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World NewsBlind Chinese activist Chen arrives in New York
20 May 2012. Last updated: 05:29AM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States on Saturday and declared "equality and justice have no boundaries" after China let him leave a Beijing hospital to quell a sensitive diplomatic rift between the two countries.NATO leaders seek common path out of Afghanistan
20 May 2012. Last updated: 05:56AM
CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO leaders gather in Chicago on Sunday for a summit that will chart a path out of Afghanistan, as Western nations seek to fend off fissures in their alliance and ensure Afghanistan can hold a still-potent Taliban at bay when foreign troops withdraw.Strong quake hits North Italy, at least three dead
20 May 2012. Last updated: 06:43AM
BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) - A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, causing at least three deaths and bringing about the collapse of rural factories and ancient bell towers in towns.World leaders back Greece, vow to combat financial turmoil
20 May 2012. Last updated: 00:28AM
CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - World leaders backed keeping Greece in the euro zone on Saturday and vowed to take all steps necessary to combat financial turmoil while revitalizing a global economy increasingly threatened by Europe's debt crisis.Syria bomb kills 9, Damascus blames foreign plot
19 May 2012. Last updated: 23:47PM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A car bomb killed nine people at a Syrian military post in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, an attack the government said was the latest proof that an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad was a foreign plot.UK may keep troops in Afghanistan post-2014 to fight terrorism
20 May 2012. Last updated: 00:18AM
CAMP ROUND MEADOW, Maryland (Reuters) - Britain may keep a small number of soldiers in Afghanistan to fight terrorism after 2014, when NATO forces are due to end combat operations, a senior British government official said on Saturday.Impatient Thai red shirts want justice from PM Yingluck
20 May 2012. Last updated: 04:29AM
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's "red shirts" took to the street this weekend to mark the anniversary of the army's bloody repression of their mass rally in Bangkok in 2010 amid growing signs of a rift with the government they helped elect last July.Serbians vote for president under threat of protest
20 May 2012. Last updated: 07:01AM
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Pro-Western incumbent Boris Tadic and rightist Tomislav Nikolic went head to head on Sunday in a tense run-off election for Serbian president and the right to lead the struggling nation into talks on joining the European Union.Sri Lanka president orders release of jailed rival
20 May 2012. Last updated: 07:44AM
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered the early release from jail of his highest-profile political rival Sarath Fonseka, the president's spokesman said on Sunday, in an apparent bid to quell international criticism of the government's human rights record.Youth protest former Mexican ruling party's rise
19 May 2012. Last updated: 22:00PM
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators protested in Mexico City on Saturday against opposition presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto, who is far ahead in polls and poised to lead the party that ruled Mexico for much of the 20th century back to power. U.S. NewsChicago braces for largest anti-NATO protest
20 May 2012. Last updated: 05:48AM
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police trying to keep the peace during the NATO summit may face their biggest test on Sunday when thousands of demonstrators were expected to march near the site where leaders of the military alliance begin a two-day meeting.Weather helps battle against Southwest wildfires
20 May 2012. Last updated: 00:50AM
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Improving weather helped firefighters in Arizona make progress on Saturday against wildfires that have charred more than 65 square miles (168 square km) of forest, brush and grass in the U.S. Southwest and forced the evacuation of several small towns.Possible engine problem delays U.S. rocket launch
19 May 2012. Last updated: 12:27PM
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The launch of a privately owned Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was delayed on Saturday when a computer detected a possible problem with one of the rocket's engines, a Space Exploration Technologies official said.Civil rights group NAACP endorses gay marriage
20 May 2012. Last updated: 01:08AM
(Reuters) - The nation's largest civil rights group, the NAACP, endorsed gay marriage on Saturday, giving a boost to the movement to legalize same-sex nuptials despite reservations expressed by some black ministers.Anti-NATO activists weighed Obama HQ attack: prosecutors
19 May 2012. Last updated: 18:41PM
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Three protesters arrested on terrorism-related charges ahead of the NATO-summit considered targeting U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign headquarters and the home of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, according to court documents released on Saturday.U.S. marks 150th anniversary of Homestead Act offering free land
20 May 2012. Last updated: 05:27AM
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - The United States on Sunday marks the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln signing the Homestead Act, the law that gave away 270 million acres of land and transformed the vast American interior.New York City's most senior openly gay official weds
19 May 2012. Last updated: 23:55PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Christine Quinn, New York's highest-ranking openly gay official and the leading candidate to be the city's next mayor, married her longtime girlfriend on Saturday, walking down the aisle to Beyonce's "Ave Maria."Kennedy clan, celebrities attend Mary Kennedy's funeral
19 May 2012. Last updated: 19:45PM
BEDFORD, New York (Reuters) - Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who died in an apparent suicide earlier this week, was recalled Saturday as an "angel" who was ultimately overwhelmed by a lengthy fight with depression.Climber dies in 1,100-foot fall on Alaska's Mount McKinley
20 May 2012. Last updated: 01:09AM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A climber on Alaska's Mount McKinley died in a 1,100-foot fall that started with an effort to retrieve a sliding backpack during an attempt to ascend North America's tallest peak, the National Park Service said on Saturday.Season's first Atlantic tropical storm forms off South Carolina
20 May 2012. Last updated: 04:06AM
MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Alberto formed off the South Carolina coast on Saturday, bringing an early start to the Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Technology NewsGoogle says it has China's approval for Motorola deal
20 May 2012. Last updated: 01:23AM
(Reuters) - Google said on Saturday that Chinese authorities have approved its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, the last regulatory hurdle to a deal that would allow the world's No. 1 Internet search engine to develop its own line of smart phones.Historic Facebook debut falls flat
19 May 2012. Last updated: 00:53AM
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The historic initial public offering of Facebook Inc did not go as planned on Friday, as the social networking company's sky-high valuation combined with trading glitches left the stock languishing near its offering price at the market close.Mexico's Slim eyeing Telekom Austria stake: report
18 May 2012. Last updated: 19:02PM
VIENNA (Reuters) - Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is eyeing a stake in Telekom Austria and is believed to have held initial talks with its two biggest investor groups, Austrian magazine Format reported, without citing sources.U.S. says will bar some Motorola Mobility phones
18 May 2012. Last updated: 23:17PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some Motorola Mobility smartphones infringe on a Microsoft patent and will be barred from importation to the United States, a U.S. trade panel said on Friday.Worries mount as Nokia burns through cash
18 May 2012. Last updated: 13:06PM
LONDON/HELSINKI, May 18 (IFR/Reuters) - Nokia Oyj is tearing through its cash reserves at an unsustainable rate, raising what some analysts say are serious questions about the struggling Finnish phone maker's ability to stabilize its finances in the months ahead.Intelsat Global files for $1.75 billion IPO
18 May 2012. Last updated: 22:19PM
(Reuters) - Intelsat Global Holdings S.A., the world's biggest operator of satellite services, filed with U.S. regulators on Friday to raise up to $1.75 billion in an initial public offering of its common stock.Verizon data fans to pay more in service or phones
18 May 2012. Last updated: 12:44PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless plans to make its data-hungry customers pay a lot more, either in service fees or smartphone prices, as it tries to cut costs and boost revenue from data services.ZTE confirms security hole in U.S. phone
18 May 2012. Last updated: 07:07AM
(Reuters) - ZTE Corp, the world's No.4 handset vendor and one of two Chinese companies under U.S. scrutiny over security concerns, said one of its mobile phone models sold in the United States contains a vulnerability that researchers say could allow others to control the device.Ex-Yahoo CEO Thompson leaves F5 Networks' board
18 May 2012. Last updated: 15:45PM
(Reuters) - Networking gear maker F5 Networks said former Yahoo Inc CEO Scott Thompson has resigned from its board of directors, effective immediately.GM ad move followed failed Facebook pitch: sources
18 May 2012. Last updated: 02:14AM
DETROIT/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook may only have itself to blame for why General Motors rained on its IPO parade this week. Media News