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| U.S. economy sheds 651,000 jobs in February
March 6, 2009 at 9:05 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers axed 651,000 jobs in February, pushing the unemployment rate to its highest in 25 years, as companies buckled under the strain of a recession that is showing no signs of ending, according to a government report. |
| Clinton seeks new U.S. relationship with Russia
March 6, 2009 at 9:03 am
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| BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday holds Washington's first high-level meeting with Russia since President Barack Obama took office in January, seeking to ease tensions and win help over Afghanistan. |
| Picks for 2 high Treasury jobs withdraw
March 6, 2009 at 8:47 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two top contenders for senior posts at the U.S. Treasury have withdrawn, people familiar with the moves said on Thursday, dealing a blow to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's efforts to build his staff to fight the financial crisis. |
| China sees signs of economy recovering
March 6, 2009 at 7:50 am
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| BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economic leaders struck a note of quiet confidence on Friday that the economy is already reviving in response to swift action to counter the shock of the global financial crisis. |
| South Korea urges North to retract airliner threat
March 6, 2009 at 7:39 am
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| SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea told the North on Friday to immediately withdraw a threat it made against the South's commercial airliners, which has forced them to stop flying near the airspace of the reclusive communist state. |
| Europe seeks specifics on GM's plans in region
March 6, 2009 at 7:23 am
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| BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - Europe called for clarity on crisis-hit carmaker GM's plans for assets in the region with a German minister saying insolvency could be an option for Opel, while the Continental board met on Friday to discuss Schaeffler. |
| Iran says U.S.-Iran journalist to be freed soon: report
March 6, 2009 at 7:05 am
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| TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's investigation of Iranian-American freelance journalist Roxana Saberi has been completed and she will be freed soon, a official from the prosecutor's office said on Friday. |
| Kyrgyzstan cancels remaining air base agreements
March 6, 2009 at 6:54 am
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| BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan, which last month decided to close a U.S. military air base, on Friday canceled similar agreements with other members of the U.S.-led coalition fighting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. |
| Pakistan says knows kidnappers of U.N. official
March 6, 2009 at 4:43 am
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| MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities have identified the kidnappers of an American working for the U.N. refugee agency but want to avoid any hasty action that may endanger him, the country's foreign minister said. |
| House approves mortgage bankruptcy overhaul
March 5, 2009 at 7:54 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bankruptcy judges could cut the mortgage debt of homeowners in bankruptcy court as a last resort to avert foreclosure, under a bill approved by a 234-191 vote on Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| Obama says U.S. can't afford to wait on healthcare
March 5, 2009 at 7:50 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saying Americans cannot afford to put off an overhaul of healthcare, President Barack Obama vowed on Thursday to break the political stalemate that has blocked past efforts and pass a comprehensive plan this year. |
| Gay marriage backers grilled by California judges
March 5, 2009 at 7:48 pm
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| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's Supreme Court justices on Thursday grilled lawyers seeking to overturn a ban on gay marriage, signaling to some that the court would uphold the state constitutional amendment on same-sex weddings passed by voters in November. |
| Venezuela sees no further Cargill takeovers
March 5, 2009 at 7:15 pm
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| CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela on Thursday said it has no plans to take over any additional holdings of U.S. food giant Cargill after leftist President Hugo Chavez ordered the seizure of the rice plant, renewing his nationalization drive. |
| Dow and S&P hit 12-year lows
March 5, 2009 at 6:53 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slid on Thursday with the Dow and S&P falling to 12-year lows as General Motors' warning of possible bankruptcy and concerns about the banking system's fate reinforced investors' reluctance to take on risk. |
| Only three September 11 lawsuits yet to be settled
March 5, 2009 at 6:22 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 90 wrongful death and personal injury claims related to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States have been settled for a total $500 million, a mediator said on Thursday. |
| U.S. to invite Iran to Afghanistan meet: Clinton
March 5, 2009 at 3:28 pm
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| BRUSSELS (Reuters) - In its first public overture to Tehran, the Obama administration intends to invite Iran to an international conference on Afghanistan planned for this month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Thursday. |
| NATO renews Russia ties
March 5, 2009 at 2:42 pm
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| BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO agreed on Thursday to resume formal ties with Russia, suspended after Moscow's war with Georgia, in the hope of winning greater Russian support for its struggle to stabilize Afghanistan. |
| One in 8 U.S. homeowners late paying or in foreclosure
March 5, 2009 at 1:56 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - About one in eight U.S. homeowners with mortgages, a record share, ended 2008 behind on their loan payments or in the foreclosure process as job losses intensified a housing crisis spawned by lax lending practices, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Thursday. |
| Mexico drug war hangs over "spring break"
March 5, 2009 at 1:43 pm
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| CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Despite warnings about drug gang violence, U.S. college students are starting their annual "spring break" party on Mexican beaches, bringing dollars that will help cushion the economic slump in Mexico. |
| Arctic summer ice could vanish by 2013, expert says
March 5, 2009 at 1:38 pm
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| OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Arctic is warming up so quickly that the region's sea ice cover in summer could vanish as early as 2013, decades earlier than some had predicted, a leading polar expert said on Thursday. | | | 
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