Australia Suspends Cattle Exports to Indonesia

Australia Suspends Cattle Exports to Indonesia
Swine flu 'infected two million'
VIDEO: Storm batters Chilean town
EU increases E. coli payout offer
Banks Defeated in Senate Vote Over Debit Card Fees
Amsterdam Journal: A Fight Over Anne Frank’s Fallen Tree
New Questions Rise in Cause and Trajectory of Germany E. Coli Outbreak
USDA Cuts Global Hunger Estimate
Death toll in Haiti's floods, mudslides rises to 23
Hedge funds 'grab' Africa's land
Brazil's Rousseff tries to move on after aide quits
Gates Pushes 5 NATO Allies for More on Libya
At War: Delta Apologies for Troops’ Baggage Fee
Murder resort 'cut guard numbers'
Nuclear Regulators Call for Local Approach
The Choice: An Overnight Train Ride to College
Tea Obreht wins Orange literary prize
Erdogan takes 'star appeal' into Turkish vote
Unlikely bin Laden in Abbottabad for 5 years: ex-ISI head
At War: Delta Apologies for Troops’ Baggage Fee

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:51 PM PDT

Australia suspended all live cattle exports to Indonesia after an outcry over reports of brutality and abuse of animals before they were killed. The decision could improve the way animals are slaughtered in Indonesia, but it could also lift beef prices and unemployment there.

Swine flu 'infected two million'

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 01:00 PM PDT

Up to two million people in Scotland may have been infected with swine flu with some displaying a natural immunity, scientists estimate.

VIDEO: Storm batters Chilean town

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:49 PM PDT

At least nine people were injured when a powerful tornado-like weather system hit the town of Villarrica, in southern Chile.

EU increases E. coli payout offer

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:41 PM PDT

The EU increases to 210m euros its offer of compensation for farmers who have suffered losses due to an outbreak of E. coli.

Banks Defeated in Senate Vote Over Debit Card Fees

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:20 PM PDT

The Senate rejected a delay on regulations over debit card fees, essentially leaving it to the Federal Reserve to limit the fees that stores pay banks.

Amsterdam Journal: A Fight Over Anne Frank’s Fallen Tree

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:35 PM PDT

A foundation is in a dispute with a contractor over costs and the remains of a tree that fell in a storm last year.

New Questions Rise in Cause and Trajectory of Germany E. Coli Outbreak

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:55 AM PDT

The hunt took a new turn Wednesday when state authorities in eastern Germany — far from the original epicenter of infection — said traces of the pathogen had been found on discarded cucumbers.

USDA Cuts Global Hunger Estimate

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:00 PM PDT

The USDA sliced its estimate of the number of people who were chronically hungry in 2010 in the world's poorest nations by 9% to 802 million from its original calculation of 882 million.

Death toll in Haiti's floods, mudslides rises to 23

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:19 PM PDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The death toll from days of heavy rains that triggered flooding and mudslides in earthquake-ravaged Haiti has climbed to 23, an official said on Wednesday.

Hedge funds 'grab' Africa's land

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:57 AM PDT

Foreign hedge funds are behind "land grabs" in Africa to boost their profits in the food and biofuel sectors, according to a US think-tank.

Brazil's Rousseff tries to move on after aide quits

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:57 AM PDT

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff struggled on Wednesday to overcome the loss of her most powerful minister, as new questions emerged over who will lead the fight against rising inflation and rebuild her government's strained relationship with Congress.

Gates Pushes 5 NATO Allies for More on Libya

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:48 AM PDT

The United States defense secretary prodded Germany and Poland to join the effort and asked the Netherlands, Spain and Turkey — whose warplanes are not striking ground targets — to do more.

At War: Delta Apologies for Troops’ Baggage Fee

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:34 AM PDT

A military unit just returned from Afghanistan was charged more than $2,800 in baggage fees on a Delta flight from Baltimore to Atlanta on Tuesday.

Murder resort 'cut guard numbers'

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:00 AM PDT

The owner of a security firm providing services for a Caribbean hotel where a Welsh honeymoon couple were murdered claim its staff numbers had been cut, a trial hears.

Nuclear Regulators Call for Local Approach

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:01 AM PDT

Nuclear-safety regulators from more than 30 countries called on nuclear operators to take responsibility for security and sharing know-how, a move that could damp efforts to empower the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The Choice: An Overnight Train Ride to College

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:33 AM PDT

The author, a senior at Cherry Creek High in Denver, describes disembarking from the college admissions process at the college she knows she will be proud to someday call her alma mater.

Tea Obreht wins Orange literary prize

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Serbian-American author Tea Obreht has won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction for her debut novel, The Tiger's Wife.

Erdogan takes 'star appeal' into Turkish vote

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:18 AM PDT

Prime minister goes into Sunday's election with "political stardom" in his favour, according to analysis for Al Jazeera

Unlikely bin Laden in Abbottabad for 5 years: ex-ISI head

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:16 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - It is unlikely Osama bin Laden lived for years in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad where he was found and killed by U.S. forces, a former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency said Wednesday.