2/7 Reuters: International News

Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Reuters: International News North Korea open to disarmament progress: U.S. expert February 7, 2009 at 12:36 am BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea wants to advance nuclear disarmament steps if its aid demands are met and it played down concerns over possible missile launches, a former senior U.S. diplomat just back from Pyongyang said on Saturday. Pakistani court declares nuclear scientist free February 7, 2009 at 12:28 am ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court declared disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan free on Friday, ending five years of house arrest for the man at the center of the world's most serious proliferation scandal. Haiti bars former rebel leader from April ballot February 6, 2009 at 11:10 pm PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's electoral council on Friday rejected the candidacy of former rebel leader Guy Philippe and that of all candidates from former President Jean Bertrand Aristide's party in the nation's April senate election. Iran official sees positive U.S. signal in Mideast February 6, 2009 at 10:39 pm MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's decision to send an envoy to the Middle East to sound out countries in the region is a "positive signal," a senior Iranian politician said on Friday. Prognosis not good for Taiwan nude photo clinic February 6, 2009 at 10:09 pm TAIPEI (Reuters) - A Taiwan clinic is likely to be fined after allowing two of its nurses to pose nude in an advertising campaign. Pakistani court declares nuclear scientist free February 6, 2009 at 3:38 pm ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court declared disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan free on Friday, ending five years of house arrest for the man at the center of the world's most serious proliferation scandal. Russia sends conciliatory message to Obama February 6, 2009 at 2:59 pm MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday that President Barack Obama's new administration offered a "window of opportunity" to resolve deep divisions over U.S. missile shield plans in central Europe. Mexico drug gangs threaten cops on radio, kill them February 6, 2009 at 2:49 pm TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican drug gangs near the U.S. border are breaking into police radio frequencies to issue chilling death threats to cops which they then carry out, demoralizing security forces in a worsening drug war. Iran official sees positive U.S. signal in Mideast February 6, 2009 at 12:38 pm MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's decision to send an envoy to the Middle East to sound out countries in the region is a "positive signal," a senior Iranian politician said Friday. Jurists urge U.S. to drop Guantanamo case secrecy February 6, 2009 at 10:07 am GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has strongly urged the United States to withdraw its opposition to the release of evidence on the alleged torture of a former British Guantanamo Bay detainee. Kyrgyzstan says U.S. air base decision is final February 6, 2009 at 9:54 am BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan said on Friday its decision to shut a U.S. air base was final, dealing a blow to Washington's efforts to retain what has been an important staging post for U.S. forces fighting in Afghanistan. Far-right rise crimps Netanyahu before Israel vote February 6, 2009 at 9:40 am JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu will go into Tuesday's Israeli election with centrist Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni breathing down his neck and a far-right party siphoning votes from him, according to final opinion polls on Friday. Pakistani forces kill 52 militants February 6, 2009 at 9:27 am PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani government forces killed 52 Islamist militants on Friday to the south of the Khyber region, where a vital supply route for Western forces in Afghanistan passes. U.N. chief, in Iraq, hails peaceful local vote February 6, 2009 at 9:23 am BAGHDAD (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praised Iraq's largely peaceful elections during a visit to Baghdad on Friday, but said the war-weary country had much more to do before it attains lasting stability. U.N. says 30,000 displaced by South Darfur fighting February 6, 2009 at 9:21 am KHARTOUM (Reuters) - At least 30,000 people have fled their homes in South Darfur state in western Sudan in recent days because of fighting between rebels and government forces, the United Nations said in a statement received on Friday. Hundreds more flee Sri Lanka war zone February 6, 2009 at 9:11 am COLOMBO (Reuters) - More than 2,200 people have fled Sri Lanka's war zone in the last two days as the military on Friday vowed a rapid finish to the 25-year-old war while protecting thousands of trapped civilians. Russia and allies to create joint air defence: report February 6, 2009 at 8:44 am MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and its post-Soviet allies are planning to create a joint air defense system stretching from NATO's borders to China, news agencies quoted an official from their Moscow-led regional security group as saying on Friday. Russia and Belarus, which borders NATO members Poland and Lithuania, agreed Tuesday to merge their air defense systems in a move seen by many experts as a response to U.S. plans to deploy elements of its missile defense system in Eastern Europe. Afghans dispute men killed in U.S. raid were Taliban February 6, 2009 at 7:46 am KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces killed six men during a night raid in the southern Afghan province of Zabul, but Afghan officials disputed a U.S. military account that the victims were Taliban fighters.   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com . Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.