Iraqi doctors use acupuncture during drug shortage

Iraqi doctors use acupuncture during drug shortage

Iraqi doctors use acupuncture during drug shortage

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 01:18 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Iraqi doctors faced with a shortage of drugs in a capital city hit by years of conflict have successfully used acupuncture to treat mothers during caesarean section births.


US oil rig leak worse than thought

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:08 AM PDT

The US Coast Guard says five times as much oil as previously thought could be leaking from a well beneath where a rig sank in the Gulf of Mexico.


Philippines' Aquino increases lead in poll

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:46 AM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine opposition lawmaker Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino held a 19-point lead over his nearest rival in next month's presidential election, the biggest margin since December, a poll showed on Thursday.


China puts power on show at Shanghai Expo

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:46 AM PDT

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Shanghai World Expo opening on Friday is the ruling Chinese Communist Party's latest extravagant use of money, underscoring the extent to which it seeks to brandish its power through flashy spectacle.


FACTBOX - What is the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:46 AM PDT

(Reuters) - Signatories of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) gather next week in New York to assess compliance with the pact and discuss ways to end loopholes that enabled Iran and North Korea to develop atomic fuel programs.


Gulf of Mexico leak grows, oil slick nears shore

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:14 AM PDT

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday five times as much oil as previously estimated was leaking from a well beneath the site of a deadly drilling rig explosion as the slick threatened wide-scale coastal damage for four U.S. Gulf Coast states.


Q+A - Debates surrounding U.N. anti-nuclear arms pact

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:14 AM PDT

VIENNA (Reuters) - A month-long meeting of 189 countries to assess a 40-year-old global treaty against nuclear arms starts in New York on Monday.


Iran, Egypt ready for battle at U.N. nuclear meeting

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:30 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran and Egypt are gearing up for battle against the United States and its allies over Israel and developing countries' rights to atomic technology at a major meeting on the Non-Proliferation Treaty.


Thai troops struggle to contain Bangkok protests

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:30 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai authorities said on Thursday they would intensify efforts to contain anti-government protests in Bangkok, after a soldier was killed in the latest clash of a campaign to force early elections.


SCENARIOS - Success or failure of U.N. nuclear pact conference

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:30 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The 189 signatories of the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty are due to gather at U.N. headquarters in New York next week to start a May 3-28 conference to discuss ways of breathing new life into the pact.


South Korea mourns sailors, broods on North's role

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 10:57 PM PDT

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korea on Thursday mourned the loss of 46 sailors who died when a Navy ship sank after a blast widely believed to have been the result of a North Korean torpedo.


SCENARIOS - Escalating military tensions between the Koreas

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 10:57 PM PDT

SEOUL - South Korea suspects the North sank one of its navy ships last month in an attack that killed 46 sailors.


U.S. Coast Guard finds new leak in undersea well

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 10:57 PM PDT

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday said it has found a new leak beneath the site of last week's deadly offshore drilling rig explosion, and said five times as much oil was leaking as previously estimated.


Many U.S. offices get low or average 'green' scores

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 10:37 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite a trend toward going "green," most U.S. offices get low or average grades for being environmentally friendly and few use renewable energy sources, according to workers in a poll released on Thursday.


Thai troops struggle to contain Bangkok protests

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 09:02 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai army said on Thursday it would step up efforts to stop anti-government protesters in Bangkok getting more weapons, a day after a soldier died in the latest clash in a seven-week campaign to force early elections.


N.Ireland police increasing presence after attacks

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 09:02 PM PDT

BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland police are beefing up their street presence due to increased paramilitary attacks and may have to keep a reserve force that was due to be disbanded under a peace deal, officers said on Wednesday.


California gay marriage ban trial to close in June

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 09:02 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The federal trial over California's gay marriage ban moves to closing arguments in June, advocates from both sides of the case said on Wednesday.


US teens flock to poetry events

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 07:11 PM PDT

Live performance poetry appears to be becoming more popular in America, especially among teenagers.


Canadian detainee interrogation was 'friendly' - FBI

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 08:31 PM PDT

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A Canadian captive admitted throwing a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan during an interview eight years ago that an FBI agent described on Wednesday as "comfortable" and "friendly," once the hood and handcuffs were removed.


Human rights observers killed in attack in Mexico

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 08:31 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two human rights activists were shot and killed in an ambush in southern Mexico as they tried to deliver food and supplies to a town being harassed by armed groups, authorities said on Wednesday.


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