Fidel Castro meets intellectuals in 9-hour meeting Reuters - 5 hrs agoHAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro held his second lengthy public event in a week, this time a nine-hour session with writers and intellectuals, Cuban state media said on Saturday, in another showing he is … More »Fidel Castro meets intellectuals in 9-hour meeting
HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro held his second lengthy public event in a week, this time a nine-hour session with writers and intellectuals, Cuban state media said on Saturday, in another showing he is doing well after serious health problems. "Fidel with intellectuals: More than nine hours of dialogue …
Obama budget signals election-year tax battle Reuters - 12 hrs agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek billions of dollars for jobs and infrastructure in his 2013 budget, an appeal to voters that draws election-year battle lines over taxes and spending as Republicans … More »Obama budget signals election-year tax battle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek billions of dollars for jobs and infrastructure in his 2013 budget, an appeal to voters that draws election-year battle lines over taxes and spending as Republicans slammed him for "debt, doubt and decline." Obama's budget proposal, which he will submit to Congress …
Family, teachers remember Powell boys in Tacoma AP - 9 hrs agoMore than a thousand people mourned the deaths of Charlie and Braden Powell at a public funeral Saturday, nearly a week after the young boys' father killed them and himself in a gas-fueled blaze. More »Family, teachers remember Powell boys in Tacoma
More than a thousand people mourned the deaths of Charlie and Braden Powell at a public funeral Saturday, nearly a week after the young boys' father killed them and himself in a gas-fueled blaze.
Egypt day of action marking Mubarak ouster fizzles AFP - 11 hrs agoA planned day on Saturday of civil disobedience and strikes against Egypt's military rulers to mark a year since Hosni Mubarak's overthrow saw only a small turnout, but activists still pledged further protests. More »Egypt day of action marking Mubarak ouster fizzles
A planned day on Saturday of civil disobedience and strikes against Egypt's military rulers to mark a year since Hosni Mubarak's overthrow saw only a small turnout, but activists still pledged further protests.
Eight arrested in bribery probe at Murdoch's Sun AFP - 9 hrs agoBritain's top-selling newspaper The Sun was in crisis Saturday after police arrested five of its journalists over bribery allegations, but owner Rupert Murdoch vowed to keep publishing the tabloid. More »Eight arrested in bribery probe at Murdoch's Sun
Britain's top-selling newspaper The Sun was in crisis Saturday after police arrested five of its journalists over bribery allegations, but owner Rupert Murdoch vowed to keep publishing the tabloid.
- Romney, in comeback, has narrow Maine caucus win Reuters - 5 hrs ago
PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney grabbed back some momentum after midweek losses in three states, scoring a narrow win in Maine's caucuses on Saturday, hours after winning a straw poll of Republican conservative activists. Results of Maine's non-binding straw poll showed the former …
- It's bailout or chaos, PM Papademos tells Greece Reuters - 7 hrs ago
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has told lawmakers to back a deeply unpopular international financial rescue in a vote Sunday or condemn the country to "uncontrolled economic chaos and social explosion." He made the statement in a televised address to the nation ahead of the vote on 3.3 billion euros …
- Syrian forces shell Homs ahead of Arab meeting Reuters - 8 hrs ago
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces bombarded districts of the city of Homs in their drive to crush a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, ahead of a meeting of Arab foreign ministers due to discuss setting up a joint observer mission with the United Nations. ...
- Al Qaeda leader backs Syrian revolt against Assad Reuters - 1 hr 25 mins ago
DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in a video recording posted on the Internet on Sunday, urged Syrians not to rely on the West or Arab governments in their uprising to topple President Bashar al-Assad. In the eight-minute video, entitled "Onwards, Lions of Syria" and posted on an Islamist website, the …
- Fidel Castro meets intellectuals in 9-hour meeting Reuters - 5 hrs ago
HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro held his second lengthy public event in a week, this time a nine-hour session with writers and intellectuals, Cuban state media said on Saturday, in another showing he is doing well after serious health problems. "Fidel with intellectuals: More than nine hours of dialogue …
- Exclusive: Pentagon budget eyes $178.8 bln for R&D, procurement Reuters - 11 mins ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's fiscal 2013 budget plan calls for spending of $178.8 billion to develop and buy new warships, fighter jets and other major weapons, a 7.5 percent drop from the level initially projected for the coming year, according to a detailed budget document obtained by Reuters. The total acquisition …
- Obama budget signals election-year tax battle Reuters - 12 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek billions of dollars for jobs and infrastructure in his 2013 budget, an appeal to voters that draws election-year battle lines over taxes and spending as Republicans slammed him for "debt, doubt and decline." Obama's budget proposal, which he will submit to Congress …
- Whitney Houston found dead in Calif. hotel, age 48 Reuters - 39 mins ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Whitney Houston, whose soaring voice lifted her to the top of the pop music world but whose personal decline was fueled by years of drug use, died on Saturday afternoon in a Beverly Hills hotel room. She was 48. The cause of her death was under investigation Saturday night, the eve of the Grammy …
- British police arrest five at Murdoch's Sun newspaper Reuters - 9 hrs ago
LONDON (Reuters) - British police threw Rupert Murdoch's scandal-hit News Corporation into fresh turmoil on Saturday by arresting five senior staff at the top-selling daily The Sun in a probe into journalists paying police for tip-offs. The move is part of a wider investigation into illegal news gathering practices that …
- A year since Mubarak ousted, strike call shows divisions Reuters - 15 hrs ago
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt marked the first anniversary of the popular overthrow of Hosni Mubarak on Saturday, but a poor turnout for a strike called by activists to protest the slow pace of change from military rule laid bare the country's deep divisions. The general strike, called to press demands for the immediate departure …
- Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies AP - 1 hr 6 mins ago
Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.
- Houston remembered at Clive Davis gala AP - 26 mins ago
More than two decades ago, Clive Davis introduced a young woman with a scintillating voice to the music industry at his annual pre-Grammy soiree: Whitney Houston.
Too many of us—myself included—are guilty of making insensitive jokes about the demise of Whitney Houston, her frail frame, loss of one of pop's purest voices, and battle with drugs. But none of us are laughing now. More »Pop vocal legend Whitney Houston found dead
Mitt Romney scored a narrow victory over Ron Paul in Maine's Republican presidential … More »Romney wins narrow victory over Paul in Maine caucuses
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has told lawmakers to back a … More »It's bailout or chaos, PM Papademos tells Greece
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