Clinton set to take U.S. Asia push to South Pacific |
- Clinton set to take U.S. Asia push to South Pacific
- Syria refugee exodus raises pressure for buffer zone
- Amsterdam airport partly closed by WWII bomb scare
- Analysis: China's aircraft carrier: in name only
- Ukraine high court to rule on Tymoshenko appeal
- India Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Mumbai attacker
- South Africa mines minister reassures foreign investors
- Montreal police arrest 11 after university clash
- Red Cross halts most Pakistan aid after beheading
- Senegal summons Gambian ambassador over executions
- Argentines sweep world tango competition
- Somalia lawmakers select new speaker
- Militants attack Pakistan army post, kill 9 troops
- Assad says Syria is facing regional, global battle
- Kremlin's rights council blasts Pussy Riot verdict
- Turkish military is key factor in Syria planning
- 2nd typhoon threatens battered Korean Peninsula
- Former Israeli commandos dominate politics
- N. Korea's first Paralympian scrambled to qualify
- Argentine leader could face criminal fraud probe
| Clinton set to take U.S. Asia push to South Pacific Posted: 28 Aug 2012 10:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will venture to the South Pacific this week as she takes Washington's bid to reassert itself against China to a remote corner of the world where the power rivalry is increasingly apparent. Clinton will lead a U.S. government team to the Cook Islands for the August 31 meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum, a group of 16 independent and self-governing territories scattered across a huge expanse of ocean east of New Zealand, the State Department said on Tuesday. ... |
| Syria refugee exodus raises pressure for buffer zone Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:22 AM PDT ANKARA/BAB AL-SALAMEH, Syria - (Reuters) - Syria's refugee exodus is accelerating and up to 200,000 people could settle in Turkey alone if the conflict worsens, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, increasing pressure for creation of a buffer zone inside Syria. Turkey has floated the idea of a "safe zone" to be set up for civilians under foreign protection as fighting has intensified in a 17-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. ... |
| Amsterdam airport partly closed by WWII bomb scare Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:19 AM PDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Authorities closed part of Amsterdam Schiphol airport on Wednesday after discovering what they suspected was a World War Two bomb, the Dutch airport said. "Terminal C has been evacuated as a precautionary measure," a Schiphol airport spokeswoman said, due to a "serious suspicion" the airport had found a bomb from the war that ended in 1945. "This will have a big impact. We can park planes somewhere else to some extent but at some point it will lead to cancellations or delays," she said. ... |
| Analysis: China's aircraft carrier: in name only Posted: 28 Aug 2012 02:01 PM PDT (Reuters) - When Japanese activists scrambled ashore on a disputed island chain in the East China Sea this month, one of China's most hawkish military commentators proposed an uncharacteristically mild response. Retired Major General Luo Yuan suggested naming China's new aircraft carrier Diaoyu, after the Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea. It would demonstrate China's sovereignty over the islands known as the Senkakus in Japanese, he said. ... |
| Ukraine high court to rule on Tymoshenko appeal Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:42 PM PDT KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian high court rules on Wednesday on an appeal by jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko against her conviction for abuse of office, with few commentators expecting a judgment that will free her and improve ties with the West. The seven-year prison term handed to Tymoshenko in October has been condemned as political persecution by Western leaders and blocked strategic agreements with the European Union on political association and a free-trade zone. ... |
| India Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Mumbai attacker Posted: 28 Aug 2012 11:05 PM PDT NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone survivor of a group of militants who attacked the country's financial capital, Mumbai, in 2008 killing 166 people. "The Supreme Court has today dismissed the appeal of Mohammad Kasab," Gopal Subramaniam, a lawyer for the prosecution, told reporters after the verdict. ... |
| South Africa mines minister reassures foreign investors Posted: 28 Aug 2012 10:58 PM PDT PERTH (Reuters) - South Africa's institutions provide protection for foreign investors in the resources sector, its mining minister said on Wednesday, seeking to reassure about the stability of the sector after a recent wave of labor unrest and deadly violence. Minister Susan Shabangu made the comment on a trip to Australia after clashes between workers and police killed 44 people earlier this month and shut ore output at mines run by Lonmin, the world's third-largest producer of platinum. ... |
| Montreal police arrest 11 after university clash Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:36 PM PDT MONTREAL (Reuters) - Police arrested 11 people on the Montreal campus of Canada's largest French-language university on Tuesday as protesters opposed to the resumption of classes after last spring's province-wide student boycott clashed with guards inside a classroom building. Ten people were charged with assault and assault on a police officer after fighting broke out at the University of Montreal campus on Tuesday morning, Agent Danny Richer of the Montreal Police Service said. One protester was released without charge. ... |
| Red Cross halts most Pakistan aid after beheading Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:08 PM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday it was halting most of its aid programs in Pakistan due to deteriorating security and the beheading of a British staff doctor in April blamed on Taliban insurgents. The independent agency, which had already suspended operations in three of Pakistan's four provinces in May pending a security assessment, said it would carry on working in the country "but on a reduced scale". "All relief and protection activities are being stopped. ... |
| Senegal summons Gambian ambassador over executions Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:42 PM PDT DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese President Macky Sall said on Tuesday that he has summoned Gambia's ambassador after confirming that two of its nationals were among nine prisoners executed by firing squad in neighboring Gambia amid international outcry. Sall joined international appeals for Gambia to halt a series of planned executions of death row prisoners which includes a third Senegalese citizen. "I have asked the prime minister to summon the ambassador of The Gambia tomorrow to notify the position of the state of Senegal. ... |
| Argentines sweep world tango competition Posted: 28 Aug 2012 07:49 PM PDT Argentine couples recovered their dominance of the world's top tango dancing competition, sweeping both the Salon Tango and Stage Tango categories as the annual festival drew to a close. |
| Somalia lawmakers select new speaker Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:52 PM PDT Somalia's parliament Tuesday elected former labor minister Mohamed Osman Jawari as the new speaker, a key step toward the election of a president and the country's transition from a failed state to a nation with an effective government. |
| Militants attack Pakistan army post, kill 9 troops Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:46 AM PDT Taliban militants attacked an army post near the Afghan border in Pakistan's northwest, killing nine soldiers, a military official said Wednesday. |
| Assad says Syria is facing regional, global battle Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:14 AM PDT President Bashar Assad says on TV that Syria is fighting a "regional and global battle" and it will take time for his regime to win it. |
| Kremlin's rights council blasts Pussy Riot verdict Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:46 AM PDT The Russian presidential human rights council is questioning the guilty verdict and two-year prison sentences against three members of punk provocateurs Pussy Riot. |
| Turkish military is key factor in Syria planning Posted: 28 Aug 2012 11:31 PM PDT In 2003, Turkey barred U.S. forces from opening a northern front in the war against Iraq in a stunning rebuff to Washington that raised questions about whether the politically powerful Turkish military had undercut a civilian-led initiative to help the Americans. As Turkey and its allies mull possible intervention in Syria, the Turkish military, broken as a political force, is likely to move in step with the civilian commanders it once viewed with disdain. |
| 2nd typhoon threatens battered Korean Peninsula Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:12 AM PDT The Korean Peninsula cleaned up after one powerful typhoon Wednesday and girded itself for another that could be particularly damaging to North Korea, which is still rebuilding from earlier floods. |
| Former Israeli commandos dominate politics Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:05 AM PDT When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to fill a sensitive Cabinet post recently, he turned to an old army buddy from his days in an elite commando unit. |
| N. Korea's first Paralympian scrambled to qualify Posted: 28 Aug 2012 08:17 PM PDT North Korea's first and only Paralympian is a swimmer who doesn't live in North Korea and, until a few months ago, didn't know how to swim. But he's an inspiration in a country where disabled people are just beginning to get the support they need to shine as athletes. |
| Argentine leader could face criminal fraud probe Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:59 PM PDT Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez could be in legal trouble. A federal prosecutor has found grounds for a criminal fraud investigation of the president along with her central bank chief, top tax collector and commerce secretary. |
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