| Sat, 19 May 2012 16:53:51 -0400 topNews World leaders back Greece, vow to combat financial turmoil CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - World leaders backed keeping Greece in the euro zone on Saturday and vowed to take all steps necessary to combat financial turmoil while revitalizing a global economy increasingly threatened by Europe's debt crisis. |
| Sat, 19 May 2012 16:17:57 -0400 topNews G8, raising pressure on Iran, puts oil stocks on standby CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday, signaling their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Tehran threaten to strain supplies. |
| Sat, 19 May 2012 18:15:27 -0400 topNews Blind Chinese activist leaves Beijing for U.S. BEIJING (Reuters) - China allowed a blind legal activist, Chen Guangcheng, to leave a hospital in Beijing on Saturday and board a plane bound for the United States, a move that could signal the end of a diplomatic standoff between the two countries. |
| Sat, 19 May 2012 17:23:46 -0400 topNews Syria bomb kills 9, Damascus blames foreign plot BEIRUT (Reuters) - A car bomb killed nine people at a Syrian military post in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, an attack the government said was the latest proof that an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad was a foreign plot. |
| Sat, 19 May 2012 17:26:27 -0400 topNews Yemen clashes kill 34 militants, soldiers: officials ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - At least 22 al Qaeda-linked militants and 12 Yemeni soldiers were killed in clashes and air strikes overnight during a U.S.-backed offensive against insurgents in the south of the country, officials said on Saturday. |
| Sat, 19 May 2012 14:41:26 -0400 topNews Anti-NATO activists weighed Obama HQ attack: prosecutors CHICAGO (Reuters) - Three protesters arrested on terrorism-related charges ahead of the NATO-summit considered targeting U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign headquarters and the home of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, according to court documents released on Saturday. |
| Sat, 19 May 2012 16:01:22 -0400 topNews Google says it won China's approval for Motorola deal (Reuters) - Google said on Saturday that Chinese authorities have approved its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, the last regulatory hurdle to a deal that would allow the world's No. 1 Internet search engine to develop its own line of smart phones. |
| Sat, 19 May 2012 11:34:38 -0400 topNews Motorcycle bomber kills 10 in eastern Afghanistan KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated explosives in an Afghan district close to the border with Pakistan, killing at least 10 people including children, officials said on Saturday. |
| Sat, 19 May 2012 09:59:09 -0400 topNews Thousands march in Frankfurt against austerity measures FRANKFURT (Reuters) - At least 20,000 demonstrators marched through Frankfurt on Saturday in a peaceful protest against austerity measures implemented to tackle the intensifying euro zone debt crisis. |
| Sat, 19 May 2012 09:00:05 -0400 topNews Obama pledges tough enforcement of Wall Street reforms WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday called on the U.S. Congress to back his efforts for tough new financial industry oversight, saying a $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan underscored the need for such regulation. |