Medvedev and Putin spend day fishing in Volga river

Medvedev and Putin spend day fishing in Volga river


Medvedev and Putin spend day fishing in Volga river

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:50 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's two top leaders, believed to be close to a decision on which of them will run for president, spent Tuesday fishing and boating on the Volga river in a rare, day-long private meeting, the Kremlin said.


Arsenal 1-0 Udinese

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:36 PM PDT

Theo Walcott's first-half goal is enough to give Arsenal a slender advantage over Udinese going into the second leg of their Champions League play-off tie.


Mideast Quartet Criticize Israel Over Settlements

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:47 PM PDT

The U.S.and other Mideast mediators criticized Israel for a rush of new settlement building approvals, warning it won't be able to shape a peace agreement through unilateral construction in lands claimed by Palestinians.


Canadian Economy Shows Risk of Shrinking

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:19 PM PDT

The Canadian economy, a stalwart of growth among the G-7 in the post-recession recovery, is at risk of shrinking in the second quarter, data indicated.


Group claims newspaper HQ attack

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:37 PM PDT

A group of vandals who smashed 17 windows at the headquarters of the Bristol Evening Post claim responsibility for the attack.


Body found after Thames capsize

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:19 PM PDT

A man's body is found, following the sinking of a tug boat from Kent in the Thames at Greenwich last Friday.


Indictment served on Nat Fraser

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:00 PM PDT

An indictment is served on Nat Fraser citing him to appear at a preliminary hearing for a retrial over the murder of his wife.


Court Sides With Trustee Over Madoff Payouts

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:23 PM PDT

A federal appeals court decision is a setback for thousands of "net winners" in the vast fraud by Bernard L. Madoff.


Hop Tien Journal: In Vietnam, Healing a Village Wounded by Trafficking

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:40 PM PDT

A textile cooperative started for women rescued from the sex trade is thriving, lifting a small Vietnamese village near the border with China.


In Poll, Lowest Marks for Bloomberg in 6 Years

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:00 PM PDT

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's 45 percent approval rating comes as residents express widespread economic anxieties.


Brawling Tweed told to 'grow up'

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 04:45 AM PDT

Jade Goody's widower Jack Tweed is given community service for attacking a man during a scuffle outside a nightclub in Essex.


World Bank says famine in Horn of Africa is manmade

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:07 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - The famine in the Horn of Africa is manmade -- the result of artificially high prices for food and civil conflict, the World Bank's lead economist for Kenya Wolfgang Fengler told Reuters Tuesday.


VIDEO: Anti-corruption protester arrested

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:31 PM PDT

Thousands have taken to the streets of India in protest, after one of the country's leading anti-corruption activists was arrested ahead of a planned hunger strike.


Hacking practice 'approved' at UK tabloid

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:24 PM PDT

Letter written in 2007 by former News of the World reporter alleges illegal bugging was discussed in editorial meetings.


Bomb Kills 8 at Afghan Market

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:03 PM PDT

A bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded in a vegetable market in southern Afghanistan, killing eight people.


Hop Tien Journal: In Vietnam, Healing a Village Wounded by Trafficking

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:40 PM PDT

A textile cooperative started for women rescued from the sex trade is thriving, lifting a small Vietnamese village near the border with China.


Rights panel shuts Bahrain office

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 10:24 AM PDT

An international commission investigating recent unrest in Bahrain closes its office after an angry crowd clashed with staff.


Dutch Probe 1950s Deaths at Catholic Boys' School

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:09 PM PDT

Dutch authorities say they are investigating possible murders at a Catholic institution for psychiatrically ill boys, where 34 children under the age of 18 died over a three-year span ending in 1954.


Child victims

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:38 AM PDT

Family tragedies amid Karachi's escalating ethnic tension


Bin Laden's doctor spotted in Egypt

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 09:07 AM PDT

The Egyptian army and police are cracking down in an "anti-terror" operation in the Sinai area of Egypt, state-owned media reported on Tuesday, as reports emerge of Osama bin Laden's doctor surfacing in the area.


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