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- Belarus signals interest in resolving row with Uralkali
Friday - 04/18/2014 - 08:05 AMMINSK/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko signaled to Russian potash producer Uralkali on Friday that he was interested in ending a nine-month dispute that has hurt both sides.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kidnappers of Tunisian diplomat demand release of Islamists: Tunisia
Friday - 04/18/2014 - 07:04 AMTUNIS (Reuters) - The kidnappers of a Tunisian diplomat in Tripoli have demanded the release of Islamist militants detained in Tunisia, Tunisia's foreign minister said on Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - At least 12 Nepali guides killed in Everest avalanche
Friday - 04/18/2014 - 04:39 AMKATHMANDU (Reuters) - An avalanche swept down a slope of Mount Everest on Friday killing 12 Nepali mountaineering guides at the beginning of the main climbing season, a Tourism Ministry official said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Students add Easter twist to dwindling Venezuela protests
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 09:59 PMCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan students are marching barefoot, building crucifixes and planning to burn effigies of President Nicolas Maduro to try and breathe new life into their protest movement over Easter.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Four-way talks call for end to Ukraine violence
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 09:26 PMGENEVA/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States, Russia, Ukraine and the European Union called after crisis talks on Thursday for an immediate halt to violence in Ukraine, where Western powers believe Russia is fomenting a pro-Russian separatist movement.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. special forces struggle with record suicides: admiral
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 06:31 PMTAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Suicides among U.S. special operations forces, including elite Navy SEALs and Army Rangers, are at record levels, a U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Exclusive: GM says recalled cars safe, but has not tested for knee-bump danger
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 05:27 PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors says that cars being recalled because of faulty ignition switches can be driven safely before repairs, based on more than 80 tests, but the automaker has not addressed a problem long known to potentially shut off the engine: a simple bump from a driver's knee.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Islamist militants kill 30 in attacks around Iraq
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 02:56 PMBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed at least 30 people around Iraq on Thursday including 12 soldiers in an assault on a remote army base in the north, deepening insecurity with a national election just two weeks away.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - For Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, boring is beautiful
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 11:11 AM(Reuters) - Investment banks Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday, helped by gains in merger advisory and stock underwriting.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jobless claims rise less than expected
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 08:32 AMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose less than expected last week and remained near its pre-recession levels, offering further evidence of the economy's underlying strength.
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- GM could benefit, too, from an ignition-switch victims fund
Friday - 04/18/2014 - 07:14 AM(Reuters) - If General Motors Co creates a fund to compensate victims of its faulty ignition switches, an option that a top legal adviser suggested it is exploring, the company could give up strong defenses to a wave of lawsuits.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Compensation battle rages four years after BP's U.S. oil spill
Friday - 04/18/2014 - 06:37 AM(Reuters) - Four years after the Deepwater Horizon spill, oil is still washing up on the long sandy beaches of Grand Isle, Louisiana, and some islanders are fed up with hearing from BP that the crisis is over.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Still no success as deep-sea drone searches for MH370
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 10:43 PMPERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Hopes that a deep sea drone scouring the Indian Ocean floor might soon turn up a missing Malaysian jetliner were fading on Friday, as the remote-controlled submarine embarked on a fifth mission with still no sign of wreckage.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - South Korea ferry death toll rises, hopes fade for hundreds missing
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 08:52 PMJINDO, South Korea (Reuters) - The death toll from a capsized South Korean passenger ferry rose to 25 on Friday as parents of missing schoolchildren blamed the ship's captain for the tragedy after he and shipping company officials made emotional apologies for the loss of life.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Obama argues healthcare law is working, rejects Republican criticism
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 07:07 PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama mounted a vigorous effort on Thursday to show his signature healthcare law is working and dismissed Republican critics who are using flaws in Obamacare to campaign for ousting Democrats from the U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. envoy Power urges Myanmar action to stop Rakhine violence
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 06:07 PMUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Israeli, Palestinian negotiators seek to rescue troubled talks
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 04:00 PMJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met on Thursday in Jerusalem to seek a way to prevent troubled peace talks from collapsing ahead of an April 29 deadline.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Google still a top pick for Wall Street, despite mobile ad challenges
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 11:55 AM(Reuters) - Google Inc's disappointing first-quarter results left Wall Street unfazed about the internet giant's ability to come to grips with the shift to the fast-growing mobile advertising market.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Exclusive: Syria submits more 'detailed' list of chemical weapons
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 10:33 AMBEIRUT/THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Syria has submitted a "more specific" list of its chemical weapons to the global regulator overseeing the destruction of its stockpile after discrepancies were reported by inspectors on the ground, officials said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A year after marathon bombs, Boston hospitals apply lessons learned
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 08:03 AMBOSTON (Reuters) - The homemade bombs that ripped through the crowd at the finish line of last year's Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring 264, showcased the city's medical talent but also taught valuable lessons in responding to a mass disaster.
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- Putin pledges support for Shell Russia expansion
Friday - 04/18/2014 - 07:12 AMNOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Friday pledged to support Royal Dutch Shell's Russia expansion plans at a meeting with the company's chief executive Ben van Beurden.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tech workers seek to use Steve Jobs evidence in upcoming trial on no-hire accords
Friday - 04/18/2014 - 05:31 AMSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Four large technology companies should not be allowed to limit evidence about Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs at an upcoming trial over no-hire agreements in Silicon Valley, according to a court document filed late on Thursday by employees suing the firms.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Iran says will firmly deter any attacks as military displays might
Friday - 04/18/2014 - 04:24 AMANKARA (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the Islamic Republic had the might to deter any attacks as its military displayed a range of drones and missiles at an annual parade in Tehran, state television reported on Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nobel winner Garcia Marquez, master of magical realism, dies at 87
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 09:17 PMMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian author whose beguiling stories of love and longing brought Latin America to life for millions of readers and put magical realism on the literary map, died on Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nobel winner Garcia Marquez, master of magical realism, dies at 87
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 07:34 PMMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian author whose beguiling stories of love and longing brought Latin America to life for millions of readers and put magical realism on the literary map, died on Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.N. inquiry chief wants North Korea hauled before international court
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 05:52 PMUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The chief U.N. investigator into human rights abuses in North Korea appealed to the U.N.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - After Nevada ranch stand-off, emboldened militias ask: where next?
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 04:32 PM(Reuters) - Flat on his belly in a sniper position, wearing a baseball cap and a flak jacket, a protester aimed his semi-automatic rifle from the edge of an overpass and waited as a crowd below stood its ground against U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. judge declines to order 'park it now' notices for GM cars
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 01:33 PM(Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday rejected a bid to compel General Motors Co to tell customers to stop driving millions of cars that have been recalled for defective ignition switches.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pistorius trial adjourns until May, state mauls forensic expert
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 11:12 AMPRETORIA (Reuters) - The murder trial of Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was adjourned on Thursday until May 5 after the state wrapped up three days of punishing cross-examination of a forensic expert brought by the defense.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Goldman Sachs profit falls 11 percent
Thursday - 04/17/2014 - 07:56 AM(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc reported an 11 percent drop in first-quarter profit as client activity remained constrained and fixed-income revenue shrank.
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