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    Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign stop at The Fish House in Pensacola

    Romney widens lead over Gingrich in Florida: poll

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House hopeful Mitt Romney widened his lead over rival Newt Gingrich to 11 percentage points in Florida, according to Reuters/Ipsos online poll results on Saturday, up from 8 points a day earlier, as he cemented his front-runner status in the … More »Romney widens lead over Gingrich in Florida: poll

    German Chancellor Merkel speaks during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the physical introduction of the Euro as official currency of the Eurozone in Berlin

    Merkel deflects pressure to boost euro bailout funds

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel tried to deflect growing international pressure … More »Merkel deflects pressure to boost euro bailout funds

    Group of police officers from various law enforcement agencies arrest Occupy Oakland demonstrator near Frank H. Ogawa Plaza during a day-long protest in Oakland, California

    Police fire tear gas at Oakland, 200 arrested

    OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Riot police fought running skirmishes with anti-Wall … More »Police fire tear gas at Oakland, 200 arrested

    • Students from various universities in Tehran hold pictures of Iranian scientist Ahmadi-Roshan, as they wait for arrival of IAEA delegates at Tehran's IKIA
      Iran upbeat on nuclear visit, delays EU bill Reuters - 2 hrs 35 mins ago

      TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran Sunday declared itself optimistic about a U.N. experts' visit aimed at probing suspected military aspects of its nuclear work and lawmakers postponed debate on a proposed halt to oil flows to the European … More »Iran upbeat on nuclear visit, delays EU bill

      Students from various universities in Tehran hold pictures of Iranian scientist Ahmadi-Roshan, as they wait for arrival of IAEA delegates at Tehran's IKIA

      TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran Sunday declared itself optimistic about a U.N. experts' visit aimed at probing suspected military aspects of its nuclear work and lawmakers postponed debate on a proposed halt to oil flows to the European Union watched closely in energy markets. A team of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) …

    • A Syrian soldier, who has defected to join the Free Syrian Army, holds up his rifle and waves a Syrian independence flag in Saqba
      Syrian forces battle to retake Damascus suburbs Reuters - 3 hrs ago

      AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian soldiers killed 19 people in fighting to retake Damascus suburbs from rebels on Sunday, activists said, a day after the Arab League suspended its monitoring mission in Syria because of mounting … More »Syrian forces battle to retake Damascus suburbs

      A Syrian soldier, who has defected to join the Free Syrian Army, holds up his rifle and waves a Syrian independence flag in Saqba

      AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian soldiers killed 19 people in fighting to retake Damascus suburbs from rebels on Sunday, activists said, a day after the Arab League suspended its monitoring mission in Syria because of mounting violence. Around 2,000 soldiers in buses and armored personnel carriers, along with at least 50 …

    • EU Trade Commission De Gucht and U.S. Trade Representative Kirk attend a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos
      Trade cheats beware: new U.S. team will come after you: Kirk Reuters - 6 hrs ago

      DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - A new team of U.S. trade enforcers will make countries think twice about putting up unfair barriers to American exports, President Barack Obama's top trade official said. U.S. Trade Representative … More »Trade cheats beware: new U.S. team will come after you: Kirk

      EU Trade Commission De Gucht and U.S. Trade Representative Kirk attend a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos

      DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - A new team of U.S. trade enforcers will make countries think twice about putting up unfair barriers to American exports, President Barack Obama's top trade official said. U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk told Reuters that the team, announced by Obama last week, will include intelligence …

    • Guardia di Finanza personnel pull a body onto their boat near the cruise liner Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the west coast of Italy, at Giglio island
      Bad weather stops work on capsized Italian cruise ship Reuters - 7 hrs ago

      GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - Divers searching for bodies on the Costa Concordia, the wrecked cruise ship that lies capsized off the Italian coast, suspended work on Sunday after heavy seas and strong winds caused the vessel … More »Bad weather stops work on capsized Italian cruise ship

      Guardia di Finanza personnel pull a body onto their boat near the cruise liner Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the west coast of Italy, at Giglio island

      GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - Divers searching for bodies on the Costa Concordia, the wrecked cruise ship that lies capsized off the Italian coast, suspended work on Sunday after heavy seas and strong winds caused the vessel to shift noticeably, authorities said. Operations to begin pumping fuel off the ship had already been …

    • Greek PM tries to win backing from parties for reforms Reuters - 2 hrs 22 mins ago
      Conservative party leader Antonis Samaras leaves the Greek prime minister's office after a meeting in Athens

      ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos met leaders of political parties in his coalition on Sunday to persuade them to back painful reforms demanded by the near-bankrupt country's foreign lenders. Now that Greece is close to clinching a long-awaited debt swap deal with private bondholders, attention is …

    • Freddie Mac hired Gingrich as it reshaped strategy Reuters - 17 hrs ago
      Sign on street signifies headquarters of Freddie Mac in McLean

      WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Within months after taking over as chief lobbyist at mortgage lender Freddie Mac in 1999, Mitchell Delk hired a prominent Washington insider to advise him on how to build support among conservatives on Capitol Hill: Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House of Representatives. A key part of Delk's …

    • With instability at home, Yemeni chief arrives in U.S. Reuters - 13 hrs ago
      File photo of Yemen's President Saleh arriving at a rally in Sanaa

      NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barely clinging to power, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived in the United States on Saturday, apparently to treat burns and other wounds suffered in an assassination attempt in June. U.S. and Yemeni officials confirmed his arrival for a private, short-term medical visit but withheld details. …

    • Gingrich bemoans Romney's Florida "carpet-bombing" AP - 56 mins ago
      Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, left, talks to an unidentified man after arriving at Exciting Idlewild Baptist Church, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, in Lutz, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

      Newt Gingrich slammed GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney for "carpet-bombing" his record ahead of Tuesday's presidential primary in Florida, trying to cut into the resurgent front-runner's lead in the final 48 hours before the vote.

    • 300 arrested in daylong Occupy Oakland protests AP - 5 hrs ago
      Occupy Oakland protestors burn an American flag found inside Oakland City Hall during an Occupy Oakland protest on the steps of City Hall, Saturday, January 28, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Beck Diefenbach)

      Dozens of police maintained a late-night guard around City Hall following daylong protests that resulted in 300 arrests. Occupy Oakland demonstrators broke into the historic building and burned a U.S. flag, as officers earlier fired tear gas to disperse people throwing rocks and tearing down fencing at a convention cen …

    • Congress tries to police itself on insider trading AP - 3 hrs ago

      Aware that most Americans would like to dump them all, members of Congress hope to regain some sense of trust by subjecting themselves to tougher penalties for insider trading and requiring they disclose stock transactions within 30 days.

    • Djokovic wins Australian Open in longest final AP - 1 hr 26 mins ago
      Novak Djokovic of Serbia makes a forehand return to Rafael Nadal of Spain during their men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

      Novak Djokovic wore down Rafael Nadal in the longest Grand Slam singles final in the history of professional tennis, winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 after 5 hours, 53 minutes to claim his third Australian Open title.

    • Revealing slain victims' rap sheets draws fire AP - 1 hr 49 mins ago

      As Mike Ainsworth walked his two sons to a school bus stop, he heard a woman being carjacked scream, and ran to help. The woman was not hurt, police said, but the Good Samaritan was shot to death by a suspect who fled.

    • Suu Kyi galvanizes once-repressed Myanmar politics AP - 2 hrs 23 mins ago
      Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, waves her hand to supporters on her arrival in Dawei, about 615 km (380 miles) south of Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Thousands of supporters in Myanmar's countryside cheered opposition leader Suu Kyi on Sunday as she made a political tour ahead of by-elections, highlighting how quickly and dramatically politics is changing in the long-repressed Southeast Asian nation. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

      Euphoric seas of supporters waved opposition party flags and offered yellow garlands. They lined crumbling roads for miles and climbed atop trees, cars and roofs as Aung San Suu Kyi spoke at impromptu rallies. Some cried as her convoy passed.

    • Syrian army launches offensive on Damascus suburbs AP - 32 mins ago
      Syrian army defectors stand guard in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. Armed forces loyal to President Bashar Assad barraged residential buildings with mortars and machine-gun fire, killing at least 30 people, including a family of women and children during a day of sectarian killings and kidnappings in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, activists said Friday. (AP Photo)

      The Syrian military launched an offensive to regain control of suburbs on the eastern edge of Damascus on Sunday, storming neighborhoods and clashing with groups of army defectors in fierce fighting that sent residents fleeing and killed at least 12 people, activists said.

    • Troopers: At least 9 dead in wrecks on I-75 in Fla AP - 41 mins ago

      At least nine people died in a series of crashes apparently caused by heavy smoke and fog overnight on Interstate 75 in north Florida, authorities said Sunday.

    • Researchers find cancer in ancient Egyptian mummy AP - 1 hr 43 mins ago

      A professor from American University in Cairo says discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old mummy indicates the disease was caused by genetics, not environment.

    • 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' wins at Sundance AP - 7 hrs ago
      Director Benh Zeitlin, left, holds up actress Quvenzhane Wallis as they accept the Grand Jury Prize Dramatic award for the film "Beasts of the Southern Wild" during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony in Park City, Utah on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)

      A mythical film starring an 8-year-old girl and a documentary about the war on drugs took top honors at the Sundance Film Festival.

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