Burundi arrests 'coup plotters' |
- Burundi arrests 'coup plotters'
- Father's shock at toddler murders
- Toyota Recall Hits 9 Million Cars Worldwide
- French giant misled its investors
- Deal elusive in Northern Ireland devolution talks
- Death of Islamist Hamas commander in Dubai prompts hunt for killers
- Canada 'need not help detainee'
- Taliban Attack in Helmand Falls Short, Again
- Blair: 'No regrets' at Iraq inquiry
- Turkey offers to resume Israel-Syria mediation
- Venezuelan politics spill onto baseball field
- IMF Chief Urges Coordinated Regulation
- G20 Seeks Role in Post-Crisis World
- Quakes 'decade's worst disasters'
- Sentences for stab death burglars
- Clinton urges China to overlook oil needs in sanctioning Iran
- S Africa minister's wife arrested
- US proposes $6bn Taiwan arms sale
- Life sentence for Indian tycoon
- Sanitary pads 'cut school absenteeism'
| Burundi arrests 'coup plotters' Posted: 29 Jan 2010 12:15 PM PST Thirteen soldiers in Burundi have been arrested for plotting a coup to overthrow the president, says the country's army chief.
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| Father's shock at toddler murders Posted: 29 Jan 2010 12:27 PM PST The father of two children found dead in holdalls in the boot of a car says he is unable to understand their "cruel" murders.
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| Toyota Recall Hits 9 Million Cars Worldwide Posted: 29 Jan 2010 12:17 PM PST The carmaker said up to 1.8 million cars in Europe could be affected and that it had identified a remedy.  
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| French giant misled its investors Posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:56 AM PST French media giant Vivendi is ordered to pay potentially substantial damages after a US jury finds it misled investors.
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| Deal elusive in Northern Ireland devolution talks Posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:12 AM PST HILLSBOROUGH, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - The two sides in the Northern Ireland Assembly resumed talks Friday, striving to seal a deal on police and justice powers needed to keep their fragile power-sharing government in place.    
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| Death of Islamist Hamas commander in Dubai prompts hunt for killers Posted: 29 Jan 2010 10:59 AM PST JERUSALEM -- A senior commander with the Islamist Hamas organization's military wing was killed in a Dubai hotel earlier this month, prompting what Dubai officials said would be an international search for members of a "professional criminal gang" it blamed for the slaying.  
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| Canada 'need not help detainee' Posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:15 AM PST Canadian court rules government not obliged to ask US to repatriate Guantanamo inmate.
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| Taliban Attack in Helmand Falls Short, Again Posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:17 AM PST Insurgents launched a surprise attack on official targets in the provincial capital Friday, using a squad of heavily armed suicide bombers, and again failed to achieve their declared goals. 
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| Blair: 'No regrets' at Iraq inquiry Posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:11 AM PST Former British prime minister says the removal of Saddam Hussein made the world safer.
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| Turkey offers to resume Israel-Syria mediation Posted: 29 Jan 2010 10:45 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Turkey is ready to try again to broker a peace agreement between Israel and Syria if both countries agree to resume the stalled initiative, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday.   
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| Venezuelan politics spill onto baseball field Posted: 29 Jan 2010 10:13 AM PST CARACAS (Reuters) - Rarely has the phrase "three strikes, you're out" been so controversial on Venezuela's baseball fields -- or in its politics.   
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| IMF Chief Urges Coordinated Regulation Posted: 29 Jan 2010 12:41 PM PST The head of the International Monetary Fund warned the U.S. and European countries against launching separate initiatives to beef up the regulation of banks, urging governments to pursue multilateral agreements instead.
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| G20 Seeks Role in Post-Crisis World Posted: 29 Jan 2010 08:44 AM PST The financial crisis forced leading economies to engage in unprecedented cooperation, but as the immediate threat eases, policy makers are searching for ways to make working together a permanent feature of global economic governance.
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| Quakes 'decade's worst disasters' Posted: 29 Jan 2010 10:37 AM PST Almost 60% of the people killed by natural disasters in the past decade lost their lives in earthquakes, data shows.
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| Sentences for stab death burglars Posted: 29 Jan 2010 10:39 AM PST Three members of a gang of burglars are sentenced for their part in a raid in which one of their group was killed in self-defence.
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| Clinton urges China to overlook oil needs in sanctioning Iran Posted: 29 Jan 2010 12:02 PM PST PARIS -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on China Friday to overlook its short-term interest in Iranian oil and consider the long-term implications of a Persian Gulf arms race as it decides whether to support stepped-up international sanctions against Iran.  
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| S Africa minister's wife arrested Posted: 29 Jan 2010 10:05 AM PST The wife of South Africa's intelligence minister is arrested and charged with arranging drug smuggling.
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| US proposes $6bn Taiwan arms sale Posted: 29 Jan 2010 12:22 PM PST The Pentagon notifies the US Congress of a proposed arms sale to Taiwan, worth $6.7bn (£4.2bn).
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| Life sentence for Indian tycoon Posted: 29 Jan 2010 10:23 AM PST One of India's top business magnates, Prabhu Shankar Agarwal, is sentenced to life in prison for attempted murder, in Calcutta.
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| Sanitary pads 'cut school absenteeism' Posted: 29 Jan 2010 09:59 AM PST Schoolgirl absenteeism in Ghana could be cut by half by providing free sanitary towels, a study shows.
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