul financial markets.

FACTBOX - Key facts about Philippine elections in May Posted: 26 Jan 2010 08:00 PM PST Politicians and investors are nervous about the automated process, which has never been tested anywhere.

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