| U.S. envoy says North Korea rights record "appalling"
January 10, 2010 at 11:32 PM
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| SEOUL (Reuters) - The Obama administration's newly appointed envoy for human rights in North Korea said on Monday Pyongyang had an abysmal record and that Washington would press the reclusive state to clean up its act. | | |
| China to give Rio detention decision: Australia
January 10, 2010 at 10:47 PM
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| CANBERRA (Reuters) - Chinese authorities are expected to say on Monday whether four Rio Tinto Ltd employees detained for six months over commercial bribery allegations will have their cases referred to prosecutors, Australia's foreign ministry said. | | |
| Republicans call on Senator Reid to quit post
January 10, 2010 at 8:45 PM
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican Party chief called on Senator Harry Reid on Sunday to step down as Senate majority leader over racial comments about President Barack Obama, while Democrats tried to put the issue behind them. | | |
| China exports, imports surge on economic strength
January 10, 2010 at 8:12 PM
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| BEIJING (Reuters) - Growth in China's exports and imports last month blew past expectations, providing fresh evidence of the vigor of the economy and strengthening the case for Beijing to let the yuan start climbing again. | | |
| China to give Rio detention decision: Australia
January 10, 2010 at 6:23 PM
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| CANBERRA (Reuters) - Chinese authorities are expected to say on Monday whether four Rio Tinto Ltd employees detained for six months over commercial bribery allegations will have their cases referred to prosecutors, Australia's foreign ministry said. | | |
| Israel to build barrier along Egyptian frontier
January 10, 2010 at 5:45 PM
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| JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved plans on Sunday to erect a barrier along part of Israel's border with Egypt and install advanced surveillance equipment to keep out illegal migrants and militants. | | |
| Israel vows "powerful response" to Gaza attacks
January 10, 2010 at 1:44 PM
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| GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Three Palestinian militants were killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a "powerful response" to any attacks from the territory. | | |
| British newspaper journalist killed in Afghanistan
January 10, 2010 at 1:37 PM
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| LONDON (Reuters) - A journalist for Britain's Sunday Mirror newspaper has been killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol in Afghanistan, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday. | | |
| Iran frees Syrian journalist held during protests
January 10, 2010 at 1:18 PM
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| TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has freed a Syrian journalist working for Dubai television who was detained in Tehran two weeks ago, his employer Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) said on Sunday. | | |
| Algeria bus crash kills 15 people: report
January 10, 2010 at 12:46 PM
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| ALGIERS (Reuters) - A collision between a bus and a truck in Algeria Sunday killed 15 people and injured another 15, state radio reported. | | |
| Republicans call on Senator Reid to quit post
January 10, 2010 at 12:28 PM
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican Party chief called on Senator Harry Reid on Sunday to step down as Senate majority leader over racial comments about President Barack Obama, while Democrats tried to put the issue behind them. | | |
| Wrong to give bomb suspect civilian rights: McCain
January 10, 2010 at 10:41 AM
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Nigerian man who attempted to blow up a commercial jet outside Detroit on Christmas Day should be tried as an enemy combatant in a military court, a leading Republican Senator said on Sunday. | | |
| Togo team to return from Africa soccer cup: captain
January 10, 2010 at 10:36 AM
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| CABINDA, Angola (Reuters) - Togo's national team will return home and not compete in Africa's biggest soccer tournament, captain Emmanuel Adebayor said on Sunday, after gunmen killed a squad coach and press officer in an ambush. | | |
| UAE ruling family member acquitted in torture trial
January 10, 2010 at 10:33 AM
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| AL-AIN, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) - A member of Abu Dhabi's ruling family was found innocent Sunday of the torture and rape of an Afghan in a case that embarrassed the Gulf Arab emirate and raised questions over human rights. | | |
| Algerian security forces kill 10 militants: report
January 10, 2010 at 10:31 AM
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| ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian security forces killed 10 Islamist rebels in an ambush, state radio reported on Sunday, while in a separate development a Canadian firm said an Algerian employed kidnapped by insurgents had been freed. | | |
| Iran MPs criticize treatment of post-vote detainees
January 10, 2010 at 10:01 AM
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| TEHRAN (Reuters) - More than 145 people detained after Iran's disputed June election were kept for several days in a room of 70 square meters at a Tehran jail, including three who died, a parliamentary report was quoted as saying on Sunday. | | |
| Senate's Reid tells Obama he regrets racial remarks
January 10, 2010 at 9:57 AM
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apologized to President Barack Obama on Saturday for comments he made during the 2008 presidential campaign that critics find racially offensive. | | |
| Tiger Woods must risk embarrassment and humiliation: Harmon
January 10, 2010 at 9:50 AM
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| LONDON (Reuters) - Tiger Woods's former coach Butch Harmon believes the world number one must risk the humiliation and embarrassment of a full and frank news conference over his infidelities before he can get on with his life. | | |
| U.S. suggestion of sanctions causes stir in Israel
January 10, 2010 at 8:20 AM
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| JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A U.S. peace envoy's suggestion that Washington could penalize Israel financially to force it into making concessions to the Palestinians drew Israeli ire on Sunday. | | |
| China's commodity imports soar in December
January 10, 2010 at 6:51 AM
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| BEIJING (Reuters) - China ended 2009 with record monthly imports of crude oil and soybeans and a strong appetite for iron ore and copper, while its aluminum and steel sectors saw a welcome increase in export volumes. | | |
| Delta, American investment in JAL put on ice: source
January 10, 2010 at 5:25 AM
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| TOKYO (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines and American Airlines will not be invited to invest in Japan Airlines until after new management has been put in place, if ever, a person familiar with the matter said. | | |
| Malaysian Christians fearful as church attacks rise
January 10, 2010 at 5:24 AM
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| KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Would-be arsonists in mostly Muslim Malaysia struck at a convent school and a fifth church on Sunday while church leaders called for calm in a row over Christians' use of the word "Allah" to refer to God. | | |
| Deadly ambush weighs on top Africa soccer event
January 9, 2010 at 10:07 PM
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| LUANDA (Reuters) - Africa's biggest soccer tournament starts in Angola on Sunday, overshadowed by an ambush by separatist rebels on the Togo team bus that killed three people and wounded seven. | | |
| Zazi associate charged in New York bomb plot
January 9, 2010 at 9:51 PM
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former high school classmate of a man accused of plotting an al Qaeda-inspired bomb attack in New York pleaded not guilty on Saturday to charges of murder conspiracy and receiving training by a terrorist organization. | | |
| Obama launches new push for healthcare overhaul
January 9, 2010 at 7:24 PM
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday renewed his pitch for final congressional passage of a U.S. healthcare overhaul and promised Americans they will begin reaping the benefits soon after he signs a bill into law. | | |
| Police charge two after Heathrow bomb threat
January 9, 2010 at 6:46 PM
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| LONDON (Reuters) - British police charged a man on Saturday over a bomb hoax that prevented a Dubai-bound Emirates airliner from taking off from London's Heathrow airport. | | |
| CIA bomber video calls for attacks on U.S.
January 9, 2010 at 6:08 PM
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| ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The suicide bomber who killed CIA agents in Afghanistan had made a video calling on militants to avenge the death of the Pakistani Taliban leader by carrying out attacks in and outside the United States, al Jazeera said. | | |
| Blast outside Greek parliament, no one hurt
January 9, 2010 at 4:45 PM
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| ATHENS (Reuters) - Urban guerillas exploded a makeshift bomb outside Greece's parliament on Saturday evening causing no injuries and minor damage, police said. | | |
| Afghans agree to take over U.S. prison at Bagram
January 9, 2010 at 1:42 PM
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| KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan officials agreed on Saturday to take over responsibility for the U.S. military's Bagram prison north of Kabul, a move that could close a chapter in the troubled history of U.S. detentions since 2001. | | | |
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