EXCLUSIVE - Iran says nuclear fuel production goes "very well" (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 12:10 PM PST Reuters - Iran's newly launched 20 percent nuclear fuel production is going "very well", the Islamic Republic's Atomic Energy Organisation chief told Reuters in an interview on Thursday. |
Obama to see Dalai Lama next week despite China ire (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:36 PM PST Reuters - The White House announced on Thursday that President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama would meet on Feb. 18, despite China's warning that such talks could hurt already-strained Sino-U.S. relations. |
"My Name is Khan" set to open despite security worries (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 12:44 PM PST Reuters - Shah Rukh Khan's new film "My Name is Khan" opens in cinemas across India on Friday but theatre owners in Mumbai were still cagey about its release in the wake of threats by the Shiv Sena. |
Bill Clinton in good spirits after heart procedure (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 05:34 PM PST Reuters - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton underwent a successful heart procedure on Thursday to open a blocked artery in his heart with two stents after he had experienced chest discomfort, his spokesman said. |
Lawyer of Mumbai attack co-accused shot dead (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 09:08 AM PST Reuters - A lawyer for Fahim Ansari, an Indian accused of being a member of Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba and conducting reconnaissance of Mumbai landmarks before the 2008 attacks, was shot dead on Thursday, a senior police official said. |
Fashion world's provocateur McQueen dead at 40 (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 12:17 PM PST Reuters - British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, whose provocative collections made him a global star, was found dead at his London home on Thursday in what media said appeared to be suicide. He was 40. |
Broken back no drama for India's fastest man (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 01:04 AM PST Reuters - Indian luger Kannan Palan Shiva Keshavan has defied doctors' orders to slide down the world's fastest track at the Vancouver Olympics with a fractured back. |
INTERVIEW - Pakistan-India talks must cover Kashmir - Salahuddin (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 09:08 AM PST Reuters - One of the pioneers of militant opposition to India in the disputed Kashmir region said on Thursday talks between Pakistan and India would fail if they did not focus on the "core issue" of Kashmir. |
Kashmiris seek remains of JKLF leader Maqbool Bhat (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 03:03 AM PST Reuters - Shops and business remained closed and people stayed indoors in Srinagar on Thursday during a protest to demand the remains of Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, a separatist leader hanged and buried in New Delhi's Tihar jail over two decades ago. |
School fire kills 12 children in Arunachal Pradesh (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 02:33 AM PST Reuters - At least 12 children were killed after a fire broke out overnight in a school hostel in Arunachal Pradesh, police said on Thursday. |
Ex-U.S. President Bill Clinton hospitalized - U.S. media (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 02:11 PM PST Reuters - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has been taken to hospital in New York with chest pains, U.S. media said. |
Laxman declared fit for India in final South Africa test (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 12:29 AM PST Reuters - Experienced middle-order batsman Vangipurappu Laxman has been declared fit to play in the second and final test against South Africa starting on Sunday, India's chief selector Kris Srikkanth said. |
KLNLF rebels surrender in Assam (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 07:22 AM PST Reuters - Hundreds of Karbi tribal guerrillas surrendered in Assam on Thursday, bringing to an end their more than 15-year-old armed struggle for political autonomy. |
Celebrities add glitz to tiger conservation (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 12:56 AM PST Reuters - 1,411 -- that's the number on the lips of Indian celebrities fronting a new campaign to save tigers which was launched ahead of the Chinese lunar Year of the Tiger -- a time some conservationists fear will lead to a spike in demand for the endangered animal's body parts. |
ANALYSIS -An oil-less recovery dims the future for oil (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 10:13 AM PST Reuters - The world may lose its taste for oil long before oil itself runs out, if the trend in the West becomes global. |
U.N. vents frustration at stalled arms control forum (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 03:26 AM PST Reuters - The United Nations vented frustration on Thursday at the lack of progress at the world's only multilateral disarmament negotiating forum, calling on its members to show more flexibility and get down to work. |
U.N. rights envoy asks Myanmar to allow Suu Kyi visit (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 09:06 AM PST Reuters - The United Nations human rights investigator for Myanmar called on the ruling junta on Thursday to let him meet pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during his third visit to the country next week. |
Sri Lanka police crack down on opposition protest (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 09:06 AM PST Reuters - Sri Lanka's police used batons to disperse hundreds of supporters of losing presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka on Thursday, police and a Reuters witness said, in a second day of protests against his arrest. |
Govt to debate fuel pricing on Feb 14 - official (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 12:29 AM PST Reuters - India's finance and oil ministers will meet on Feb. 14 to discuss fuel pricing and subsidies, a senior government official, who did not want to be named, told reporters on Thursday. |
India's wholesale gold demand slack for 2nd day (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2010 12:49 AM PST Reuters - India's wholesale gold buying remained slack for a second day on Thursday as prices inched up to trade at around $1,080 an ounce in the overseas markets, dealers said. |