Pressure grows for Iran sanctions over atomic plans - TEHRAN (Reuters) - International pressure for new sanctions against Iran grew on Monday after Tehran announced plans to make higher-enriched uranium and add 10 nuclear sites in a year, raising Western fears it wants to develop atom bombs.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:59:49 -0500

Abbas mulls peace talks; expects U.S. answers soon - TOKYO (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders have not set specific terms on which they would accept a U.S. offer to mediate indirect peace talks with Israel, and expect clarification on such talks in a week, President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:46:38 -0500

China quake activist jailed for inciting subversion - BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese activist who sought to document shoddy construction that contributed to deaths in China's devastating 2008 earthquake has been sentenced to five years in prison for subversion, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:06:56 -0500

North Korea's Kim pledges to remove nuclear weapons - SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's leader pledged again to remove nuclear weapons from the peninsula, a news report said Tuesday, and also sent his top nuclear envoy to Beijing in a move that could bode well for stalled disarmament talks.

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:03:17 -0500

China builds lighthouse to back East China Sea claim - BEIJING (Reuters) - China has finished building a series of lighthouses and stone tablets on islands and reefs off its coast to delineate its territorial waters in the disputed East China Sea, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.