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Obama to Iran: U.S. offer of dialogue still stands Posted 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama renewed his administration's offer of dialogue and diplomacy with Tehran on Saturday, a year after his offer of a new beginning with Iran failed to achieve concrete results. Obama, who addressed Iranians in a new videotaped appeal to mark the observance of ...More

ACORN on verge of bankruptcy: report Posted 2 hours, 21 minutes ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. liberal grass-roots group ACORN is on the brink of bankruptcy and its leaders will hold a teleconference this weekend to discuss the group's future, The New York Times reported on its website on Friday. Citing two leaders of the group, the Times reported ...More

James beats Bryant mark as youngest to reach 15,000 points Posted 2 hours, 27 minutes ago

Cleveland Cavaliers forward James

CHICAGO (Reuters) - LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers became the youngest player to score 15,000 career points in the NBA on Friday, bettering Kobe Bryant's record by more than two years. The small forward accomplished the feat at 25 years, 79 days in his team's 92-85 victory ...More

Opposition "red shirts" try to win over Thai capital Posted 2 hours, 49 minutes ago

Anti-government protesters gather by their motorcycles before marching through central Bangkok

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of opposition activists prepared to fan out across Thailand's capital on Saturday in a bid to win the hearts of Bangkok's middle classes and recruit them for their anti-government campaign. The red-shirted supporters of ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra were mobilizing in convoys of ...More

Gunmen block roads in Mexico's drug-plagued north Posted 3 hours, 43 minutes ago

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Armed men likely linked to drug gangs blocked highways with trucks and buses in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey on Friday in an apparent attempt to hamper army operations near the U.S. border. Gunmen pulled truck and bus drivers out of their vehicles in the ...More

British Airways battles cabin crew strike Posted 5 hours, 14 minutes ago

A British Airways passenger jet taxis near stationary BA planes at Heathrow Airport in London

LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways said it would fly more than 60 percent of passengers with flights booked for this weekend despite a three-day cabin crew strike that risks hurting the Labor government weeks before an election. The walkout over pay and jobs will disrupt travel for thousands after talks between ...More

Putin offers U.S. hints of support Posted 5 hours, 27 minutes ago

U.S. Secretary of State Clinton and Russian PM Putin meet at the presidential residence Novo-Ogaryov

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin offered hints he could support the United States on two key issues -- an arms pact and Iran -- after a meeting on Friday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. An aide to Putin said a major nuclear weapons reduction pact between Russia and the ...More

NY governor's race heats up with party switch Posted 6 hours, 43 minutes ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The race for New York governor heated up on Friday when a local Democratic official joined the campaign and switched parties, saying his views mesh best with Republicans and whose primary election is seen easier to win. Steve Levy, chief executive of Suffolk County, said he was ...More

Pay czar trims salaries at top of GM exec ranks Posted 7 hours, 9 minutes ago

Flags wave in front of the General Motors Corp world headquarters in Detroit

PHOENIX (Reuters) - The U.S. pay czar will slash the number of top General Motors Co executives who will receive base salaries of more than $500,000 this year. Pay czar Kenneth Feinberg said he plans to release the 2010 compensation decisions next week on the five large U.S ...More

Judge in NY orders more talks on 9/11 deal Posted 8 hours, 57 minutes ago

Firefighters in ruins at ground zero in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Friday delayed a $657.5 million settlement for workers who suffered health problems after the September 11, 2001, attacks, saying the process must be transparent and lawyers fees should not be drawn from the funds. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ...More

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