| Australia parliament rejects stimulus plan
February 12, 2009 at 7:23 am
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| CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's parliament rejected the government's A$42 billion ($28 billion) stimulus plan on Thursday, dealing a major blow to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and delaying cash payments to millions of workers and families. |
| Wounded Sri Lankans, nuns make narrow escape from war
February 12, 2009 at 7:22 am
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| TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Tamil Tiger separatist rebels shot at civilians trying to flee fighting in Sri Lanka's northern war zone, wounded witnesses said on Thursday after escaping with the help of the Red Cross. |
| Military vote could help decide Israeli election
February 12, 2009 at 7:19 am
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| JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel planned to announce on Thursday the final results of its gridlocked election after tallying soldiers' votes that could tip the balance in the ongoing battle to lead the country. |
| Russia prosecutor accuses FinMin officials of theft
February 12, 2009 at 6:52 am
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| MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior Russian prosecutor accused unnamed past and present deputy finance ministers on Thursday of large-scale theft of state funds in signs of a renewed attack on Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin. |
| Pakistan unveils breakthrough, arrests in Mumbai probe
February 12, 2009 at 6:44 am
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| ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan was holding in custody the ringleader and five other suspects in the conspiracy behind a militant attack that killed 179 people in Mumbai, the top Pakistani interior ministry official said on Thursday. |
| Afghans investigate Pakistan link to Kabul raids
February 12, 2009 at 6:37 am
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| KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan intelligence agents said Thursday they are investigating links between Pakistan and Taliban militants who killed 26 people in three simultaneous suicide bomb and gun raids on state offices in the capital Kabul. |
| Pope tells Jews Holocaust denial is "intolerable"
February 12, 2009 at 6:26 am
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| VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, trying to defuse a controversy over a bishop who denies the Holocaust, on Thursday said that "any denial or minimization of this terrible crime is intolerable," especially if it comes from a clergyman. |
| Sudan plays down reports of Bashir arrest decision
February 12, 2009 at 5:54 am
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| KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan sought to play down reports that International Criminal Court judges had decided to indict its president for war crimes in Darfur, saying it was pressing ahead with diplomatic efforts to postpone the move. |
| U.S., Russia track satellite crash debris
February 12, 2009 at 5:51 am
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| MOSCOW (Reuters) - Space officials in Russia and the United States were on Thursday tracking hundreds of pieces of debris that were spewed into space when a U.S. satellite collided with a defunct Russian military satellite. |
| Australia fires spark calls for climate action
February 12, 2009 at 4:00 am
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| YEA, Australia (Reuters) - Firefighters called on the Australian government on Thursday to take a tougher stance against climate change in an effort to avoid more deadly bushfires like those that killed 181 people this week. |
| Crisis means more child soldiers in Colombia: U.N.
February 11, 2009 at 5:23 pm
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| BOGOTA (Reuters) - Global financial turmoil could drive more children to become fighters for Colombia's rebel groups as the country's poorest people suffer the fallout of the economic slowdown, a U.N. agency said on Wednesday. |
| Venezuela military to voters: don't eat your ballot
February 11, 2009 at 5:22 pm
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| CARACAS (Reuters) - In Venezuela, it's illegal to eat your vote. |
| U.S. to attend six-party North Korea talks in Moscow
February 11, 2009 at 1:34 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will send a team next week to six-country talks in Moscow on North Korean disarmament, a State Department spokesman said on Wednesday. |
| Protectionism row clouds looming G7 meeting
February 11, 2009 at 11:41 am
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| BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany took a swipe at France on Wednesday for offering state aid to its carmakers without consulting its European partners and vowed to raise the issue of rising protectionism at a weekend G7 meeting in Rome. |
| Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai takes office as PM
February 11, 2009 at 10:52 am
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| HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in as prime minister on Wednesday by old enemy President Robert Mugabe and vowed to salvage the ruined economy. |
| Taliban kill 20 in trio of Afghan capital attacks
February 11, 2009 at 10:52 am
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| KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants killed 20 people in three simultaneous attacks on government buildings inside the Afghan capital on Wednesday, showing how far the Kabul government and its Western allies are from bringing peace. |
| 16 dead, 45 wounded in twin Baghdad bombs: police
February 11, 2009 at 10:37 am
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| BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Sixteen people were killed and 45 wounded on Wednesday when twin car bombs exploded at a bus terminal and market area in southwestern Baghdad, Iraqi police said. |
| China rebuffs West on ending death penalty, rights
February 11, 2009 at 10:31 am
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| GENEVA (Reuters) - China rejected calls from Western and some Latin American countries on Wednesday to end the death penalty and to agree to enforce a wide range of human rights including allowing independent labor unions. |
| Jews say pope must condemn anti-Semitism in Church
February 11, 2009 at 10:24 am
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| VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict must take a clear stand against anti-Semitism in the Roman Catholic Church if he wants to defuse a controversy over a bishop who denies the Holocaust, Jewish leaders said on Wednesday. |
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