Reuters: World News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the framework for a U.S.-backed peace deal within a year and end a conflict t...
Drug shootout with army kills 25 in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 25 suspected drug gang members were killed in an army raid in rural northeastern Mexico on Thursday, the army said in a press release.
Afghanistan assures bank customers amid graft fears
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's government sought to avert a run on the country's top private bank by nervous investors after directors at Kabulbank resigned, ostensibly to meet new rules but also ...
Verdict due in high-profile Portuguese abuse case
LISBON (Reuters) - A Portuguese court will render its verdict Friday in one of the country's highest profile legal cases, a shocking story of alleged child abuse at a state orphanage that has gripp...
Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing re...
Mexico media czar's cousin briefly kidnapped: reports
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Armed men abducted and held the cousin of the owner of Mexico's top broadcaster, Televisa, for four hours on Thursday in one of the hotspots of the country's drug war, local...
Afghan leader condemns air strike as Gates arrives
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned on Thursday an air strike by NATO-led forces which he said killed 10 election campaign workers, although U.S. officials maintained it was a...
Ivory Coast commission produces final voter list
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's electoral commission said Thursday it had produced a final voter list for the first time, raising the chance that an election which has been delayed six times in f...
Return to power within grasp for Australia's PM
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard came within grasp of a return to power on Thursday after one of four "kingmaker" MPs backed her Labor Party's bid to form a minority gov...
Iran opposition figure's house attacked: website
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Attackers smashed windows and damaged security cameras at the home of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karoubi, his website said Thursday, ahead of a rally authorities fear could ...
Reuters: U.S.
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A still-largely deserted New Orleans on Tuesday prepared to take stock of damage from Hurricane Gustav after rebuilt levees appeared to hold off a repeat of the flooding cau...
Stressed mothers may raise fat children: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Millions of poor children in the United States may be getting fat before age 10 because their mothers are stressed out and the youngsters seek escape in unhealthy comfort food, ...
Storms swirl in Atlantic, Hanna over Bahamas
MIAMI (Reuters) - A new tropical depression formed on Tuesday near the Cape Verde Islands off Africa while storm Hanna drenched the Bahamas and Ike sped westward as Atlantic storm activity reached ...
Heart experts clash on Vytorin and cancer risk
MUNICH (Reuters) - Experts clashed over the safety of Merck & Co and Schering-Plough's cholesterol drug Vytorin on Tuesday as full results from a controversial study were presented at Europe's bigg...
Williams sisters set up clash, Nadal tested
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Williams sisters will hold another family reunion on centre court at the U.S. Open after registering wins on Monday that set up a tiebreaking, sibling clash in the quarter-...
Rodgers & Hammerstein looking to sell itself: report
(Reuters) - The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization is exploring strategic options for its catalog tunes, including a possible sale of the company, the New York Post said, citing a source close to t...
Expensive ads sell few prescription drugs: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Expensive advertising of prescription drugs directly to consumers may do little to encourage sales, U.S. and Canadian researchers reported on Monday.
Inspired Singh coasts to Labor Day victory
NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Vijay Singh, helped by three monster birdie putts, eased to his third PGA Tour title in five weeks with a commanding five-shot victory at the Deutsche Bank Champio...
Venus storms through to Serena showdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seventh seed Venus Williams set up a quarter-final against her sister Serena at the U.S. Open after she eased past Polish ninth seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1 6-3 on Monday.
Storm Ike forms, seen growing into hurricane
MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Ike, the ninth of a busy Atlantic hurricane season, formed on Monday midway between Africa and the Caribbean and was expected to grow rapidly into a hurricane that ...
Reuters: Top News
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A still-largely deserted New Orleans on Tuesday prepared to take stock of damage from Hurricane Gustav after rebuilt levees appeared to hold off a repeat of the flooding cau...
Republican convention off to slow start
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - Not only did Gustav slow Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's big convention party, it also spared him from Democratic criticism that his election would amo...
Russia says EU right to avoid sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia praised the European Union on Tuesday for taking a "responsible approach" to its conflict with Georgia by declining to impose sanctions on Moscow but said the EU had faile...
Thai army chief balks at protest crackdown
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai soldiers would not use force to evict protesters occupying the prime minister's office, army chief Anupong Paochinda said on Tuesday despite a state of emergency giving him...
Japan's Aso leads race for next prime minister
TOKYO (Reuters) - Former foreign minister Taro Aso leads the race to become Japanese prime minister, analysts and media said on Tuesday, after unpopular Yasuo Fukuda became the second leader to abr...
Storms swirl in Atlantic, Hanna over Bahamas
MIAMI (Reuters) - A new tropical depression formed on Tuesday near the Cape Verde Islands off Africa while storm Hanna drenched the Bahamas and Ike sped westward as Atlantic storm activity reached ...
Stressed mothers may raise fat children: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Millions of poor children in the United States may be getting fat before age 10 because their mothers are stressed out and the youngsters seek escape in unhealthy comfort food, ...
Iraq begins campaign to evict Baghdad squatters
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces began a push on Tuesday to evict people squatting in Baghdad homes that were abandoned by residents fleeing sectarian violence, a military spokesman said.
Monsoon misery spreads in India
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Heavy rains and rising floodwaters forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in northeastern India and sent elephants and rhinos fleeing, as monsoon misery...
Google offers video-sharing for businesses
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is adding YouTube-like video communications features to its business application suite, looking to make video-sharing among office workers as easy as trading e-...
Reuters: Politics
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - With Hurricane Gustav downgraded and New Orleans spared a major disaster, Republicans tried on Tuesday to get their convention back on track to nominate John McCain ...
Palin rebuts rumors, says daughter pregnant
ST. PAUL (Reuters) - The 17-year-old unmarried daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by l...
Police, protesters clash near Republican convention
ST. PAUL (Reuters) - Police in riot gear battled hundreds of protesters with pepper spray and smoke bombs and arrested 130 people on Monday at the start of the Republican presidential convention.
Palin "bridge to nowhere" line angers many Alaskans
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - It garnered big applause in her first speech as Republican John McCain's vice presidential pick, but Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's assertion that she rejected Congressiona...
With Gustav, Bush tries to avoid Katrina mistakes
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - President George W. Bush warned on Monday the danger to the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Gustav was not over as he sought to assure Americans his administration had learned t...
McCain criticizes Bush on torture of prisoners
ST LOUIS (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, on Sunday issued some of his harshest criticism to date of the use of torture against terror...
Cheney's Georgia trip brings message to Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney, one of Moscow's harshest critics, will go to Georgia and other former Soviet states this week to reinforce U.S. support for allies in Russia's bac...
Iraq "surge" followed sharp internal debate: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's decision to mount a troop "surge" in Iraq last year was taken against the initial recommendations of his top advisers, including his field commander,...
U.S. to make election history one way or another
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Come January 20, 2009, history will be made in the United States: Either the first black president will be sworn into office or the first female vice president will take the ...
Obama vows to reverse Bush-McCain legacy
DENVER (Reuters) - Barack Obama launched a sharp assault on Republican presidential rival John McCain on Thursday with a promise to reverse the economic failures of the past eight years and restore...
Reuters: Sports News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - United States captain Paul Azinger named Steve Stricker, Chad Campbell, JB Holmes and Hunter Mahan on Tuesday as his wildcard picks for this month's Ryder Cup against holders E...
Federer feels he is peaking for another title tilt
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Federer has almost forgotten what it is like not to compete in the closing stages of a grand slam and will aim to continue that run when he faces Russia's Igor Andreev in...
Inspired Singh coasts to Labor Day victory
NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Vijay Singh, helped by three monster birdie putts, eased to his third PGA Tour title in five weeks with a commanding five-shot victory at the Deutsche Bank Champio...
Williams sisters set up clash, Nadal tested
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Williams sisters will hold another family reunion on centre court at the U.S. Open after registering wins on Monday that set up a tiebreaking, sibling clash in the quarter-...
Delgado gives Mets breathing space at the top
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Carlos Delgado hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to lead the New York Mets to a 4-2 road win over the Milwaukee Brewers and a two-game lead in the National League East o...
Schipper splits with coach who sold training program
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian swimmer Jessicah Schipper has dumped her longtime coach after he sold a training program to a rival competitor who beat her at the Beijing Olympics.
Two sumo wrestlers test positive for marijuana
TOKYO (Reuters) - Two Russian sumo wrestlers tested positive for marijuana in tests on Tuesday, a Sumo Association spokesman said, less than two weeks after another Russian was arrested and then fi...
Former British boxing champion shot dead in smoking row
LONDON (Reuters) - Former British heavyweight boxing champion James Oyebola was shot dead in a nightclub after asking a group of men to stop smoking, a court heard on Tuesday.
Bolt inspires Powell to target 9.59 seconds
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Usain Bolt's startling 9.69-second run at the Olympics has inspired Jamaican compatriot and former world record holder Asafa Powell to target 9.59 for the 100 mete...
Faldo draws mixed reviews over wildcard picks
NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - European captain Nick Faldo has triggered widespread surprise on both sides of the Atlantic over two omissions from his Ryder Cup team.
Reuters: Technology News
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp's game unit said on Tuesday it will launch a new model of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld machine on October 16 in Japan, its latest bid to challenge Nintendo C...
Google offers video-sharing for businesses
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is adding YouTube-like video communications features to its business application suite, looking to make video-sharing among office workers as easy as trading e-...
Global chip sales rise 7.6 percent in July: industry group
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global semiconductor sales rose 7.6 percent in July from the previous year, helped by strong growth in consumer electronics, personal computers and cell phones, an industry gro...
Hard-up consumers seen seeking solace in gadgets
BERLIN (Reuters) - Consumer electronic makers are bracing themselves for slower growth in the second half of this year and in 2009, but count on consumers turning to home entertainment amid tougher...
Nokia to start music service with UK launch
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Mobile phone maker Nokia said on Tuesday it would launch its "Comes with Music" package with an offering in Britain, signing a deal with Carphone Warehouse to sell the first mo...
Alcatel-Lucent names new CEO and chairman
PARIS (Reuters) - Alcatel-Lucent named its new leadership on Tuesday, handing the task of turning round the loss-making telecoms equipment group to former British Telecom chief executive and indust...
Google set to introduce its own Web browser
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is set to introduce on Tuesday a new Web browser designed to more quickly handle video-rich or other complex Web programs, posing a challenge to browsers design...
MegaFon says to sell Apple iPhone in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's third largest mobile phone operator MegaFon said on Tuesday it had signed a distribution deal with Apple Inc. to sell iPhone 3G in Russia.
Sony Ericsson says Microsoft phone launch on track
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Struggling Sony Ericsson ditched on Monday rumors that its first cellphone powered by Microsoft's operating system would miss the key Christmas sales period.
Microsoft decision sparks dissent amid ISO members
LONDON (Reuters) - A decision to dismiss appeals against the controversial fast-track approval of a Microsoft document format has provoked six members of global standards-setting body ISO to quest...
Reuters: Health News
CHICAGO (Reuters) - With careful monitoring, even children who have had allergic reactions to a vaccine can still be vaccinated, a U.S. team of experts said on Tuesday.
Cancer, diabetes leave fingerprints in blood, serum
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Diseases such as cancer and diabetes leave "fingerprints" in the serum and blood plasma of patients and these may provide a valuable and non-invasive diagnostic tool in time t...
Heart experts clash on Vytorin and cancer risk
MUNICH (Reuters) - Experts clashed over the safety of Merck & Co and Schering-Plough's cholesterol drug Vytorin on Tuesday as full results from a controversial study were presented at Europe's bigg...
Stressed mothers may raise fat children: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Millions of poor children in the United States may be getting fat before age 10 because their mothers are stressed out and the youngsters seek escape in unhealthy comfort food, ...
Expensive ads sell few prescription drugs: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Expensive advertising of prescription drugs directly to consumers may do little to encourage sales, U.S. and Canadian researchers reported on Monday.
Lack of joy in life ups early death risk: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who don't think life is worth living are more likely to die within the next few years, research from Japan shows.
Newer joint replacements need more revisions: study
LONDON (Reuters) - New techniques used for hip and knee replacements appear to need reworking at a higher rate than older methods, British researchers said on Tuesday.
Study finds more allergic reactions after HPV jab
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Young women in Australia who got a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer were five to 20 times more likely to have a rare but severe allergic reaction than girls who got other vacc...
Circumcision problems impair HIV prevention: study
GENEVA (Reuters) - African health workers need more training and better tools to circumcise men and boys safely for HIV prevention, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) study chronicling ...
Bird flu vaccine gives strong protection in mice
HONG KONG (Reuters) - An experimental bird flu vaccine that uses DNA from various strains of the H5N1 virus appears to trigger a strong immune response in mice after it is injected straight into th...
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