Obama reaches climate deal with emerging powers (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 03:43 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama forged a climate deal with emerging economic powers on Friday, breaking a deadlock at U.N.-led talks, but said the world still had "much further to go" in the fight against global warming. |
Advani steps down (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 08:13 AM PST Reuters - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani stepped down on Friday months after he led the Hindu nationalists to heavy defeat in the general election, officals said. |
Woods voted PGA Tour Player of the Year by peers (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:03 PM PST Reuters - Tiger Woods, who has taken an indefinite break from golf after being embroiled in a sex scandal, picked up another golfing honour on Friday when he was named PGA Tour Player of the Year. |
Kasab retracts confession (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 03:54 AM PST Reuters - The man accused of being the lone surviving gunman from last year's Mumbai attacks retracted his statement in court on Friday, saying he was forced by the police to sign a confessional statement. |
ANALYSIS - Climate deal won't cap warming, big gaps (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 04:47 PM PST Reuters - A climate deal among world leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama puts off many tough decisions until 2010 and sets the planet on track to overshoot goals for limiting global warming. |
Sparking Dilshan leads Sri Lanka to narrow win (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:21 AM PST Reuters - Tillakaratne Dilshan struck his second successive century to lead Sri Lanka to a three-wicket victory over India in a thrilling second one-day international on Friday. |
"Avatar" midnight screenings pull in $3.5 mln (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 03:48 PM PST Reuters - Director James Cameron's big-budget film "Avatar" took in $3.5 million at its initial midnight screenings on Friday in the United States and Canada, ticket tracker Hollywood.com Box Office said on Friday. |
FACTBOX - Main points of the Copenhagen Accord (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:41 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama reached a climate agreement on Friday with India, South Africa, China and Brazil. The deal outlined fell far short of the ambitions for the Copenhagen summit. |
Pakistani minister barred from travel, tensions rise (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 01:05 AM PST Reuters - A Pakistani minister has been prevented from leaving the country on the orders of an anti-graft agency, sparking rumours of a coup that were quickly dismissed, as political tension rose on Friday in the nuclear-armed country. |
Taming inflation high on India's agenda - Mukherjee (Reuters) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:58 PM PST Reuters - Containing inflation is high on the government's agenda and it is monitoring the price situation, the finance minister said on Friday. |
ANALYSIS - Climate deal gives Obama limited victory (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:03 PM PST Reuters - A climate deal negotiated by the United States and other major carbon polluters will allow President Barack Obama to claim a limited victory, but enough to breathe new life into efforts to pass legislation in Congress. |
Twitter hacked, attacker claims Iran link (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 03:18 PM PST Reuters - A computer hacker briefly hijacked Twitter.com on Thursday, redirecting users to a website and claiming to represent a group calling itself the Iranian Cyber Army. |
Tag Heuer to drop Tiger from ads in some markets (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 01:28 PM PST Reuters - Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer said on Friday it would not use Tiger Woods, who has admitted to marital infidelity, in its advertising in "certain markets" to respect the golfer's desire for privacy. |
Subbarao: Discussed macroeconomy with finmin (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:30 AM PST Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Duvvuri Subbarao on Friday said he discussed the country's macroeconomic situation with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. |
Obama hails climate pact, says more work to be done (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 02:12 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama hailed a non-binding climate agreement between developed and developing nations he helped broker on Friday as a foundation for fighting global warming in the future. |
Obama gets climate deal with China, India, S.Africa (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 01:17 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama reached a climate agreement on Friday with leaders from India, South Africa and China that will be a "historic step forward" in combating global warming, a U.S. official said. |
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Goa, India (Reuters) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 08:20 PM PST Reuters - A small state on Indias Western coast, Goa boasts of quaint Portuguese colonial charm, sun-kissed beaches and great seafood. |
Rate talk swirls around RBI, finmin meet (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 08:06 AM PST Reuters - A meeting of Reserve Bank of India Governor Duvvuri Subbarao with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee fuelled speculation on Friday that the bank may tighten monetary policy earlier than expected to stem rising prices. |
Copenhagen climate talks close to deal - India (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:08 PM PST Reuters - A U.N. climate summit was close to agreeing a non-binding deal for combating global warming on Friday after more than a day of deadlock, India's environment minister Jairam Ramesh said. |
World leaders try to rescue climate deal (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:21 AM PST Reuters - World leaders tried to rescue a global climate agreement on Friday but the failure of leading greenhouse gas emitters China and the United States to come up with new proposals blocked chances of an ambitious deal. |