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| Australian bushfires kill 131, dozens missing
February 9, 2009 at 6:52 am
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| WHITTLESEA, Australia (Reuters) - Weary firefighters and rescuers pulled the remains of dozens of people from charred buildings on Monday as the death toll rose to 131 from Australia's deadliest bushfires. |
| China wants IMF to be tougher with rich states
February 9, 2009 at 6:45 am
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| BEIJING (Reuters) - China, setting out its stall for the next global financial summit, wants the International Monetary Fund to get tougher with developed countries that let their economies run off the rails. |
| South Korea to stand firm despite North's threats
February 9, 2009 at 5:24 am
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| SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's president said on Monday he has no intention of backing down to North Korea, which may be preparing to test-fire its longest-range missile and in recent weeks has threatened to reduce its neighbor to ashes. |
| Plant, Krauss sweep Grammys with folk tribute
February 9, 2009 at 4:47 am
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| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant received a "whole lotta love" at the Grammy Awards Sunday, winning five prizes including album of the year for an acclaimed collaboration with bluegrass queen Alison Krauss. |
| Obama to push stimulus in rally, news conference
February 9, 2009 at 4:22 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chafing over congressional delays, an energized President Barack Obama on Monday rallies supporters in Indiana and addresses his first presidential news conference in a new drive for passage of an $800 billion economic recovery plan. |
| Treasury delays bank bailout announcement
February 9, 2009 at 1:48 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration pushed back the announcement of a keenly awaited bank rescue plan until Tuesday as it pressed lawmakers to settle their differences over a huge economic stimulus package. |
| Holocaust-denier removed from Argentine seminary
February 8, 2009 at 10:12 pm
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| BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - An ultra-traditionalist Roman Catholic bishop who has drawn sharp criticism from the Vatican and Jewish groups for denying the extent of the Holocaust was removed as the head of an Argentine seminary, a Catholic Church official said on Sunday. |
| Watney overhauls Rollins to win at Torrey Pines
February 8, 2009 at 8:39 pm
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| SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Nick Watney, ice-cool on a glorious day of bright sunshine at Torrey Pines, overhauled fellow American John Rollins to clinch his second PGA Tour title by a shot at the Buick Invitational on Sunday. |
| Wells ad slams press accounts on junkets as "nonsense"
February 8, 2009 at 6:55 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - After canceling employee outings last week in the face of public indignation over lavish ways on Wall Street, Wells Fargo & Co. went on the offensive in a full-age advertisement in Sunday's New York Times. |
| Australia's deadly bushfire kills 108
February 8, 2009 at 5:54 pm
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| WHITTLESEA, Australia (Reuters) - Australia's deadliest bushfire crisis eased on Monday, but the death toll kept rising with at least 108 people killed as families searched for scores of missing in the twisted, charred ruins. |
| Fannie, Freddie to channel mortgage rescue: sources
February 8, 2009 at 5:28 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is crafting a mortgage-rescue program that would see Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ease payments for hundreds of thousands of borrowers and offer a model for Wall Street to do the same, sources familiar with the plan said. |
| Obama seeks passage of rescue plan
February 8, 2009 at 4:53 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top aides to President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Democratic and Republican lawmakers to set aside political differences and quickly approve a massive economic stimulus package this week. |
| Iran's Khatami to run in presidential election
February 8, 2009 at 1:27 pm
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| TEHRAN (Reuters) - Former President Mohammad Khatami, who pushed for detente with the West when in office from 1997 to 2005, said on Sunday he would run in Iran's June presidential election. |
| Russia signals new optimism on ties with U.S
February 8, 2009 at 11:12 am
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| MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Russia on Sunday welcomed a pledge by the United States "to press the reset button" on relations with Moscow, in a sign the former Cold War rivals could repair relations under President Barack Obama. |
| Obama demands speed on stimulus
February 8, 2009 at 11:08 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pounded Republicans Saturday for policies that fueled the economic crisis, while welcoming a Senate deal on his stimulus bill that ideologically split lawmakers hope to finish by mid-month. |
| Australia's deadliest bushfire kills 84
February 8, 2009 at 10:44 am
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| WANDONG, Australia (Reuters) - Australia's deadliest bushfire has killed at least 84 people, some as they fled in cars or as they huddled in houses when the inferno engulfed rural towns in the country's south east, police said on Sunday. |
| Speed key for spending bill: Obama aide
February 8, 2009 at 10:39 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top White House economic aide Larry Summers on Sunday urged lawmakers to quickly craft a compromise on competing U.S. House and Senate versions of an economic stimulus bill that could be worth as much as $900 billion. |
| Obama grassroots network meets over stimulus
February 8, 2009 at 10:11 am
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| ATLANTA (Reuters) - Thousands of groups of ardent fans of President Barack Obama met across the country during the weekend in hopes of converting the grassroots energy that fueled his election campaign into a durable movement. |
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