Anger after few in San Francisco see torchmore similar news »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Olympic torch's only stop in North America turned into the mystery of the missing flame on Wednesday, as San Francisco abruptly changed the route, angering both China supporters and protesters.
Top Bush aides approved interrogation tactics: reportmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush's most senior advisers approved "enhanced interrogation techniques" of top al Qaeda suspects by the Central Intelligence Agency, ABC News reported on Wednesday, citing sources it did not name.
AMR cancels nearly 1,100 flights for inspectionsmore similar news »
CHICAGO (Reuters) - American Airlines canceled almost 1,100 flights, or nearly half its schedule, on Wednesday to reinspect aircraft, a disruption that affected about 100,000 passengers and triggered chaos at the busiest U.S. airports.
Bush, Democrats spar over housing plansmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush proposed on Wednesday expanding a program to help homeowners meet mortgage payments while Democratic lawmakers pressed ahead with a broader plan, setting the stage for a political showdown over how best to aid the housing market.
G7 readies response to market crisismore similar news »
WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - The Group of Seven economic powers are likely to deploy an international team to keep closer tabs on the world's big banks and demand better risk management and information disclosure across financial markets.
Presidential candidates posture over Iraqmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidates John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama pushed competing positions on the Iraq war at congressional hearings on Tuesday in political theater that may define the race for the White House.
Senate housing bill wins key test votemore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to proceed on a bill tackling the nation's housing market crisis with a range of tax breaks for corporations and some help for homeowners.
