
Reuters AlertNet
Q+A-What does Kim Jong-il want from China?
Source: Reuters By Jack Kim SEOUL, March 10 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il reportedly may soon visit China for the first time in four years for talks that could pave the way for a return to nuclear ...
Gunmen attack Western aid agency in Pakistan; 5 dead
Source: Reuters * Gunfire and bomb attack * Nationalities of victims not known yet * Town a hub for relief activities (Adds detail, byline) By Kamran Haider ISLAMABAD, March 10 (Reuters) - Suspected ...
North Korea trade falls for first time in decade-report
Source: Reuters SEOUL, March 10 (Reuters) - North Korea's international trade dropped last year for the first time in more than a decade after the destitute state was hit by U.N. sanctions to punish it for a nuclear ...
China to loan Sri Lanka $290 mln for infrastructure
Source: Reuters COLOMBO, March 10 (Reuters) - China has agreed to lend $290 million to Sri Lanka for a new airport and to revive the country's railway network, the island nation's foreign ministry said on Wednesday ...
Pelosi faces biggest test on U.S. healthcare vote
Source: Reuters * House speaker needs 216 votes to pass final bill * Vote may influence November congressional election By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - The leader of the U.S. House of ...
Gunmen attack Western aid agency in Pakistan
Source: Reuters ISLAMABAD, March 10 (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants attacked the office of a Western aid agency in Pakistan on Wednesdaywith a bomb and gunfire killing up to 5 people, police said. The ...
Israel: Outlook for tough UN steps on Iran "grim"
Source: Reuters * Israel's UN envoy has doubts about Russia, China * Israel: Military option remains "on the table" for Iran (Adds Israeli general, paragraphs 13-14) By Louis Charbonneau UNITED ...
Visiting Biden condemns new Israel settlement plan
Source: Reuters * 1,600 new homes to be built on occupied land * Biden says plan "undermines the trust we need" * U.S. vice president will also see Palestinian leaders (Adds Ban condemnation) By Adam ...
FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, March 10
Source: Reuters (For more on Afghanistan, click [ID:nAFPAK])) March 10 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan reported until 04:30 GMT on Wednesday: KHOST - An explosion hit a joint ...
UN agency punished Somalia whistleblower
Source: Reuters * U.N. report says agency retaliated against whistleblower * Victim blames official now running UNDP Haiti programme * UNDP denies corruption in Somalia, backs Haiti official * Security Council ...
South Korea transport goes green on recharging road
Source: Reuters By Jon Herskovitz SEOUL, March 9 (Reuters Life!) - South Korea is trying a new way to turn public transport green by using a technology popular in electric toothbrushes and razors to power buses and ...
Yemen offers talks with separatists after crackdown
Source: Reuters DUBAI, March 9 (Reuters) - Yemen's president, following a security crackdown in south, offered to hold talks with separatists and said the state would listen to their grievances, state media said on ...
Flying to emergencies
Source: ECHO ECHO Flight: 40 destinations in support of 180 humanitarian projects, 1,500 passengers each month, 100 humanitarian partners benefiting, 50 tonnes of transported freight the numbers speak for themselves
FACTBOX-Blacks, Hispanics have higher Alzheimer's risk
Source: Reuters March 9 (Reuters) - Blacks and Hispanics have far greater risk than whites of developing Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, but they are often never diagnosed, according to a report by ...
A drink a day may keep women's weight gain away-study
Source: Reuters NEW YORK, March 9 (Reuters Life!) - Ladies, raise your glasses: new research has found that women who drank one to two alcoholic drinks a day were 30 percent less likely to gain weight than ...
INTERVIEW-China's sinking city hopes to rise beyond mining
Source: Reuters By David Stanway BEIJING, March 9 (Reuters) - There are reasons to be cheerful at last in the sinking city of Fuxin in northeast China's Liaoning province as it seeks to end its dependence on coal ...
Canadian jury dismissed in Air India perjury trial
Source: Reuters * Complaint about juror's remark * Reyat accused of lying in Air India bomb plot trial VANCOUVER, March 8 (Reuters) - A Canadian judge on Monday dismissed a jury as it was about to hear the perjury ...
N.Korea to boost nuclear weapons capability -KCNA
Source: Reuters SEOUL, March 9 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it would boost its nuclear weapons capability because U.S. President Barack Obama was determined to ignore its calls for peace and bring it down ...
EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports
Source: Reuters * 4 NGOs take legal action for release of biofuel reports * Reports so far show impact on forests, food prices By Pete Harrison BRUSSELS, March 9 (Reuters) - Four environmental groups have ...
Women hit by climate change to lobby Capitol Hill
Source: Reuters * Adapting to climate change is key * "Nature is disrupted" by flood, drought, crop failure * Women hit disproportionately by climate change By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment ...








