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Philippine ship dodges China blockade to reach South China Sea outpost Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 09:10 PM PDT | Top |
Washington mudslide victims remembered at tearful church services Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 09:09 PM PDT | Top |
North Korea starts firing drill off west coast: media Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 08:41 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has started a firing drill off its west coast, South Korean media reported on Monday, hours after Pyongyang notified Seoul and issued a warning to shipping to avoid an area near a disputed maritime border between the two countries. Shells appeared to have landed in the water north of one of the populated South Korean islands off the west coast of the peninsula but it was not clear whether they fell in South Korean waters, YTN news television said. (Reporting by Jack Kim; Editing by David Chance) Full Story | Top |
North Korea declares no-sail warning off coast to conduct firing drills Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 07:24 PM PDT North Korea declared a no-sail warning on Monday for areas off its west coast near a disputed border with South Korea and has notified the South that it will conduct firing drills, a South Korean government official said. The area is near the so-called Northern Limit Line, drawn up at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, which the North has refused to recognize. The warning comes amid heightened tensions surrounding the North after the U.N. Security Council condemned Pyongyang for its mid-range missile launches last week, just as the leaders of South Korea, Japan and the United States met to discuss the North's arms program. The areas marked by the North are north of the naval border but lie close to islands populated by civilians, said the official, who requested anonymity. Full Story | Top |
China to crack down on videos, audios promoting terrorism Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 07:18 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China will crack down on videos and audio recordings that promote terrorism, religious extremism and separatism, the government said on Monday. The notice, published by judicial, cultural and public security organs, said it is forbidden to spread such video and audio recordings on the web, via mobile phone, on social media and online marketplaces, among other means. ... Full Story | Top |
No time limit on Malaysia jet search: Australia PM Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 07:14 PM PDT | Top |
Official death toll in Washington state mudslide raised to 21 from 18 Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 07:11 PM PDT ARLINGTON, Washington (Reuters) - The official death toll from last week's devastating mudslide in Washington state has risen to 21 from 18, Snohomish County Emergency Management Department officials said on Sunday. Agency program manager Jason Biermann told reporters the latest tally is based on the positive identification of three more victims, and said an additional four sets of remains were found on Sunday in the debris field. (Reporting by Bryan Cohen; Writing by Steve Gorman) Full Story | Top |
Kerry meets with Lavrov on Ukraine, urges troop pullback Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 06:11 PM PDT | Top |
French left loses dozens of towns in local elections: exit poll Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 06:07 PM PDT French President Francois Hollande's ruling Socialists and their allies scored 42 percent of the total vote in local elections on Sunday, trailing opposition conservatives on 49 percent, a TV exit poll by survey group BVA showed. The National Front, which fielded candidates in a minority of municipalities across France, scored a total nine percent of the vote in the second-round run-offs, BVA estimated. Full Story | Top |
Hollande's Socialists set to hold Paris town hall: exit poll Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 06:07 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande's ruling Socialists looked set to retain control of Paris town hall in local elections on Sunday as their candidate Anne Hidalgo won 54.5 percent of votes, according to a TV exit poll. If confirmed, the victory would be some consolation for Hollande's ruling party, which according to partial tallies and exit polls was on track to lose its grip on dozens of major towns elsewhere across France. (Reporting by Marion Douet; editing by Mark John) Full Story | Top |
French reshuffle may loom after Hollande's Socialists routed in local elections Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 06:07 PM PDT | Top |
Yellowstone National Park rattled by largest earthquake in 34 years Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 05:49 PM PDT | Top |
Turkish PM Erdogan tells enemies they will pay price after poll Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 05:36 PM PDT | Top |
Global warming threat heightened in latest U.N. report Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 05:07 PM PDT Global warming poses a mounting threat to the health, economic prospects, and food and water sources of billions of people, a report by top scientists said, in a call for urgent action to counter the effects of carbon emissions. The latest report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), places an emphasis on the risks and may make the case for cutting greenhouse gas emissions clearer both to policymakers and the public by placing it in the category of an insurance policy for the planet. "Climate change is really a challenge of managing risks," Christopher Field, co-chair of the IPCC group preparing the report, told Reuters before its release on Monday. "One critical way is in decreasing the amount of climate change that occurs, and the other is finding a way to cope as effectively as we can with the climate changes that can't be avoided," Field said. Full Story | Top |
Greece passes reform bill, government majority shrinks to two seats Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 05:03 PM PDT | Top |
U.S. lawmakers see no evidence of terrorism in Malaysia jet crash Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 04:59 PM PDT By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior U.S. lawmakers on Sunday said investigators had found no evidence thus far pointing to terrorism in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 three weeks ago, and that it was critical to find the plane to understand what happened on board. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, speaking on Sunday talk shows, said they had seen no evidence of foul play. Full Story | Top |
Brazilian police backed by troops occupy slum by Rio airport Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 04:42 PM PDT | Top |
Kerry, Lavrov hold talks on de-escalating Ukraine crisis Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 04:22 PM PDT | Top |
Liberian health authorities confirm two cases of Ebola: WHO Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 04:18 PM PDT By Alphonso Toweh MONROVIA (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Sunday that Liberia has confirmed two cases of the deadly Ebola virus that is suspected to have killed at least 70 people in Guinea. The outbreak of the highly contagious Ebola, which in its more acute phase, causes vomiting, diarrhoea and external bleeding, has sent Guinea's West African neighbors scrambling to contain the spread of the disease. Eleven deaths in towns in northern Sierra Leone and Liberia, which shares borders with southeastern Guinea where the outbreak was first reported, are suspected to be linked to Ebola. Full Story | Top |
Shootout in Nigerian capital during attempted jail break kills 21 Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 04:00 PM PDT Detainees suspected of being members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram overpowered their guards at a prison near Nigeria's presidential villa in Abuja, seizing a rifle and triggering a gun battle that killed 21 people, security officials said. The prisoners struck on Sunday as the guards from Nigeria's State Security Service (SSS) came in to feed them at their headquarters' prison near the residence of President Goodluck Jonathan, SSS spokeswoman Marilyn Ogar said. Jail breaks by Islamists in Nigeria are common. Boko Haram militants, who are fighting to create an Islamic state in Nigeria and are seen as the main threat to Africa's top oil producer, attacked the main military barracks in the northeast, freeing dozens of prisoners on March 14. Full Story | Top |
Long search looms for Malaysia jet, families renew protests Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 03:58 PM PDT | Top |
Kerry, Lavrov discuss ways to de-escalate Ukraine crisis Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 03:39 PM PDT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said late on Sunday he and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, discussed suggestions for de-escalating the Ukraine crisis during four hours of talks in Paris. Kerry told a news conference that the United States made clear it still considered Russian actions in Crimea to be "illegal and illegitimate." "The U.S. and Russia have differences of opinion about events that led to this crisis but both of us recognize the importance of finding a diplomatic solution and simultaneously meeting the needs of the Ukrainian people, and that we agreed on tonight," Kerry said. "Both sides made suggestions of ways to de-escalate the security and political situation in and around Ukraine," he said. Kerry and Lavrov were seeking to hammer out the framework of a deal to reduce tensions over Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region, with Western leaders considering broader sanctions against Russia that would target vital sectors of its economy including its mainstay oil and gas industry. Full Story | Top |
Turkey's Erdogan declares victory in polls despite graft crisis Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 03:34 PM PDT | Top |
Russia's Lavrov says Moscow, Washington to work with Ukraine Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 03:12 PM PDT Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that Moscow and Washington had agreed to work with the Ukrainian government and the country's people to overcome the crisis, after meeting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian agencies reported. "We have agreed to work with the Ukrainian government and people to achieve progress in rights of minorities and linguistic rights," Lavrov told reporters after talks that lasted four hours, Interfax reported. Lavrov and Kerry met following a phone call between U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin last week, as both sides move to ease tensions in the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War. Full Story | Top |
Afghan woman bids for power to halt slide in rights Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 03:07 PM PDT | Top |
Thailand's 'red shirts' gear up for a fight Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 02:50 PM PDT | Top |
U.S., Russia meeting on Ukraine ends after four hours of talks Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 02:26 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Talks between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, ended late on Sunday after four hours of negotiations to defuse tensions over Ukraine. The goal of the meeting was to develop a proposal conceived by Kerry and Lavrov during earlier meetings to de-escalate the crisis over Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region. Both sides are expected to hold separate news conferences on the outcome of the talks. (Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; Editing by Peter Cooney) Full Story | Top |
Greece secures votes to pass reform bill demanded by EU/IMF lenders Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 02:21 PM PDT Greece's government secured enough votes in parliament early on Monday to pass a key reform bill demanded by its international lenders, in exchange for further bailout loans to avoid default. A majority of deputies voted in favor of the reform measures Athens agreed earlier this month with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, after more than six months of tough negotiations. Passing the bill was a condition for Greece to qualify for fresh bailout aid it needs to repay 9.3 billion euros of debt maturing in May. But it also gives a boost to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' government before local and EU elections in May, as it includes a 527-million euro windfall to be spent on poor, austerity-hit Greeks. Full Story | Top |
Nationalism takes centre stage in Indonesia's election campaign Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 02:15 PM PDT | Top |
China's war on smog will be won or lost in polluted Hebei Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 02:13 PM PDT By David Stanway BEIJING (Reuters) - China's war on pollution is only a few weeks old, but the battle lines are already being drawn between Beijing and Hebei, the province most synonymous with dirty air. A succession of Hebei officials used the annual session of parliament in Beijing this month to urge the central government to boost subsidies to help with job losses and other costs from mandated cuts in industrial production across the country. One local official said Hebei was taking on too much of the burden. The pleas came after Premier Li Keqiang, in his opening address to parliament on March 5, declared war on pollution in an attempt to head off growing anger over the quality of China's air, water and soil. Full Story | Top |
Early Turkish vote results suggest strong lead for Erdogan's party Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 02:05 PM PDT Initial results in Turkey's local elections suggested a strong showing for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party on Sunday, an outcome likely to bolster his authority in battling "traitors" within the state he accuses of seeking to topple him. With around half of the votes counted, results broadcast on Turkish television put Erdogan's Islamist-rooted AK Party ahead with 44-46 percent of the vote. The main opposition CHP, the party of the modern secular republic's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, captured around 23-28 percent. The nationwide elections are widely being seen in Turkey as a referendum on Erdogan's 11-year rule, a test of his support as he battles corruption allegations and security leaks he has cast as a "dirty campaign" of espionage by his political enemies. Full Story | Top |
U.S. increases security funding to Moldova as tensions rise Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 01:19 PM PDT | Top |
Libyan parliament passes law to organize new elections Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 12:02 PM PDT | Top |
Chechens offer weary welcome to new Crimean compatriots Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 11:26 AM PDT By Thomas Grove GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - Days before Crimea voted in a referendum to join Russia from Ukraine, Adam, a Chechen soldier, was ordered to go to the Black Sea peninsula to defend Russia's interests. He and about 200 other soldiers from his special battalion, grouping ethnic Chechens, were mobilized on March 12 and spent two weeks in the Crimean city of Yevpatoria. The mission, which mainly involved guarding buildings, was an illustration of how far the Chechnya region in Russia's North Caucasus is ready to go to show allegiance to Russian President Vladimir Putin, 14 years after he crushed its separatist drive. But many Chechens feel no love for Russia and have a sardonic message for their new Crimean compatriots: welcome to Russia, we hope you like it. Full Story | Top |
French far-right to win more towns in elections: exit polls Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 11:08 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Candidates backed by France's far-right National Front (FN) party were on track to secure victories in the southern towns of Beziers and Frejus in local elections on Sunday, exit polls and partial tallies showed. Amid broad dissatisfaction with President Francois Hollande's ruling Socialists, the FN already made a breakthrough in last week's first round of voting by winning power in the northern town of Henin-Beaumont. (Reporting by Michel Rose; editing by Mark John) Full Story | Top |
Ten dead as Chadian troops open fire on Bangui civilians - officials Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 10:26 AM PDT At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded when Chadian troops opened fire on civilians in Central African Republic's capital Bangui, officials said on Sunday. The troops were driving into the city, scarred by religious conflict over the past year, to escort a convoy of Muslims back to Chad, having earlier crossed the countries' border some 500 km (300 miles) to the north in about 15 army vehicles. People panicked and started running and ducking for cover," said Sebastien Wenezoui, a spokesman for the country's Christian militia, the anti-balaka. Saturday's shooting was the latest in a string of violent incidents involving Chadian troops, who the anti-balaka accuse of siding with Muslims and Seleka rebels and preying upon the local Christian population. Full Story | Top |
Egypt to hold May 26-27 presidential election Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 10:11 AM PDT | Top |
Saudi dynasty moves to forestall succession crisis Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 09:29 AM PDT | Top |
Ukraine's 'Chocolate King' could edge new-look Yulia for president Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 08:54 AM PDT | Top |
Over 100,000 protest in Taiwan over China trade deal Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 08:52 AM PDT | Top |
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