Pakistan Taliban deny leader Hakimullah killed (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:09 AM PST Reuters - Pakistan's Taliban denied a report on Sunday that their leader Hakimullah Mehsud had been killed in a U.S. drone aircraft strike. |
U.S. halt to Haiti evacuations stirs fears for sick (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2010 05:10 AM PST Reuters - Critically injured Haitian earthquake victims are no longer being flown by the U.S. military for treatment in the United States, raising fears some will die in a dispute over where to treat them and who should pay the costs. |
India reiterates carbon goals for climate accord (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2010 03:14 AM PST Reuters - India has reiterated a goal of slowing the rise of its carbon emissions by 2020 as part of pledges due by Sunday under a "Copenhagen Accord" to fight climate change, an official statement said. |
Federer remains the master after beating Murray (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2010 06:41 AM PST Reuters - The Swiss master did it again. Roger Federer now has a 16th grand slam title, a fourth in Australia and a stranglehold over his rivals that shows no sign of ending. |
Black and Paes win Australian mixed doubles title (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2010 01:03 AM PST Reuters - Zimbabwe's Cara Black and Leander Paes of India won the Australian Open mixed doubles title on Sunday, defeating Russian Ekaterina Makarova and Czech Republic's Jaroslav Levinsky 7-5 6-3. |
FACTBOX - Big emitters supporting Copenhagen Accord (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2010 04:28 AM PST Reuters - Big greenhouse gas emitters have restated their promises to fight climate change, meeting a Sunday deadline in a low-key endorsement of December's "Copenhagen Accord". |
China: U.S. arms sales to Taiwan hurt national security (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jan 2010 11:37 PM PST Reuters - U.S. arms sales to Taiwan hurt China's national security, its foreign minister said, escalating the rhetoric in a dispute threatening to deepen rifts between the world's biggest and third-biggest economies. |
U.S. satisfied with recall fix, Toyota chief apologizes (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jan 2010 10:31 PM PST Reuters - U.S. safety regulators are satisfied with a Toyota Motor Corp. plan for fixing an accelerator problem that is part of a widening global recall and unprecedented sales and production halt, a government official said on Saturday. |
India softens stand on negotiating with Taliban (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jan 2010 11:57 PM PST Reuters - India is willing to back efforts to seek peace with Taliban to stabilise Afghanistan, foreign minister S.M. Krishna said, indicating a softening of stand towards a group known to be close to rival Pakistan. |
Mahatma Gandhi's ashes scattered off S.Africa coast (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2010 12:13 AM PST Reuters - Some of the ashes of revered independence leader Mahatma Gandhi were scattered in the ocean off the South African coast on Saturday, highlighting the political ties between the two countries. |
Pakistan army probes report of Taliban leader's death (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2010 06:37 AM PST Reuters - Pakistan's military said on Sunday it was investigating a report that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a U.S. drone aircraft strike. |
Michael Jackson, Leonard Cohen win special Grammys (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:48 PM PST Reuters - Michael Jackson won yet another posthumous honour on Saturday, joining six other musicians including Leonard Cohen and Loretta Lynn who received Grammy awards for lifetime achievement. |
Apple pitches $499 iPad, takes on Amazon (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:06 PM PST Reuters - Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a sleek tablet that it called the iPad, pitching the new gadget at a surprisingly low price to bridge the gap between smartphones and laptops. |
Federer wins first two sets against Murray (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2010 02:51 AM PST Reuters - Roger Federer won the first two sets of Sunday's Australian Open final against Andy Murray 6-3 6-4. |
Federer wins opening set against Murray (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2010 01:40 AM PST Reuters - Roger Federer won the opening set of Sunday's Australian Open final with Andy Murray 6-3. |
Brilliant Murray storms into Australian final (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:07 PM PST Reuters - Andy Murray charged into the Australian Open final on Thursday, giving fresh hope to Britain that the country's long wait for another men's grand slam champion may be nearing an end. |
Leander Paes, Cara Black win Australian Open mixed doubles title (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2010 12:02 AM PST Reuters - Australian Open mixed doubles final result on Sunday (prefix denotes seeding). |
Obama takes retooled agenda on road after speech (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:06 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama vowed on Thursday he would not rest until U.S. businesses were hiring again, as he took his recast agenda on the road and sought to dig out of his deepest political rut since taking office. |
Karzai govt invites Taliban to peace meeting (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:09 PM PST Reuters - The Afghan government on Thursday invited the Taliban to a peace council as its Western allies worked out plans to try to end the war in Afghanistan. |