U.S. government intensifies effort to contain oil spill

U.S. government intensifies effort to contain oil spill

U.S. government intensifies effort to contain oil spill

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:43 AM PDT

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government intensified its response to a spreading oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, mobilizing the military to try to avert an environmental disaster along the fragile coastline of Louisiana and three other Gulf states.


EU, China talk over how, not if, to sanction Iran

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:43 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - European talks with Chinese leaders over Iran have moved towards how to target sanctions rather than whether they should be applied at all, the European Union said on Friday.


Chinese man burns to death after latest school attack

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:43 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A man burned himself to death after injuring five children with a hammer at a kindergarten class, Chinese state media reported on Friday, in the third attack in three days on Chinese schoolchildren.


South Korea's Lee meets Hu; sunken ship in backdrop

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 11:37 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's president Lee Myung-bak will hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on Friday expected to touch on security risks caused by the North's suspected attack on a warship from the South.


Shanghai shuts down financial district ahead of Expo

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 11:37 PM PDT

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai all but closed down the main Pudong financial hub on Friday for a show that will kick-off its multi-billion dollar Expo, lining the roads with police and taking no chances with security.


Oil spill reaches Louisiana coast

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:54 PM PDT

The first fingers of oil from the huge spillage in the Gulf of Mexico have washed ashore in the state of Louisiana, the US Coast Guard says.


Athens protest over Greece cuts

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 11:01 PM PDT

Public anger about Greece's austerity cuts boiled over on the streets of Athens, as protesters clashed with riot police outside parliament.


US economy growth expected to slow

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:51 PM PDT

The United States is due to post official GDP figures for the first three months of 2010.


FACTBOX - Five facts about Expo host Shanghai

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 11:06 PM PDT

(Reuters) - China's cosmopolitan financial capital Shanghai will host the World Expo from April 30 to Oct. 31.


Thai hospital near protest evacuates patients

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:35 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A hospital in Bangkok evacuated some of its patients on Friday after protesters forced their way into the grounds to look for soldiers they thought were there preparing an attack.


U.S. starts criminal probe into Goldman - source

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:35 PM PDT

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. federal prosecutors in New York have begun investigating Goldman Sachs Group Inc, raising the possibility of criminal charges against the company or its employees, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday.


North Korea to expel S.Korean workers from resort

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:35 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea ordered on Friday most of the South Korean staff remaining at a joint tourism project in the North to leave the facility in a move that comes as ties between the rivals are rapidly spiralling down.


EU China talks over how, not if, to sanction Iran

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:35 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - European talks with Chinese leaders over Iran have moved to the issue of how to target sanctions and away from whether sanctions should be applied at all, the European Union's foreign affairs chief said on Friday.


Japan PM renews vow to resolve U.S base row

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:35 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday reiterated his pledge to resolve a row over moving a U.S. Marine base, though he has yet to formally reveal a plan a month ahead of a self-imposed deadline.


U.S. escalates response as oil spill nears Gulf coast

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:35 PM PDT

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government ratcheted up efforts to avert an environmental disaster as a massive oil slick leaking from a ruptured well moved closer to the mouth of the Mississippi River on Thursday, menacing the delicate coastline of Louisiana and three other Gulf states.


Clinton seeks concrete action on peace from Arabs

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 08:40 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arab states should offer more moral and financial support to Palestinians, reach out to Israelis and stop arming militants to foster Middle East peace, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday.


Greece readies austerity measures, markets steady

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 08:40 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece readied severe austerity measures on Thursday to secure a multi-billion-euro aid package and avoid debt default, providing relief to financial markets but drawing threats from unions of a mighty battle to come.


Women to start serving on U.S. Navy submarines

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 06:28 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Navy announced on Thursday that women will start serving on U.S. submarines as early as next year, lifting a symbolically important barrier to women in the U.S. armed forces.


FACTBOX - Illegal immigration in the United States

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 06:28 PM PDT

Here are some facts about illegal immigrants in the United States, together with some of the policy initiatives by federal and state governments to address immigration:


Suicide bomber kills 2 in Russia's Dagestan - police

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 06:28 PM PDT

MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb killed two police officers and injured 17 other people on Thursday in Russia's Muslim Dagestan region, a local police spokesman said.


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