Tuesday 7th September 2010

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Chinese police shoot Tibetan dead during protest

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 13:04

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police "accidentally" shot dead an ethnic Tibetan during a protest in southwestern China two weeks ago, state news agency Xinhua said Monday.

India parliament passes nuclear liability bill

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 12:55

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's parliament on Monday approved a bill to open up the country's $150 billion nuclear power market, sealing legislation crucial for the entry of U.S. firms like General Electric and Westinghouse Electric.

Police deaths raise fears of resurgent Nigerian sect

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 12:46

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Four policemen have been shot dead over the past month in the northern Nigerian town of Maiduguri, raising fears that a radical Islamic sect behind an uprising which killed hundreds a year ago is making a return.

Indonesian volcano erupts again, many evacuated

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 11:36

SUKA NALU, Indonesia (Reuters) - An Indonesian volcano, inactive for four centuries, erupted again on Monday, pitching ash two km (1.5 miles) into the air and sending nearby residents scurrying from their homes.

Chile seeks to speed up rescue of trapped miners

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 11:02

COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) - Chile was looking at ways on Saturday to speed up the rescue of 33 miners trapped deep underground for 23 days who officials have said might have to wait three to four months to see the light of day.

As U.S. withdraws, Iraqis still live in crisis

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 08:53

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Kareem Hassan Abboud's family of seven share a two room house in a makeshift squatter camp in the mainly Shi'ite district of Chukook in northwestern Baghdad. Sewage muddies the dirt road outside.

"Kingmakers" make new demands in Australia deadlock

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 07:03

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's political gridlock was no closer to a resolution that would provide market certainty on Monday after "kingmaker" independent MPs unveiled new demands as the price for their support to form a minority government.

Ecuador bus crash kills 38 in highlands

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 03:47

QUITO (Reuters) - A bus winding its way through Ecuador's highlands toward the capital of Quito went off the road before dawn Sunday, killing 38 passengers in the worst accident of this kind in the country in years.

Hitmen kill Mexican mayor in drug war state

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 03:28

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen killed the mayor of a small town in northern Mexico on Sunday in a region where two car bombs exploded last week and the bodies of 72 murdered migrant workers were found.

Ecuador bus crash kills 38 in highlands

Sun, 29/08/2010 - 21:37

Belgian coalition talks head resigns but king says no

Sun, 29/08/2010 - 20:05

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Belgian politician leading talks to form a new government tendered his resignation on Sunday, but the king insisted he stay on to avert a political crisis two months after a parliamentary election.

French prosecutor seeks Woerth case evidence

Sun, 29/08/2010 - 18:12

PARIS (Reuters) - A senior French prosecutor is investigating Labor Minister Eric Woerth's role in the tax affairs of L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt and his alleged favoritism in a land deal, a source close to the prosecutor said Sunday.

Pakistan survivors stalked by disease as waters ebb

Sun, 29/08/2010 - 18:05

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A month after torrential monsoon rains triggered Pakistan's worst natural disaster on record, flood waters are starting to recede -- but there are countless survivors at risk of death from hunger and disease.

Thousands flee as long-sleepy Sumatra volcano erupts

Sun, 29/08/2010 - 17:46

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Thousands of Indonesians were evacuated from the slopes of a volcano on Sunday after it erupted for the first time in more than 400 years, spewing out lava and sending smoke and dust 1,500 meters (5,000 feet) into the air.

Iraqis say war "not ending" despite U.S. drawdown

Sun, 29/08/2010 - 17:40

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's message this weekend that Iraq would "chart its own course" may have been welcome news for war-weary Americans, but it has fueled anxieties about the future among Iraqis.

Berlusconi prepares for battle over trials law

Sun, 29/08/2010 - 17:39

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government is preparing for a battle over planned justice reforms that would set time limits on trials but also effectively shield Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from two pending cases.

Moroccan police arrest 11 Spanish activists

Sun, 29/08/2010 - 17:06

MADRID (Reuters) - Moroccan police have arrested 11 Spanish activists in Western Sahara who were demonstrating for independence for the disputed territory, the Spanish Foreign Ministry said Sunday.

Campaign workers killed as Afghan violence spreads

Sun, 29/08/2010 - 16:49

KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead five campaign workers for a candidate in Afghanistan's parliamentary election next month, officials said on Sunday, another sign of rising insecurity as Washington prepares to review its war strategy.

Twelve rebels killed raiding Chechen leader's village

Sun, 29/08/2010 - 16:14

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - Chechen police killed 12 rebels as they repulsed a raid on the Moscow-backed president's home village on Sunday, authorities said, in an attack that broke a period of relative calm in the Russian republic.

Toll from Afghan base raids rises

Sun, 29/08/2010 - 14:26

KABUL (Reuters) - The NATO-led force in Afghanistan said on Sunday more than 30 insurgents, including at least 13 suicide bombers, were killed when foreign and Afghan troops repelled al Qaeda-linked fighters who attacked two bases.