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- Jobs, housing data show economy has some muscle
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 08:49 PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by Washington.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Obama shifts U.S. from 'perpetual war-footing,' limits drone strikes
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 08:41 PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday shifted the United States away from a "boundless global war on terror," restricting deadly drone strikes abroad and signaling that America's long struggle against al Qaeda will one day end.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former Goldman banker settles SEC 'pay-to-play' charges
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 05:34 PMWASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Obama limits use of U.S. drone strikes, offers steps to close Guantanamo
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 03:07 PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama outlined plans on Thursday to limit the use of U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Around 10 injured in Guinea opposition protest: hospital source
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 01:04 PMCONAKRY (Reuters) - Ten people were injured when security forces and supporters of Guinea President Alpha Conde clashed with protesters marching in the capital against planned legislative elections on Thursday, a hospital source said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Congo has chance for peace, U.N. ready to enforce: Ban Ki-moon
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 11:06 AMGOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Troubled eastern Congo has the best chance in years to secure a lasting peace but the United Nations stands ready to pacify the region by force if need be, U.N.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kerry meets Israelis, Palestinians in bid to revive talks
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 08:19 AMJERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Factory activity slips to seven-month low in May: Markit
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 09:17 AMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Manufacturing slowed for a second straight month in May as weak overseas demand and government belt-tightening at home led to the sector's most sluggish rate of growth since October, a survey showed on Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - IMF's Lagarde in court for French arbitration case
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 07:16 AMPARIS (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde was questioned in court by a French magistrate on Thursday over her role in a 285-million-euro ($366 million) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Malaysia police arrest opposition figures in crackdown
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 05:12 AMKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian police arrested several opposition politicians and activists on Thursday, launching a crackdown on dissent three weeks after an election exposed deep divisions in the country and sparked a series of opposition protest rallies.
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- Boy Scouts of America votes to end century-old ban on gay scouts
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 09:08 PMGRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a century-old ban on openly gay scouts in a major victory for gay rights activists, but the decision means a sea of change for an organization that depends heavily on faith-based groups.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Boy Scouts of America delegates vote to remove ban on gay scouts
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 06:20 PMGRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America approved a proposal on Thursday to end a ban on openly gay scouts that has been in place throughout the organization's 103-year history, the group said in a statement.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Analysis: Markets face rough summer ride as Fed pullback feared
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 05:47 PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - For the past few months, the U.S. Federal Reserve has been squarely in the financial markets' corner, thanks to its massive dollops of monetary stimulus.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - EU probes ally of Kosovo PM, ambassador for war crimes
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 02:11 PMPRISTINA (Reuters) - European Union police said on Thursday they had arrested five people, including a wartime ally of Kosovo's prime minister, and were investigating the ambassador to Albania on suspicion of war crimes during Kosovo's 1998-99 conflict.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Boy Scouts of America set to vote on gay youth ban
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 12:36 PMGRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America will vote on Thursday on a proposal to remove its ban on openly gay scouts that has been in place throughout the organization's 103-year history.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ECB seeks new tools while Fed toys with exit
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 07:57 AMPARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is looking into expanding its range of policy tools, while the U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - France wants Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list by end-June
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 09:13 AMPARIS (Reuters) - France said on Thursday it hoped an initiative could be agreed by the end of June to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on the EU's list of terrorist organizations on grounds the group is importing Syria's war into Lebanon.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - North Korea says willing to take China's advice to start talks
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 09:18 AMBEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea is willing to take China's advice and enter into talks, Chinese state television cited an envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as saying, following weeks of tension on the Korean peninsula after the North's latest nuclear test.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Exclusive :China urbanization plan hits roadblock over spending fears-sources
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 05:03 AMBEIJING (Reuters) - China's plan to spend $6.5 trillion on urbanization to bolster the economy is running into snags, sources close to the government said, as top leaders fear another spending binge could push up local debt levels and inflate a property bubble.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Portuguese leaders build faith in bailout exit
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 04:14 AMLISBON (Reuters) - President Anibal Cavaco Silva thanked Portugal's patron saint for a long-delayed approval of Lisbon's bailout review last week, but the head of state could claim a share of the credit for himself.
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- Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 08:54 PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Proxy advisory firm settles SEC charges over data breach
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 05:34 PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Institutional Shareholder Services has settled civil charges by U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 05:36 PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Insight: In attacker's argot, Londoners shocked to hear one of their own
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 01:26 PMLONDON (Reuters) - In the lurid scene of the red-handed knifeman describing his motives for hacking to death a British soldier in broad daylight, perhaps the most chilling aspect for Londoners was the man's unmistakably familiar accent.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Italy's Berlusconi in tax fraud scheme as PM, judges say
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 01:12 PMMILAN (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was involved in a tax fraud scheme while he was head of government, a Milan court said in a document released on Thursday explaining its earlier decision to uphold his four-year conviction.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Assad foe tells Syrian leader to cede power to officials
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 08:02 AMBEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian opposition leader urged President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday to hand power to his deputy or his prime minister and then go abroad with 500 members of his entourage, without immunity from prosecution.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jobless claims data suggests labor market strength
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 08:57 AMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by Washington.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Suicide bombers strike mine, military barracks in Niger
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 05:58 AMNIAMEY (Reuters) - Suicide bombers struck a military barracks and a mine run by French nuclear group Areva in Niger on Thursday, killing and wounding several people in separate attacks that showed the fight against Islamist militants was spreading across West Africa.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Largest Bulgarian party will not try to form government
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 07:21 AMSOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's largest party GERB declined on Thursday to try to form a new government, opening the way for the rival Socialists to put together a technocrat administration and end a political impasse.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - M23 rebels announce ceasefire for UN chief's Congo visit
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 03:41 AMGOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rebels in eastern Congo announced a ceasefire on Thursday in fighting with government troops hours before a visit to the conflict-plagued zone by U.N.
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