Reuters: World News

Africa wants G8 to honour pledges

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:07:05 +0100

L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - Africa takes centre stage at the Group of Eight summit on Friday, with wealthy nations eager to reassure critics they will honour past aid pledges and approve a new $15 billion (9.17 billion pounds) agriculture programme.

Xinjiang braces for Muslim day of prayer

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:21:25 +0100

URUMQI, China (Reuters) - Ethnic tensions in China's far-west Xinjiang shift from the streets to mosques of the regional capital on Friday, with many Uighur Muslims saying the authorities would not let them observe their main day of prayer.

Honduras dialogue has timid start

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:48:43 +0100

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - The two rivals for power in Honduras started a dialogue through a mediator on Thursday, but there was no face-to-face meeting or breakthrough to solve the political crisis sparked by last month's coup.

China says Rio staff bribed steel-makers

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:27:18 +0100

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Chinese security officials accused four detained staff of Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto of bribery on Friday as Australia sought to avert a diplomatic row centring on the massive iron ore trade.

Hundreds injured in south China quake - report

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:05:58 +0100

BEIJING (Reuters) - Hundreds of people were injured and thousands of homes damaged by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake in southwest China's Yunnan province on Thursday, Xinhua news agency said.

PCs could be hit next in Web attack - South Korea

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:49:44 +0100

SEOUL (Reuters) - Cyber attacks slowing U.S. and South Korean websites could enter a new phase on Friday by attacking personal computers and wiping hard disks, a South Korean government agency and Web security firm said.

Iranian police fire in air to disperse protesters

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:14:17 +0100

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police fired in the air to disperse pro-reform demonstrators in central Tehran on Thursday, nearly four weeks after a disputed election triggered mass protests in the capital, a witness said.

Bombs kill 50 in Iraq as violence flares

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:21:11 +0100

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Bombs in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed at least 50 people on Thursday, police said, underscoring doubts about local forces' ability to keep Iraqis safe after U.S. troops pulled out of city centres.

Blast outside school in Afghanistan kills 25

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:02:14 +0100

KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion outside a school south of the Afghan capital on Thursday killed at least 25 people, including 15 students, officials said, and Taliban fighters overran a district near the Pakistan border after heavy fighting.

Pittsburgh aims to strut its stuff at G20 meeting

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:15:07 +0100

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Pittsburgh is hoping the world's most powerful leaders will see more than the city's quaint funicular trains and picturesque rivers when they meet here in September.