| North Korea digs in on U.S. peace talks demand
January 12, 2010 at 1:31 AM
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| BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea will not return to nuclear disarmament negotiations unless the United States agrees to peace treaty talks and lifts sanctions, a senior North Korean diplomat said on Tuesday, leaving little room for compromise. | | |
| U.S. Marines tell Afghans: we're not here forever
January 12, 2010 at 1:25 AM
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| DELARAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The bearded Afghan men in traditional dress sat cross-legged on the floor listening to the U.S. colonel address them -- a common sight in Afghanistan in recent years, but now with a subtly changed message. | | |
| FAA calls for inspections of older Boeing 737s: report
January 12, 2010 at 12:29 AM
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| (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has called for enhanced inspections of more than 130 older Boeing 737 planes, the Wall Street Journal said, citing a safety directive that is likely to be issued on Tuesday. | | |
| Venezuela's devaluation will cost some U.S. companies
January 11, 2010 at 11:45 PM
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| CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. companies doing substantial business in Venezuela, such as Avon Products Inc and Colgate-Palmolive Co, are bracing for the impact from the country's currency devaluation. | | |
| North Korea calls for peace treaty to replace armistice
January 11, 2010 at 9:23 PM
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| SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Monday it wants to reach a peace treaty quickly to replace the ceasefire that ended the 1950-53 Korean War in order to build trust with the United States and revive dormant nuclear disarmament talks. | | |
| Pakistan seen becoming more Islamist, anti-U.S
January 11, 2010 at 8:20 PM
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| LONDON (Reuters) - Pakistan is likely to become a more Islamist state and increasingly anti-American in the coming years, complicating U.S. efforts to win its support against Islamist militants, a report released on Tuesday said. | | |
| California gay marriage case highlights hurt, hope
January 11, 2010 at 7:54 PM
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| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two gay men and two lesbians challenging a California ban on same-sex marriage on Monday said their relationships had lasted for years but they felt like third-class citizens, leading them to launch the federal case that could set a national precedent. | | |
| Passenger charged in U.S. jet scare
January 11, 2010 at 7:39 PM
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| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An unruly passenger whose apparently drunken behavior last week prompted an AirTran Airways aircraft to make an emergency landing escorted by fighter jets was charged on Monday with interference with a flight crew. | | |
| U.S. lawyers say Gitmo detainee denied speedy trial
January 11, 2010 at 6:43 PM
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - The criminal case against the first detainee transferred from Guantanamo Bay for trial in a U.S. civilian court should be thrown out because he was denied the right to a speedy trial, defense lawyers argued on Monday. | | |
| Bomber urged more attacks before striking CIA
January 11, 2010 at 3:41 PM
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| LONDON (Reuters) - A double agent who killed seven CIA officers in Afghanistan sent a plea to Islamist writers a few weeks earlier urging them to launch suicide attacks, the SITE Intelligence monitoring group said, citing a militant forum. | | |
| Algeria protests at new U.S. air security rules
January 11, 2010 at 3:04 PM
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| ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's foreign minister summoned the U.S. ambassador on Monday to protest at Algeria's inclusion on a list of countries whose flights bound for the United States will be subject to extra security checks, state media reported. | | |
| North Korea calls for peace treaty to replace armistice
January 11, 2010 at 2:58 PM
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| SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Monday it wants to reach a peace treaty quickly to replace the ceasefire that ended the 1950-53 Korean War in order to build trust with the United States and revive dormant nuclear disarmament talks. | | |
| Questions fly as California gay marriage trial opens
January 11, 2010 at 2:55 PM
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| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's gay marriage trial, a case that could change the nation, began on Monday with a spirited debate between the lawyer in favor of same-sex unions and a U.S. district court judge who asked whether the state should even be in the marriage business. | | |
| Obama, Cuomo target Wall Street bonuses
January 11, 2010 at 2:36 PM
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| WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The White House and a top U.S. regulator attacked excessive Wall Street bonuses, as the nation's biggest banks prepare to hand out awards that critics say were made possible only by taxpayer bailouts. | | |
| Freeze mauls Florida citrus
January 11, 2010 at 2:05 PM
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| MIAMI (Reuters) - Freezing temperatures mauled Florida's citrus groves overnight, inflicting significant damage on the orange crop, producers said on Monday, although it could take weeks to see if there was long-term tree loss. | | |
| Northern Ireland leader to step down temporarily
January 11, 2010 at 1:39 PM
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| BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson temporarily stood down on Monday to face a politically-destabilizing inquiry over money his wife raised for a 19-year-old man she was having an affair with. | | |
| Back at work, Italy's Berlusconi seeks new immunity
January 11, 2010 at 10:22 AM
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| ROME (Reuters) - On his first day back at work almost a month after he was attacked, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was busy on Monday working out a three-pronged strategy to regain his immunity from prosecution. | | |
| Six NATO servicemembers killed in Afghanistan
January 11, 2010 at 9:40 AM
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| KABUL (Reuters) - Six members of the NATO-led military force in Afghanistan were killed on Monday in two battles with insurgents and a roadside bomb attack, making it one of the bloodiest days for foreign troops in months. | | |
| Trial in Kansas abortion doctor's slaying begins
January 11, 2010 at 9:38 AM
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| KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - The Kansas trial of an anti-abortion activist accused of gunning down one of the few late-term abortion providers in the United States opens on Monday in a case that has galvanized people on both sides of the contentious debate over abortion. | | |
| China pledges more investment, religious controls in Tibet
January 11, 2010 at 9:16 AM
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| BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese leaders have pledged to increase investment in Tibet this year while keeping the restive region's Buddhist monks on a tight leash, state media have reported, in an effort to use economic growth to quell dissatisfaction. | | |
| Iran's top prosecutor wants action against opposition
January 11, 2010 at 8:55 AM
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| TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's top prosecutor called on Monday for firm action against people behind street unrest after the Islamic Republic's disputed election in June, in a clear warning that senior opposition figures may face trial. | | |
| Denmark adds terrorism charge to cartoonist attack
January 11, 2010 at 8:33 AM
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| COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish prosecutors have added a terrorism charge to two charges of attempted murder against a Somali man who broke into the home of a cartoonist whose 2005 drawing of the Prophet Mohammad sparked global Muslim outrage. | | |
| Israel urges Hamas to rein in Gaza militant groups
January 11, 2010 at 4:11 AM
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| TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak urged the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers on Monday to rein in militant groups behind a surge in attacks on Israel, coupling his appeal with a veiled threat of Israeli action. | | |
| Fed unlikely to be swayed by jobs data: Bullard
January 11, 2010 at 4:00 AM
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| SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve monetary policy is unlikely to be pushed off course by December's surprising job losses, a senior Fed official said on Monday. | | |
| Clinton to talk bases, security on Pacific swing
January 11, 2010 at 3:51 AM
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to the South Pacific this week, working to boost key U.S. alliances while pressing Japan to resolve a damaging dispute over a critical U.S. military base. | | |
| China lending said to jump, fanning overheating fears
January 11, 2010 at 2:31 AM
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| BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese bank lending surged in the first week of 2010, a state newspaper reported on Monday, adding to the concerns fueled by blockbuster trade data for December that the world's third-largest economy is overheating. | | |
| Gay marriage ban goes on trial in California
January 11, 2010 at 1:12 AM
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| OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - California's ban on gay marriage goes to trial on Monday in a federal case that plaintiffs hope to take all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and overturn bans throughout the nation. | | | |
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