NATO leaders seek common path out of Afghanistan

Sun, 20 May 2012 01:56:49 -0400

CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO leaders gather in Chicago on Sunday for a summit that will chart a path out of Afghanistan, as Western nations seek to fend off fissures in their alliance and ensure Afghanistan can hold a still-potent Taliban at bay when foreign troops withdraw.

World leaders back Greece, vow to combat financial turmoil

Sat, 19 May 2012 20:28:21 -0400

CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - World leaders backed keeping Greece in the euro zone on Saturday and vowed to take all steps necessary to combat financial turmoil while revitalizing a global economy increasingly threatened by Europe's debt crisis.

G8, raising pressure on Iran, puts oil stocks on standby

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:52:55 -0400

CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday, signaling their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Tehran threaten to strain supplies.

Blind Chinese activist Chen arrives in New York

Sun, 20 May 2012 01:29:35 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States on Saturday and declared "equality and justice have no boundaries" after China let him leave a Beijing hospital to quell a sensitive diplomatic rift between the two countries.

Strong quake hits North Italy, at least three dead

Sun, 20 May 2012 04:07:02 -0400

BONDENO, Italy (Reuters) - A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, killing at least three people and causing serious damage to the area's cultural heritage.

Status update: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg gets married

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:51:27 -0400

(Reuters) - Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wed longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday, announcing the nuptials through a status update on the social networking site.

Syria bomb kills 9, Damascus blames foreign plot

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:47:08 -0400

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A car bomb killed nine people at a Syrian military post in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, an attack the government said was the latest proof that an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad was a foreign plot.

Yemen clashes kill 34 militants, soldiers: officials

Sat, 19 May 2012 17:26:27 -0400

ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - At least 22 al Qaeda-linked militants and 12 Yemeni soldiers were killed in clashes and air strikes overnight during a U.S.-backed offensive against insurgents in the south of the country, officials said on Saturday.

Google says it has China's approval for Motorola deal

Sat, 19 May 2012 21:23:01 -0400

(Reuters) - Google said on Saturday that Chinese authorities have approved its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, the last regulatory hurdle to a deal that would allow the world's No. 1 Internet search engine to develop its own line of smart phones.

Motorcycle bomber kills 10 in eastern Afghanistan

Sat, 19 May 2012 11:34:38 -0400

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated explosives in an Afghan district close to the border with Pakistan, killing at least 10 people including children, officials said on Saturday.