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| Clinton encourages Israel and Syria contacts
March 7, 2009 at 10:00 am
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| ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday encouraged peace contacts between Israel and Syria and two senior U.S. officials made a rare visit to Syria in a sign of warming ties between Washington and Damascus. |
| Iran says open to Afghan meeting offer from U.S.
March 7, 2009 at 8:56 am
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| TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday it would consider an invitation from its old foe the United States to attend a meeting on Afghanistan and that it was ready to help its neighbor as it battles a growing Taliban insurgency. |
| Madoff expected to plead guilty to fraud charges
March 7, 2009 at 8:02 am
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff, accused mastermind of a $50 billion investment fraud, is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges next week, three months after his arrest shocked his customers worldwide. |
| Palestinian PM resigns but Abbas asks him to continue
March 7, 2009 at 7:59 am
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| RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Saturday he intended to resign by the end of March in a move that could help bolster unity talks between the rival Fatah and Hamas factions. |
| Russia pushes for new strategic arms pact with U.S.
March 7, 2009 at 7:16 am
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| GENEVA (Reuters) - Russia called on Saturday for a successor agreement with the United States to replace the START-1 strategic nuclear arms reduction pact, saying this was a priority in 'resetting' their relations as Washington has urged. |
| Afghan president says to stay in office till polls
March 7, 2009 at 6:28 am
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| KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday he would accept the national consensus for presidential polls to be held in August but would not step down before the election took place. |
| Cybersecurity chief Beckstrom resigns
March 7, 2009 at 6:19 am
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government's director for cybersecurity resigned on Friday, criticizing the excessive role of the National Security Agency in countering threats to the country's computer systems. |
| Obama says will do all necessary to boost economy
March 7, 2009 at 6:03 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama promised on Saturday to do "all that's necessary" to boost the economy and warned, in an opening shot at critics of his budget proposals, that the country had tough choices ahead. |
| Obama to sign stem cells order on Monday
March 6, 2009 at 10:10 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, who opposes limits on federal funding of stem cell research, will sign an executive order about stem cells on Monday, an administration official said on Friday. |
| U.S. and Russia pledge fresh start in relations
March 6, 2009 at 7:54 pm
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| GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States and Russia pledged Friday to rebuild their strained relations and launched a plan to reach agreement on strategic nuclear missiles by the end of the year. |
| U.S. jobless rate hits 25-year high
March 6, 2009 at 7:31 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate rose to a 25-year high of 8.1 percent in February as employers, buckling under the strain of a severe recession, axed 651,000 jobs, government data showed on Friday. |
| Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai hurt, wife killed in crash
March 6, 2009 at 7:30 pm
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| HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife was killed and he was injured on Friday when a truck slammed into their vehicle, officials in his MDC party said. |
| U.S.-led troops not protecting civilians enough: study
March 6, 2009 at 7:14 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces in Iraq and Afghanistan still do not adequately protect civilians and their operations are plagued by a reluctance to share intelligence information, a study prepared for the U.S. military says. |
| Obama to sign stem cells order on Monday
March 6, 2009 at 5:53 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, who opposes limits on federal funding of stem cell research, will sign an executive order about stem cells on Monday, an administration official said on Friday. |
| Madoff expected to plead guilty to fraud next week
March 6, 2009 at 3:36 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff, accused mastermind of a $50 billion investment fraud, is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges next week, three months after his arrest shocked his customers worldwide. |
| Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai hurt, wife killed in crash
March 6, 2009 at 3:26 pm
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| HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife was killed and he was injured on Friday when a truck slammed into their vehicle, officials in his MDC party said. |
| Protests in Sudan capital, aid groups issue warning
March 6, 2009 at 3:02 pm
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| KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Hundreds of people protested in Khartoum on Friday after preachers condemned an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Sudan's president on charges of war crimes in Darfur. |
| Supreme Court dismisses accused al Qaeda agent's case
March 6, 2009 at 2:41 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ended accused al Qaeda operative Ali al-Marri's challenge to his indefinite military imprisonment, a week after President Barack Obama ordered him moved into the U.S. justice system to face newly filed criminal charges. | | |
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