North Korean nuclear envoy set to visit U.S., says South

North Korean nuclear envoy set to visit U.S., says South

North Korean nuclear envoy set to visit U.S., says South

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 12:20 AM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's top nuclear envoy plans to visit the United States in early March and could hold discussions to restart dormant nuclear disarmament talks, South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan said on Wednesday.


Indonesia parliament set to back probe of reformers

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 12:20 AM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament looks set to recommend a criminal investigation of two top reformers in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's cabinet over their part in a bank bailout, party statements on Wednesday showed.


FACTBOX - Facts about Indonesia's Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 12:20 AM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The role of Indonesia's reformist finance minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, in the bailout of a small bank will be debated by parliament on Wednesday following months of hearings by a committee.


China is studying environmental tax - vice minister

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 12:20 AM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is studying whether to introduce a new environmental tax, vice environment minister Pan Yue said on Wednesday.


FACTBOX - Facts about Indonesia's vice president Boediono

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 11:50 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The role of Indonesia's reformist vice president, Boediono, in the bailout of a small bank will be debated by parliament on Wednesday following months of hearings by a committee.


Indonesia parliament set to back probe of reformers

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 11:50 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament looks set to recommend a criminal investigation of two top reformers in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's cabinet over their role in a bank rescue, party statements on Wednesday showed.


Chile steps up search for victims in quake-hit areas

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 11:21 PM PST

CONCEPCION, Chile (Reuters) - Chilean rescue crews fanned out with sniffer dogs on Wednesday around quake-ravaged cities and villages, some still hoping to find survivors and others to begin the daunting task of recovering the bodies buried under mountains of rubble.


FACTBOX - Summary of Obama's healthcare proposal

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 11:21 PM PST

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama is preparing a final push for a healthcare overhaul and is expected to announce a plan on Wednesday to move the ambitious legislation forward without support from opposition Republicans.


FACTBOX - Republicans urge modest U.S. healthcare changes

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 11:21 PM PST

(Reuters) - Republicans have called on President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats to scrap their legislation overhauling the U.S. healthcare system and start over with some Republican ideas.


FACTBOX - U.S. Democrats prepare to push healthcare

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 11:21 PM PST

(Reuters) - Congressional Democrats are preparing a final push to pass President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul using a procedure called reconciliation that bypasses the need for Republican support.


Obama to push healthcare overhaul into final act

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:50 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will usher in the last act of his push to overhaul the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system on Wednesday by arguing that his retooled plan, incorporating more ideas from rival Republicans, is essential to the good of the country.


Indonesia parliament debates reformers' future

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:50 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament is expected to hold a rare vote on Wednesday that could determine the future of two key pro-market reformers following an inquiry into a bank bailout.


U.S. Senate umpire faces tough calls on healthcare

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:50 PM PST

(Reuters) - A key figure in the battle to revamp U.S. healthcare may soon be the U.S. Senate's little-known, mustachioed and highly respected umpire, Alan Frumin.


Pleas for calm amid Chile rubble

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:34 PM PST

Chile's president has appealed for calm in the earthquake-ravaged city of Concepcion, vowing a stern response to any renewal of looting and violence.


Perry wins Texas Republican governor primary

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 10:20 PM PST

DALLAS (Reuters) - Incumbent Rick Perry beat U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison in a bruising primary election on Tuesday to decide the Republican candidate for Texas governor.


Perry wins Texas Republican governor primary

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 09:50 PM PST

DALLAS (Reuters) - Incumbent Rick Perry beat U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison in a bruising primary election on Tuesday to decide the Republican candidate for Texas governor.


U.S. Senate breaks logjam to restore jobless aid

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 09:50 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Highway money and jobless funds were set to flow again after the U.S. Senate ended a standoff on Tuesday that disrupted benefits for hundreds of thousands of unemployed Americans.


Incumbent Perry wins Texas governor primary

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 09:21 PM PST

DALLAS (Reuters) - Incumbent Rick Perry beat U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison in a bruising primary election on Tuesday to decide the Republican candidate for Texas governor.


Indonesia parliament to debate reformers' future

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 07:49 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament will debate on Wednesday two conflicting recommendations from an inquiry into a bank bailout and may hold a rare vote to determine the future of two key pro-market reformers.


NY harassment suit against United Nations tossed out

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 06:49 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawsuit by a United Nations employee, whose allegations of sexual harassment led to the resignation of a top official, was dismissed on Tuesday by a New York court that said the world body was immune.


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