Geithner takes plea for European action to Germany

Geithner takes plea for European action to Germany


Geithner takes plea for European action to Germany

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:32 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner takes his appeal for swift European action to calm markets to Germany on Thursday, the key player that stunned markets last week with its ban on some speculative trades.


Baghdad's trade in wildlife anything but tame (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:27 PM PDT

AP - A dozen fluffy white kittens with piercing blue eyes frolic in a wire cage, perched perilously atop a pen containing two African lion cubs. Neighborhood schoolchildren stop to feed sunflower seeds to a chained monkey, while three red foxes cower in their curbside enclosure from the street noise.


Geithner takes plea for European action to Germany (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:32 PM PDT

A woman holding an umbrella protests against Greece's local government reform bill, in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens May 26, 2010.  The bill involves the merger of municipalities throughout the country.   REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)Reuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner takes his appeal for swift European action to calm markets to Germany on Thursday, the key player that stunned markets last week with its ban on some speculative trades.



Pakistan lifts ban on YouTube, pages remain blocked (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:37 PM PDT

Pakistani Muslims shout slogans and wave placards as they protest against Facebook in Lahore on May 26. Pakistan has restored access to YouTube, but several hundred pages on the popular video sharing website will remain blocked because of AFP - Pakistan has restored access to YouTube, but several hundred pages on the popular video sharing website will remain blocked because of "blasphemous" content, officials said Thursday.



Whaling activist admits trespassing

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:33 PM PDT

Conservationist pleads guilty to boarding Japanese ship but says he had "good reason".


Oil well plug 'going as planned'

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:27 PM PDT

BP says a bid to plug its leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is going to plan, but it is too early to know if it will work.


Oil well plug 'going as planned'

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:27 PM PDT

BP says a bid to plug its leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is going to plan, but it is too early to know if it will work.


The Trial of Benedict XVI (Time.com)

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:00 PM PDT

Time.com - The Pope can cite theology and tradition in defense of the church, but with many Catholics wanting a very modern kind of accounting for the sex-abuse scandal, words and ritual may no longer be enough


Int'l conference to save forests opens in Oslo (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:05 PM PDT

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (L) welcomes Indonesia's President Susilo Yudhoyono in Oslo. Yudhoyono said Wednesday he would introduce a two-year moratorium on deforestation, a large source of income for his country which also contributes heavily to global warming.(AFP/SCANPIX/Aserud, Lise)AP - Last December, an international conference on climate change approved global plans prevent deforestation. But those plans have not been implemented, and now a smaller meeting of nations in Oslo will try Thursday to find ways to start to put them in place — even if on a smaller scale.



Japan's exports jump 40 percent in April (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 09:53 PM PDT

** FILE ** In this March 29, 2010 file photo, Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co.'s vehicles for export park at a Yokohama port, near Tokyo, Japan. Japan says the nation's exports in April jumped 40.4 percent from a year earlier. The finance ministry says they climbed to 5.9 trillion yen ($65 billion), marking the fifth month of year-on-year increase. The ministry said Thursday May 27, 2010, that U.S.-bound shipments rose 34.5 percent, while exports to Asia surged 45.3 percent last month. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi), FileAP - Japan's exports expanded for a fifth straight month in April, fueled by brisk overseas demand for cars and high-tech goods in a fresh sigh of a recovery in the global economy,



Gaza Aid Convoy Showdown Poses a New Challenge for Israel (Time.com)

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:00 PM PDT

Time.com - The Obama Administration has finally gotten the Israelis and Palestinians talking about peace, but they're avoiding talking about Gaza


Your iPhone Could Be The Key To Your Next Hotel Room

Posted: 26 May 2010 09:54 PM PDT

Would you be interested in using your phone as a hotel room key? If trials at two Holiday Inn locati


Apple Passes Microsoft As Most Valuable Tech Company

Posted: 26 May 2010 09:52 PM PDT

Apple has just surpassed Microsoft in market capitalization and is now second only to Exxon Mobil am


Facebook Acquires Private Content-Sharing Startup

Posted: 26 May 2010 09:51 PM PDT

Facebook added another acquisition to its belt today: Sharegrove, a small service that provides priv


Thaksin dismisses arrest warrant

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:01 PM PDT

Ex-Thai PM says Interpol will not execute Bangkok's "politically motivated" warrant.


Italy joins euro austerity drive

Posted: 26 May 2010 05:23 PM PDT

The Italian government approves austerity measures worth 24 billion euros (£20bn; $29bn) for the years 2011-2012.


Italy joins euro austerity drive

Posted: 26 May 2010 05:23 PM PDT

The Italian government approves austerity measures worth 24 billion euros (£20bn; $29bn) for the years 2011-2012.


S.Korea launches major anti-submarine exercise

Posted: 26 May 2010 06:35 PM PDT

SEOUL – South Korea's navy Thursday staged a major anti-submarine exercise, its first show of strength since tensions with North Korea flared over the sinking of one of Seoul's warships.

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Anti-whaling activist on trial

Posted: 26 May 2010 04:22 PM PDT

TOKYO – An anti-whaling activist of the US-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society went on trial in Japan Thursday on charges stemming from clashes with harpoon ships in Antarctic waters this year.

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Obama administration to unveil new security strategy

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:41 AM PDT

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's administration is to unveil a new national security strategy Thursday making the threat of homegrown extremism an integral part of security policy and stepping back from Bush era "war on terror" terminology.

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BP begins 'top kill' oil operation

BP begins 'top kill' oil operation


BP begins 'top kill' oil operation

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:59 PM PDT

US officials approve complex procedure using mud to block gushing well in Gulf of Mexico.


Art Linkletter, TV Host, Dies at 97

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:57 PM PDT

Mr. Linkletter hosted the popular TV shows "People Are Funny" and "House Party" in the 1950s and 1960s.


Champion Kuznetsova edges through

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:57 AM PDT

Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova survives a huge scare to beat Germany's Andrea Petkovic 4-6 7-5 6-4 and advance to round three of the French Open.


Dinos 'island-hopped' to Europe

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:48 PM PDT

Horned dinosaurs - thought native to America and Asia - made it to Europe via island route, scientists say.


Facebook Unveils Simplified Approach to Privacy

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:42 PM PDT

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief, said the new settings would make it easier for users to understand how much of their personal information was publicly accessible.


ICC refers Sudan war cases to UN

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:45 PM PDT

The International Criminal Court reports Sudan to the UN Security Council for refusing to arrest two suspected Darfur war criminals.


Pictures of the Day

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:25 PM PDT

In today's photos, an executive defends his company in the wake of suicides, a woman loads up her harvest in the West Bank, Lebanese forces eat snakes and more.


Cable resigns as Lib Dem deputy

Posted: 26 May 2010 01:03 PM PDT

Vince Cable stands down as Liberal Democrat deputy leader to concentrate on his job as business secretary.


Mayor of Mexico resort arrested for drug gang ties

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:21 PM PDT

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - The mayor of the Mexican beach resort of Cancun has been arrested and charged with money laundering and drug-related crimes, making him one of the highest-ranking public officials swept up in Mexico's crackdown on narcotics traffickers.


New King of Technology: Apple Overtakes Microsoft

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:13 PM PDT

Apple, which had been given up for dead only a decade ago, has become the world's most valuable technology company.


Zimbabwe licenses new private newspapers

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:05 PM PDT

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe Wednesday licensed four private daily newspapers, including the banned Daily News, a sign the new unity government is following through on promises to open up the media to non-state run publications.


Polish Air-Crash Probe Nears Completion

Posted: 26 May 2010 11:50 AM PDT

The investigation into the April plane crash that killed Poland's president and 95 others is close to finished, with the remaining focus on whether the Polish Air Force chief's presence in the cockpit contributed to pilot error, said the top Polish official involved.


Greek Premier's Phone Cut Off in Mix-Up

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:40 PM PDT

According to the Associated Press: "Greece's biggest phone company says it accidentally cut off the prime minister's home line in a mix-up over an unpaid bill the day the country faced a crucial debt repayment deadline.


Sherlock Holmes takes first gong

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:46 PM PDT

The stars start to arrive for this year's National Movie Awards, which is taking place at London's Royal Festival Hall.


Ethiopia's Meles rejects poll criticism

Posted: 26 May 2010 11:48 AM PDT

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi rejected opposition calls for a fresh election on Wednesday, after the Europe Union and the United States said his landslide victory did not meet international standards.


Britain discloses full nuclear arsenal

Posted: 26 May 2010 11:10 AM PDT

Britain has a total nuclear arsenal of fewer than 225 weapons, with 160 currently operational, Foreign Secretary William Hague said Wednesday.


Russia bomb kills 3, wounds 13

Posted: 26 May 2010 11:19 AM PDT

A bombing outside a planned performance by a dance company from the restive Russian republic of Chechnya left three women dead and wounded several other people Wednesday evening, prosecutors said.


Old mobiles 'could be worth cash'

Posted: 26 May 2010 05:34 AM PDT

Some 85 million mobile phones have been discarded rather than traded in for cash, a UK consumer group says.


BP begins 'top kill' on oil spill

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:52 PM PDT

BP says an attempt to plug its leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico with mud and cement is under way.


Pirates' captives plead for help

Posted: 26 May 2010 01:07 PM PDT

A British couple held hostage by Somali pirates plead for Prime Minister David Cameron to clarify his position on their case.