| U.S., Google take hard line on China Web censorship
January 12, 2010 at 11:17 PM
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| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said it may pull out of China because it is no longer willing to accept censorship of its search results, in a surprise retreat from the world's largest Internet market by users. | | |
| Big Haiti quake topples buildings, many casualties
January 12, 2010 at 11:13 PM
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A major earthquake struck the capital of impoverished Haiti on Tuesday, toppling many buildings and burying hundreds, possibly thousands, of people under the rubble, witnesses said. | | |
| Karzai says U.S. never gave Afghans "blank check"
January 12, 2010 at 10:42 PM
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai denied on Tuesday the United States had ever given his country a "blank check" but said he was grateful for the "little money" sent by Washington to Afghanistan. | | |
| Florida citrus growers reel under prolonged freeze
January 12, 2010 at 9:18 PM
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| MIAMI (Reuters) - Central Florida citrus growers, already reeling from an unusually long freeze, reported more overnight ice damage to their orange fruit and groves on Tuesday, which they feared could also hurt the 2010/11 crop. | | |
| Mexico captures major Tijuana drug gang leader
January 12, 2010 at 5:57 PM
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| TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican police captured a drug kingpin on Tuesday known for having the corpses of tortured rivals dissolved in acid and blamed for much of a surge in violence in the northern border city of Tijuana. | | |
| Military base deal eludes Clinton, Okada in Hawaii
January 12, 2010 at 3:52 PM
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| HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada failed to reach a deal on Tuesday on a dispute over a U.S. military base, but pledged not to let it derail the broader relationship. | | |
| New evidence of Qaeda tie to Madrid blast: expert
January 12, 2010 at 2:46 PM
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| LONDON (Reuters) - The 2004 Madrid bombings, Europe's deadliest Islamist militant attack, probably were instigated by al Qaeda and were not the work of autonomous cells, a top terrorism expert says. | | |
| Palestinian PM rejects Israel incitement charge
January 12, 2010 at 2:40 PM
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| RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad rejected Israeli accusations that he had "incited" hostility to the Jewish state, saying on Tuesday that Israel had made the claims to dodge its own obligations under a peace plan. | | |
| U.S. trade gap widens in November on import jump
January 12, 2010 at 12:59 PM
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit ballooned in November, as the price of imported oil jumped more than $5 per barrel and revived consumer and manufacturer demand pushed imports to their highest in nearly a year. | | |
| Nigerian's trips may offer clue to U.S. attack plot
January 12, 2010 at 12:49 PM
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| LONDON (Reuters) - Studying in Yemen, the reserved Nigerian aroused the curiosity of housemates, prompting one to ask why the young man "excused himself from our revelries, our late night meals, our conversations 'till all hours." | | |
| Hundreds of Yemeni rebels slain in clashes: Saudi official
January 12, 2010 at 12:25 PM
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| RIYADH/SANAA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Yemeni Shi'ite infiltrators have been slain in border clashes, a top Saudi defense official said on Tuesday, after state media said four Saudi soldiers were killed in the fighting with the rebels. | | |
| Swiss panel votes against taking Guantanamo inmates
January 12, 2010 at 12:04 PM
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| ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland should not take in any more detainees from the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison owing to heightened security concerns, a parliamentary security committee recommended in a 15-10 vote. | | |
| Last Anne Frank helper dies at 100
January 12, 2010 at 11:48 AM
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| AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The last survivor of a group that helped Anne Frank and her family hide from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War Two and kept her diaries, has died at the age of 100. | | |
| EU justice chief-designate urges caution on scanners
January 12, 2010 at 11:42 AM
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| BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union should not rush into introducing full-body scanners at airports but give consideration to privacy and health questions, the EU's justice commissioner-designate said on Tuesday. | | |
| Central Florida citrus growers hit by freeze again
January 12, 2010 at 10:02 AM
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| MIAMI (Reuters) - Citrus growers in central Florida on Tuesday reported more freeze damage to their oranges from another night of freezing temperatures and said they also feared leaf and twig damage could hurt the 2010/11 crop. | | |
| China unveils anti-missile test after Taiwan sale
January 12, 2010 at 7:54 AM
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| BEIJING (Reuters) - China successfully tested emerging military technology aimed at destroying missiles in mid-air, the government said, while state media warned ties with Washington would be hurt by U.S. missile sales to Taiwan. | | |
| Yemen starts talks with kidnappers, violence flares
January 12, 2010 at 7:50 AM
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| SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen has started negotiations with kidnappers holding a German family and a Briton hostage, a top Yemeni official said on Tuesday, and violence flared in a northern corner where Shi'ite rebels are staging a revolt. | | |
| Detained Americans to be tried soon: Iran spokesman
January 12, 2010 at 7:47 AM
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| TEHRAN (Reuters) - Three U.S. citizens detained in Iran and charged with espionage will stand trial soon, a Foreign Ministry spokesman was quoted as saying Tuesday, in a case that Washington has called "totally unfounded." | | |
| Iran blames U.S., Israel in killing of scientist
January 12, 2010 at 7:28 AM
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| TEHRAN (Reuters) - A remote-controlled bomb killed a Tehran University nuclear scientist on Tuesday, state media reported, in an attack which Iran blamed on U.S. and Israeli agents. | | |
| China surprises with early bank reserve increase
January 12, 2010 at 7:15 AM
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| BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday raised the proportion of deposits that banks must hold in reserve, in the clearest sign yet that it has started to tighten monetary policy with its economy roaring back to the brink of overheating. | | |
| Britain did not rush into Iraq war: Blair aide
January 12, 2010 at 7:12 AM
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| LONDON (Reuters)- British Prime Minister Tony Blair sought a diplomatic solution to fears over Iraq's weapons program until just before the U.S-led invasion in 2003, his former communications chief said Tuesday. | | | |
