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 Reuters.com is your source for breaking news, business, financial and investing news, including personal finance and stocks. Reuters is the leading global provider of news, financial information and technology solutions to the world's media, financial institutions, businesses and individuals. Iraq's election race tight as results delayed again 12 Mar 2010 at 1:11pm BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a modest lead over rival Shi'ites, partial results from Iraq's tight election race showed on Friday, but a secularist challenger remained far ahead among Iraqi Sunnis. Witness: Battlefield dead haunt U.S. Marines and Afghans alike 12 Mar 2010 at 1:43pm MARJAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Corporal Jacob Turbett gave out a single groan of pain before the Taliban bullet, which had pierced his heart, ended his life. Old and new converge in rising British Conservative 12 Mar 2010 at 1:27pm STAINES, England (Reuters) - A son of Ghanaian immigrants who was educated at Eton, Britain's most exclusive private school, parliamentary candidate Kwasi Kwarteng embodies both change and continuity in the Conservative Party. Thai protesters start bid to topple government 12 Mar 2010 at 10:47am BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters began gathering in Bangkok on Friday for what they promise will be a "million-man march" in coming days to paralyze Thailand's capital and force the government to call elections. Suicide blasts in Pakistan's Lahore kill 45 12 Mar 2010 at 1:27pm LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suicide bombers targeting the Pakistani military killed at least 45 people in Lahore on Friday, officials said, in a challenge to government assertions that crackdowns have weakened Taliban insurgents. |
 World News  Suicide bombs kill 43, wound 100 in Pakistani city (AP) 12 Mar 2010 at 1:36pm AP - A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and wounding about 100, police said. It was the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week, indicating Islamist militants are stepping up violence after a period of relative calm.  Iraqi PM starts laying groundwork for new govt (AP) 12 Mar 2010 at 1:28pm AP - The Iraqi prime minister's bloc says it has started laying the groundwork to form a coalition government after preliminary election results showed it winning in at least two southern provinces.  Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers (AP) 12 Mar 2010 at 1:09pm AP - Eleven rare Siberian tigers, starving and kept in small cages, have died at a cash-strapped zoo in China, heightening concerns about conditions at wildlife facilities in the country, where activists say profiteering off the carcasses of endangered species sometimes drives over-breeding.  Kenya elephant deaths soar as ivory sales debated (AP) 12 Mar 2010 at 12:32pm AP - Tracking the wounded elephant to its death bed was easy for the ranger. Hit by a poison arrow, the huge mammal could only drag its hind leg, creating a wide gash across the bush.  Pinera govt projects $30 billion in quake damage (AP) 12 Mar 2010 at 12:11pm AP - Calling on Chileans to dry their tears and get to work to rebuild the nation, Sebastian Pinera is already setting an example. |
 Get the latest BBC World news: international news, features and analysis from Africa, Americas, South Asia, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.  Deadly blasts hit Pakistani city 12 Mar 2010 at 2:03pm At least 45 people die in twin suicide attacks on Pakistani security forces in the eastern city of Lahore, police say.  BA union announces strike dates 12 Mar 2010 at 1:42pm BA cabin crew will go on strike for three days from 20 March and for four days from 27 March in a dispute over pay and staff levels.  Siberian tigers die at China zoo 12 Mar 2010 at 8:03am Eleven rare Siberian tigers die at a zoo in north-eastern China, raising fears over treatment of captive animals in the country.  Pope in talks on German sex abuse 12 Mar 2010 at 11:49am Pope Benedict XVI meets Germany's top bishop amid a crisis over abuse of children by priests in his native country.  China oil demand is 'astonishing' 12 Mar 2010 at 11:28am Oil demand in China rose by an "astonishing" 28% in January compared with a year ago, the International Energy Agency says. |
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