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Progress toward Gulf oil well cap; weather improves (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 04:17 PM PDT

A television reporter stands beside oil booms at the coast of South Pass, south of Venice, Louisiana, as oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead continues to spread in the Gulf of Mexico, May 2, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/FilesReuters - Energy giant BP Plc indicated some progress on Monday toward capping the underwater well that ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico almost two weeks ago, pushing a giant oil slick toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.


U.S. mulling antitrust look at Apple - source (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 03:25 PM PDT

A customer takes his iPad out of the bag after purchasing it at the iPad launch at the Apple Store in New York April 3, 2010. U.S. regulators are considering an inquiry into whether Apple Inc violates antitrust law by requiring that its programming tools be used to write applications for the iPad and iPhone. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi/FilesReuters - U.S. regulators are considering an inquiry into whether Apple Inc violates antitrust law by requiring that its programming tools be used to write applications for the iPad and iPhone, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.


U.S. says nuclear arsenal includes 5,113 warheads (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 04:51 PM PDT

Charts U.S. nuclear arsenal and map showing Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty signatories. With factbox on nuclear weapons usage conditions under new U.S. nuclear policy. RNGS. (TOR01). 10cm x 14.5cm deep. REUTERS/RNGS Reuters/FilesReuters - The United States disclosed for the first time on Monday the current size of its nuclear arsenal, lifting the veil on once top-secret numbers in an effort to bolster non-proliferation efforts.


Angry Collingwood calls for change to rain rules (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 04:32 PM PDT

England's captain Paul Collingwood  during a break in play at Providence stadium during their ICC World Twenty20 cricket match against the West Indies in Georgetown May 3, 2010. Hosts West Indies moved into the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - Frustrated England captain Paul Collingwood demanded change to the way rain-affected games are decided after his team lost to West Indies in their shortened Twenty20 World Cup game on Monday.


Govt moves bill to allow foreign universities (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 01:38 AM PDT

Childen sit on the ground in a outdoor school during a lesson in Santiniketan village in this undated handout photograph. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - India took a step forward on Monday to allow foreign universities open local campuses, key to revamping the country's education system, but the bill presented to parliament may take time to win approval.


Goldman subpoenaed in closely watched fund case (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 02:49 PM PDT

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. global headquarters, also known by its address as 200 West Street, is pictured in New York's lower Manhattan April 7, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/FilesReuters - Lawyers for Goldman Sachs Group Inc have been served a subpoena to testify or provide information in a closely watched case of illegal insider trading allegations, according to a court document made public on Monday.


U.S. sees some evidence of a plot in New York car bomb (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:39 PM PDT

One of the alarm clocks found in a bomb in a Nissan Pathfinder sports utility vehicle in Times Square on Saturday evening is shown in this New York Police Department photograph released to Reuters on May 2, 2010.  REUTERS/New York Police Department/HandoutReuters - A failed car bombing in New York's teeming Times Square may involve more than one person and could have international ties, law enforcement sources said on Monday.


Court convicts Mumbai attack gunman Kasab (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:45 AM PDT

Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving member of the 10-man group which attacked several Mumbai landmarks, is seen at an undisclosed location under police custody in this undated video grab shown by CNN IBN Television channel since February 3, 2009. REUTERS/CNN IBN/Handout/FilesReuters - A Mumbai court on Monday found Pakistani citizen Mohammad Ajmal Kasab guilty on 86 charges from the 2008 Mumbai attacks, including waging war on India and murder, in a trial that strained ties between New Delhi and Islamabad.


UAL, Continental to form largest airline (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 01:39 PM PDT

Passengers wait to check-in at the United Airlines ticket counter at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix in this April 8, 2010 file photo. UAL Corp, parent of United Airlines, said it will buy Continental Airlines Inc for about $3.17 billion in stock, forming the world's largest carrier. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/FilesReuters - United Airlines parent UAL Corp will buy Continental Airlines Inc for $3.17 billion in an all-stock deal that will form the world's largest carrier and potentially prune excess capacity in the airline industry.


Apple iPad reaches 1 mln sales faster than iPhone (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 09:28 AM PDT

Customers are silhouetted against an iPad display at the Apple Store in New York April 3, 2010. Apple Inc said on Monday it sold 1 million iPads in the product's first 28 days, and users of the tablet computer have already downloaded 12 million software applications, or apps, and 1.5 million digital books. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi/FilesReuters - Apple Inc has sold 1 million iPads since their April 3 launch, as the company passed that sales milestone faster than many analysts had expected.


Injured Murali out of Twenty20 World Cup (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 03:32 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan bowls at the nets during a cricket training session in Mumbai November 30, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Record wicket taker Muttiah Muralitharan will miss the rest of the Twenty20 World Cup after the off-spinner injured his groin in Sri Lanka's loss to New Zealand.


April factory PMI falls for 2nd month - survey (Reuters)

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:03 PM PDT

A worker walks beside newly built motorbikes at the Bajaj Auto Ltd. plant in Pune, August 9, 2007. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - India's manufacturing expanded at a slower pace for the second month in a row following a drop in new orders and output, backing further away from a 20-month-high hit in February, a survey showed on Monday.


Authorities seek man in New York car-bomb incident (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:50 AM PDT

A surveillance photo shows a man with a bag removing  a shirt near Times Square where he is suspected of leaving a car bomb set up in a Nissan Pathfinder sports utility vehicle in Times Square in this New York Police Department surveillance footage released to Reuters on May 3, 2010. REUTERS/New York Police Department/HandoutReuters - A probe of a failed Times Square car-bombing has made progress, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Monday, as authorities focused on video of a man seen leaving the New York City landmark.


Mirror opposites, China and India M&A may converge (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 03:32 AM PDT

Reuters - If overseas M&A from Asia's two rising giants is defined by China flexing its might to snap up natural resources while India's dynamic entrepreneurs buy control of operating firms, the distinction is likely to blur.

FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in India (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 04:56 AM PDT

An onion vendor talks on a mobile phone as he waits for customers at a vegetable market in the old quarters of Delhi in this April 1, 2010 file photo. Inflation is back as a key policy problem for the government and Reserve Bank of India, as demand-side price pressures mount. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Initial investor bullishness about the appetite of the government for economic reforms has waned due to the continued dependence of the Congress party on fickle smaller parties suspicious of market liberalisation.


Korean defends climbing claim after doubts raised (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 07:50 AM PDT

South Korean mountaineer Oh Eun-Sun speaks during a news conference in Kathmandu May 3, 2010. REUTERS/Shruti ShresthaReuters - South Korean climber Oh Eun-sun on Monday defended her claim to be the first woman to scale all 14 of the world's peaks over 8,000 metres after doubts were raised over one of her climbs last year.


Investors sceptical on record Greek bailout (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 03:25 AM PDT

Greece's Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou addresses reporters during a news conference in Athens May 2, 2010. REUTERS/John KolesidisReuters - Financial markets reacted sceptically on Monday to a record 110 billion euro ($146 billion) EU/IMF bailout for Greece, with investors doubting it will solve the euro zone's growing debt crisis.


Pakistani Taliban claim failed New York bomb attack (Reuters)

Posted: 02 May 2010 08:14 PM PDT

A NYPD officer in an bomb suit examines a Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle parked in New York's Times Square May 1, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attempted car bomb attack in New York's Times Square, a statement on an Islamist website said on Sunday.


U.S. pressures BP over Gulf oil spill; no easy fix (Reuters)

Posted: 02 May 2010 07:42 PM PDT

Andrew Nyman, Associate Professor Wetland Wildlife Management & Ecology of LSU AgCenter, walks next to twisted oil booms at  the coast of South Pass, south of Venice, Louisiana, where oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead continues to spread in the Gulf of Mexico, May 2, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - A vast oil slick moved closer to the U.S. Gulf Coast on Sunday, threatening an economic and ecological disaster as President Barack Obama sharpened his criticism of BP Plc and pressed the energy giant to find a way to stem the oil gushing from its ruptured well.


FACTBOX - Facts about the Mumbai attack trial and the accused (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2010 02:54 AM PDT

Special Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam (C) gestures to the media outside the Arthur Road jail, where the trial of Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the suspected lone surviving gunman of the Mumbai attacks, is being held, in Mumbai May 3, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - An Indian court on Monday found a Pakistani man guilty of involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the first verdict delivered in a case that has worsened ties between New Delhi and Islamabad.


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