Yemen President Saleh to leave hospital soon: source

Yemen President Saleh to leave hospital soon: source


Yemen President Saleh to leave hospital soon: source

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:55 PM PDT

RIYADH (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh will soon leave the Saudi hospital where he has been recuperating from wounds suffered in an attack on his palace, but will remain in Riyadh for the time being, a Yemeni government source said on Saturday.


News Analysis: Downgrade of U.S. Debt Echoes the Nervousness of Global Markets

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:40 PM PDT

Governments on both sides of the Atlantic have been counting on renewed growth, but the global economy cannot seem to pick up steam.


Perry Leads Prayer Rally for ‘Nation in Crisis’

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:39 PM PDT

The prayer rally in a Houston stadium was seen as one of the biggest tests of Gov. Rick Perry's political career.


Scott Leads Bridgestone by One

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:30 PM PDT

Adam Scott made four birdies over his last seven holes for a four-under-par 66 on Saturday in the Bridgestone Invitational. Tiger Woods is 13 strokes behind Scott.


Marine killed in attack is named

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 01:08 PM PDT

A royal marine killed by a grenade thrown at an Afghan checkpoint on Friday has been named as James Wright by the Ministry of Defence.


Egypt Muslim Brotherhood holds internal poll

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:23 PM PDT

Public vote seen as part of push to show off its political machine and dispel secretive reputation.


Chelsea agree deal to sign Lukaku

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:57 AM PDT

Chelsea look set to sign Anderlecht striker Romelu Lukaku as Yury Zhirkov moves closer to an exit from Stamford Bridge.


China Hopes to Bolster the Credentials of a Handpicked Lama

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:20 PM PDT

China wants to burnish the bona fides of a handpicked top-ranking Tibetan lama and is considering sending him to a Tibetan monastery to study.


Belatedly Recognizing Heroes of the Holocaust

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:01 PM PDT

Modern historians have credited a brazen band known as the Bergson group with playing a pivotal role in rescuing hundreds of thousands of European Jews.


Al-Shabaab quits Somali capital

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:32 AM PDT

Al-Shabaab Islamist militants have withdrawn from the war-torn Somali capital, Mogadishu, after heavy fighting Saturday with government and African Union forces, the nation's president says.


Poland's former deputy prime minister dies

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 04:18 AM PDT

Poland's former deputy prime minister Andrzej Lepper was found dead in his apartment in the capital, Warsaw, on Thursday, his party said in a statement.


Syria pledges elections by year's end

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 09:09 AM PDT

Syria plans to hold parliamentary elections by the end of the year, the state-run news agency reports, citing the country's foreign minister.


Questions abound after agency downgrades U.S. credit rating

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:31 AM PDT

A day after Standard & Poor's rating agency downgraded the U.S. credit rating to AA+ from its top rank of AAA, there were more questions than answers Saturday about what effects the move will have on the economy and American consumers.


Expedition canceled after polar bear attack

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:12 AM PDT

The organization that oversaw a school trip to the Norwegian Arctic where a polar bear killed a Briton has identified the victim as a 17-year-old schoolboy. Four others were wounded in the attack.


Rebels claim victory in Libyan town

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 06:52 AM PDT

Libyan rebel forces gained ground against ruler Moammar Gadhafi's forces Saturday after a massive offensive in the western town of Bir Al-Ghanam.


Israelis protest against high cost of living

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:47 AM PDT

Demonstrators pour into streets of Tel Aviv and other major cities to push the government for reforms.


China Hopes to Bolster the Credentials of a Handpicked Lama

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:20 PM PDT

China wants to burnish the bona fides of a handpicked top-ranking Tibetan lama and is considering sending him to a Tibetan monastery to study.


Militants Withdraw From Somali Capital

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:04 PM PDT

Islamist fighters withdrew overnight from almost all their bases in the famine-struck Somali capital, the most significant gain for the embattled U.N.-backed government in four years.


Donald back in contention at WGC

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:29 AM PDT

Luke Donald cards a 64 to trail leader Adam Scott by three shots after the penultimate round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at the Firestone Country Club in Ohio.


Abu Ghraib abuse ringleader released

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:02 AM PDT

Charles Graner Jr set free after serving six and a half years on a 10-year sentence.


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