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  • Syria violence kills over 40

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    28 Jan 2012 | 4:28 am
    AMMAN (Reuters) - Security forces killed over 40 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the worst sectarian attacks in a 10-month revolt.

  • Poll ruling sparks protest in Senegal

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    27 Jan 2012 | 11:16 pm
    Jan 28 - Security forces clash with protesters in Dakar who are angry at a poll ruling allowing President Wade to seek a third term. Michaela Cabrera reports.

  • Filipinos say no to more U.S. troops

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    28 Jan 2012 | 3:41 am
    Jan 28 - Filipino activists protest near the U.S. Embassy, denouncing talks in Washington of stationing more U.S. troops to the Philippines. Rough Cut (No reporter narration)

  • Filipinos say no to more U.S. troops

    Reuters Video: Top News
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:41 am
    Jan 28 - Filipino activists protest near the U.S. Embassy, denouncing talks in Washington of stationing more U.S. troops to the Philippines. Rough Cut (No reporter narration)

  • Former Boston Mayor Kevin White dies at 82

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    28 Jan 2012 | 1:30 am
    (Reuters) - Former Boston Mayor Kevin White, who led the city for 16 years and shepherded it through a period of racial tension and court-ordered school desegregation, died on Friday at age 82.
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  • Syria violence kills over 40

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:28 am
    AMMAN (Reuters) - Security forces killed over 40 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the worst sectarian attacks in a 10-month revolt.

  • Fading Gingrich attacks Romney in ad

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:45 pm
    MIAMI (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich struggled to regain momentum in the Republican presidential race on Friday as two new polls showed him falling behind rival Mitt Romney, who was seen as the winner of the final debate before the Florida primary.

  • Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratings

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:35 pm
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fitch downgraded the sovereign credit ratings of Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Slovenia and Spain on Friday, indicating there was a 1-in-2 chance of further cuts in the next two years.

  • Subpoenas issued to financial firms in expanded probe

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:57 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department issued civil subpoenas to 11 financial institutions as part of a new effort to investigate misconduct in the packaging and sale of home loans to investors, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday.

  • Greece, creditors laboriously piece together debt deal

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:37 pm
    ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece and its private creditors head back to the negotiating table on Saturday to put together the final pieces of a long-awaited debt swap agreement needed to avert an unruly default.
 
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  • Poll ruling sparks protest in Senegal

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:16 pm
    Jan 28 - Security forces clash with protesters in Dakar who are angry at a poll ruling allowing President Wade to seek a third term. Michaela Cabrera reports.

  • Daunting salvage work for Costa Concordia

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:27 pm
    Jan 28 - Salvage work for Costa Concordia involves removing fuel and either refloating the ship or chopping it into pieces with costs that could reach 50 million US dollars. Michaela Cabrera reports.

  • Facebook set for $10b IPO - WSJ

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:32 pm
    Jan 27 - Facebook, the leading social network, is expected to file for an initial public offering as early as Wednesday, February 1, the Wall Street Journal reported. Conway G. Gittens reports.

  • Students launch Lego man into space

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Jan. 27 - Two Canadian high school students send a Lego man up into space with a weather balloon. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

  • Demi Moore 911 call released, Winslet to get Cesar award

    27 Jan 2012 | 1:59 pm
    Jan 27 - The day's top showbiz news and headlines including Demi Moore 911 call released, Kate Winslet to get honorary Cesar award, and Claire Danes crowned Woman of the Year at Harvard. Bob Mezan reports.
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  • Filipinos say no to more U.S. troops

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:41 am
    Jan 28 - Filipino activists protest near the U.S. Embassy, denouncing talks in Washington of stationing more U.S. troops to the Philippines. Rough Cut (No reporter narration)

  • South Sudan halts oil production

    28 Jan 2012 | 1:22 am
    Jan 28 - South Sudan halts oil production, as leaders fail to reach deal to end dispute. Michaela Cabrera reports.

  • Poll ruling sparks protest in Senegal

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:16 pm
    Jan 28 - Security forces clash with protesters in Dakar who are angry at a poll ruling allowing President Wade to seek a third term. Michaela Cabrera reports.

  • Daunting salvage work for Costa Concordia

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:27 pm
    Jan 28 - Salvage work for Costa Concordia involves removing fuel and either refloating the ship or chopping it into pieces with costs that could reach 50 million US dollars. Michaela Cabrera reports.

  • Rallies both for and against Saleh inYemen

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:29 pm
    Jan 27 - Anti-Saleh protests took place in Sanaa not far from where the embattled leader's supporters staged their own rally. Deborah Gembara reports.
 
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  • Filipinos say no to more U.S. troops

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:41 am
    Jan 28 - Filipino activists protest near the U.S. Embassy, denouncing talks in Washington of stationing more U.S. troops to the Philippines. Rough Cut (No reporter narration)

  • South Sudan halts oil production

    28 Jan 2012 | 1:22 am
    Jan 28 - South Sudan halts oil production, as leaders fail to reach deal to end dispute. Michaela Cabrera reports.

  • Poll ruling sparks protest in Senegal

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:16 pm
    Jan 28 - Security forces clash with protesters in Dakar who are angry at a poll ruling allowing President Wade to seek a third term. Michaela Cabrera reports.

  • Daunting salvage work for Costa Concordia

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:27 pm
    Jan 28 - Salvage work for Costa Concordia involves removing fuel and either refloating the ship or chopping it into pieces with costs that could reach 50 million US dollars. Michaela Cabrera reports.

  • Rallies both for and against Saleh inYemen

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:29 pm
    Jan 27 - Anti-Saleh protests took place in Sanaa not far from where the embattled leader's supporters staged their own rally. Deborah Gembara reports.
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  • Former Boston Mayor Kevin White dies at 82

    28 Jan 2012 | 1:30 am
    (Reuters) - Former Boston Mayor Kevin White, who led the city for 16 years and shepherded it through a period of racial tension and court-ordered school desegregation, died on Friday at age 82.

  • Berkeley energy lab plans big expansion

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:30 pm
    OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory said it will expand beyond its 200-acre Berkeley, California, campus with a 90-acre site in neighboring Richmond, California, hoping to ride gains in U.S. government energy research funding.

  • Washington state marijuana legalization headed for ballot

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:30 pm
    (Reuters) - Supporters of legalizing marijuana for recreational use have submitted enough signatures to put the matter to voters in Washington state in a bold move that, if successful, could put Olympia on a collision course with the federal government.

  • Mistrial declared in Katrina police shootings case

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:16 pm
    NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A federal judge declared a mistrial on Friday in the case of a retired police detective accused of conspiring to cover up wrongdoing in fatal police shootings in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a lawyer for the officer said.

  • Union membership slipped further as attacks came in 2011

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:08 pm
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - The percentage of workers represented by a union dipped slightly in 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday, as organized labor came under attack in states once considered union strongholds, including Wisconsin and Ohio.
 
 
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  • Sudan says to release ships seized from South Sudan

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:35 am
    ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Sudan will free ships carrying cargos of crude it seized from South Sudan to ease tensions between the two countries, Sayed El-Khatib, deputy head of negotiating team said on Saturday.

  • Syria violence kills over 40

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:28 am
    AMMAN (Reuters) - Security forces killed over 40 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the worst sectarian attacks in a 10-month revolt.

  • Five dead in poll violence in India's Manipur state

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:39 am
    GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Five people were killed in election related violence in India's isolated, northeastern state of Manipur, police said on Saturday.

  • Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:35 pm
    DAKAR (Reuters) - Street protests spread through towns across Senegal overnight on Saturday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run for a third term in elections next month.

  • Cuban Communists to consider term limits for leaders

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:53 pm
    HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's Communist Party will consider reforms this weekend that could impose term limits on its leaders in what would be a striking change on an island that Fidel Castro ruled for 49 years and was succeeded by his brother.
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  • Ron Paul and the pink slip that could decide the election

    26 Jan 2012 | 5:16 pm
    Jan. 27 - In their first Reuters column, Jack and Suzy Welch say that Ron Paul will inevitably be "fired" by the GOP, but it will be critical to keep him happy on his way out.

  • Romney brings spotlight to Mormonism

    26 Jan 2012 | 1:12 pm
    Jan. 26 - Mitt Romney's bid for the presidency puts the spotlight on the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

  • Obama detached from reality: Romney

    26 Jan 2012 | 1:01 am
    Jan. 26 - Back on the campaign trail, Mitt Romney attacks the president for being in "Fantasy Land" and Newt Gingrinch takes aim at Romney on immigration. Marie-Claire Fennessy reports.

  • Giffords leaves Congress to focus on recovery

    25 Jan 2012 | 1:17 pm
    Jan. 25 - Wounded Gabrielle Giffords bids an emotional farewell to Congress to focus on injuries she sustained in last year's shooting. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

  • Inside the Fed lockup

    25 Jan 2012 | 12:01 pm
    Jan. 25 - Reuters Correspondent Pedro Da Costa breaks down the latest Federal Reserve statement from inside the lockup at the U.S. Treasury.
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  • Former Boston Mayor Kevin White dies at 82

    28 Jan 2012 | 1:30 am
    (Reuters) - Former Boston Mayor Kevin White, who led the city for 16 years and shepherded it through a period of racial tension and court-ordered school desegregation, died on Friday at age 82.

  • Fading Gingrich attacks Romney in ad

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:45 pm
    MIAMI (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich struggled to regain momentum in the Republican presidential race on Friday as two new polls showed him falling behind rival Mitt Romney, who was seen as the winner of the final debate before the Florida primary.

  • At home in Texas, Perry gets rocky welcome

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:46 pm
    AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Governor Rick Perry has gotten a rocky welcome home to Texas, facing low poll numbers and criticism over state expenses related to his failed campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

  • Could another Republican join the 2012 race?

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:40 pm
    JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Is it too late for another Republican to jump into the 2012 U.S. presidential race?

  • Republican senator wants Keystone XL bill

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:24 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator John Hoeven is set to introduce legislation on Monday seeking to bypass President Barack Obama and empower Congress to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, an aide said on Friday.
 
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  • Facebook IPO almost ready -WSJ

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:37 pm
    Jan 27 - Summary of business headlines: Facebook may file for IPO next week, says report; Twitter to block tweets in some countries; Geithner urges bigger euro zone firewall; U.S. stocks mixed, European stocks fall. Carmen Roberts reports.

  • Facebook set for $10b IPO - WSJ

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:32 pm
    Jan 27 - Facebook, the leading social network, is expected to file for an initial public offering as early as Wednesday, February 1, the Wall Street Journal reported. Conway G. Gittens reports.

  • U.S. Week Ahead: Jobs growth trend could continue

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:36 pm
    Jan. 27 - Reuters Economics Editor Stella Dawson says although we may see a slight gain in non-farm payrolls on Friday, the unemployment rate may also tick up.

  • Geithner: Challenge ahead for recovery

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:04 pm
    Jan 27 - New data show the U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years at the end of 2011, but Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the recovery is still at risk. Conway G. Gittens reports.

  • Draghi: ECB cash averts credit crunch

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:10 pm
    Jan 27 - The European Central Bank's loans to banks have averted a major credit crunch, ECB President Mario Draghi has told the World Economic Forum in Davos. Sonia Legg reports from Davos.
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  • Exxon to sell part of Tonen stake for about $3.9 bln: sources

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:24 am
    TOKYO (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil plans to sell a large part of its 50 percent stake in TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK back to its Japanese refining partner in a deal that could be worth about 300 billion yen ($3.9 billion), and will make an announcement as early as Monday, sources told Reuters.

  • Lagarde sees euro zone progress, need for firewall

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:07 am
    DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Europeans are making progress to overcome the euro zone crisis but need to do more to boost their financial firewall, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Saturday, adding that the IMF is also ready to help.

  • Bloomberg exec in talks to run New Corp's Dow Jones

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:39 pm
    (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is in "serious talks" to poach veteran Bloomberg LP executive Lex Fenwick to run its Dow Jones publishing business, which houses the Wall Street Journal, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

  • Exiting watchdog sees flaws in SEC's rulewriting

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:30 pm
    WASHINGTON, DC (Reuters) - In his final act before departing the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, the agency's inspector general, David Kotz, criticized how the agency analyzes the economic impact of some of its Dodd-Frank rules.

  • Citigroup cut investment bank bonuses by 30 percent: report

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:23 pm
    (Reuters) - Citigroup has cut bonuses for its investment banking division by about 30 percent on average, Bloomberg said, citing a person briefed on the matter.
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  • Exxon to sell part of Tonen stake for about $3.9 bln: sources

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:24 am
    TOKYO (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil plans to sell a large part of its 50 percent stake in TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK back to its Japanese refining partner in a deal that could be worth about 300 billion yen...

  • Exclusive: Dodgers bidders list narrowed

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:34 pm
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The dazzling line-up of entrepreneurs and sporting figures vying to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers has been whittled down, with some of the bidding groups already notified that...

  • TPG to buy Florida real estate co Flagler: sources

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:41 pm
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity TPG Capital LP has reached an agreement to buy Florida real estate company Flagler from private equity firm Fortress Investment Group LLC for $1.2 billion,...

  • Int'l Paper, Temple-Inland extend DOJ review period

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:22 pm
    (Reuters) - International Paper Co said it has agreed with the U.S. Department of Justice to further extend the regulatory review period for its $3.7 billion acquisition of Temple-Inland.

  • Regulator sues to block Omnicare bid to buy PharMerica

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:38 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Antitrust regulators moved on Friday to block Omnicare's $441 million bid to buy rival PharMerica Corp, saying the combination would harm competition and allow Omnicare to...
 
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  • Magnetic soap could suck up oil spills

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:54 am
    Jan. 27 - A team of international scientists has invented a magnetic soap that could revolutionize the clean-up of dangerous oil spills. It's the first cleaning surfactant that responds to magnets. The team, led by Bristol University Professor of Chemistry Julian Eastoe, created a liquid soap containing iron atoms which help form tiny particles. Jim Drury reports.

  • Google at your own risk

    26 Jan 2012 | 5:29 pm
    Jan 26 - Google's revised privacy policy is raising new concerns about consumers rights to their information on the internet and other connected products. Bobbi Rebell reports.

  • Samsung posts record Q4 earnings

    26 Jan 2012 | 4:55 pm
    Jan. 27 - Samsung's quarterly earnings up 76 percent, with smartphones and chips driving profits. Arnold Gay reports.

  • FACTBOX: Apple earnings send stock, expectations soaring

    26 Jan 2012 | 3:06 pm
    Jan. 26 - Apple's stunning results for Q1 pushed its stock up and its market cap to $416 billion.

  • Nokia profits dive

    26 Jan 2012 | 7:42 am
    Jan. 26 - Nokia reported a 73 percent fall in fourth-quarter earnings as sales of its new Windows handsets failed to dent the dominance of Apple's iPhone. Hayley Platt reports.
 
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  • RIM CEO eyes "significant" plans for BlackBerry

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:39 pm
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Research in Motion's Thorsten Heins plans to waste no time in his new job. The BlackBerry maker's chief executive said he will present the board with his plan for company's future in just a matter of weeks.

  • Former Groupon sales reps countersue over tactics

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:05 pm
    (Reuters) - Former Groupon Inc sales representatives sued by that company after leaving for Google Inc have filed a countersuit, claiming their former employer is pursuing "sham" litigation to keep them from joining rivals.

  • Steve Jobs told Google to stop poaching workers

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:40 pm
    (Reuters) - Apple's Steve Jobs directly asked former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer, a transgression that threatened one junior Google employee's job, according to a court filing.

  • Hacker group Anonymous targets Mexican websites

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:17 pm
    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The activist hacker group Anonymous attacked three Mexican government websites on Friday in protest at a proposed bill that seeks to toughen local laws about online file-sharing.

  • Apple not turning "blind eye" to supply chain problems: CEO

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:16 pm
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has never turned "a blind eye" to the problems in its supply chain and any suggestion it does not care about the plight of workers is "patently false," Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said in an email to employees.
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  • Apple not turning "blind eye" to supply chain problems: CEO

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:16 pm
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has never turned "a blind eye" to the problems in its supply chain and any suggestion it does not care about the plight of workers is "patently false," Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said in an email to employees.

  • In Facebook IPO, bankers seek prestige over fees

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:15 pm
    (Reuters) - Facebook's initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business.

  • German court rules against Samsung in suit with Apple

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:20 am
    SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday that a German court has ruled against it in a patent suit with Apple Inc over mobile technology, the latest verdict in an intensifying global legal battle between the two technology giants.

  • Lawmakers press Google on privacy policy changes

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:05 am
    (Reuters) - A leading lawmaker on privacy issues said on Thursday he would ask for a probe into whether recently announced changes in how Google handles consumer data violated an agreement it made with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

  • Viadeo vies for Arab expansion with Moroccan branch

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:34 am
    RABAT (Reuters) - Viadeo, the world's second-biggest online networking site for professionals after LinkedIn, said on Friday it had opened a regional branch in Morocco as it seeks to expand its presence in the increasingly-wired Arab world.
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  • Magnetic soap could suck up oil spills

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:54 am
    Jan. 27 - A team of international scientists has invented a magnetic soap that could revolutionize the clean-up of dangerous oil spills. It's the first cleaning surfactant that responds to magnets. The team, led by Bristol University Professor of Chemistry Julian Eastoe, created a liquid soap containing iron atoms which help form tiny particles. Jim Drury reports.

  • Alligators bring bite to pilosaur study

    25 Jan 2012 | 2:16 pm
    Jan. 25 - Scientists in Gosford near Sydney have taken the bull by the horns - or in this case, the alligator by the snout - in an effort to learn about the bite force and probable dining habits of prehistoric animals. Crocodiles and alligators have roamed the earth for millions of years so for scientists, the Australian Reptile Park was the ideal place to look into the distant past. Rob Muir reports.

  • Heavy flooding hits Australia

    24 Jan 2012 | 6:45 pm
    Jan. 25 - Widespread flooding brought on by heavy rainfall hits eastern Australia, prompting rescues and evacuations as the waters rise. Travis Brecher reports.

  • Gorillas in our midst - one-off jungle encounter a boon for conservation efforts

    24 Jan 2012 | 2:00 pm
    Jan. 24 - Video showing a nerve-wracking encounter between an American eco-tourist and a troop of mountain gorillas in Uganda last month, has taken on a life of its own as a promotional tool for gorilla conservation. The African Wildlife Foundation is using the extraordinary video to help protect the endangered species while the tourist, John King, continues to marvel at his good fortune. Rob Muir reports.

  • Aesop's fable brought to life by clever crows

    24 Jan 2012 | 5:06 am
    Jan. 24 - In a series of experiments, the New Caledonian crow has demonstrated an unexpected understanding of how tools work to make their lives easier. The tests by scientists in the UK and New Zealand, revealed that the bird was intelligent enough to select and use the best available tool to raise the water level in a test tube. Jim Drury reports.
 
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  • California water projects circling the drain

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:29 pm
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's efforts to deal with its chronic water crisis are again in upheaval as lawmakers prepare to pull an $11 billion water bond off the November ballot even as Governor Jerry Brown revives the controversial idea of a canal to route Northern California water to the state's arid south.

  • California sets landmark rules to cut auto emissions

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:46 pm
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California approved aggressive new rules on Friday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by requiring automakers to put many more electric and hybrid vehicles on the Golden State's roads by 2025.

  • Bats occupy Israeli army ghost bunkers

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:32 am
    QASR AL-YAHUD, West Bank (Reuters) - Abandoned Israeli army bunkers along the Jordan River are providing a lifeline for bats on the endangered species list, researchers say.

  • "Monster" rules Nepal village on climate frontline

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:25 am
    BARAHBISE, Nepal (Reuters) - Looking at the swirling grey waters of the Bhote Koshi River, Ratna Kaji remembers when it turned into a "monster," leaving behind a trail of death and destruction.

  • BP fails to shift $15 billion oil spill costs onto Transocean

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:24 am
    LONDON (Reuters) - Oil giant BP has lost its attempt to shift over $15 billion of costs related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill onto contractor Transocean, increasing the possibility BP may have to foot the entire $42 billion clean up bill.
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  • Danish royal shows art to the masses

    26 Jan 2012 | 4:55 pm
    Denmark's Queen Margrethe II says she is honored to be showing the largest ever collection of her paintings at a Danish Art Museum.

  • Panda cubs enthrall visitors

    26 Jan 2012 | 12:47 pm
    Jan. 26 - Twelve six-month-old giant panda cubs play in front of delighted crowds celebrating the Lunar New Year in China's southwest Sichuan Province. Tara Cleary reports.

  • Wanted: Thief that shot himself in the foot

    25 Jan 2012 | 3:36 pm
    Jan. 25 - A clumsy thief shoots himself in the foot while guarding the door of a bank during a robbery in a small Brazilian town. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

  • Spiders weave silken magic

    25 Jan 2012 | 1:48 pm
    Jan. 25 - A golden silk cape spun by over one million Madagascan Golden Orb spiders goes on display at London's Victoria & Albert Museum. Tara Cleary reports.

  • China fancies female bodyguards

    25 Jan 2012 | 1:13 pm
    Jan. 25 - A security school trains women to become bodyguards in China, where new wealth and changing attitudes have created a surge in demand. Tara Cleary reports.
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    Reuters: Oddly Enough

  • Babette's errant email cripples German parliament

    26 Jan 2012 | 8:31 am
    BERLIN (Reuters) - The German parliament's email system was hampered for several hours for more than 4,000 staffers and deputies when hundreds of workers responded to an errant email sent by one staffer named "Babette" to all 4,032 co-workers.

  • Revealed: Famous names who snubbed UK queen's honors

    26 Jan 2012 | 7:59 am
    LONDON (Reuters) - Receiving an honor from Britain's Queen Elizabeth marks the pinnacle of many careers. But for more than 250 people named in a once-secret official document, the idea was so unappealing that they turned down the monarch's offer.

  • Four-year-old U.S. boy pulls out marijuana at school

    25 Jan 2012 | 5:09 pm
    (Reuters) - A four-year-old U.S. boy who announced to his teacher at school snack time that he wanted to share pulled nine bags of marijuana out of his jacket pocket, police said on Wednesday.

  • $5 here, $37 there: Americans' indulgences add up

    25 Jan 2012 | 7:17 am
    U.S. workers spend more than $1,000 a year on coffee and another $2,000 on lunch, with men and young workers more willing to indulge in a $5 coffee than women or older colleagues, according to a survey of Americans' workplace spending habits.

  • Irishman makes "billion-euro home" of shredded notes

    25 Jan 2012 | 3:49 am
    DUBLIN (Reuters) - An unemployed Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros ($1.82 billion), a monument to the "madness" he says has been wrought on Ireland by the single currency, from a spectacular construction boom to a wrenching bust.
 
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  • Bats occupy Israeli army ghost bunkers

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:32 am
    QASR AL-YAHUD, West Bank (Reuters) - Abandoned Israeli army bunkers along the Jordan River are providing a lifeline for bats on the endangered species list, researchers say.

  • "Monster" rules Nepal village on climate frontline

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:25 am
    BARAHBISE, Nepal (Reuters) - Looking at the swirling grey waters of the Bhote Koshi River, Ratna Kaji remembers when it turned into a "monster," leaving behind a trail of death and destruction.

  • Broken schools breed South Africa's "lost generation"

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:23 am
    JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The first blow to Martha Netshiozwe's future came when her parents died of AIDS. The second came when she ran out of money and had to drop out of a South African high school.

  • Reuters Magazine: Confessions of a Davos Spouse

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:13 am
    Planning for Davos starts quite early in the year. Months before it actually begins there is the inevitable jockeying for spots on desirable panels with important people, a frantic glance every day...

  • Travel Picks: Top 15 destinations "on the rise"

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:42 am
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Now that we are nearly at the end of the first month of 2012, it's time to consider new places to explore this year, which is why online travel consultant TripAdvisor...
 
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  • Jesse Jackson adds voice to Grammy protest

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:25 pm
    (Reuters) - Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday urged Grammy organizers to reinstate 31 ethnic and minority musical categories that have been cut from the music industry's top awards.

  • Jay-Z, Beyonce make Billboard industry power list

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:05 pm
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce joined a list of top music executives, led by Live Nation Entertainment chairman Irving Azoff, on Billboard magazine's first Power 100 chart on Friday.

  • Convicted Jackson doctor seeks freedom pending appeal

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:00 pm
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson asked on Friday to be released from jail, pending an appeal that could take a year to be heard.

  • British film "Shadow Dancer" lifts crowd at Sundance

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:19 pm
    PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - A tense British thriller about a mother deeply entrenched in the IRA and forced to choose between the organization and the family she loves has earned high praise among the foreign films at this week's Sundance Film festival.

  • Country music star Merle Haggard home from hospital

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:38 pm
    NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Country music singer Merle Haggard was resting at home in Northern California on Friday after a long stint in a Georgia hospital, his publicist said.
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  • Arctic ice melt lifts hopes for Russian maritime trade

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:07 am
    SEVERODVINSK, Russia (Reuters) - When severe snowstorms prevented life-sustaining fuel supplies from reaching the frozen Alaskan town of Nome, U.S. officials turned to a Russian company for help.

  • Russia to delay space mission due to technical problems

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:38 am
    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia plans to delay the next mission carrying U.S. and Russian astronauts to the International Space Station by several weeks due to problems with the spaceship's descent vehicle, Interfax news agency quoted an industry source as saying Friday.

  • Kepler telescope team finds 11 new solar systems

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:09 am
    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has found 11 new planetary systems, including one with five planets all orbiting closer to their parent star than Mercury circles the Sun, scientists said on Thursday.

  • Rivals see no need to match Roche's big gene bet

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:39 am
    DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG's rivals Sanofi SA and Novartis AG see no need to match the Swiss drug maker in buying a gene-decoding business like Illumina Inc and reckon they can do partnerships instead.

  • Gingrich calls for moon base, space contests

    25 Jan 2012 | 8:25 pm
    COCOA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich called on Wednesday for a base on the moon and an expanded federal purse for prize money to stimulate private-sector space projects.
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    Reuters: Health News

  • U.S. detains orange juice imports after finding fungicide

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:19 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health regulators on Friday detained nine shipments of orange juice from Brazil and Canada that contained traces of an illegal fungicide, and rejected industry calls to overhaul the way they test for the banned substance.

  • U.S. FDA approves Amylin's diabetes drug

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:25 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc won U.S. approval on Friday for its Bydureon diabetes drug, a long-awaited victory for the company's most promising product.

  • Obama lawyers argue rest of health law can survive

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:59 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration told the Supreme Court on Friday that nearly all of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul can survive if the court declares unconstitutional the law's centerpiece provision requiring health coverage.

  • US FDA approves Pfizer's Inlyta for kidney cancer

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:58 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pfizer's Inlyta drug for patients with advanced kidney cancer won approval from U.S. regulators, boosting the company's efforts to offset plunging Lipitor sales.

  • J&J recalls Aveeno Baby Calming Comfort Lotion

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:56 pm
    (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson on Friday said it is recalling more than 2,000 tubes of its Aveeno Baby Calming Comfort Lotion after U.S. regulators identified excessive levels of bacteria in a product sample.
 
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    Reuters: Sports News

  • Azarenka bullies Sharapova to claim maiden major

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:24 am
    MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Victoria Azarenka became the first Belarusian to win a grand slam singles title when she claimed the Australian Open title with a crushing 6-3 6-0 victory over Russia's Maria Sharapova on Saturday.

  • Streaking Nuggets roll over Raptors

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:10 am
    (Reuters) - The streaking Denver Nuggets capitalized on a slow start by the visiting Toronto Raptors to complete a wire-to-wire 96-81 win at the Pepsi Center on Friday in a contest between teams heading in opposite directions.

  • Nadal and Djokovic fire shots ahead of final

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:03 am
    MELBOURNE (Reuters) - All the top three's charitable talk of new challengers ready to end their grand slam hegemony at the Australian Open has come to nothing and the top two seeds Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal will contest their third consecutive major final on Sunday.

  • U.S., Canada secure Olympic berths

    28 Jan 2012 | 1:06 am
    (Reuters) - The United States and Canadian women's soccer teams booked their spots in this year's London Olympics with semi-final victories at the CONCACAF qualifying tournament on Friday.

  • Carnival Corp's Arison at courtside for Heat game

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:38 am
    MIAMI (Reuters) - Carnival Corp Chairman and Chief Executive Micky Arison on Friday made what was believed to be his first public appearance since an ocean liner belonging to one of his Miami-based company's subsidiaries ran aground and capsized off the coast of Italy two weeks ago.
 
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    Photographers Blog

  • Race into the cold

    Petr Josek
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:09 pm
    Mountains, snow, wind, cold, sun, dogs, sleds and mushers. Those are elements you meet in various combinations when you go to cover the Sedivackuv long dog sled race in the Czech Republic's Orlicke...

  • Hope Gardens

    Lucy Nicholson
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:03 pm
    Lilly Earp changes the diaper on her 5-week-old baby sister Emily with the confidence another child would have cradling a doll. She's only 8, but she already shows the street smarts of an older child...

  • Costa Concordia: An incredible tragedy

    Max Rossi
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:18 pm
    4 o’clock on a Saturday morning, a confused call told me a cruise ship had run aground near the island of Giglio in the beautiful Italian region of Tuscany. My first reaction was “I can’t go!”

  • Daredevils on Hahnenkamm mountain

    Lisi Niesner
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:48 pm
    Imagine a snow-covered mountain, imagine an 85 degree grade at the steepest point, imagine wearing a race suit, goggles and nothing else but a helmet and a back protector for safety.

  • Rushdie, Oprah and disappointment

    Altaf Bhat
    25 Jan 2012 | 4:36 pm
    When I set off from Delhi to cover the Jaipur Literature Festival I was full of enthusiasm as controversial British-Indian author Salman Rushdie was expected to participate in the event.
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