McCain slams Obama over drilling off coastsmore similar news »
LIMA, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain poured scorn on his Democratic rival Barack Obama on Thursday for failing to match his commitment to drilling off U.S. coasts for oil and natural gas.
July retail sales weaken as tax rebates dry upmore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Target Corp, posted disappointing July sales results on Thursday as shoppers ran out of extra tax rebate cash, diminishing the outlook for the current back-to-school shopping season.
Nine killed in vehicle rollover in Arizonamore similar news »
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Nine people were killed and nine injured when a sports utility vehicle packed with suspected illegal immigrants rolled on a desert highway south of Phoenix, police said on Thursday.
No clear path to reviving world trade talks: U.S.more similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Differences between the United States and leading developing countries India and China that toppled world trade talks last week are too complex to be quickly resolved, a top U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.
Fiscal 2008 budget deficit seen about $400 billionmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Falling government revenues amid a slowing economy, coupled with increased federal spending, will result in a U.S. budget deficit this year of around $400 billion, the Congressional Budget Office estimated on Wednesday.
Mauritania junta battles tide of diplomatic outragemore similar news »
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - The leaders of a coup in Mauritania may have won the support of many local politicians but they face a tide of international outrage for ousting the desert nation's first democratically elected president.
Obama takes aim at McCain's maverick imagemore similar news »
ELKHART, Indiana (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took aim at Republican John McCain's maverick image on Wednesday as the campaign trail took another negative turn.
U.S. says powers mull new Iran sanctionsmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Britain said major powers agreed on Wednesday to consider more U.N. sanctions against Iran after Tehran failed to freeze its nuclear activities, but Russia said there was no firm deal.
Bush rebukes China, torch feted in Tiananmenmore similar news »
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush issued one of his strongest rebukes to China on human rights on Wednesday, two days before Beijing hosts an Olympics it hopes will showcase its modern face and economic might.
Anthrax probe to close after suspect's deathmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Army scientist Dr. Bruce Ivins was the only person responsible for the 2001 U.S. anthrax attacks that killed five people, and authorities will close the case, a federal prosecutor said on Wednesday.
Judge calls convicted bin Laden driver "small player"more similar news »
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A military court on Wednesday convicted Osama bin Laden's driver of supporting terrorism but acquitted him on the more serious charge of conspiring with al Qaeda in the first U.S. war crimes trial since World War Two.
Karadzic demands Holbrooke, Albright appear in courtmore similar news »
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic demanded on Wednesday that former U.S. peace mediator Richard Holbrooke and ex-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright appear at the U.N. war crimes tribunal to back his claims of an immunity offer from the United States.
Fed holds steady; signals no rush to raise ratesmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve held U.S. interest rates steady on Tuesday, expressing concerns about both economic growth and inflation and indicating it is in no rush to push borrowing costs higher.
New Yahoo election tally reveals big protest votemore similar news »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc on Tuesday released a recount of the vote for its board that sharply altered the results, revealing a strong protest vote against five of nine directors including CEO Jerry Yang.
Mistrial avoided, but no verdict yet at Guantanamomore similar news »
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A potential mistrial was avoided in the first Guantanamo trial on Tuesday when the U.S. military judge ruled it was too late to challenge his war crimes instructions to the jury deliberating the case of Osama bin Laden's driver.
Tropical Storm Edouard hits Texas coastmore similar news »
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Edouard plowed into a wildlife refuge on the upper Texas coast early on Tuesday, bringing driving rains and peak winds near 65 mph (100 kph) but leaving key energy installations mostly unscathed.
McCain touts energy plan at nuclear plantmore similar news »
NEWPORT, Michigan (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain visited a nuclear power plant on Tuesday to tout his plan to battle rising energy costs by expanding exploration of traditional sources like nuclear power and offshore oil drilling.
Torch comes to Beijing, security tightenedmore similar news »
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Olympic torch arrived in China's capital on Tuesday after a jubilant reception in the quake-ravaged southwest, as Beijing tries to choreograph a happy ending to its troubled international tour.
U.S. calls Iran nuclear letter "obfuscation"more similar news »
TEHRAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran delivered a letter to world powers on Tuesday but gave no concrete reply to a demand to freeze its nuclear activity, a defiant step the United States said amounted to "obfuscation" and could lead to more sanctions.
John Gotti Jr. indicted on murder, cocaine chargesmore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - John "Junior" Gotti, the accused Mafia boss who beat federal charges three times by having cases end in mistrials, was indicted again on Tuesday on conspiracy charges including murder and cocaine trafficking.
FBI to release evidence in anthrax casemore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under pressure to make public its case against a U.S. Army scientist in the 2001 anthrax murders, the FBI is preparing to release its evidence on the researcher, who killed himself before he could be charged, law enforcement officials said on Tuesday.
Pakistani woman in U.S. court for assault on troopsmore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Pakistani woman accused of grabbing a U.S. soldier's rifle and trying to shoot an Army captain while in custody in Afghanistan will face a U.S. judge in New York on Tuesday on attempted murder charges.
Obama makes a shift, says tap oil reservesmore similar news »
LANSING, Michigan (Reuters) - Barack Obama proposed tapping the strategic oil reserve on Monday to help lower gas prices, reversing an earlier stance, and called rival John McCain a tool of big oil companies as rising energy costs took center stage in the U.S. presidential campaign.
June inflation jumps as incomes barely risemore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer prices jumped at the sharpest rate in more than a quarter century during June, and consumers coping with soaring costs received their smallest income gain in a year, the government said on Monday.
U.S. charges Colombian rebel over hostage-takingmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior member of Colombia's FARC guerrillas has been charged for his role in the hostage-taking of three Americans who were rescued last month in Colombia, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
Changing lug nuts not a war crime, jury toldmore similar news »
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's driver performed vital services that enabled "the world's most dangerous terrorist" to launch attacks, a prosecutor told jurors before they began deliberations on Monday in the first U.S. war crimes trial at Guantanamo.
Rescuers reach Italian after 11 die on K2more similar news »
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Rescuers have reached an Italian mountaineer who refused to succumb to frostbite and exhaustion on K2 after 11 other climbers perished on the world's second-highest mountain, a Pakistani guide said on Monday.
Bombers kill 16 in west China ahead of Gamesmore similar news »
BEIJING (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim separatists with homemade bombs killed 16 police in western China on Monday, state media said, reporting one of the worst attacks by militants on Chinese soil just four days before the Olympics.
Iran says it won't halt nuclear work, talks to EUmore similar news »
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran and the representative of six world powers talked by telephone on Monday without resolving a row over Tehran's sensitive nuclear work, which the Islamic Republic said would not be stopped.
Stampede kills 145 Hindu worshippers in Indiamore similar news »
CHANDIGARH, India (Reuters) - At least 145 people, mostly women and children, were crushed to death under the feet of thousands of pilgrims in a stampede at a temple in northern India on Sunday, police said.
U.N. council must increase sanctions on Iran: U.Smore similar news »
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States said on Sunday that Iran has left the U.N. Security Council no choice but to increase sanctions on the Islamic Republic for ignoring demands that it halt sensitive nuclear activities.
China warns protesters, allows Tiananmen musicmore similar news »
BEIJING (Reuters) - China allowed a first foreign orchestra concert in Tiananmen Square on Sunday but also issued warnings to would-be protesters in delicate efforts to show openness while avoiding embarrassment at the Olympics.
Climbing catastrophe as 9 perish on K-2more similar news »
GILGIT, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least nine climbers have perished on K-2 in Pakistan in the worst day for mountaineering on the world's second-highest peak, and the toll could rise further, expedition organizers said on Sunday.
Christina Applegate fighting cancermore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Christina Applegate, famed for playing ditzy daughter Kelly Bundy on TV comedy "Married ... With Children," is fighting breast cancer, but expected to make a full recovery, her spokeswoman said on Saturday.
