| Obama vows to pursue further nuclear cuts with Russia Posted:  SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to pursue further nuclear arms cuts with Russia, saying the United States has more warheads than necessary, even as he issued stern warnings to North Korea and Iran in their nuclear standoffs with the West. Speaking ahead of a global nuclear security summit in Seoul, Obama held out the prospect of new reductions in the U.S. arsenal as he sought to rally world leaders for additional concrete steps against the threat of nuclear terrorism. ...
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| China's Hu calls for restraint on Korean peninsula: Xinhua Posted:  BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Hu Jintao on Monday said he hoped there would be no reversal of the easing tensions on the Korean peninsula, state media said, citing officials on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit in Seoul. "At present the situation is very complicated and sensitive. We do not hope to see a reversal of the hard-won momentum of relaxation of tension on the peninsula," Hu said, according to the official Xinhua news agency. Hu also called on all parties to remain calm and exercise restraint to avoid increasing tensions. U.S. ...
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| Major quake rattles Chile but no serious damage Posted:  A major earthquake hit central Chile on Sunday, shaking buildings in the capital of Santiago and prompting residents to run out of their houses, though there were no initial reports of injuries or serious damage. Locals fled their homes as the tremor rattled television sets, kitchen cabinets and tables in Santiago, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. The magnitude 7.2 quake struck 64 miles west north west of the town of Talca at a depth of 6.2 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said. ...
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| Annan due in China, Russia says Syria peace takes time Posted:  MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - International peace envoy Kofi Annan was expected to head to China on Monday after asking Russia to back his mission to end fighting in Syria despite Moscow's differences with Western and Arab states over who is to blame for the conflict. Russia said Annan had its full support and that his mission could be the last chance to avoid a protracted and bloody civil war but would need more time. ...
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| Iranian leader says U.S. can no longer dictate policy Posted:  DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday the United States could no longer dictate policy to the rest of the world and that relations between NATO and Pakistan would become more unstable. "NATO and the United States should change their policy because the time when they dictate their conditions to the world has passed," Ahmadinejad said in a speech during a conference on Afghanistan's economy in the capital of neighboring Tajikistan. "Relations between NATO and Pakistan, their unsteadiness and instability, will only grow," he said. ...
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| "Senegal wins" as president admits election defeat Posted:  DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal's long-serving leader Abdoulaye Wade admitted defeat in the presidential election, congratulating his rival Macky Sall, a move seen as bolstering the West African state's democratic credentials in a region fraught with political chaos. Thousands of residents of the capital Dakar poured onto the streets overnight, honking car horns, beating drums and singing in celebration after state television reported that Wade had telephoned Sall to concede the country's most contentious election in recent history. ...
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| Pope heads to Cuba, seeking change and faith revival Posted:  SANTIAGO DE CUBA (Reuters) - Pope Benedict arrives in Cuba on Monday on a three-day visit that has fueled aspirations for deeper economic and political change on the communist-run island and which the Roman Catholic Church hopes will spark a faith revival. Visiting 14 years after Pope John Paul II's landmark trip to Cuba, and arriving after a stop in Mexico, Benedict will pay homage to the island's patron saint, the diminutive doll-like figurine the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, and say Masses in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba and in Havana. ...
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| U.S. negotiation efforts with Taliban have failed: group Posted:  KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. negotiation efforts with the Taliban have failed and the United Nations should take the lead to optimize the chances of ending almost 11 years of war, a think tank said on Monday. In a blow to hopes of a negotiated end to the war, the Taliban suspended talks with the United States two weeks ago after the alleged massacre of 17 Afghan civilians by a lone U.S. soldier and the burning of Korans at a NATO base last month. "U.S. ...
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| French gunman's brother suspected of complicity Posted:  PARIS (Reuters) - The brother of an al Qaeda-inspired gunman shot dead by French police was placed under investigation on Sunday for suspected complicity in a killing spree that has made security a central election issue, with President Nicolas Sarkozy scenting an advantage. Sarkozy, buoyed by a rise in opinion polls four weeks from the first round of a presidential vote, renewed hostilities with rival Francois Hollande over the weekend, saying the Socialist front runner was unfit to protect France's security interests. ...
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| Afghan gun massacre families paid compensation Posted:  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have given cash compensation to the families of Afghans killed in a shooting rampage allegedly carried out by an American soldier in Kandahar province, a family member and a tribal elder said on Sunday. The families received around $50,000 for each person killed and about $10,000 for each wounded in the shootings in two villages in Panjwai district earlier this month. Afghan officials say 16 people, including nine children and women, were killed in the attacks. ...
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| Obama urges N. Korea to "pursue peace" Posted:  In a direct challenge to North Korean leaders, President Barack Obama implored them "to have the courage to pursue peace" while warning of the wrath of the world if they don't. Failure, he said, would mean a future without dignity, respect or hope for its people.
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| Myanmar exiles test government's promise of change Posted:  For years, Myanmar's former military regime regarded Aye Chan Naing as an enemy of the state, jailing 17 of his reporters and denouncing the exiled news organization he leads as a producer of "killer broadcasts" and a threat to national security.
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| SKorea warns it might shoot down NKorean rocket Posted:  Seoul warned Monday that it might shoot down parts of a North Korean rocket that violate South Korean territory, as worries about what Washington calls a long-range missile test overshadowed an international nuclear security summit.
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| Pope to Mexico: Have hope, use faith against evil Posted:  Pope Benedict XVI urged Mexicans to wield their faith against drug violence, poverty and other ills, celebrating Sunday Mass before a sea of hushed worshippers in a visit that has warmed many Mexicans to a pontiff they often saw as austere.
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| Quake hits central Chile; no reports of deaths Posted:  A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck central Chile Sunday night, the strongest and longest that many people said they had felt since a huge quake devastated the area two years ago. Some people were injured by falling ceiling material, but there were no reports of major damage or deaths due to quake-related accidents.
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| Events show power of individuals to make history Posted:  In France, a motorcycle gunman throws a presidential campaign into turmoil. In Afghanistan, one U.S. soldier's alleged slaughter of civilians shifts the narrative of the Afghan war more than any policy conceived by the Obama administration.
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| Senegal president concedes defeat to ex-protege Posted:  President Abdoulaye Wade conceded defeat to his former protege Macky Sall late Sunday, congratulating him several hours after polls closed when preliminary results showed the opposition candidate had trounced the 85-year-old incumbent.
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| Cuba's Ladies in White protest without incident Posted:  A Cuban dissident group known as the Ladies in White held its customary weekly protest without incident Sunday on the eve of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the island.
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| Another Japan reactor shuts down; only one left Posted:  Another Japanese nuclear reactor was taken off line for maintenance on Monday, leaving the country with only one of its 54 reactors operational following last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami.
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| Sources: rebels, army negotiate in northern Mali Posted: Rebels taking advantage of a coup are negotiating with soldiers for a peaceful resolution in Mali's strategic northern garrison town of Kidal, according to representatives of the Sahara's nomadic Tuareg people. |
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