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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tropical storm Hermine has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and warnings have been issued from Tampico, Mexico to the mouth of the...

KABUL (Reuters) - The number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan this year has reached at least 500, compared with 521 in all of 2009, according...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama launches several economic initiatives this week aimed at generating some desperately needed U.S. job...

CUMBRE DE ALASKA, Guatemala (Reuters) - A massive landslide buried a crowd trying to dig out a bus from deep mud on Sunday, killing at least 22...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - At least eight policemen were killed and 13 wounded in a suspected suicide attack on a police station in northwestern Pakistan...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A state of emergency after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake is keeping much of New Zealand's second-biggest city shut on Monday but...

LONDON (Reuters) - Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns related to climate change pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, water...

MADRID (Reuters) - The Basque rebel group ETA called a halt to armed attacks on Sunday but the government said the declaration was not enough and...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Up to six suicide bombers, some armed with rifles, tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people and...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oracle Corp has offered a job to Mark Hurd, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co who resigned amid a scandal...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday will ask the U.S. Congress to increase and permanently extend a tax credit for business...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' national police chief took the blame for the botched bus hijacking rescue attempt last week that killed eight...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Strong aftershocks and gale-force winds buffeted New Zealand's second biggest city on Sunday as a clean-up got underway...

PARIS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands protested across France on Saturday against a clampdown on immigrants, launching a week of action over policies...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, previewing a big push on the U.S. economy next week, on Saturday defended policies that he said "have...

HALIFAX, Canada (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl made landfall in Canada on Saturday and fizzled after a series of scares along the U.S. East Coast,...

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has approved a $690 million payment to French retailer Casino and other owners of a supermarket...

PARIS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands protested across France on Saturday against a clampdown on immigrants, launching a week of action over policies...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, previewing a big push on the U.S. economy next week, on Saturday defended policies that he said "have...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pro-Taliban Pakistani militants are trying to create a sectarian rift, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday, as a...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy, but analysts were...

MEHMOOD KOT, Pakistan (Reuters) - Crime and the sale of donated aid supplies are undermining the aid effort for Pakistan's flood...

HYANNIS, Massachusetts (Reuters) - A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Earl churned toward the Massachusetts coast on Friday, en route to...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A major earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city Christchurch early on Saturday, bringing down power lines, ripping up...

NEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters) - The U.S. government is likely to take a loss on General Motors Co in the first offering of the automaker's stock, six...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday launched an investigation into Mariner Energy Inc's Gulf of Mexico platform fire, and a light oil...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A strong earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit New Zealand, just 4 miles southeast of Christchurch, in the middle of the night local...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy after August data on Friday showed again...

DERA ISLAMIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban on Friday threatened to launch attacks in the United States and Europe "very soon" and...

DUBAI (Reuters) - A cargo plane crashed on a busy highway in Dubai on Friday, setting some cars on fire, Al Arabiya television...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United Arab Emirates...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment fell for a third straight month in August, but the decline was far less than expected and private payrolls...

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - It wasn't what you would call a casual get-together....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the framework for a...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban on Friday took responsibility for triple bombings at a Shi'ite Muslim procession this week,...

LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Friday the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion and that it was two...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the crew of 13...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 25 suspected drug gang members were killed in an army raid in rural northeastern Mexico on Thursday, the army said...

HATTERAS ISLAND, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl began to strafe North Carolina's barrier islands with dangerous surf and winds on Thursday...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House stressed on Thursday that no second economic stimulus package is being considered as part of new measures...

WASHINGTON/PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Justice Department on Thursday sued an Arizona sheriff for refusing to cooperate with its investigation into...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and other pollution to help fight...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A last-minute change in the fall course schedule of Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren has fueled speculation the White...

KABUL (Reuters) - The United States will start preliminary talks with its allies in Afghanistan soon on next year's planned "transition," expected to...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - An oil and gas facility owned by Mariner Energy Inc off the coast of Louisiana was on fire Thursday, and the U.S. Coast Guard...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard was flying helicopters to a possible offshore drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, a Coast Guard...

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Burger King Holdings Inc , the No. 2 U.S. fast-food chain, agreed to be bought by investment firm 3G Capital for $24 per share,...

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned an air strike by NATO-led forces which he said killed 10 campaign workers for this...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Dismal conditions in flood-hit areas in southwest Pakistan could force thousands of Pakistanis and Afghan refugees to cross the...

TALOOQAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An apparent air strike by foreign forces killed six election campaign workers in Afghanistan's north on Thursday, a...

MELBOURNE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China is stepping up attempts to hamper BHP Billiton's $39 billion hostile offer for Potash Corp, amid worries about...

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Police shot and killed a man who took three people hostage, waving a gun and apparently fitted out with...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Automaker General Motors Co plans to begin courting investors for its initial public offering immediately after the November 2...

HATTERAS ISLAND, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl strengthened on Wednesday, churning up dangerous swells, forcing evacuations on some of...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday not to let the chance for peace slip away as he...

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - A man carrying a gun and possibly with explosives strapped to his body took a small number of hostages in the...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the U.S. government's request to dismiss an industry lawsuit challenging its deepwater oil...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc unveiled a snazzier line of its iPod on Wednesday, unveiling new designs for every model of the popular media...

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least two bombs exploded at a Shi'ite procession in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing up to eight...

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least two bombs exploded at a Shi'ite procession in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing up to eight...

WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President Barack Obama declared an end to the seven-year U.S. combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday and promised...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Iraq on Wednesday, a day after U.S. troops formally ended combat operations in the...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Chief Prosecutor said on Wednesday she was reopening a preliminary investigation into rape charges against WikiLeaks...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Senator Lisa Murkowski dropped out of the Republican Senate primary in Alaska on Tuesday, conceding to a Tea...

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Barack Obama was poised on Wednesday to launch a new U.S. push for Middle East peace even as a flare-up of...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Four Israeli settlers were shot dead in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday in an attack that Islamist Palestinian group Hamas...

WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President Barack Obama declared an end to the seven-year U.S. combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday and told war-weary...

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has approached media companies with a proposal for a subscription service that gives users unlimited...

MIAMI (Reuters) - Powerful Hurricane Earl churned toward the eastern seaboard on Tuesday and looked to sideswipe the densely populated coast from...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed a ruling that blocked federal funding of embryonic stem cell research and asked...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - On the eve of a U.S. sponsored peace summit in Washington, unidentified gunmen killed four Israelis on Tuesday in the occupied...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican candidate Pat Toomey has a 10-point lead over his Democratic rival in the race for a Senate seat in the key swing...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Two men arrested Monday at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on a flight from Chicago are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to...

PARIS (Reuters) - France has sent detailed proposals to the European Commission calling for common action to regulate volatile commodities markets...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police are still holding two men arrested at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam who triggered a security scare after boarding...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister said the end of U.S. combat operations on Tuesday restored Iraq's sovereignty and meant it stood as an...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York voters contradicted themselves over a planned Islamic cultural center near the World Trade Center site, with majorities...

MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl followed a path toward the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday as the powerful storm pulled away from northeastern Caribbean...

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington on Tuesday for peace talks with the Palestinians, leaving up in the...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two Iowa egg farms linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened thousands failed to follow their own safety plans, allowing...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama must walk a fine line in a speech on Tuesday night as he highlights progress toward winding down the...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico captured major drug trafficker Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez on Monday in a second big coup for President Felipe Calderon...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two men have been detained in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, because of "suspicious items" found in their luggage on a flight...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama broadened financial sanctions on North Korea on Monday and froze the U.S. assets of four North Korean...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military formally ends combat operations in Iraq on Tuesday as President Barack Obama seeks to fulfill a promise to end...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama broadened U.S. financial sanctions on North Korea on Monday and froze the U.S. assets of four North...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc delayed retrieval of the failed blowout preventer atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well this week because of bad...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Monday as U.S. troops prepared to end combat operations on Tuesday....

MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl strengthened into a major Category 3 storm on Monday, as it battered the Caribbean's Northern Leeward Islands on a...

DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. election-year politics are interfering with the plan to build an Islamic center near the site of the September 11 attacks, the...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese and North Korean state media on Monday confirmed that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had visited the country, where he...

COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) - Chile was looking at ways on Saturday to speed up the rescue of 33 miners trapped deep underground for 23 days who...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Kareem Hassan Abboud's family of seven share a two room house in a makeshift squatter camp in the mainly Shi'ite district of...

MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl strengthened to a Category 2 storm on a track toward islands in the eastern Caribbean on Sunday, while Hurricane...

BANGALORE (Reuters) - BP Plc's internal probe of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has placed some of the blame on mistakes by its engineers while...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A public opinion poll showing Americans are increasingly convinced, wrongly, that he is Muslim does not trouble him, President...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Flood-striken Pakistan urgently needs more international aid to combat potential instability and extremism, a U.S. official...

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen killed the mayor of a small town in northern Mexico on Sunday in a region where two car bombs...

SUKA NALU, Indonesia (Reuters) - An Indonesian volcano, inactive for four centuries, erupted again on Monday, pitching ash two km (1.5 miles) into...