| Pakistan says it arrests Mumbai attack plotters
February 12, 2009 at 10:19 pm
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| ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Pakistani government said on Thursday for the first time that last November's attack on Mumbai was launched and partly planned from Pakistan, and it was holding in custody a ringleader and five other suspects. |
| Australian man arrested over deadly bushfires: report
February 12, 2009 at 9:36 pm
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| SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police were questioning a man on Friday over one of the country's deadly bushfires, which killed 181 people, and local media said he was expected to be charged with arson causing death. |
| World Bank research shows crisis worsening poverty
February 12, 2009 at 8:42 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A day ahead of a meeting of industrial powers, the World Bank said on Thursday new research showed more people were being pushed into poverty in developing countries due to the global financial crisis. |
| North Korea assembling longest-range missile: report
February 12, 2009 at 8:07 pm
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| SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has been assembling its longest-range missile at an east coast launch base and could test-fire the rocket by the end of this month at the earliest, a leading South Korean daily reported on Friday. |
| Cuba's Fidel Castro doing well: Chilean president
February 12, 2009 at 8:07 pm
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| HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro met with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Thursday and she said he was active and in good condition, further easing recent speculation over his health. |
| "Slumdog" turns spotlight on Mumbai's biggest slum
February 12, 2009 at 8:06 pm
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| MUMBAI (Reuters) - A slum portrayed in the award-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" is at the center of a land controversy in Mumbai that has highlighted the challenges facing a booming India as it tries to modernize its cities. |
| U.S., France, UK oppose suspending Bashir Darfur case
February 12, 2009 at 7:43 pm
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| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S., British and French diplomats told African Union and Arab League delegates on Thursday that they oppose suspending a war crimes indictment of Sudan's president over atrocities in Darfur, diplomats said. |
| Returning expats bring skills to rebuild Balkans
February 12, 2009 at 7:40 pm
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| BELGRADE (Reuters) - When Nina Ivancev, 38, left Serbia for Australia in 1993, she was convinced she would never return to what was then a pariah state embroiled in Balkan wars. Now she is back, and finds it more stable than richer places. |
| Children killed in Afghan shootout with Australians
February 12, 2009 at 6:21 pm
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| CANBERRA (Reuters) - Five children have been killed after a shootout between Taliban insurgents and Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, the Australian Defense Force said on Friday. |
| U.S. warns of space "dodgeball" after satellite crash
February 12, 2009 at 2:47 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Countries with satellites in space will have to play "dodgeball" for decades to avoid debris from this week's collision of U.S. and Russian satellites over Siberia, a top U.S. military officer said on Thursday. |
| Roadside bomb kills eight Iraqi pilgrims: police
February 12, 2009 at 1:12 pm
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| KERBALA (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed eight Iraqi pilgrims and wounded 46 near a revered shrine on Thursday as Iraqi Shi'ites marked Arbain, one of the most important dates in the Shi'ite religious calendar, police said. |
| U.S. airbase in Kyrgyzstan locked up in limbo
February 12, 2009 at 12:57 pm
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| MANAS AIR BASE, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - A U.S. officer squints and covers his ears with his hands when a military plane takes off into the sky over the last remaining U.S. base in Central Asia. |
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