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UK's Brown to urge credit crunch action on U.S. tripmore similar news »
LONDON (Reuters) - Plagued by crumbling popularity and slumping house prices at home, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will tell Wall Street bankers on Wednesday to reveal their losses quickly to help end a global credit crunch.
Obama calls elitism attack "political silly season"more similar news »
WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, accused of being elitist for remarks he made about small-town American voters, said on Tuesday the slap at his background is amusing and signals a nation in the midst of "political silly season."
U.S. physicist guilty of arms-export violationmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. physicist pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate export control laws by giving a Chinese research assistant technology for a weapons-type unmanned plane, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.
Carter, defying Israel, meets Hamas ex-ministermore similar news »
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter met an ex-minister in Hamas' government on Tuesday, defying Israeli leaders who shunned the Nobel Peace Prize laureate over his contacts with the Islamist group.
McCain proposes consumer tax cuts to boost economymore similar news »
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential hopeful John McCain proposed a summer gas tax reduction and other tax cuts on Tuesday in a bid to reassure voters he would help them navigate an ailing economy.
Rowling tells court she's stopped workingmore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An emotional J.K. Rowling said on Monday she had stopped working on a new novel because her creativity was stifled by a fan's bid to print an unofficial encyclopedic companion to her Harry Potter series.
Delta, Northwest to merge, create largest airlinemore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc and Northwest Airlines Corp said on Monday they have agreed to merge in a deal valued at more than $3 billion, aiming to cut costs amid skyrocketing fuel prices and compete better globally.
