A Preview of the House's A.I.G. Hearing

A Preview of the House's A.I.G. Hearing

A Preview of the House's A.I.G. Hearing

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 12:42 PM PST

Ahead of a House committee hearing on Wednesday, more details are emerging about the government's bailout of the American International Group in 2008 and why its trading partners were paid in full.

Stopping traffic

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:37 AM PST

Israeli president's visit sparks clamp-down in Berlin


Interim PM takes office in Guinea

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 12:41 PM PST

The new interim prime minister of Guinea, charged with steering the country towards elections, takes office.


Aftershocks hit quake ravaged Haiti

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 12:10 PM PST

Some food handouts turn unruly as more people forced to live in makeshift camps.


Los Angeles to Limit Marijuana Dispensaries

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 12:26 PM PST

The Los Angeles City Council voted to shutter roughly 80 percent of the city's dispensaries and restrict their hours.

McDonald's in pickle for sacking Dutch worker over cheese slice

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:55 AM PST

A Dutch branch of McDonald's was wrong to fire an employee for giving a colleague a piece of cheese on a burger, a court rules.


Former Guatemalan leader arrested

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 12:01 PM PST

Guatemalan authorities capture ex-President Alfonso Portillo, who is wanted in the US on money-laundering charges.


UK Iraq hostage tells of 'executions'

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 12:53 PM PST

Briton Peter Moore tells how he was blindfolded and subjected to mock executions during his hostage ordeal in Iraq.


Specter Feels Squeeze From New Friends and Old

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 12:31 PM PST

As he fights for his Senate seat, Arlen Specter is finding that the party he switched into may not be a safe haven.

Numbers tell story of quake

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 09:47 AM PST

Two weeks after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti, staggering numbers have mounted. The numbers tell stories of death and destruction, as well as a global outpouring of aid.

Sri Lanka politicians vow to block vote favorite

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:46 AM PST

Top politicians in Sri Lanka vowed Tuesday to block the man who looks poised to win the country's presidential election from taking office.

Crash pilot 'failed to respond'

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:16 AM PST

Lebanese minister says downed airliner did not respond to requests from the ground.


Pakistan demands IPL 'snub' probe

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:34 AM PST

Pakistan demands India investigate why none of its cricketers were signed at the Indian Premier League auction.


Live - Tuesday football

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:59 AM PST

Bolton boss Owen Coyle hosts old club Burnley in the pick of four Premier League ties along with a big Football League programme.


Kremlin urges Caucasus leaders to back new envoy

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:24 AM PST

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday only economic and social development could quell an Islamist insurgency in Russia's north Caucasus and urged local leaders to back his new envoy to the impoverished region.

U.N. arms forum seen stuck on bomb-making material

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:44 AM PST

GENEVA (Reuters) - Pakistan's insistence on keeping open the option to produce more atomic bomb-making material to keep pace with other nuclear powers has dimmed prospects for launching global talks on the issue, diplomats said on Tuesday.

Piracy campaign 'nets innocents'

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:04 AM PST

More than 150 people have come forward claiming to be wrongly accused of illegal file-sharing, a consumer group reveals.


Dutch automaker Spyker saves Saab

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 12:03 PM PST

General Motor's Swedish Saab brand has been saved from certain death thanks to a last-minute deal with Dutch exotic car builder Spyker.

Sarkozy beats Star Wars in bid to reassure France

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:22 AM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy swept aside Star Wars in a battle of the airwaves on Monday, with a lengthy interview on French television drawing many more viewers than the film shown on another channel.

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