Danish eco-hotel in 'meals for wheels' pedalpower offer

Danish eco-hotel in 'meals for wheels' pedalpower offer
Defaults Rise in Loan Modification Program
Earnings Help Markets Move Higher
Dimon Sees Big Price Tag for Derivatives Rules
JCB hires up to 200 new workers
Holder Says Sept. 11 Suspects May Be Tried in N.Y.
What Looks to Some Like a Housing Bubble Down Under
Vatican Moves to Quell Uproar
Britain Holding First Campaign Debates
Cyber-War Nominee Sees Gaps in Law
Iran Announces Uranium Enrichment
U.S. concerned Syria may be giving Scuds to Hezbollah
Ex-husband 'killed Iraq survivor'
Light at the end of Gaza tunnel could be a new car
Terreblanche 'self-defence' claim
Nigeria police lose in sect case
In pictures
UN peacekeepers abducted in Darfur
Live - Wednesday football
Cardinal's abuse claim dismissed

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 11:42 AM PDT

A Danish hotel offers a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike attached to a generator.

Defaults Rise in Loan Modification Program

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 12:35 PM PDT

Defaults nearly doubled in March, continuing a troubling trend that threatens to undermine the program.

Earnings Help Markets Move Higher

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 12:35 PM PDT

Better-than-expected profits at Intel and JPMorgan Chase helped to stoke hopes about the recovery.

Dimon Sees Big Price Tag for Derivatives Rules

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 09:56 AM PDT

JPMorgan Chase could lose up to $2 billion in revenue if the government clamps down on derivatives trading, Jaime Dimon, its chief executive, said on the bank's earnings conference call on Wednesday.

JCB hires up to 200 new workers

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 12:23 PM PDT

Digger firm JCB is recruiting up to 200 new workers and staff agree a new three-year pay deal.

Holder Says Sept. 11 Suspects May Be Tried in N.Y.

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 12:26 PM PDT

Testifying before Congress, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said a New York venue was "not off the table" and that the Obama administration may decide soon.

What Looks to Some Like a Housing Bubble Down Under

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 11:30 AM PDT

A surge in prices in Australia has reinvigorated debate over whether the market is overheated.

Vatican Moves to Quell Uproar

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 10:38 AM PDT

The Vatican tried to defuse growing anger over remarks by the pope's top aide that the problem behind the pedophile priest scandals is homosexuality and not a celibacy requirement.

Britain Holding First Campaign Debates

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 11:10 AM PDT

On Thursday, Gordon Brown and his two principal opponents will break a taboo that has lasted in Britain since the dawn of the television age.

Cyber-War Nominee Sees Gaps in Law

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 11:54 AM PDT

Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, in preparation for a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, sketched out the broad battlefield for the Pentagon's new unit devoted to warfare in cyberspace.

Iran Announces Uranium Enrichment

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 11:43 AM PDT

Iran nuclear's chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, said that Iran has succeeded in producing its first significant batch of further enriched uranium.

U.S. concerned Syria may be giving Scuds to Hezbollah

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 11:39 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House expressed concern on Wednesday about allegations Syria has transferred long-range Scud missiles to the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah and said it had raised the issue at the highest level.

Ex-husband 'killed Iraq survivor'

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 11:28 AM PDT

A woman who once fled Saddam Hussein's regime was battered to death and then set alight by her ex-husband at her home in East Sussex, a court hears.

Light at the end of Gaza tunnel could be a new car

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 11:27 AM PDT

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Israel wants to close down the smuggling tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, but the tunnelers have become so good it's now possible to drive a car through them, literally.

Terreblanche 'self-defence' claim

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 11:14 AM PDT

A South African farm worker accused of murdering Eugene Terreblanche acted in self-defence, his lawyer says.

Nigeria police lose in sect case

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 11:19 AM PDT

A Nigerian court finds the police guilty of the extra-judicial killing of the father-in-law of an Islamic sect leader.

In pictures

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 09:51 AM PDT

Jakarta protests over tomb turn bloody

UN peacekeepers abducted in Darfur

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 11:02 AM PDT

Four South African peacekeepers from joint AU-UN force kidnapped.

Live - Wednesday football

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 10:59 AM PDT

Arsenal try to keep up the pressure on Chelsea at the top of the Premier League as they face Tottenham, while Aston Villa host Everton and Wigan meet Portsmouth.