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| Plane crashes in New York state killing 49
February 13, 2009 at 7:11 am
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| BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - Forty nine people were killed when a passenger plane crashed into a house 10 miles from Buffalo, New York, airport and burst into a ball of flames late on Thursday, officials said. |
| New U.S. envoy in Afghanistan to assess security
February 13, 2009 at 6:49 am
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| KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's new envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan met key ministers in the Afghan capital on Friday, two days after triple Taliban attacks in the city demonstrated just how much security is deteriorating. |
| India welcomes Pakistan probe, wants terror camps shut
February 13, 2009 at 6:18 am
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| NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's government and opposition parties cautiously welcomed Pakistan's investigation into the Mumbai attack on Friday, in a sign diplomatic tension between the two nuclear powers could wane. |
| Congress set to pass stimulus plan, send to Obama
February 13, 2009 at 6:10 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Friday is expected to pass a $789 billion economic stimulus package that is aimed at unleashing large spending and tax cuts to help dig the economy out of a 14-month recession. |
| G7 powers head to Rome as crisis rages
February 13, 2009 at 5:52 am
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| ROME (Reuters) - G7 finance ministers headed to Rome to discuss the global economic crisis on Friday with a warning from Germany that the world could be plunged back into the dark days of the 1930s if governments resorted to protectionism. |
| U.S. ready to work with Russia on missiles: report
February 13, 2009 at 5:36 am
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| MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States is ready to look at the possibility of a new configuration for missile defense in Europe that would involve Russia, Interfax news agency quoted a senior U.S. diplomat as saying on Friday. |
| Clinton aims to soothe jittery allies, woo China
February 13, 2009 at 1:48 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton hopes to reassure allies jittery about U.S. policy on North Korea and to set the tone for a productive relationship with China when she visits Asia next week on her first trip as secretary of state. |
| Obama eyes home loan subsidies in rescue plan: sources
February 13, 2009 at 12:57 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is hammering out a program to subsidize mortgages in a new front to fight the credit crisis, sources familiar with the plan told Reuters on Thursday, boosting financial markets. |
| Third Obama cabinet nominee withdraws name
February 12, 2009 at 8:25 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Judd Gregg withdrew his nomination as Commerce secretary on Thursday in an embarrassing setback to President Barack Obama's efforts to bridge party differences in his fight against recession. |
| Senator Gregg withdraws as Obama commerce pick
February 12, 2009 at 5:52 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Judd Gregg said on Thursday he was withdrawing as President Barack Obama's nominee to be Commerce secretary because of political differences, another blow to the president's attempt to broaden support across party lines. |
| Obama eyes home loan subsidies in rescue plan: sources
February 12, 2009 at 5:50 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is hammering out a program to subsidize mortgages in a new front to fight the credit crisis, sources familiar with the plan told Reuters on Thursday, firing financial markets. |
| Record price for Lincoln speech on 200th birthday
February 12, 2009 at 5:42 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - A speech delivered by President Abraham Lincoln two days after his 1864 presidential election victory was sold for a record $3.44 million on Thursday, the 200th anniversary of his birth. |
| U.S. judges admit to jailing children for money
February 12, 2009 at 5:36 pm
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| PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Two judges pleaded guilty on Thursday to accepting more than $2.6 million from a private youth detention center in Pennsylvania in return for giving hundreds of youths and teenagers long sentences. |
| Florida fund manager plotted to flee for months: U.S.
February 12, 2009 at 5:28 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - An accused Florida hedge fund manager who disappeared in January as his losses mounted as high as $300 million, had planned to flee for months, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday in a move to deny him bail. |
| U.S. adviser suggested delay in Guantanamo release
February 12, 2009 at 5:12 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An adviser to a U.S. general suggested delaying the release of Guantanamo Bay detainees to avoid their receiving "hero's welcomes" after they were freed, according to U.S. government documents released on Thursday. |
| U.S. sees economic crisis as top security threat
February 12, 2009 at 4:29 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The global economic crisis has become the biggest near-term U.S. security concern, causing instability in a quarter of the world's countries and threatening destructive trade wars, U.S. intelligence agencies reported on Thursday. |
| U.S. warns of space "dodgeball" after satellite crash
February 12, 2009 at 2:47 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Countries with satellites in space will have to play "dodgeball" for decades to avoid debris from this week's collision of U.S. and Russian satellites over Siberia, a top U.S. military officer said on Thursday. |
| U.S. retail sales rebound, new jobless claims slip
February 12, 2009 at 10:33 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales at U.S. retailers rebounded in January, government data showed on Thursday, likely boosted by post-holiday discounts and providing a rare glimmer of hope for the recession-hit economy. |
| Pakistan says it arrests Mumbai attack plotters
February 12, 2009 at 8:58 am
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| ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan was holding in custody the ringleader and five other suspects in the conspiracy behind a militant attack that killed 179 people in Mumbai, the top Pakistani interior ministry official said on Thursday. |
| Military vote could help decide Israeli election
February 12, 2009 at 7:49 am
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| JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel planned to announce on Thursday the final results of its gridlocked election, after tallying soldiers' votes that could tip the balance in the battle to lead the country. |
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