U.S. seeks answers whether Pakistan aided Osama bin Laden (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 04:42 PM PDT Reuters - The White House vowed on Tuesday to "get to the bottom" of whether Pakistan helped Osama bin Laden elude a long manhunt before he was killed in a U.S. raid, even as Islamabad denied it gave shelter to the al Qaeda leader. |
Barca through to Champions League final after 1-1 draw with Real (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 02:25 PM PDT Reuters - Barcelona reached the Champions League final for the second time in three years when a 1-1 draw at home to Real Madrid in their semi-final second leg sent the 2009 winners through 3-1 on aggregate. |
FACTBOX - Details of the Osama bin Laden raid (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 02:50 PM PDT Reuters - White House press secretary Jay Carney provided the following official narrative on Tuesday of the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan: |
World population to pass 7 billion on Oct. 31 - U.N. (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 02:12 PM PDT Reuters - The world's population is projected to pass 7 billion on Oct. 31 as it heads toward 10 billion or more by the end of the century, a new U.N. report said on Tuesday. |
U.S. asked India for more data on fighter setback (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 04:04 PM PDT Reuters - India has agreed to provide the United States with more information about its decision last week to drop two U.S. defence companies from an $11 billion fighter competition, a top U.S. official said on Tuesday. |
Q+A: What really happened in Abbottabad? (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 02:50 PM PDT Reuters - The White House, Pentagon and CIA are congratulating themselves over what appears to have been a stunningly successful mission to hunt down and kill al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. |
Should bin Laden have been captured and tried? (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 12:45 PM PDT Reuters - While many world leaders applauded the U.S. operation that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, there were concerns in parts of Europe that the United States was wrong to act as policeman, judge and executioner. |
LeT founder Hafiz leads prayers for bin Laden in Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 07:21 AM PDT Reuters - The founder one of Pakistan's most violent Islamist militant groups has told Muslims to be heartened by the death of Osama bin Laden, as his "martyrdom" would not be in vain, a spokesman for the group said on Tuesday. |
Sourav Ganguly to play for Pune in IPL (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 12:41 AM PDT Reuters - Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who went unsold in the players' auction, has been signed up by debutants Pune Warriors for the remainder of the Indian Premier League's (IPL) fourth season, a team official said on Tuesday. |
FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in India (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 03:59 AM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government expects good news in mid-May when the results of crucial state elections are due, and his Congress party hopes to regain political authority by performing well in them. |
Sony CEO under fire as 25 mln more accounts hacked (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 09:05 AM PDT Reuters - Sony CEO Howard Stringer faced harsh criticism of his leadership after the consumer electronics conglomerate revealed hackers may have stolen the data of another 25 million accounts in a second massive security breach. |
Pakistan says had no knowledge of U.S. bin Laden raid (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 09:16 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan on Tuesday denied any prior knowledge of the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, but said it had been sharing information about the targeted compound with the CIA since 2009. |
RBI toughens stance, lifts rates by 50 bps (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 03:47 AM PDT Reuters - The Reserve Bank of India raised interest rates by a bigger-than-expected 50 basis points on Tuesday and declared it would battle stubbornly high inflation even at the cost of some economic slowdown, casting doubt over the government's ambitious growth targets. |
CIA chief: US had concerns about Pakistan - Time (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 09:31 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. officials were concerned that Pakistan could jeopardize the Osama bin Laden operation and "might alert the targets," CIA Director Leon Panetta said on Tuesday. |
Earliest rules of club soccer to go under hammer (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 05:01 AM PDT Reuters - Sotheby's will auction the oldest rules of club soccer in July as part of an historic archive that is expected to fetch 800,000 - 1.2 million pounds ($1.3-2.0 million). |
RBI chief says risks to inflation on the upside (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 03:59 AM PDT Reuters - The Reserve Bank of India chief Duvvuri Subbarao said the economy is operating at near full capacity and the risks to inflation are on the upside. |
Adani to buy Australia's Abbot Point for $2 bln (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 01:18 AM PDT Reuters - Adani Enterprises has agreed to buy Abbot Point Coal Terminal in Australia for $2 billion in an all-cash deal to tap into growing coal traffic in overseas markets, a unit of the Indian firm said on Tuesday. |
Quiet embarrassment in Pakistan after killing of bin Laden (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 02:56 AM PDT Reuters - There were no protests and no extra security in Pakistan on Tuesday, a day after the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces, just a sense of embarrassment and indifference that the al Qaeda leader had managed to lie low for years in a Pakistan garrison town. |
Most agree with U.S killing of Osama bin Laden - poll (Reuters) Posted: 02 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT Reuters - The United States made the right decision to kill al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, according to an online poll on www.reuters.com on Monday that also gives President Barack Obama a boost. |