Giant dome, fires aimed at huge U.S. oil spill (Reuters) Posted: 05 May 2010 03:49 PM PDT Reuters - Workers toiled above and below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday to plug a gushing oil leak and protect the U.S. shoreline in one of the biggest spill containment efforts ever mounted. |
Europe leaders warn of contagion; 3 dead in Greece (Reuters) Posted: 05 May 2010 03:24 PM PDT Reuters - European leaders warned on Wednesday that the euro zone debt crisis could spread like a bushfire beyond Greece, and investors sold stocks and the euro as Greek anti-austerity unrest claimed its first lives. |
New York bomb suspect talking, probe eyes foreign ties (Reuters) Posted: 05 May 2010 01:56 PM PDT Reuters - The suspected Times Square bomber is cooperating with investigators who want details about his contacts in Pakistan, postponing indefinitely any court appearance, law enforcement sources said on Wednesday. |
Wal-Mart widow tops world's richest mothers list (Reuters) Posted: 05 May 2010 02:13 PM PDT Reuters - Having children isn't a barrier to making a billion dollars as eight women on a new list of the world's richest mothers showed. |
Facebook privacy snafu exposed user chats (Reuters) Posted: 05 May 2010 04:05 PM PDT Reuters - Private chats between some Facebook users were briefly viewable by other users on Wednesday, an embarassing technical glitch for a company facing growing criticism over "sloppy" privacy protection. |
Asian consumers most upbeat, India consumer sentiment highest - Nielsen (Reuters) Posted: 05 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT Reuters - Consumer confidence is strongest in emerging Asia Pacific and Latin America, while most Europeans remain edgy on the pace of their economic recovery and the euro zone debt crisis, a global survey showed on Thursday. |
Nepal asks for UN peace-monitoring mission to stay (Reuters) Posted: 05 May 2010 04:10 PM PDT Reuters - Nepal, engulfed in a political crisis, asked the United Nations on Wednesday to keep its peace-monitoring mission in place there even though the world body had hoped to start withdrawing it later this month. |
Plausible links seen between bomb suspect and Taliban (Reuters) Posted: 05 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. investigators see "plausible links" between the suspected Times Square bomber and the Taliban in Pakistan movement but a final determination has yet to be made, a U.S. official on Wednesday. |
Bids for one all-India 3G licence reach $2.46 bln (Reuters) Posted: 05 May 2010 08:51 AM PDT Reuters - Bids for one set of nationwide third-generation (3G) mobile spectrum licences in India reached 110.47 billion rupees ($2.46 billion) on the 22nd day of an auction, government data showed on Wednesday. |
Accused NY bomber from respectable background (Reuters) Posted: 05 May 2010 08:45 AM PDT Reuters - Like some notorious al Qaeda figures, the Pakistani-American charged in connection with the botched bomb in New York's Times Square comes from a respectable background that provides no hints of radicalism. |
Picasso piece sets record for art sold at auction (Reuters) Posted: 04 May 2010 11:30 PM PDT Reuters - Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" sold for more than $106 million at Christie's on Tuesday, setting a record for art sold at auction. |
World's oldest person dies at 114 - Guinness records (Reuters) Posted: 05 May 2010 01:34 AM PDT Reuters - The world's oldest person, a Japanese woman, has died at the age of 114, Guinness World Records said. |
Italy hosts its first divorce fair (Reuters) Posted: 05 May 2010 09:40 AM PDT Reuters - Italy is holding its first divorce fair, offering services such as life coaching and beauty advice to a booming number of separating couples in the Catholic country. |
China's Huawei working to allay Indian security fears (Reuters) Posted: 05 May 2010 02:15 AM PDT Reuters - Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies said on Wednesday it was ensuring its networks were secure, as India reiterated it has not banned Chinese-made telecoms gear though added there were restrictions due to security reasons. |