Italy says Iranian militia attacked its embassy
09 Feb 2010 18:20:37 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Frattini: Basij militia threw stones at Italy's embassy
* Iran says students protested at French, Italian embassies
(Adds Italian ambassador, Frattini quote)
ROME, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Italy ...
Somali pirates free Panama ship after ransom
09 Feb 2010 17:59:10 GMT
Source: Reuters
* MV Al Khaliq was carrying 24 Indians, 2 Burmese
* Maritime official says it now heading for Mombasa
(Updates with ship sailing away, quotes)
By Abdi Guled and Abdi Sheikh
MOGADISHU, Feb 9 ...
India delays GM vegetable start for further tests
09 Feb 2010 17:53:24 GMT
Source: Reuters
* India to wait for consensus on GM food
* Decision boosts ruling party's farmbase
* Indian public wary of GM seed companies
(Adds detail)
By Bappa Majumdar
NEW DELHI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - ...
Fate of Pakistani Taliban chief still unclear
09 Feb 2010 17:49:08 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Death not definitively confirmed, says U.S. official
* New wave of rumours, lack of intelligence (Adds U.S. counter-terrorism official comment)
By Zeeshan Haider
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 (Reuters) - ...
Flooding in southern Turkey kills at least 4
09 Feb 2010 17:49:02 GMT
Source: Reuters
ISTANBUL, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Four people were killed and another person was missing in Turkey after floods and severe storms swept through its Mediterranean coastal region, the state-run Anatolian news ...
Sri Lanka parliament dissolved before April 8 poll
09 Feb 2010 17:39:50 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Election set for April 8
* Poll follows arrest of leading opposition figure
(Adds poll date)
By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal
COLOMBO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's president has ...
Haiti met service needs restoring before storms-UN
09 Feb 2010 17:23:38 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Weather services vital for early warnings
* Quake left 1.2 mln homeless, destroyed emergency shelters
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Haiti urgently needs $1 million to ...
Sri Lanka parliamentary poll to be held April 8
09 Feb 2010 16:56:16 GMT
Source: Reuters
COLOMBO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Legislative elections will be held in Sri Lanka on April 8 after the president dissolved parliament, a senior government official said.
"The elections will be held on ...
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Yemen: urgent food aid in Sa'ada and Amran
09 Feb 2010 10:53:46 GMT
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland
Almost six months after the latest round of fighting erupted in the north of Yemen, tens of thousands of people, displaced and residents alike, remain dependent on
humanitarian assistance provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Yemen Red Crescent Society.
Sudan: ICRC president asks for support at highest level to
help obtain release of kidnapped delegate
09 Feb 2010 09:08:48 GMT
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland
Khartoum/Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, met
in Khartoum today with the president of Sudan, Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir, to discuss efforts to secure the prompt release of ICRC staff member Gauthier Lefèvre, who has been held hostage in
Darfur for 110 days.
Haiti, a nation in mourning
08 Feb 2010 22:42:00 GMT
Source: World Vision - USA
February 8, 2010, Port-au-Prince - Four weeks after the catastrophic quake, Haiti's survivors face more than just staggering physical needs such as food and shelter, World Vision said today. More than ...
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