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Arizona Representative Ron Barber says recovering after minor cancer surgery Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 08:07 PM PST | Top |
Fed's Evans wants more easing, Fisher wants limits Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 06:50 PM PST | Top |
SEC's Walter may take similar path to ally Schapiro Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 06:49 PM PST | Top |
Majority of Britons want press watchdog backed by law: poll Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 06:47 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - More than two-thirds of Britons are in favor of an independent press regulator established by law, according to an opinion poll published in the Guardian newspaper on Wednesday, a day before a judge is expected to issue a report on problems in the industry. The poll found that 79 percent of Britons surveyed want the government to introduce legislation to create an independent press regulator. Only 9 percent oppose tough measures regulating the press. ... Full Story | Top |
Infected and unaware: HIV hitting America's youth Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 06:43 PM PST | Top |
Obama promotes tax agenda, Congress in stand-off Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 06:25 PM PST | Top |
Report challenges key Pentagon spending assumption Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 05:58 PM PST | Top |
CNOOC, Nexen reapply for U.S. deal approval Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 05:52 PM PST CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - China's state-owned CNOOC Ltd and its Canadian takeover target Nexen Inc have withdrawn and resubmitted an application for U.S. approval of their $15.1 billion deal, as Canada gets close to its decision on whether to approve the transaction. The energy companies said on Tuesday that discussions with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) were still in progress, "with a view to completing the CFIUS review process as expeditiously as possible." In a brief statement, they did not provide a reason for, or the timing of, the unexpected move. ... Full Story | Top |
Judge orders tobacco companies to admit deception Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 05:26 PM PST | Top |
Obama to meet with CEOs from Goldman, Deloitte on Wednesday Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 05:21 PM PST | Top |
Congo rebels say will withdraw from Goma Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 05:20 PM PST | Top |
White House expected to seek billions in Sandy disaster aid Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 05:08 PM PST | Top |
Rice meeting with senators fails to dampen criticism Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 05:04 PM PST | Top |
FTC patent ruling might hint at how it will treat Google case Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 04:33 PM PST | Top |
U.S. declines to name China currency manipulator Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 04:31 PM PST | Top |
Boris Johnson mocks French government over Mittal Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 04:28 PM PST | Top |
FBI probes possible links among rash of U.S. bomb threats Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 04:15 PM PST NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - The FBI said it was trying to determine if there is a connection among telephone bomb threats to facilities in 30 counties of Tennessee on Tuesday and similar recent incidents in other U.S. states. Courthouses and public facilities in 30 Tennessee counties were temporarily evacuated on Tuesday following a rash of such calls. Similar threats closed more than a dozen courthouses in Oregon last week and bomb threats were also made in Washington state and Nebraska. All affected facilities in Tennessee had been searched by late on Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top |
Venezuela's Chavez heads to Cuba for medical treatment Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 04:13 PM PST | Top |
UK workplace pension pot charges should be revealed - new code Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 04:03 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Pension firms and insurers are calling for the costs taken automatically by people running UK pension schemes to be divulged to employers when they set up auto-enrolment schemes between 2012 and 2017. Pension charges have dramatically reduced in recent years, and now stand at 0.52 percent of the value of an individual scheme, says the Association of British Insurers (ABI). But the little-known fees and levies can wipe tens of thousands of pounds off the value of a worker's workplace pension. ... Full Story | Top |
Deutsche Bank faces Libor questions from German lawmakers Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 04:02 PM PST | Top |
Obama shields U.S. airlines from EU carbon fees Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:56 PM PST | Top |
Former presidential nominee Dole in hospital: media reports Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:55 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole has been admitted to Washington's Walter Reed Army medical center for what an aide called a "routine procedure," media reports said on Tuesday. Dole, 89, "self-checked into the hospital for a routine procedure and will be discharged tomorrow," an aide told NBC News. "He's doing very well." According to Politico, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, said on the Senate floor on Tuesday that Dole was hospitalized "because he is infirm. He is sick." Reid's comments came during debate on the U.N. ... Full Story | Top |
Bangladeshi man pleads not guilty to New Y ork Federal Reserve bomb plot Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:46 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Bangladeshi man arrested in a sting operation denied on Tuesday charges that he attempted to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in New York last month with what authorities say he believed was a 1,000-pound (450-kg) bomb. During a brief hearing in Brooklyn federal court, Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, pleaded not guilty to a two-count indictment charging him with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to provide material support to a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, al Qaeda. He faces life in prison if convicted. ... Full Story | Top |
Syria launches air strikes as combat rages in Damascus Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:43 PM PST | Top |
U.N. committee condemns Syria, Iran for rampant rights abuses Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:43 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. General Assembly committee on Tuesday condemned Syria and Iran for widespread human rights abuses, but both Damascus and Tehran dismissed the separate votes as politically motivated. The draft resolution on Syria, which was co-sponsored by Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Britain, France and other Arab and Western states, received 132 votes in favor - 10 more than a similar resolution last year received - along with 12 against and 35 abstentions. ... Full Story | Top |
High stakes as Syrian opposition tries to form government Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:43 PM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Syria's new opposition coalition will hold its first full meeting on Wednesday to discuss forming a transitional government crucial to win effective Arab and Western support for the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. The 60 or so delegates, chosen after marathon talks in Qatar this month, are meeting in Cairo ahead of a gathering of the Friends of Syria, a grouping of dozens of countries that had pledged mostly non-military backing for the revolt but which are worried by the rising influence of Islamists in the opposition. ... Full Story | Top |
Lockheed Martin raises compensation of CEO-elect Hewson Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:33 PM PST | Top |
Senate works on new package of Iran sanctions Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:28 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New sanctions aimed at reducing global trade with Iran in the energy, shipping and metals sectors may soon be considered by the U.S. Senate as part of an annual defense policy bill, senators and aides said on Tuesday. The sanctions legislation, which has not yet been unveiled, comes during a crowded calendar as the Senate races to deal with deficit reduction, the defense bill and other pressing issues by the end of the year. The package would build on current U.S. sanctions, passed almost a year ago, that have slashed Iran's oil revenues. ... Full Story | Top |
Canada still examining options on foreign energy bids Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:27 PM PST | Top |
Mexico's Pena Nieto backs Obama immigration reform push Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:17 PM PST | Top |
New Yorker charged in killings of shopkeepers of Middle Eastern origin Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:14 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Brooklyn grand jury on Tuesday indicted a clothing salesman on murder charges in the shooting deaths this year of three shopkeepers of Middle Eastern descent, prosecutors said. Salvatore Perrone, 63, was arrested a week ago on suspicion of murder when a witness in a pharmacy matched his likeness to a photo circulated by police after it was captured on a security camera near the latest killing this month. ... Full Story | Top |
Rhode Island to leave "Christmas" out of tree ceremony Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:13 PM PST (Reuters) - Rhode Island will go ahead with plans to hold a "holiday tree" lighting ceremony in the state capital despite controversy last year over Governor Lincoln Chafee's decision to avoid using the word "Christmas" in reference to the tree. The announcement on Tuesday that the state would hold a tree-lighting ceremony in Providence came just 24 hours after the governor's spokeswoman said the annual event had been scrubbed. Last year, protesters interrupted the ceremony with demands the conifer be officially referred to as a "Christmas tree. ... Full Story | Top |
Egyptians challenge Mursi in nationwide protests Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:09 PM PST | Top |
Palestinians say no rush to join international court after U.N. vote Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 02:21 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Palestinians will not rush to sign up to the International Criminal Court if they win a U.N. status upgrade on Thursday, but warned that seeking action against Israel in the court would remain an option, said the Palestinian U.N. observer. The Palestinians appear certain to earn approval in the 193-member U.N. General Assembly for a status upgrade to "observer state" - similar to the Vatican's rank - from observer "entity." The move would implicitly recognize Palestinian statehood. ... Full Story | Top |
U.S. investigating use of force by Albuquerque police Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 02:10 PM PST (Reuters) - The Justice Department said on Tuesday it launched a civil rights probe into whether the police department in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has shown a pattern of using excessive force on civilians. The investigation - which is civil, not criminal - is one of 14 active police reform investigations across the country, according to the Justice Department. There have been 25 shootings involving Albuquerque police officers since 2010, 17 of which were fatal, according to KOB, a news station in the city. ... Full Story | Top |
Outrage at "Jewish list" call in Hungary parliament Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 02:08 PM PST | Top |
Greek PM hails debt compromise, public skeptical Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 01:58 PM PST ATHENS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Antonis Samaras welcomed a debt deal agreed by lenders to unlock aid, promising skeptical Greeks a new dawn after months of haggling under the threat of bankruptcy. Worn down by political squabbling and repeated austerity cuts, many Greeks reacted to the deal with disdain while the Syriza opposition party called it a "half-baked compromise" that would not solve the country's problems. "A very grey, a very dark period for Greece officially ended yesterday and it has ended for good," Samaras said in a televised statement. ... Full Story | Top |
Greece, markets satisfied by EU-IMF Greek debt deal Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 01:58 PM PST | Top |
ACLU sues over policy barring women from combat Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 01:50 PM PST | Top |
Seven killed as Nigeria gunmen rob banks and attack police Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 01:46 PM PST ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) - - Bank robbers armed with assault rifles and high explosives attacked four banks and two police stations in southern Nigeria, in a coordinated strike that left seven people dead, police said on Tuesday. It was the latest in a spate of security lapses in Nigeria in the past two days, after a suicide bombing by suspected Islamists inside a military barracks on Sunday and a jail break in the capital Abuja in the early hours of Monday. The attack took place late on Monday night in the remote town of Auchi, in Edo state. ... Full Story | Top |
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