Clinton berates Netanyahu over settlements

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:42:00 -0600

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday he must work to repair relations with Washington after a debacle over Jewish settlements that has undermined U.S. efforts to mediate new peace talks with the Palestinians.

U.N.'s Ban to return to earthquake-devastated Haiti

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:18:46 -0600

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Haiti on Sunday to meet the country's leaders and people left homeless by a January earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands, Ban's spokesman said.

U.S. man arrested in Yemen worked in nuclear plants

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:17:27 -0600

SANAA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yemen said on Friday it was holding a U.S. citizen suspected of being an al Qaeda militant who killed a hospital guard last week, and a U.S. firm said the suspect had worked at nuclear reactors in New Jersey.

German Church apologizes, vows action on abuse

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:13:17 -0600

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The head of Germany's Catholic Church apologized to victims of child abuse by priests on Friday and met Pope Benedict who encouraged him to press ahead with tough new measures.

U.S. court rules again against vaccine-autism claims

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:51:55 -0600

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special U.S. court ruled on Friday, dealing one more blow to parents seeking to blame vaccines for their children's illness.

Obama delays trip for final healthcare push

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:30:53 -0600

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday delayed an overseas trip to focus on the final drive for healthcare reform as the House of Representatives prepared to vote on the sweeping overhaul next week.

Women on the pill live longer: study

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:02:32 -0600

LONDON (Reuters) - One of the world's largest studies of the contraceptive pill has found that women who have taken it can expect longer lives and are less likely to die from any cause, including cancer and heart disease.

Suicide blasts kill 45 in Pakistan's Lahore

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:46:20 -0600

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers targeting the Pakistani military killed at least 45 people in Lahore on Friday, officials said, in a challenge to government assertions that crackdowns have weakened Taliban insurgents.

Calif. lawsuit claims Toyota hid defect evidence

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:05:46 -0600

SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) - Southern California prosecutors filed the first U.S. consumer protection lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp on Friday, claiming it had engaged in "fraud" by hiding evidence of dangerous vehicle defects.

Iraq's election race tight, results slow to come

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:29:54 -0600

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a narrow lead over rival Shi'ites, partial results in Iraq's tight election race showed on Friday, but a secularist challenger remained far ahead in minority Sunni areas.