Obama 'picks judicial nominee'

Obama 'picks judicial nominee'


Obama 'picks judicial nominee'

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:47 PM PDT

Solicitor general Elena Kagan to be put forward for supreme court role, sources say.


EU agrees Euro stability deal

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:25 PM PDT

EU finance ministers have agreed a massive emergency package to prevent the Greek debt crisis spreading throughout the rest of the Eurozone.


30 dead, 60 missing in Russia mine blast - minister

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:49 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least 30 people died and 60 remained unaccounted for following two weekend explosions at one of Russia's largest coal mines, Russian news agencies reported the Emergencies Ministry as saying on Monday.


Japan govt. drops May deadline on U.S. base - Kyodo

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:49 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government on Monday dropped an end-of-May deadline Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama had set for resolving a row over the relocation of a U.S. Marine base, Kyodo news agency said.


Gunmen kill seven in broad assault in Iraq

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:49 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen using silenced weapons attacked at least six checkpoints in Baghdad on Monday, killing seven Iraqi soldiers and policemen, while bombs planted at three others wounded several more, an Interior Ministry source said.


EU agrees Euro stability deal

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:25 PM PDT

EU finance ministers have agreed a massive emergency package to prevent the Greek debt crisis spreading throughout the rest of the Eurozone.


Philippines extends voting period

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:20 PM PDT

Election commission extends voting by an hour amid serious delays and equipment glitches.


Baghdad security forces targeted

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:34 PM PDT

At least seven soldiers and police killed in co-ordinated attacks across Iraqi capital.


Australia PM suffers in polls after policy moves

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:17 PM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Support for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has plunged and his Labour party is now on par with the opposition after controversial policy decisions unsettled voters in the leadup to elections, a fresh survey showed.


US envoy to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:53 PM PDT

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt M. Campbell holds a press briefing before his visit to Myanmar to meet with the ruling junta and opposition parties prior to the upcoming elections, Sunday, May 9, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. Campbell pressed that his mission was to produce more consequential dialogue between the U.S. and the ruling junta. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - A top U.S. official was due to meet Myanmar's detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, after expressing concerns about the legitimacy of the military-run country's upcoming elections.



30 dead, 60 missing in Russia mine blast: minister (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:48 PM PDT

Reuters - At least 30 people died and 60 remained unaccounted for following two weekend explosions at one of Russia's largest coal mines, Russian news agencies reported the Emergencies Ministry as saying on Monday.


Two die in Philippine massacre province: military (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:56 PM PDT

A security guard secures the facility where Maguindanao massacre suspects are on trial. Two civilians have been killed in clashes between gunmen belonging to rival candidates in the southern Philippine province where 57 people were massacred last year, the military has said.(AFP/File/Noel Celis)AFP - Two civilians were killed on Monday in clashes between gunmen belonging to rival candidates in the southern Philippine province where 57 people were massacred last year, the military said.



Japan government drops May deadline on U.S. base: report

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:53 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government on Monday dropped an end-of-May deadline Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama had set for resolving a row over the relocation of a U.S. Marine base, Kyodo news agency said.


Gunmen, bombs kill nine in broad assault in Iraq

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:36 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen using silenced weapons attacked at least six checkpoints in Baghdad on Monday, killing seven Iraqi soldiers and policemen, while bombs planted at three others wounded several more, an Interior Ministry source said.


Voting machine mishaps frustrate Filipinos in election

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:39 PM PDT

TARLAC CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Problems with some ballot machines kept voters waiting in long queues on Monday as Filipinos cast their votes for a successor to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.


30 dead, 60 missing in Russia mine blast: minister

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:48 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least 30 people died and 60 remained unaccounted for following two weekend explosions at one of Russia's largest coal mines, Russian news agencies reported the Emergencies Ministry as saying on Monday.


Voting machine mishaps frustrate Filipinos in election

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:44 PM PDT

TARLAC CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Problems with some ballot machines kept voters waiting in long queues on Monday as Filipinos cast their votes for a successor to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.


FACTBOX - Chronology of Gulf of Mexico oil spill

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:44 PM PDT

Also threatened is the heart of U.S. energy production, both on and offshore, as a giant, unprecedented underwater leak spreads oil across the northern Gulf of Mexico between the mouth of the Mississippi River and Florida.


Ash disrupts Europe airspace, Germany, Italy reopen

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:44 PM PDT

FRANKFURT/MILAN (Reuters) - Italy and Germany reopened their airspace on Sunday after volcanic ash forced hundreds of flights to be cancelled, leaving restrictions in place in parts of Portugal, Spain, Austria and the UK.


British coalition talks continue as parties focus on deficit

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:00 PM PDT

LONDON -- Inside the stately buildings of Whitehall in the shadow of Big Ben, party leaders trying to forge a government hunkered down for talks this weekend with a 167-billion-pound elephant in the room: the British budget deficit.


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