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  • Hedge fund managers reveal "best ideas" at event

    Reuters: Top News
    16 May 2012 | 1:37 pm
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Larry Robbins, founder of Glenview Capital Management, is bullish on Tenet Healthcare Corp. Meanwhile, Jonathan Kolatch, founder of Redwood Capital Management, is recommending buying Argentine government debt.

  • Ratko Mladic on trial for Bosnia genocide

    Reuters Video: Most Popular
    16 May 2012 | 4:23 am
    May 16 - The trial of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic on genocide and other charges opens in the Netherlands. Paul Chapman reports.

  • Major drug bust in Afghanistan

    Reuters Video: Latest Videos US
    16 May 2012 | 12:25 pm
    May 16 - The Russian anti-drug tsar says four drug labs were closed, 67 people were arrested and tonnes of drugs were seized in Afghanistan last week. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

  • Paralysis patient tastes freedom through thought control

    Reuters Video: Top News
    16 May 2012 | 11:58 am
    May 16 - Groundbreaking new research is allowing quadriplegics to control objects with a robotic arm and the power of their thoughts. A study involving a brain-computer interface developed at Brown University in Rhode Island, shows that people who have lost the use of their limbs can perform basic functions by manipulating the technology with their minds. The findings of the study, conducted in April last year, will be published in the May issue of the science journal "Nature". Ben Gruber reports.

  • Judge grants class action status to NY frisk challenge

    Reuters: U.S.
    16 May 2012 | 1:32 pm
    (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday granted class-action status to a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department's controversial crime-fighting tactic known as "stop and frisk."
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    Reuters: Top News

  • Hedge fund managers reveal "best ideas" at event

    16 May 2012 | 1:37 pm
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Larry Robbins, founder of Glenview Capital Management, is bullish on Tenet Healthcare Corp. Meanwhile, Jonathan Kolatch, founder of Redwood Capital Management, is recommending buying Argentine government debt.

  • Judge to lead Greece to fateful June 17 vote

    16 May 2012 | 1:27 pm
    ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece put a senior judge in charge of an emergency government on Wednesday to lead it to new elections on June 17 and bankers sought to calm public fears after the president said political chaos risked causing panic and a run on deposits.

  • Fed keeps bond-buying door open: minutes

    16 May 2012 | 1:18 pm
    (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers kept the door open to a fresh round of monetary stimulus, citing downside risks to a moderately expanding economy, according to minutes for the central bank's April meeting.

  • Exclusive: ECB stops operations with some Greek banks

    16 May 2012 | 12:52 pm
    BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank has stopped providing liquidity to some Greek banks as they have not been successfully recapitalized, the ECB said on Wednesday, confirming news earlier reported exclusively by Reuters.

  • Syria's Assad: Nations who "sow chaos" will suffer

    16 May 2012 | 12:32 pm
    AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that countries trying to "sow chaos" in Syria could be infected with it themselves, an apparent warning to Arab Gulf nations that back the insurgency aimed at forcing him from power.
 
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  • Ratko Mladic on trial for Bosnia genocide

    16 May 2012 | 4:23 am
    May 16 - The trial of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic on genocide and other charges opens in the Netherlands. Paul Chapman reports.

  • Facebook likes the world to share

    16 May 2012 | 4:22 am
    May 16 - With growth slowing in the U.S., the world's leading social network Facebook will be increasingly reliant on international markets to drive revenues after it goes public later this week. Matt Cowan reports.

  • Reuters Today: Greek vote fears spark market rout

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    May 16 - Equities tumble as Greece faces new elections that could push it closer to exiting the euro. The euro falls below $1.27, Spanish bond yields soar.

  • 'Mother killed kids': police

    15 May 2012 | 10:49 pm
    May 16 - Police say a mother shot dead her four children then turned the gun on herself in the U.S. state of Florida. Paul Chapman reports.

  • Hollande's plane struck by lightning

    15 May 2012 | 7:29 pm
    May 15 - French president Francois Hollande was delayed but undeterred for his first meeting with German chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the euro zone crisis. Deborah Gembara reports.
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  • Major drug bust in Afghanistan

    16 May 2012 | 12:25 pm
    May 16 - The Russian anti-drug tsar says four drug labs were closed, 67 people were arrested and tonnes of drugs were seized in Afghanistan last week. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

  • Colombia's Falcao in charity match with Atletico de Madrid.

    16 May 2012 | 12:24 pm
    Colombian striker Radamel Falcao travels home with Atletico de Madrid for a charity match, says he is focused on his club amid rumours he will leave the team.

  • Paralysis patient tastes freedom through thought control

    16 May 2012 | 11:58 am
    May 16 - Groundbreaking new research is allowing quadriplegics to control objects with a robotic arm and the power of their thoughts. A study involving a brain-computer interface developed at Brown University in Rhode Island, shows that people who have lost the use of their limbs can perform basic functions by manipulating the technology with their minds. The findings of the study, conducted in April last year, will be published in the May issue of the science journal "Nature". Ben Gruber reports.

  • Facebook insiders cash in

    16 May 2012 | 11:52 am
    May 16 - Several of Facebook's early investors are adding their shares to the company's public offering, boosting the size of the IPO by 25 percent. Jeanne Yurman reports.

  • Will Smith tests his sporting skills with Olympic athletes.

    16 May 2012 | 11:42 am
    Hollywood star Will Smith meets four British Olympic hopefuls and shoots hoops, jumps hurdles and throws punches.
 
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    Reuters Video: Top News

  • Paralysis patient tastes freedom through thought control

    16 May 2012 | 11:58 am
    May 16 - Groundbreaking new research is allowing quadriplegics to control objects with a robotic arm and the power of their thoughts. A study involving a brain-computer interface developed at Brown University in Rhode Island, shows that people who have lost the use of their limbs can perform basic functions by manipulating the technology with their minds. The findings of the study, conducted in April last year, will be published in the May issue of the science journal "Nature". Ben Gruber reports.

  • Trading at Noon: Managers like financials, some sell Apple

    16 May 2012 | 11:15 am
    May 16 - 13-F regulatory filings for Q1 are out and hedge fund managers are gobbling up financial stocks with some selling Apple.

  • Greece, growth preoccupy Merkel, Hollande

    16 May 2012 | 11:13 am
    May 16 - Despite their substantial differences, new French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel seemed to get off to a good start at their first meeting. Greece remains top of their agenda as worries increase about contagion hitting Italy and Spain. Joanna Partridge reports.

  • Sudan’s Bashir: No oil exports without security

    16 May 2012 | 10:53 am
    May 16 - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir says Sudan will not allow South Sudan to export any oil through its territory unless the two states settle all disputes over border security. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

  • Europe Day Ahead: A look at markets and ahead to tomorrow

    16 May 2012 | 10:30 am
    May 16 - A look at the close of the European markets and a look ahead to the next day's trading as well as what to expect from Asian markets overnight.
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    Reuters: U.S.

  • Judge grants class action status to NY frisk challenge

    16 May 2012 | 1:32 pm
    (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday granted class-action status to a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department's controversial crime-fighting tactic known as "stop and frisk."

  • Chicago braces for violence at NATO summit

    16 May 2012 | 1:27 pm
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police, who have a reputation for dealing toughly with protesters, will be prepared for the worst with new riot gear, including "sound cannon", if demonstrators at the NATO summit get out of line this weekend.

  • Immigrant women farm workers suffer sex abuse: report

    16 May 2012 | 1:04 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of female immigrant farm workers in the United States are at risk of sexual violence and harassment, the organization Human Rights Watch said in a report on Wednesday.

  • Lawyers for ex-US Senator John Edwards rest case

    16 May 2012 | 12:46 pm
    GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - The defense rested its case on Wednesday in the federal trial of ex-Senator John Edwards on charges he used presidential campaign finances to hide his then-pregnant mistress from voters, setting the stage for jury deliberations as early as this week.

  • Crews battle to contain raging Arizona wildfires

    16 May 2012 | 12:31 pm
    PHOENIX (Reuters) - Crews battled to contain wind-whipped Arizona wildfires on Wednesday that have raced across 27 square miles of parched ponderosa forest, brush and grassland, consuming several buildings and threatening a small town, authorities said.
 
 
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  • Bahrain seeks arrest of 20 over homemade bombs

    16 May 2012 | 1:30 pm
    MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain issued arrest warrants on Wednesday for 20 people accused of injuring policemen and civilians with homemade bombs during months of pro-democracy unrest in the island kingdom.

  • Judge to lead Greece to fateful June 17 vote

    16 May 2012 | 1:27 pm
    ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece put a senior judge in charge of an emergency government on Wednesday to lead it to new elections on June 17 and bankers sought to calm public fears after the president said political chaos risked causing panic and a run on deposits.

  • Hollande names new French cabinet, Aubry out

    16 May 2012 | 1:23 pm
    PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande named a government dominated by moderate left-wingers on Wednesday after Socialist Party boss Martine Aubry, overlooked for the post of prime minister, said she no longer wanted to be part of the new cabinet.

  • U.N. criticizes Canada for letting people go hungry

    16 May 2012 | 12:35 pm
    OTTAWA (Reuters) - A U.N. official criticized Canada on Wednesday for allowing some of its people to go hungry, but the government shrugged it off, saying there are more pressing food concerns in other countries.

  • Yemen army advances on militants, fighting heavy

    16 May 2012 | 12:33 pm
    ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemeni troops, backed by local tribesmen, captured a strategic mountain that controls access to cities long held by al Qaeda-linked militants amid heavy fighting that has killed at least 24 people, residents and local officials said.
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    Reuters: Politics

  • Pro-Republican group plans $25 million anti-Obama ad blitz

    16 May 2012 | 1:20 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Crossroads GPS, a pro-Republican political group, is planning to spend $25 million in the next month on its largest ad assault against President Barack Obama yet this campaign season.

  • Obama says won't allow U.S. debt ceiling crisis repeat

    16 May 2012 | 12:58 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told top lawmakers on Wednesday he was ready to work with Republicans and Democrats on a "balanced" approach to deficit-cutting but would not permit another down-to-the-wire debt ceiling crisis, the White House said.

  • Boehner tells Obama no debt increase without cuts: aide

    16 May 2012 | 12:57 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner told President Barack Obama during a meeting on Wednesday that he would not allow another increase of the U.S. debt limit without spending cuts, according to a Boehner aide.

  • Taxes lurk behind court test of Obama health law

    16 May 2012 | 12:53 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While Supreme Court watchers focus on the controversial insurance requirement in President Barack Obama's healthcare law, lesser known is that the court's ruling next month will also decide the fate of billions of dollars in new taxes.

  • Lawyers for ex-US Senator John Edwards rest case

    16 May 2012 | 12:46 pm
    GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - The defense rested its case on Wednesday in the federal trial of ex-Senator John Edwards on charges he used presidential campaign finances to hide his then-pregnant mistress from voters, setting the stage for jury deliberations as early as this week.
 
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  • Facebook insiders cash in

    16 May 2012 | 11:52 am
    May 16 - Several of Facebook's early investors are adding their shares to the company's public offering, boosting the size of the IPO by 25 percent. Jeanne Yurman reports.

  • Worried Greeks withdraw savings

    16 May 2012 | 11:34 am
    May 16 - Greeks say they are concerned about the country's potential return to the drachma and a new wave of economic problems as the country faces new elections in June. Ciara Sutton reports.

  • Trading at Noon: Managers like financials, some sell Apple

    16 May 2012 | 11:15 am
    May 16 - 13-F regulatory filings for Q1 are out and hedge fund managers are gobbling up financial stocks with some selling Apple.

  • Greece, growth preoccupy Merkel, Hollande

    16 May 2012 | 11:13 am
    May 16 - Despite their substantial differences, new French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel seemed to get off to a good start at their first meeting. Greece remains top of their agenda as worries increase about contagion hitting Italy and Spain. Joanna Partridge reports.

  • Europe Day Ahead: A look at markets and ahead to tomorrow

    16 May 2012 | 10:30 am
    May 16 - A look at the close of the European markets and a look ahead to the next day's trading as well as what to expect from Asian markets overnight.
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    Reuters: Business News

  • Shareholders sue JPMorgan Chase over trading loss

    16 May 2012 | 1:02 pm
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co was the target of two separate lawsuits by shareholders on Wednesday, accusing the bank and its management of excessive risk that led to trading losses of at least $2 billion.

  • Wall Street turns lower ahead of Fed minutes

    16 May 2012 | 12:59 pm
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell in a volatile session on Wednesday as news that the European Central Bank had stopped providing liquidity to some Greek banks unnerved investors ahead of the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve later in the day.

  • Exclusive: ECB stops operations with some Greek banks

    16 May 2012 | 12:52 pm
    BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank has stopped providing liquidity to some Greek banks as they have not been successfully recapitalized, the ECB said on Wednesday, confirming news earlier reported exclusively by Reuters.

  • Facebook boosts IPO size by 25 percent, could top $16 billion

    16 May 2012 | 12:49 pm
    NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc increased the size of its initial public offering by almost 25 percent, and could raise as much as $16 billion as strong investor demand for a share of the No.1 social network trumps debate about its long-term potential to make money.

  • Apple readies iPhone with bigger screen: sources

    16 May 2012 | 11:40 am
    TOKYO (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to use a larger screen on the next-generation iPhone and has begun to place orders for the new displays from suppliers in South Korea and Japan, people familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
 
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    Reuters Video: Technology

  • Paralysis patient tastes freedom through thought control

    16 May 2012 | 11:58 am
    May 16 - Groundbreaking new research is allowing quadriplegics to control objects with a robotic arm and the power of their thoughts. A study involving a brain-computer interface developed at Brown University in Rhode Island, shows that people who have lost the use of their limbs can perform basic functions by manipulating the technology with their minds. The findings of the study, conducted in April last year, will be published in the May issue of the science journal "Nature". Ben Gruber reports.

  • Facebook insiders cash in

    16 May 2012 | 11:52 am
    May 16 - Several of Facebook's early investors are adding their shares to the company's public offering, boosting the size of the IPO by 25 percent. Jeanne Yurman reports.

  • Facebook likes the world to share

    16 May 2012 | 4:22 am
    May 16 - With growth slowing in the U.S., the world's leading social network Facebook will be increasingly reliant on international markets to drive revenues after it goes public later this week. Matt Cowan reports.

  • Is Facebook worth it?

    15 May 2012 | 3:43 pm
    May 15 - Facebook may be a social network but its also very much a business, and now that its going public, the company will be under the microscope of investors. Bobbi Rebell reports.

  • Sharing the love of Facebook

    15 May 2012 | 1:08 pm
    May 15 - Users can't seem to live without sharing on Facebook, and that's the secret to the social network's unprecedented success. Bobbi Rebell reports.
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    Reuters: Technology News

  • Facebook boosts IPO size by 25 percent, could top $16 billion

    16 May 2012 | 12:49 pm
    NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc increased the size of its initial public offering by almost 25 percent, and could raise as much as $16 billion as strong investor demand for a share of the No.1 social network trumps debate about its long-term potential to make money.

  • Facebook IPO triggers retail investor craze

    16 May 2012 | 12:05 pm
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - If "Facebook For Dummies" helped you find friends and post pictures on the world's No. 1 online social network, then consider "Facebook IPO Confidential" which purports to teach you "How To Get Rich With The IPO Of The Century."

  • Apple readies iPhone with bigger screen: sources

    16 May 2012 | 11:40 am
    TOKYO (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to use a larger screen on the next-generation iPhone and has begun to place orders for the new displays from suppliers in South Korea and Japan, people familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.

  • Google to meet French regulator on privacy policy

    16 May 2012 | 11:09 am
    PARIS (Reuters) - Google will meet with France's data protection watchdog next week to answer questions about its new user privacy policy as part of a Europe-wide investigation being led by the French regulator.

  • Analysis: Key to Universal-EMI decision: Has music business lost control?

    16 May 2012 | 9:54 am
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the face of it, Universal Music Group's bid to buy a big chunk of EMI stands to make the world's leading music company an even more formidable force, combining Universal's star lineup of Lady Gaga and Rihanna with the British company's deep library of The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Katy Perry.
 
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    Reuters: Internet News

  • Facebook boosts IPO size by 25 percent, could top $16 billion

    16 May 2012 | 12:49 pm
    NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc increased the size of its initial public offering by almost 25 percent, and could raise as much as $16 billion as strong investor demand for a share of the No.1 social network trumps debate about its long-term potential to make money.

  • Facebook IPO triggers retail investor craze

    16 May 2012 | 12:05 pm
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - If "Facebook For Dummies" helped you find friends and post pictures on the world's No. 1 online social network, then consider "Facebook IPO Confidential" which purports to teach you "How To Get Rich With The IPO Of The Century."

  • Google to meet French regulator on privacy policy

    16 May 2012 | 11:09 am
    PARIS (Reuters) - Google will meet with France's data protection watchdog next week to answer questions about its new user privacy policy as part of a Europe-wide investigation being led by the French regulator.

  • Samsung loses $10 billion market value on Apple order report

    16 May 2012 | 3:59 am
    SEOUL (Reuters) - Shares in Samsung Electronics Co slumped more than 6 percent on Wednesday, wiping $10 billion off the electronics giant's market value, on a report that Apple placed huge chip orders with troubled Japanese chip rival Elpida.

  • Virgin Atlantic rolls out in-flight cellphone service

    15 May 2012 | 10:17 pm
    (Reuters) - Some passengers on Virgin Atlantic flights can now call home from the air.
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    Reuters Video: Environment

  • Drought blamed for fall of Mayan civilization

    15 May 2012 | 10:12 am
    May 15 - Researchers in Mexico say the mighty Mayan civilization that thrived in central America for 2700 years from 1800 BC, might have been brought down by climate change. Based on research deep underground, the scientists say there's evidence of long-term drought during the period of population decline. Tara Cleary reports.

  • Ancient city of Jericho boasts new, eco-friendly walls

    15 May 2012 | 8:29 am
    May 15 - Developers in the West Bank's Jericho, the world's lowest lying city, are building an the first ever eco-housing project in the Palestinian territories.The homes are designed to offset searing summer temperatures and put a modern face on the ancient city. Joel Flynn reports.

  • Commercializing crocodile conservation

    15 May 2012 | 4:51 am
    May 15 - A commercial crocodile farm in Mexico is striking a balance between business and conservation to help protect the region's endangered Morelet crocodile. The reptile is under threat from habitat loss and poaching but the farm is helping the species thrive in the wild. Tara Cleary reports.

  • Sky’s the limit for China instant buildings

    14 May 2012 | 11:38 am
    May 14 - A Chinese company builds a low-carbon, three-story building from scratch in just over a week using a unique system of prefabricated modules, but its ambitious CEO has much larger plans. Maxim Duncan reports.

  • Low carbon building erected in a week

    14 May 2012 | 4:41 am
    May 14 - A Chinese company builds a low-carbon, three-story building from scratch in just over a week using a unique system of prefabricated modules. Music by Djrum-Watermark-2nd Drop Records 2012. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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    Reuters: Environment

  • UK climate experiment canceled on patent concerns

    16 May 2012 | 11:45 am
    LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have abandoned an experiment to test the possibility of spraying particles into the upper atmosphere to stem global warming, largely due to concerns over a patent for some of the technology, the project's leader said.

  • EU airline carbon cash should help fill climate fund

    16 May 2012 | 11:38 am
    BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - EU nations should pledge that funds from paying for airline emissions will help poor countries deal with global warming, the bloc's climate chief said on Tuesday, after finance ministers stopped short of a firm commitment.

  • Total says stops Elgin gas leak

    16 May 2012 | 4:29 am
    PARIS (Reuters) - France's Total said it had succeeded in stopping the gas leak at its well at the Elgin platform in the North Sea after it pumped heavy mud into it.

  • South Africa seizes 10 rhino horns in arrest of Vietnamese

    16 May 2012 | 3:42 am
    JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police have arrested a Vietnamese man suspected of being in illegal possession of 10 rhino horns, one elephant tusk and cash with a total value of nearly $3 million, an official said on Wednesday.

  • No ties or hand-driers as South Korea readies for hot spell

    16 May 2012 | 1:38 am
    SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean businessmen, typically clad in uniform dark blue suits, are being urged to dump their jackets and ties as the summer looms in a bid to save electricity amid tight supplies as offices turn up the air conditioning.
 
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    Reuters Video: Oddly Enough

  • Jubilee biscuits set to sell like hot cakes

    15 May 2012 | 3:06 pm
    May 15 - Diamond Jubilee biscuits are expected to be in high demand over the coming weeks as the UK gears up to celebrate 60 years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Tara Cleary reports.

  • TV has gone to the dogs

    15 May 2012 | 2:30 pm
    May 15 - Dog TV says it offers "a new breed of television" to entertain our canine companions. Tara Cleary reports.

  • Shortest man arrives in Oz

    14 May 2012 | 3:19 pm
    May 14 - The Nepali man who holds the title of World's Shortest Man visits Australia and says he is happy he gets to travel the world. Tara Cleary reports.

  • Cats put the cream into Viennese cafe

    14 May 2012 | 2:09 pm
    May 14 - Austria's first cat cafe, where customers can have drinks while playing with cats, opens in Vienna. Tara Cleary reports.

  • Surfer rides 78-foot wave to world record

    11 May 2012 | 7:51 pm
    May 11 - Surfer Garrett McNamara wins a Billabong XXL award for his record-setting 78-foot wave surf off the coast of Portugal. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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    Reuters: Oddly Enough

  • Paris exotic dancers strike, say wages "miserable"

    16 May 2012 | 11:39 am
    PARIS (Reuters) - Topless dancers at the renowned Crazy Horse night club in Paris have gone on strike, saying they are not being paid enough to take the shirts off their backs.

  • Aussie shooter Mark squirms under "mankini" bet threat

    14 May 2012 | 11:23 pm
    (Reuters) - Australian Olympic shooting gold medalist Russell Mark is set to parade in a lime-green "mankini" made famous by the movie character "Borat" at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics as the penalty for losing a bet.

  • Man bitten by rattlesnake at Washington state Walmart

    14 May 2012 | 8:49 pm
    SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - When Mica Craig reached down to brush what he thought was a stick off some mulch in the garden section of a Washington state Walmart, it turned around and sank its fangs into his hand.

  • Topless Ukraine activist grabs Euro soccer cup

    14 May 2012 | 2:11 pm
    KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian women's rights activist stripped to the waist and seized the Euro-2012 soccer trophy while it was on public display in Kiev on Saturday in a protest against the forthcoming month-long championship.

  • Shock-seekers snap up new Aussie art dare

    13 May 2012 | 11:11 pm
    SYDNEY (Reuters) - Smelling excrement may not be everyone's idea of fun, but for those who like to push the boundaries, Australia's most controversial new museum may be just what they are looking for.
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    Reuters Video: Lifestyle

  • 93-year-old yogi strikes the perfect pose

    15 May 2012 | 5:03 pm
    may 15 - At 93, Tao Porchon-Lynch is named the oldest yoga teacher by Guinness World Records. Sharon Reich reports.

  • Sharing the love of Facebook

    15 May 2012 | 1:08 pm
    May 15 - Users can't seem to live without sharing on Facebook, and that's the secret to the social network's unprecedented success. Bobbi Rebell reports.

  • Ancient city of Jericho boasts new, eco-friendly walls

    15 May 2012 | 8:29 am
    May 15 - Developers in the West Bank's Jericho, the world's lowest lying city, are building an the first ever eco-housing project in the Palestinian territories.The homes are designed to offset searing summer temperatures and put a modern face on the ancient city. Joel Flynn reports.

  • Surfer rides 78-foot wave to world record

    11 May 2012 | 7:51 pm
    May 11 - Surfer Garrett McNamara wins a Billabong XXL award for his record-setting 78-foot wave surf off the coast of Portugal. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

  • Tightrope walker over Baltimore

    9 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    May 9 - Despite a minor stumble, Nik Wallenda walks a high wire across Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
 
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  • Cannes festival opens with quirky comedy and a camel

    16 May 2012 | 12:17 pm
    CANNES, France (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival kicked off on Wednesday with quirky U.S. comedy "Moonrise Kingdom", Wes Anderson's exploration of childhood and young love centered around two 12-year-olds who fall in love and run away together.

  • J.Lo topples Gaga to lead Forbes celebrity power list

    16 May 2012 | 11:50 am
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jennifer Lopez has topped the annual Forbes list of the 100 most powerful celebrities in the world, taking over from fellow pop singer Lady Gaga and beating out media mogul Oprah Winfrey.

  • Regret but no surprise Cannes lacks women directors

    16 May 2012 | 11:02 am
    CANNES, France (Reuters) - The absence of female directors from the 22-strong competition in Cannes this year is a "great pity", but reflects a global problem rather than sexism specific to the world's biggest film festival, jury member Andrea Arnold said on Wednesday.

  • Baron Cohen's Dictator storms Cannes, camel in tow

    16 May 2012 | 10:57 am
    CANNES, France (Reuters) - It took no less than a live camel strolling the promenade in Cannes to steal the show on the film festival's opening day, a feat that comedian Sacha Baron Cohen pulled off with chutzpah on Wednesday.

  • Analysis: Key to Universal-EMI decision: Has music business lost control?

    16 May 2012 | 9:54 am
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the face of it, Universal Music Group's bid to buy a big chunk of EMI stands to make the world's leading music company an even more formidable force, combining Universal's star lineup of Lady Gaga and Rihanna with the British company's deep library of The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Katy Perry.
 
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  • UK climate experiment canceled on patent concerns

    16 May 2012 | 11:45 am
    LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have abandoned an experiment to test the possibility of spraying particles into the upper atmosphere to stem global warming, largely due to concerns over a patent for some of the technology, the project's leader said.

  • U.S., Russian crew blast off for space station

    14 May 2012 | 10:47 pm
    KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) - A Soyuz spaceship carrying two Russians and one American astronaut blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday after more than a month's delay over a problem with the hull of the Russian-built capsule.

  • Children at risk as "button" battery use grows: study

    14 May 2012 | 10:24 pm
    (Reuters) - Children face a growing risk from "button" batteries, according to a U.S. study showing a near doubling of emergency room visits in the past two decades as the objects can cause electrical or chemical burns if swallowed.

  • Google-backed wind power line clears hurdle

    14 May 2012 | 1:47 pm
    (Reuters) - A planned $5 billion transmission line to send power from wind farms off the East Coast cleared a hurdle, allowing the Google Inc-backed project to move to the next step in the approval process, officials said.

  • Eastern rattlesnake slithers closer to U.S. endangered list

    11 May 2012 | 3:27 pm
    BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - The eastern diamondback rattlesnake, North America's largest venomous snake, may need its own antidote.
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    Reuters: Health News

  • Revealing brain damage from battlefield to playing field

    16 May 2012 | 1:09 pm
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, is doubly cruel: it leaves many victims emotionally shattered and cognitively crippled. But because mild and moderate brain injuries do not show up on CT or other imaging, doctors and even family members are often skeptical that any real damage exists.

  • Back pain tends to improve quickly, not completely

    16 May 2012 | 11:26 am
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Lower back pain often fades fairly quickly, but it may stubbornly linger to some extent for months or more, a new study finds.

  • Steroids cut sinus infection symptoms slightly

    16 May 2012 | 10:49 am
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nasal spray steroids, taken for three weeks, help to shorten the length of time people feel pain and congestion from a sinus infection, according to a new review of several studies.

  • U.S. HIV aid has prevented 741,000 deaths: study

    16 May 2012 | 8:07 am
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The United States foreign aid program that sends billions of dollars to African countries for HIV treatment and prevention has cut the number of people dying for any reason in those nations, a new study suggests.

  • WHO warns of high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity

    16 May 2012 | 3:01 am
    LONDON (Reuters) - Health data released on Wednesday provided the clearest evidence to date of the spread of chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease from developed nations to poorer regions such as Africa, as lifestyles and diets there change.
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    Reuters: Sports News

  • New York to host 2013 MLB All-Star Game

    16 May 2012 | 12:19 pm
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 2013 All-Star Game will be played at New York's Citi Field, marking the second time in five years the city will enjoy the economic boost the event provides, Major League Baseball (MLB) said on Wednesday.

  • Aching Federer makes up for lost time

    16 May 2012 | 12:07 pm
    ROME (Reuters) - An aching Roger Federer made up for lost time on Wednesday as he saw off Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 6-3 6-4 to reach the third round of the Rome Masters.

  • Beckham to help bring Olympic flame to Britain

    16 May 2012 | 11:49 am
    ATHENS (Reuters) - David Beckham will help bring the Olympic flame back to Britain on a golden plane on Friday after he takes part in a formal handover ceremony in Athens, London 2012 organizers said.

  • Americans Gatlin and Jeter win sprints in Daegu

    16 May 2012 | 10:40 am
    DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - American sprinter Justin Gatlin continued his recent resurgence ahead of the London Olympics with victory in the men's 100 meters at the IAAF World Challenge meeting on Wednesday.

  • Defense to cross-examine star witness in Clemens' trial

    16 May 2012 | 7:53 am
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former trainer who says he gave ex-Major League Baseball star Roger Clemens performance-enhancing drugs is expected to face a rough cross-examination by defense lawyers on Wednesday in the pitcher's perjury trial.
 
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    Photographers Blog

  • Saving the Canon 400mm f2.8

    Murad Sezer
    16 May 2012 | 11:22 am
    All photographers make plans to deal with possible clashes and are ready to protect themselves and their equipment, when covering a potential riot.

  • All hail the Queen

    Suzanne Plunkett
    15 May 2012 | 4:22 pm
    When Queen Elizabeth II makes a public appearance there is usually a long list of protocol rules for those handling the visit, but this clearly doesn’t include what to do when hailstones start...

  • Village of joy

    Ueslei Marcelino
    15 May 2012 | 1:02 pm
    Deep in the Brazilian heartland, where the upper reaches of the Amazon Basin dissolve into the central plateau, I had the opportunity last week to spend a few days in the village of joy.

  • Tribute to Danilo Krstanovic

    Peter Andrews
    15 May 2012 | 11:34 am
    Last Friday our long time Sarajevo photographer Danilo Krstanovic passed away unexpectedly.

  • Dumpster diving with freegans

    Ben Nelms
    15 May 2012 | 9:31 am
    I never thought I would say "that’s delicious" after taking a bite out of expired and moderately warm cashew ice-cream. This was one of the many presumptions that would be broken in my time spent...
 
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