Former CIA spy speaks out in new book about war on terror

Former CIA spy speaks out in new book about war on terror
Beckham vows to return to pitch
Allawi leads Maliki for first time in Iraq count
Iraq election race tightens
U.N. chief chides Israel for confidentiality breach
Chavez 'held secret Farc talks'
Cuban government supporters harass rights marchers
Arrests after 'legal drug' deaths
WITNESS: Student ID card brings home loss from Haiti's quake
Clinton dismisses any crisis with Israel
Live - Tuesday football
Kenya theft linked to riot probe
Fed Leaves Rate Low as Economic Signs Stay Weak
N.F.L. Picks New Chairmen for Panel on Concussions
US interest rates 'to stay low'
Georgian 'mafia boss' slips net
Slain couple couldn't outrun gang
Vatican sees bid to tarnish Church amid abuse row
European nations allege U.S. protectionism in tanker deal
Clinton affirms US Israel support

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 10:53 AM PDT

Just months after the 9/11 attacks, the United States appeared to have its biggest catch in the newly launched war on terror.

Beckham vows to return to pitch

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:36 PM PDT

Football icon David Beckham has vowed to battle back to "full fitness" after having surgery to repair his ruptured Achilles tendon.

Allawi leads Maliki for first time in Iraq count

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:38 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi edged past Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday in results from Iraq's fragmented March 7 vote that may lead to months of political bargaining and create a risky power vacuum.

Iraq election race tightens

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:54 PM PDT

With 80 per cent of ballots counted, Allawi's Iraqiya has highest number of votes nationally.

U.N. chief chides Israel for confidentiality breach

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:37 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday criticized Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for releasing information about what Ban said was a confidential telephone call between the two men.

Chavez 'held secret Farc talks'

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:32 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he once held secret talks with a top leader of the Colombian rebel group Farc.

Cuban government supporters harass rights marchers

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:05 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban government supporters harassed and shouted at members of the opposition group "Ladies in White" on Tuesday in Havana as the women marched in protest against the 2003 imprisonment of 75 dissidents.

Arrests after 'legal drug' deaths

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:15 PM PDT

Two men and a boy are arrested after two teenagers who are thought to have taken the legal drug mephedrone die.

WITNESS: Student ID card brings home loss from Haiti's quake

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:06 PM PDT

Matthew Bigg is the bureau chief for Reuters in Atlanta and covers the U.S. South, politics and national issues. He has had two reporting trips to Haiti since the earthquake in January and also reported from the country when it was hit by a hurricane in 2008. Prior to arriving in the United States in 2006, Matthew spent 10 years covering Africa for Reuters, reporting from 25 countries. In the following story, Matthew describes finding a student ID card at the site of a mass grave and trying to f

Clinton dismisses any crisis with Israel

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:02 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dismisses the view that relations between the United States and Israel are in crisis after a row between the two countries over settlements.

Live - Tuesday football

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:01 PM PDT

Jose Mourinho returns to Stamford Bridge as Inter Milan play Chelsea for a place in the Champions League quarter-finals, while Wigan host Aston Villa in the Premier League.

Kenya theft linked to riot probe

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:30 AM PDT

Thieves take computers from a Kenyan charity which has been helping with an inquiry into election related violence.

Fed Leaves Rate Low as Economic Signs Stay Weak

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:23 PM PDT

The policy-setting arm kept its benchmark rate near zero, affirming its view that recovery is slow.

N.F.L. Picks New Chairmen for Panel on Concussions

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:10 AM PDT

The league has selected two neurosurgeons to redirect its committee on concussion policy and research and accepted the resignation of the committee's most controversial member.

US interest rates 'to stay low'

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:43 AM PDT

The US Federal Reserve repeats its pledge to keep interest rates at "exceptionally low levels" to aid the recovery.

Georgian 'mafia boss' slips net

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:38 AM PDT

The main target of a trans-European operation against a Georgian mafia group has escaped in Greece, Spain says.

Slain couple couldn't outrun gang

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 09:52 AM PDT

Lesley Enriquez and Arthur Redelfs took their baby to a birthday party last weekend, but never made it home. A Mexican drug gang chased them down and shot them, leaving the little girl an orphan.

Vatican sees bid to tarnish Church amid abuse row

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:22 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican criticized on Tuesday what it said was a bid to undermine the Church, which is facing a deepening scandal over child abuse by priests in Europe.

European nations allege U.S. protectionism in tanker deal

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 10:50 AM PDT

PARIS -- A wave of indignation has swept the major industrial nations of Europe over the Pentagon's handling of a $40 billion contract to buy new aerial refueling tankers, with political and economic leaders accusing the Obama administration of protectionism.