Looking to Expand in India, Wal-Mart Goes to the Farm

Looking to Expand in India, Wal-Mart Goes to the Farm
Madagascar army gives president end-April deadline
Ukraine Agrees to Eliminate Stockpiles of Highly Enriched Uranium
Europe Finds Cleaner Energy Source by Burning Trash
Roethlisberger Will Not Face Assault Charges
Skull of 'ancient human' probed
Egypt says had no hand in Kuwait deportations
Brazil flood death toll rises to 224: officials
No Charges Against Roethlisberger
Washington Post Wins Four Pulitzers, New York Times Gets Three
Nine dead as landslide derails Italian train
Poland's acting president reassures nation in mourning
New York Terror Probe Nabs 4th Suspect
Madagascar army gives president ultimatum
UK parliament dissolves ahead of vote
Pupils "sadistically tormented" at German monastery
Priest pedophilia not linked to celibacy: Pope's No.2
Iran criticises US nuclear summit
Human error cited in Poland crash
Conan O'Brien Will Do a Late-Night Show on TBS

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:58 PM PDT

Establishing good relations with farmers is a centerpiece of the company's expansion strategy, because Wal-Mart needs high-quality produce at low prices to attract customers.

Madagascar army gives president end-April deadline

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:54 PM PDT

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's army has given President Andry Rajoelina until the end of April to offer an acceptable way out of the 13-month political crisis on the Indian Ocean island, a military source said on Monday.

Ukraine Agrees to Eliminate Stockpiles of Highly Enriched Uranium

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:51 PM PDT

The deal on eliminating Ukraine's stockpile of highly enriched uranium allowed President Obama to claim progress at the nuclear security summit meeting in Washington.

Europe Finds Cleaner Energy Source by Burning Trash

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:54 PM PDT

New incinerators reduce energy costs and reliance on oil and gas and also benefit the environment, but they have not caught on in the United States.

Roethlisberger Will Not Face Assault Charges

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:57 PM PDT

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will not face charges stemming from an incident in which he was accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old college student.

Skull of 'ancient human' probed

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:40 AM PDT

X-rays show in stunning detail the interior of the skull of a new human-like creature found in South Africa.

Egypt says had no hand in Kuwait deportations

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:39 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has said it did not ask Kuwait to deport a group of Egyptians there who had backed former nuclear watchdog head Mohamed ElBaradei as a potential Egyptian presidential candidate.

Brazil flood death toll rises to 224: officials

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:44 PM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The death toll from mudslides and flooding in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state has risen to 224, its fire department said Sunday, about a week after heavy rains began pounding the coastal region.

No Charges Against Roethlisberger

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:00 PM PDT

Authorities in Georgia won't charge Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger after a 20-year-old college student said he sexually assaulted her.

Washington Post Wins Four Pulitzers, New York Times Gets Three

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:58 PM PDT

The Washington Post won four Pulitzer Prizes on Monday for its work in 2009, and The New York Times won three, while ProPublica became the first of the new breed of online, non-profit news organizations to win the most prestigious award in print journalism.

Nine dead as landslide derails Italian train

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:58 AM PDT

CASTELBELLO, Italy (Reuters) - At least nine people were killed and 28 injured in northern Italy on Monday when a landslide derailed a local train carrying commuters and students near the Alpine city of Bolzano.

Poland's acting president reassures nation in mourning

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:37 AM PDT

WARSAW -- Poland's interim president, Bronislaw Komorowski, reassured his countrymen Monday that the government continues to function despite the airplane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and a number of senior officials, stunning Warsaw's political elite and plunging the nation into a ...

New York Terror Probe Nabs 4th Suspect

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:30 AM PDT

A fourth suspect in a disrupted plot to bomb New York City subways was arrested in Pakistan.

Madagascar army gives president ultimatum

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:46 AM PDT

UK parliament dissolves ahead of vote

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:54 AM PDT

The British parliament was officially dissolved on Monday, as a nationwide election campaign launches to determine if Gordon Brown can hang on as prime minister.

Pupils "sadistically tormented" at German monastery

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:00 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Children were "sadistically tormented and also sexually abused" at a Catholic monastery in Pope Benedict's native Bavaria, according to a new report commissioned by the Roman Catholic Church.

Priest pedophilia not linked to celibacy: Pope's No.2

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:23 AM PDT

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - It is homosexuality, not celibacy, that is linked to pedophilia, the Vatican's Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone said on Monday, seeking to defuse the sex scandal that has battered the Roman Catholic Church.