Pope gets warm welcome in New York synagoguemore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York synagogue gave Pope Benedict a warm welcome on Friday, with the chief rabbi hailing his work for inter-faith dialogue and congregants playing down recent tensions between Catholics and Jews.
Strongest quake in 40 years rattles Midwestmore similar news »
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A 5.2 magnitude earthquake centered in southeast Illinois that was the strongest in the Midwest in 40 years startled residents before dawn on Friday, but officials reported no injuries and only minor damage.
Debate rages over plastic bottle chemical's safetymore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canada is moving to get rid of products with a chemical common in plastic baby bottles, the United States is expressing concern over its safety and some retailers are planning to stop selling these items.
U.N. food aid agency's gap grows, ration cuts loommore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Surging crop prices have helped widen the World Food Program's funding gap to around $750 million this year, and the U.N. food aid agency warned it may have to cut rations for hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren if new donations don't materialize soon.
Bush nominates SBA's Preston as housing chiefmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday nominated the head of the Small Business Administration, Steve Preston, to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development as the administration tries to bolster the sagging housing market.
U.S. to hold nuclear talks in Pyongyangmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. team will have talks in Pyongyang next Tuesday and Wednesday on how to verify any declaration North Korea may make about its nuclear programs, the U.S. State Department said on Friday.
IAEA to press arms issue in Iran talksmore similar news »
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's top investigator will launch talks in Tehran on Monday to press for Iranian answers to Western intelligence alleging that Iran covertly studied how to design atomic bombs.
Britain's Brown looks past Bush presidencymore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush was upstaged on Thursday as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met U.S. presidential candidates before seeing him, a stark reminder that world leaders are now looking to his successor.
