ANALYSIS - Tiger's world in spin since mysterious car crash (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 04:38 PM PST Reuters - News of his car accident in Windermere, Florida, turned the carefully managed life of Tiger Woods upside down on Friday, provoking far more questions than answers. |
Obama sets new Afghan strategy, briefs allies (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 12:48 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday was prepared to announce he will deploy about 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan as part of a new strategy that will stress a U.S. intention to ultimately exit the country. |
Michael Jackson death charges expected to take months (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 12:25 PM PST Reuters - A decision on possible criminal charges over the June death of Michael Jackson is "months rather than weeks away", the Los Angeles Times on Monday quoted law enforcement sources as saying. |
Woods to miss Chevron World Challenge tournament (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 02:17 PM PST Reuters - Tiger Woods will not play in this week's Chevron World Challenge, which he has hosted in Thousand Oaks, California, for the past nine years, because of injuries sustained in a car accident. |
Lack of coordination leaves bin Laden at large (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 10:06 AM PST Reuters - Eight years after Osama bin Laden escaped from U.S. forces in Afghanistan, he remains on the run because of a lack of trust and coordination between Washington and Islamabad, experts say. |
Halve world carbon emissions by 2050 - Danish text (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 07:56 AM PST Reuters - The world should agree to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 from 1990 levels as part of a U.N. climate pact in Copenhagen in mid-December, according to a suggested text by hosts Denmark. |
Iran says buying petrol from Reliance (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 10:50 AM PST Reuters - Iran is importing gasoline from India's Reliance Industries Ltd, the managing director of state-run National Iranian Oil Co said on Monday. |
Defence lawyer for Ajmal Kasab dismissed (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 01:26 AM PST Reuters - The lawyer for the lone surviving gunman accused of the Mumbai attacks was removed from the case on Monday for non-cooperation, days after the country marked the first anniversary of the three-day siege that killed 166 people. |
Economy surges, adds pressure to raise rates (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 07:41 AM PST Reuters - India's economy grew at its fastest rate in 18 months in the quarter through September, smashing expectations and adding pressure to bring forward a rate rise and cut stimulus spending as inflation mounts. |
Workers at Kaiga nuclear plant probed on radioactive leak (Reuters) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:03 PM PST Reuters - Investigators into the leak of a radioactive substance into drinking water at the atomic plant have questioned several employees, officials said on Monday. The government has said the contamination was deliberate. |
Tiger Woods withdraws from tournament, not talking (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 02:17 PM PST Reuters - Tiger Woods pulled out of a golf tournament this week, the latest fall-out from a minor car accident that has left a swirl of mystery and a hint of scandal around the world's top golfer and pushed him into full damage control. |
Serena fined $175,000 for U.S. Open tirade (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 10:50 AM PST Reuters - World number one Serena Williams has been fined $175,000 and put on probation for two years for her foul-mouthed tirade at the U.S. Open, the Grand Slam Committee said on Monday. |
Dubai debt worries linger, Gulf stocks suffer (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 07:47 AM PST Reuters - Dubai's government said on Monday it was not responsible for the debts of its flagship conglomerate, offering little clarity on a plan to delay billions in debt repayments that has rattled world markets. |
Iran says sees little point to nuclear curb pact (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 06:55 AM PST Reuters - Iran sees little point in staying in the Non-Proliferation Treaty, a senior official said on Monday, a day after Iran announced plans to build 10 more nuclear sites in a swipe at growing pressure to rein in atomic activity. |
PREVIEW - India eye top spot in final Sri Lanka test (Reuters) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:19 PM PST Reuters - India will reach the top of the ICC test rankings for the first time if they win the third and final test against Sri Lanka starting on Wednesday. |
Oxford maths professor backs web games to teach kids (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 08:20 AM PST Reuters - Internet games can boost children's interest in mathematics, says a footballing Oxford University professor who plays wearing the prime number 17 and uses dance to prove theorems. |
"Trailblazing" website reveals 350 years of science (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 06:27 AM PST Reuters - A gruesome account of a 1666 blood transfusion and amusing notes about how an 8-year-old Mozart responded to tests of his genius were published on Monday as part of an online history of scientific endeavour. |
Opposition shuts down Kolkata over price rise (Reuters) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:29 PM PST Reuters - Opposition party workers burned buses and shut down business in Kolkata on Monday to enforce a 12-hour strike protesting rising food prices, officials said. |
Denmark draft a "dead end" for climate talks - Jairam Ramesh (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 03:28 AM PST Reuters - Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Monday global climate talks in Copenhagen would be at a "dead end" if a Danish draft proposal urging a 50 percent cut in global emissions was put forward. |
Iran defies censure, plans 10 uranium sites (Reuters) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 06:41 PM PST Reuters - Iran announced plans on Sunday to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in a major expansion of its atomic programme, just two days after the U.N. nuclear watchdog rebuked it for carrying out such work in secret. |