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| North Korea warns of war as Clinton heads for Seoul
February 19, 2009 at 1:46 am
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| SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Thursday it was ready for war with the South, just hours before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was set to arrive in Seoul for talks on defusing the North's military threat. |
| Groups caution Obama not breaking from Bush secrecy
February 19, 2009 at 1:16 am
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Civil liberties experts say ongoing cases related to torture and rendition are testing the Obama administration's assertion it will be more open and transparent than the Bush administration. |
| Many seek their money as Stanford fallout spreads
February 19, 2009 at 12:31 am
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| ST. JOHN'S/CARACAS (Reuters) - People scrambled on Wednesday to get back their money from firms linked to Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, as fallout from U.S. fraud charges against him spread from the United States and the Caribbean to Latin America and Europe. |
| Bernanke cuts growth view, considers inflation target
February 18, 2009 at 10:17 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers largely gave up hope for economic growth in 2009 and discussed setting an inflation target last month as a deepening recession heightened fears of a dangerous decline in prices. |
| Sebelius top choice for U.S. health secretary: report
February 18, 2009 at 10:17 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has emerged as President Barack Obama's top choice for health secretary, a key post in helping to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing Obama advisers. |
| As UAW faces hard times, pioneers recall glory days
February 18, 2009 at 8:43 pm
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| CLIO, Michigan (Reuters) - As the U.S. auto industry struggles to survive by cutting plants, brands and workers, the wage and benefit concessions won by the United Auto Workers union through decades of aggressive representation and negotiations have come under siege. |
| Obama unveils plan to tackle housing crisis
February 18, 2009 at 8:13 pm
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| MESA, Arizona (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama pledged up to $275 billion on Wednesday to help stem a wave of home foreclosures, part of a broad effort using massive sums of government money to lift the country out of recession. |
| Sen. Burris pleads for a chance amid calls to resign
February 18, 2009 at 4:28 pm
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| CHICAGO (Reuters) - Fending off calls for his resignation, Roland Burris on Wednesday said he would cooperate with investigations into whether his appointment to a U.S. Senate seat was tainted by dealings with the former Illinois governor accused of trying to sell the seat. |
| Court rejects releasing Guantanamo prisoners in U.S.
February 18, 2009 at 3:41 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday overturned a ruling that 17 Chinese Muslims who have been held for years at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba must be freed in the United States. |
| Bernanke cuts growth view, considers inflation target
February 18, 2009 at 3:40 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve cut its 2009 economic forecast sharply and discussed setting a target for inflation at its previous meeting as a deepening recession heightened fears of a dangerous decline in prices. |
| Stanford whereabouts unknown after charges: SEC
February 18, 2009 at 3:27 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal regulators said on Wednesday they do not know the whereabouts of billionaire Texas banker Allen Stanford, charged with a "massive" $8 billion international financial fraud. |
| Two professors theorize on bin Laden hideout
February 18, 2009 at 3:21 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After all these years, where is Osama bin Laden? Two college geography professors think they know. |
| General sees new U.S. troops in Afghan war by summer
February 18, 2009 at 3:15 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 17,000 additional U.S. troops President Barack Obama ordered sent to Afghanistan will be operational by summer, before the country's August presidential election, the top commander of NATO and U.S. forces said on Wednesday. |
| Bankruptcy remains an option for GM, analysts say
February 18, 2009 at 2:55 pm
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| DETROIT (Reuters) - A government-backed bankruptcy reorganization remains an option for saving General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC, analysts said on Wednesday, even though the automakers have said they would rather not go down that road. |
| Russia, Georgia agree plan to avoid new clashes
February 18, 2009 at 2:13 pm
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| GENEVA (Reuters) - Russia and Georgia have agreed on a mechanism to try to prevent any flareups around the breakaway South Ossetia region from turning into full-scale clashes, international mediators said on Wednesday. |
| Israel links Gaza deal to soldier's release
February 18, 2009 at 1:55 pm
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| JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel decided Wednesday against lifting its border blockade of the Gaza Strip until Hamas agreed to the release of a captured Israeli soldier, putting a longer-term ceasefire proposal by Egypt on hold. |
| U.S. charges Allen Stanford with "massive" fraud
February 18, 2009 at 8:29 am
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| HOUSTON/ST JOHN'S, Antigua (Reuters) - Texas billionaire Allen Stanford and three of his companies were charged with "massive" fraud on Tuesday as federal agents swooped on his U.S. headquarters. |
| Clinton eyes deeper SE Asia ties on Indonesia trip
February 18, 2009 at 7:55 am
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| JAKARTA (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomed on Wednesday Indonesia's transition to democracy and stressed Washington's desire for stronger ties with Southeast Asia to bring change in Myanmar. |
| GM, Chrysler seek nearly $22 billion more U.S. loans
February 18, 2009 at 7:15 am
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| DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC requested nearly $22 billion in additional U.S. government loans and said they had reached tentative deals with the United Auto Workers union to reduce labor costs. |
| Japan PM job in danger as voter ratings fall
February 18, 2009 at 6:44 am
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| TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's plummeting voter support is sparking open talk in his party of replacing the unpopular leader ahead of an election this year, but lawmakers differed on when he should go. |
| Pressure on NATO allies after Obama's Afghan boost
February 18, 2009 at 6:21 am
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| KRAKOW, Poland/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will put pressure this week on its NATO allies to increase their commitments to Afghanistan but is not optimistic of fresh pledges of troops. |
| Cleric leads "peace march" through Pakistan's Swat
February 18, 2009 at 5:47 am
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| MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A radical cleric at the vanguard of a struggle for Islamic law in Pakistan's restive Swat valley led a "peace march" on Wednesday to ask the Taliban to stop fighting, two days after he struck a deal with the government. |
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