Heads urged not to boycott Sats

Heads urged not to boycott Sats
Greece Seals Bailout Deal With EU, IMF
U.K. Conservatives Extend Their Lead
Violence Prompts Questions in China
Shrimpers Fear Ruin From Oil Slick
Greek PM: $145B Bailout deal reached with E.U., IMF
Foreign Digest: Nepal strike, India warnings, Greece protests
Egyptians protest over minimum wage
Local Stop | Gowanus: Brooklyn Area Defined by a Canal Comes Into Its Own
Mammoths had 'anti-freeze blood' to cope with cold temperatures
Pakistani Taliban claims NYC bomb
Obama visits oil spill zone
Explosion damages HSBC branch in Athens, no injuries
In pictures
Message Battle Heats Up in Thai Crisis
Buffett's age remains on Berkshire investor minds
Message Battle Heats Up in Thai Crisis
New York police hunt failed bomber
Norsk Hydro in $4.9bn Vale deal
Live text - Australia v Pakistan

Posted: 02 May 2010 08:21 AM PDT

Schools Secretary Ed Balls urges head teachers not to go ahead with plans to boycott England's national school tests.

Posted: 02 May 2010 12:06 PM PDT

Greece reached a historic deal with the EU and IMF for a three-year, €110 billion ($146.5 billion) bailout, as the country's prime minister exhorted his nation to bear the harsh sacrifices needed to mend broken public finances.

U.K. Conservatives Extend Their Lead

Posted: 02 May 2010 12:38 PM PDT

The U.K.'s Conservative Party extended its lead in opinion polls ahead of Thursday's hotly contested general election, but the Tories still face a fight to convert their lead into a clear parliamentary majority.

Violence Prompts Questions in China

Posted: 02 May 2010 12:07 PM PDT

Chinese authorities issued an emergency decree for police to strengthen school security following a series of violent attacks against schoolchildren, but the tough response offered little comfort to those who see the atrocities as a symptom of deep-seated social problems in China.

Shrimpers Fear Ruin From Oil Slick

Posted: 02 May 2010 07:43 AM PDT

Almost exactly 35 years after his departure from Vietnam, Tuan Nguyen and his several hundred local compatriots face a seemingly uncontrollable oil spill encroaching into Louisiana's rich wetlands shore.

Greek PM: $145B Bailout deal reached with E.U., IMF

Posted: 02 May 2010 12:17 PM PDT

LONDON -- Greece has negotiated a massive financial rescue package with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, a $145 billion deal aimed at preventing the country's debt crisis from engulfing other nations in Europe.

Greek - Ethnicity - Greece - International Monetary Fund - European Union

Foreign Digest: Nepal strike, India warnings, Greece protests

Posted: 01 May 2010 09:00 PM PDT

NEPAL Tens of thousands of former communist rebels and their supporters rallied in Kathmandu on Saturday, demanding that Nepal's coalition government be disbanded and replaced by a Maoist-led government.

Nepal - India - Asia - Government - Maps and Views

Egyptians protest over minimum wage

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:58 AM PDT

Workers demand an increase in the minimum wage, left unchanged since 1984.

Local Stop | Gowanus: Brooklyn Area Defined by a Canal Comes Into Its Own

Posted: 01 May 2010 09:31 PM PDT

The city's latest cultural outpost makes for a pleasant wander, despite the reputation of its namesake.

Mammoths had 'anti-freeze blood' to cope with cold temperatures

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:58 AM PDT

Mammoths had a form of "anti-freeze" blood to keep their bodies supplied with oxygen at freezing temperatures, scientists say.

Pakistani Taliban claims NYC bomb

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:28 AM PDT

Attack was launched in response to killing of two al-Qaeda leaders, website claims.

Obama visits oil spill zone

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:34 AM PDT

Slick moves towards Gulf of Mexico coast as US president arrives to view relief effort.

Explosion damages HSBC branch in Athens, no injuries

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:11 AM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - A bomb exploded at a branch of HSBC bank in Athens on Sunday, damaging the entrance but causing no injuries, police said.

In pictures

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:02 AM PDT

Oil clean-up operation in the Gulf of Mexico

Message Battle Heats Up in Thai Crisis

Posted: 02 May 2010 10:14 AM PDT

Viewers of Thai soap operas now have a choice: they can follow the weepy plot lines, or they can read political messages on the bottom of the screen.

Buffett's age remains on Berkshire investor minds

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:00 AM PDT

OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - As thousands of shareholders from around the world crowded into Omaha this weekend to attend Berkshire Hathaway Inc's annual meeting, many pondered the unthinkable -- life after Warren Buffett.