- Gold to drop in Q1, far from retesting record high: Reuters poll Reuters - 1 hr 37 mins ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gold prices will fall below $1,500 an ounce over the next three months and are unlikely to retest September's all-time highs until later 2012 at the earliest, according to a Reuters poll of 20 hedge fund … More »Gold to drop in Q1, far from retesting record high: Reuters poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gold prices will fall below $1,500 an ounce over the next three months and are unlikely to retest September's all-time highs until later 2012 at the earliest, according to a Reuters poll of 20 hedge fund managers, economists and traders. The bleak forecast, coming after gold has lost 11 percent of its …
- Vaclav Havel, leader of "Velvet Revolution," dies Reuters - 1 hr 0 mins ago
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Vaclav Havel, a dissident playwright who was jailed by Communists and then went on to lead the bloodless "Velvet Revolution" and become Czech president, died at 75 on Sunday. The former chain smoker, who … More »Vaclav Havel, leader of "Velvet Revolution," dies
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Vaclav Havel, a dissident playwright who was jailed by Communists and then went on to lead the bloodless "Velvet Revolution" and become Czech president, died at 75 on Sunday. The former chain smoker, who survived several operations for lung cancer and a burst intestine in the late 1990s that nearly killed …
- Obama signs government spending bill into law Reuters - 15 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has signed into law a spending bill that Congress approved to keep the government running, the White House said on Saturday. Earlier on Saturday, the Senate had passed the $915 … More »Obama signs government spending bill into law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has signed into law a spending bill that Congress approved to keep the government running, the White House said on Saturday. Earlier on Saturday, the Senate had passed the $915 billion bill to fund most federal activities through next September and avert a government shutdown. …
- Egypt troops, protesters clash again, widening rifts Reuters - 2 hrs 42 mins ago
CAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters and troops fought in Cairo on Sunday, the third day of clashes that have killed 10 people and exposed rifts over the army's role as it manages Egypt's promised transition from military to civilian … More »Egypt troops, protesters clash again, widening rifts
CAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters and troops fought in Cairo on Sunday, the third day of clashes that have killed 10 people and exposed rifts over the army's role as it manages Egypt's promised transition from military to civilian rule. Troops have set up barriers on streets around Tahrir Square, the hub of the uprising that …
- Insight: Testing the limits of freedom in new Myanmar Reuters - 5 hrs ago
MAYINGYI, Myanmar (Reuters) - Tun Aung knew there were plans for his village to be moved to make way for a multi-billion dollar industrial zone and deep-sea port, but the whole thing was hard to imagine. Then one day last … More »Insight: Testing the limits of freedom in new Myanmar
MAYINGYI, Myanmar (Reuters) - Tun Aung knew there were plans for his village to be moved to make way for a multi-billion dollar industrial zone and deep-sea port, but the whole thing was hard to imagine. Then one day last month he discovered a new road slicing through his family's cashew tree grove, part of a network that …
- Hundreds of migrants missing off Indonesia as boat sinks Reuters - 1 hr 7 mins ago
TRENGGALEK, Indonesia (Reuters) - At least 217 people were missing, and possibly scores more, after an overcrowded boat packed with illegal immigrants heading for Australia sank in heavy seas off the coast of east Java in Indonesia, authorities said on Sunday. Many of the passengers on the wooden vessel are believed to …
- Olympus offices to be raided this week: report Reuters - 9 hrs ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo police, prosecutors and the securities watchdog will likely launch a raid on the offices of disgraced Olympus Corp this week on suspicion the company falsified financial accounts, Kyodo News has reported, citing investigative sources. The raid has been expected to follow a re-statement of Olympus's …
- WTO ends meeting with no move forward on Doha Reuters - 15 hrs ago
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization closed its biennial ministerial conference on Saturday with its chairman citing an improved atmosphere in the 153-member club but no concrete moves forward on the Doha round of world trade talks. Little was expected from the meeting on Doha, a deadlocked negotiation that has …
- Comprehensive euro zone deal "beyond reach": Fitch Reuters - 20 hrs ago
ROME/BERLIN (Reuters) - A comprehensive solution to the euro zone debt crisis is beyond the region's reach, rating agency Fitch said, warning that six of its economies including Italy and Spain could be hit with credit downgrades in the near future. The warning late Friday, the second time in two weeks that the bloc has …
- Manning showed warning signs before WikiLeak Reuters - 11 hrs ago
FORT MEADE, MD (Reuters) - Bradley Manning, the suspected source of the largest leak of classified U.S. documents in history, displayed warning signs of emotional instability before his alleged wrongdoing and struggled with his gender identity, his attorney said on Saturday. Manning was a U.S. Army intelligence analyst …
- Peru delays former prisoner Berenson's return to U.S. Reuters - 15 hrs ago
LIMA (Reuters) - Lori Berenson, a New Yorker who spent 15 years in Peruvian prisons for aiding Marxist insurgents, was prevented by Peru's interior ministry from making her first trip home since her 1995 arrest, her lawyer said on Saturday. Berenson, 42, the mother of a 2-year-old boy, was paroled last year after serving …
- Romney raises doubts about Gingrich in South Carolina Reuters - 16 hrs ago
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney sought to create doubts about rival Newt Gingrich among South Carolina conservatives on Saturday by criticizing his high-paid work for mortgage giant Freddie Mac. Romney, on a two-day tour of South Carolina to try to dent Gingrich's big lead …
- Elated, last US troops leave Iraq, ending war AP - 28 mins ago
The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border into neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief. Their convoy's exit marked the end of a bitterly divisive war that raged for nearly nine years and left Iraq shattered and struggling to rec …
- Payroll tax bill faces uncertain House prospects AP - 42 mins ago
- Havel, Czech playwright and president, has died AP - 26 mins ago
- Congress' new terrorism rules leave open questions AP - 2 hrs 30 mins ago
After a bruising battle in Congress, the Obama administration retained the right to investigate and try suspected terrorists in civilian courts. But officials say newly enacted legislation raises a host of questions that will complicate and could harm the investigation of terrorism cases.
- Philippine storm toll exceeds 650; 800 missing AP - 1 hr 3 mins ago
- Official: US limits intel value of drones AP - 31 mins ago
- Migrant ship sinks off Indonesia; over 200 missing AP - 53 mins ago
- NYC woman set afire in elevator, suspect sought AP - 54 mins ago
- Michael Jackson house contents sell for nearly $1M AP - 48 mins ago
The contents of the home where Michael Jackson lived with his three children just before his death have sold for nearly $1 million at auction.
Pele believes that although Barcelona is the superior outfit ahead of the Club World Cup final on Sunday, Santos' experience in winning trophies could prove the difference.Speaking to Brazilian publication … More »Pele: Barcelona's trophy cabinet not on par with Santos'
Pele believes that although Barcelona is the superior outfit ahead of the Club World Cup final on Sunday, Santos' experience in winning trophies could prove the difference.Speaking to Brazilian publication Folha de Sao Paulo on Saturday, the 71-year-old did not hesitate to brand Pep Guardiola's men the better club on current …