U.S. healthcare changes headed back to House

U.S. healthcare changes headed back to House

U.S. healthcare changes headed back to House

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:55 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The final package of changes to a landmark healthcare reform law must be approved again by the U.S. House of Representatives after the Senate parliamentarian struck two minor provisions on Thursday.


Ageing Europe: Lock-in is no get-out from retirement

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:55 AM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - After years trying to avoid being forced into early retirement, 63-year-old Carole Avayou felt she had no choice but to lock herself into her office to get management's attention.


Small firms fear healthcare reform

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:16 AM PDT

President Barack Obama is busy selling his landmark healthcare bill to US voters, having signed it into law on Tuesday. Michelle Fleury talks to a small business in New York that is weighing up the cost of the reforms.


EU leaders to meet in Brussels

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:05 AM PDT

EU leaders are preparing to meet in Brussels, the battered Euro and Greece's debt crisis are expected to top the agenda.


Protests take toll on Thai PM, more turbulence looms

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:13 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Two weeks of street protests have taken a toll on Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.


Russia, U.S. reach deal on new arms pact - Kremlin

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:13 AM PDT

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia and the United States have reached agreement on a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, but the White House said some issues still needed to be worked out.


Quake strikes near Philippine capital Manila

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:13 AM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake centred off the Philippine west coast shook the capital Manila on Thursday afternoon.


SPECIAL REPORT - From the age of labour to the labour of age

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:13 AM PDT

LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Terry Robinson is about three-quarters of the way through his second apprenticeship. His first, when he was 15, was as a carpenter and joiner: now he's building the skills to attain supervisor status in retail.


FACTBOX - Legal conditions for retirement in Europe

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 12:13 AM PDT

Philippines says quake moderate, no damage expected

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 11:42 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - The earthquake that shook the Philippine capital Manila on Thursday afternoon was of moderate strength and was not likely to have caused damage, the country's seismology bureau said.


China joins talks on Iran sanctions, still no deal

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 11:10 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - China took part in a conference call with five other world powers on Wednesday to discuss a U.S. proposal for a fourth round of U.N. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, but no deal emerged.


U.S. Senate rolls through marathon healthcare votes

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 11:10 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate steamed into the ninth hour of a voting marathon on healthcare reform on Thursday after Democrats rejected two dozen Republican efforts to derail a final package of changes to the landmark law.


Quake strikes near Philippine capital Manila

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 11:10 PM PDT

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake shook the Philippine capital Manila on Thursday.


Australia population expands at brisk 2.1 pct year

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 11:10 PM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's population rose a brisk 2.1 percent last year, just a whisker from the fastest pace in four decades and a boost to demand for everything from consumer goods to housing and infrastructure.


US and Pakistan vow better ties

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:27 PM PDT

The US and Pakistan say they want to improve relations after years of mistrust as they hold talks in Washington.


Deadly car bomb in Colombian port

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:26 PM PDT

A car bomb has exploded in the centre of the Colombian Pacific port city of Buenaventura, killing at least six people, officials say.


Netanyahu says progress made in U.S. Mideast talks

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 10:38 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended a troubled U.S. visit on Thursday, saying progress had been made toward settling a dispute with the White House over Jewish housing construction in occupied East Jerusalem.


U.S. presses Israel for Mideast goodwill steps

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 08:37 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was poised to end a troubled U.S. visit on Wednesday without settling a dispute with the White House over Jewish housing construction in occupied East Jerusalem.


U.S. Senate conducts vote marathon on healthcare

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 08:37 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate rolled through a healthcare reform voting marathon on Wednesday, with Democrats rejecting repeated Republican efforts to derail a final package of changes to the landmark law.


Saudis 'hold dozens of militants'

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 08:03 PM PDT

More than 100 suspected militants linked to al-Qaeda have been arrested in Saudi Arabia, officials have said.


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