Berlusconi to face trial over prostitution scandal (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 07:12 AM PST Reuters - An Italian judge has ordered Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial in April on a charge that he paid an underage girl for sex, though there seemed no immediate risk the scandal would force him from office. |
CBI question Unitech exec in telecoms probe (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 08:09 AM PST Reuters - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday questioned a top executive of Unitech Ltd as part of a probe into a telecoms corruption scandal that has roiled politics and spooked investors in Asia's third-largest economy. |
Coca-Cola says secret of its recipe still intact (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:40 PM PST Reuters - Coca-Cola Co said on Tuesday that its flagship cola recipe is still secret after nearly 125 years, denying a story by a public radio show that it has uncovered the formula. |
Obama calls for release of U.S. prisoner in Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:58 AM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday Pakistan must respect the diplomatic immunity of a U.S. consular employee jailed for shooting dead two Pakistanis, in a case straining ties between the allies. |
EU hauled to court over secrecy in India trade talks (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:17 AM PST Reuters - Transparency campaigners have hauled the European Union's executive to court for withholding documents about free trade talks with India, intensifying pressure on the bloc to make its policy-making less secretive. |
Govt to pay up to half of fuel subsidy (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:35 AM PST Reuters - The government will now cover up to half of the subsidy outgo of state-run oil companies from selling fuels at rates that are below cost, as their losses mount with crude staying above $100 a barrel. |
Kerry visits Pakistan amid row over U.S. prisoner (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 02:00 AM PST Reuters - U.S. Senator John Kerry flew to Islamabad on Tuesday as the Obama administration sought to resolve a diplomatic crisis sparked by the detention of a U.S. embassy employee accused of killing two Pakistanis. |
Pakistan must respect immunity of US prisoner - Obama (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 09:16 AM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday Pakistan must respect the diplomatic immunity of U.S. consulate employee Raymond Davis, who is jailed there for shooting two Pakistanis in what he says was self-defense. |
FACTBOX - Budget expectations for fuel companies (Reuters) Posted: 14 Feb 2011 11:57 PM PST Reuters - India, struggling to balance between cutting its costly fuel subsidies and curbing inflation, may tweak fuel taxes in the Feb. 28 federal budget to cushion the blow of rising global crude prices on state-run oil retailers. |
Man ties machine on Day 1 of 'Jeopardy!" showdown (Reuters) Posted: 14 Feb 2011 07:36 PM PST Reuters - A man-versus-machine showdown on popular U.S. quiz show "Jeopardy!" ended in a tie on the first day of a three-day challenge, when an IBM computer showed off its knowledge of the Beatles, as well as a few glitches. |