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- Exclusive: Chinese raw materials also found on U.S. B-1 bomber, F-16 jets
Monday - 03/10/2014 - 07:28 PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - After discovering China-made components in the F-35 fighter jet, a Pentagon investigation has uncovered Chinese materials in other major U.S. weaponry, including Boeing Co's B-1B bomber and certain Lockheed Martin Corp F-16 fighters, the U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Freed nuns reach Damascus as prisoner exchange continues
Monday - 03/10/2014 - 04:49 PMDAMASCUS/AMMAN (Reuters) - Thirteen Greek Orthodox nuns arrived in Damascus on Monday after al Qaeda fighters who held them for more than three months freed them in a deal providing for the release of women prisoners held by President Bashar al-Assad's government.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mt. Gox files for U.S. bankruptcy to halt class action
Monday - 03/10/2014 - 01:19 PM(Reuters) - Mt. Gox, once the world's largest bitcoin exchange, filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection in Dallas late Sunday, a move that will temporarily halt U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Syrian forces committing war crimes in Yarmouk siege: Amnesty
Monday - 03/10/2014 - 11:27 AMBEIRUT (Reuters) - Amnesty International accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces on Monday of perpetrating war crimes as part of a siege in southern Damascus which has killed nearly 200 people, mostly by starvation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pistorius weeps as court hears Steenkamp autopsy details
Monday - 03/10/2014 - 08:03 AMPRETORIA (Reuters) - "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius broke down on Monday when a South African court heard details from the autopsy of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, whom the track star is accused of murdering on Valentine's Day last year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Merkel raps Putin as Russian forces tighten grip on Crimea
Sunday - 03/09/2014 - 10:46 PMSEVASTOPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) - Germany's Angela Merkel delivered a rebuke to President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, telling him that a planned Moscow-backed referendum on whether Crimea should join Russia was illegal and violated Ukraine's constitution.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Missing Malaysian jet may have disintegrated in mid-air: source
Sunday - 03/09/2014 - 08:28 PMKUALA LUMPUR/PHU QUOC ISLAND, Vietnam (Reuters) - Officials investigating the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner with 239 people on board suspect it may have disintegrated in mid-flight, a senior source said on Sunday, as Vietnam reported a possible sighting of wreckage from the plane.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The children of Japan's Fukushima battle an invisible enemy
Sunday - 03/09/2014 - 06:24 PMKORIYAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Some of the smallest children in Koriyama, a short drive from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, barely know what it's like to play outside -- fear of radiation has kept them in doors for much of their short lives.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Arab League, Abbas reject recognizing Israel as 'Jewish state'
Sunday - 03/09/2014 - 12:17 PMCAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League on Sunday endorsed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's rejection of Israel's demand for recognition as a Jewish state, as U.S.-backed peace talks approach a deadline next month.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Five years from U.S. stock market's low, it's joy versus worry
Sunday - 03/09/2014 - 12:03 PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Five years ago, the United States was in the midst of its worst recession in seven decades, and stocks were feeling it.
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- Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian at Jordan crossing
Monday - 03/10/2014 - 04:44 PMJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian judge from Jordan on Monday in an altercation at a crossing point between Jordan and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chilean is first foreign fatality in Venezuela unrest
Monday - 03/10/2014 - 03:45 PMCARACAS (Reuters) - A Chilean woman was shot dead while clearing a barricade put up by anti-government protesters in the first foreign fatality from a month of unrest in Venezuela, authorities and state media said on Monday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Netanyahu, showing seized rockets, says Iran fooling the world
Monday - 03/10/2014 - 12:40 PMEILAT, Israel (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, displaying on Monday what Israel said were seized, Iranian-supplied missiles bound for militants in Gaza, urged the West not to be fooled by Tehran's diplomacy on its nuclear program.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - EBay rejects Icahn board nominees, asks investors to do same
Monday - 03/10/2014 - 10:01 AM(Reuters) - EBay Inc on Monday rejected activist investor Carl Icahn's two nominees to its board, saying both were unqualified, and urged shareholders to vote against them at its next annual meeting.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Colombia election shrinks government majority in Congress
Sunday - 03/09/2014 - 11:54 PMBOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's governing coalition emerged from elections on Sunday with its congressional majority intact but shrunken by the arrival of ex-president Alvaro Uribe's new party which opposes peace talks aimed at ending five decades of civil conflict.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Japan, U.S. differ on China in talks on 'grey zone' military threats
Sunday - 03/09/2014 - 09:19 PMTOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Japan and the United States start talks on how to respond to armed incidents that fall short of a full-scale attack on Japan, officials in Tokyo worry that their ally is reluctant to send China a strong message of deterrence.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Japan, U.S. differ on China in talks on 'grey zone' military threats
Sunday - 03/09/2014 - 06:20 PMTOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Japan and the United States start talks on how to respond to armed incidents that fall short of a full-scale attack on Japan, officials in Tokyo worry that their ally is reluctant to send China a strong message of deterrence.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Asian and European industrial health under scrutiny this week
Sunday - 03/09/2014 - 03:08 PMLONDON (Reuters) - Europe's and Asia's industrial health will be closely watched in the coming week for an indication of how solid - or weak - a footing the global economy was on at the start of the year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ex-guerrilla favorite to win El Salvador's presidential election
Sunday - 03/09/2014 - 11:55 AMSAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A former Marxist guerrilla leader is expected to win El Salvador's presidency on Sunday after promising to expand social programs for the poor and fending off his opponent's claims that he will impose radical policies.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Exclusive: Probe into missing Malaysia plane looks at possible mid-air disintegration - source
Sunday - 03/09/2014 - 10:33 AMKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Officials investigating the disappearance of a Malaysian airliner with 239 people on board are narrowing the focus of their inquiries on the possibility that it disintegrated in mid-flight, a senior source said on Sunday.
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- Syria among 'most dangerous places on Earth' for children: UNICEF
Monday - 03/10/2014 - 06:56 PMUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The number of children affected by the civil war in Syria has more than doubled over the past year, with hundreds of thousands of young Syrians trapped in besieged parts of the country, the United Nations Children's Fund said on Monday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fannie, Freddie could send $179.2 billion to taxpayers: White House
Monday - 03/10/2014 - 01:54 PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Libya orders military force to 'liberate' rebel-held ports
Monday - 03/10/2014 - 12:47 PMTRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's parliament has ordered a special force be sent within one week to "liberate" all rebel-held ports in the volatile east, officials said on Monday, raising the stakes over a blockage that has cut off vital oil revenues.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.N. aims to bring killers to account in Central African Republic
Monday - 03/10/2014 - 10:01 AMGENEVA (Reuters) - The head of a United Nations inquiry said on Monday it was seeking to establish who should face prosecution for killings and other crimes in Central African Republic in order to halt for good bloodshed that has raised fears of genocide.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Afghan Taliban threaten to attack 'sham' poll 'manipulated by U.S.'
Monday - 03/10/2014 - 06:44 AMKABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban said on Monday next month's presidential election was being manipulated by the United States, which had already chosen the winner, and threatened to use "full force" in attacking anyone taking part.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The children of Japan's Fukushima battle an invisible enemy
Sunday - 03/09/2014 - 08:46 PMKORIYAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Some of the smallest children in Koriyama, a short drive from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, barely know what it's like to play outside -- fear of radiation has kept them in doors for much of their short lives.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ex-rebel favorite to win El Salvador presidential election
Sunday - 03/09/2014 - 08:08 PMSAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A former Marxist guerrilla leader is expected to win El Salvador's presidency on Sunday after vowing to expand welfare programs for the poor and fending off his opponent's claims that he will impose radical policies.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Colombians vote for congress ahead of FARC peace accord
Sunday - 03/09/2014 - 02:23 PMBOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombians voted on Sunday for a new congress that will tackle legislation for the next president and play a historic role in creating laws to end five decades of conflict if peace is reached with Marxist FARC rebels.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pope departs Vatican on frugal retreat ahead of anniversary
Sunday - 03/09/2014 - 11:46 AMVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis left the Vatican on Sunday ahead of the first anniversary of his papacy, which he will pass with the Roman Curia on a Lenten spiritual retreat held outside the city state for the first time in decades.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - California Democrats to adopt platform as election season begins
Sunday - 03/09/2014 - 10:02 AMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Democrats meeting in Los Angeles on Sunday were set to adopt a platform likely to call for an inflation-adjusted minimum wage, dramatic cuts in military spending, and tighter campaign finance and disclosure laws.
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