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Mothers Allowed 2nd Visit To U.s. Detainees In Iran

The mothers of three Americans jailed in Iran on suspicion of spying visited them for a second time on Friday, state television said, but prepared to leave the country with no apparent success in pleading for their release. A Reuters witness saw the mothers, accompanied by the Swiss ambassador, being (more)

Senate Approves Sweeping Wall Street Reform Bill

The Senate approved a sweeping Wall Street reform bill on Thursday night, capping months of wrangling over the biggest overhaul of financial regulation since the 1930s. By a vote of 59-39, the Senate awarded a victory to President Barack Obama, a champion of tighter rules for banks and capital markets (more)

Bp Swamped By Criticism; Spilled Oil Keeps Coming

Anger, skepticism and accusations of lying washed over energy giant BP Plc on Friday as it desperately pursued efforts to contain a month-old seabed well leak billowing crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. lawmakers and scientists have accused BP of trying to conceal what many believe is already (more)

Aftershock Rattles Haiti, But Aid Flow Ramps Up

A new earthquake shook the devastated Haitian capital Port-au-Prince early on Wednesday, rattling already wrecked buildings and triggering panic among survivors of last week's devastating quake. The largest aftershock since the killer quake struck on January 12 alarming masses of people camping on the (more)

Obama To Offer Troop Increase For Afghanistan

President Barack Obama will outline plans on Tuesday to send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan by next summer to speed the battle against the Taliban and will vow to start bringing some home in 19 months. The accelerated timetable Obama will unveil in a high-stakes speech surprised some Pentagon (more)

Afghan Exit Strategy Takes Shape Ahead Of London Talks

Politicians and Western army chiefs mapped out the contours of an Afghanistan exit strategy on Monday, with three generals holding out the possibility of an eventual peace deal with the Taliban. British army chief General Sir David Richards told Reuters negotiations with the Taliban could be considered (more)

Obama Will Not Rush Afghan Troop Drawdown

There will be no "precipitous drawdown" of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and U.S. troops could still be in the country for years to come, President Barack Obama said on Thursday. Obama told Americans in a televised speech last week U.S. troops would begin withdrawing from Afghanistan on July 2011 as they (more)

Up To 10 Percent Of Iraqis Disabled By War, Sanctions

Amputee Hamza Hameed is a living reminder of the U.S. "shock and awe" bombardment during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, one of up to three million Iraqis disabled after years of war, sanctions and economic deprivation. He lost his right leg, amputated just below the hip, and the index finger on his (more)

Haiti Provides New Test For Obama Administration

President Barack Obama's promise to build a new Haiti out of the ruins of the earthquake could prove politically risky if the United States finds itself in a losing battle to rebuild the impoverished nation. Obama has acted swiftly to mobilize emergency supplies to Haiti, deploying U.S. military personnel (more)

Iran Opposition Leader Says Reform Movement Alive

Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said on Sunday the reform movement was alive despite pressure from the clerical establishment which he said was suppressing students, his website reported. Mousavi's remarks, a day before Iran plans to commemorate the killing of three students in 1953 under (more)

South Korea Vows Caution Over Ship, North Sees War

South Korea said after a rare emergency security meeting on Friday it would respond prudently to the sinking of one of its naval ships by the North, but Pyongyang warned the peninsula was being driven to war. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton strongly condemned North Korea's action and called for an international response. The South announced on Thursday that it had overwhelming evidence a North Korean submarine had entered its waters in March and attacked the Cheonan corvette, killing 46 sailors in what President Lee Myung-bak called a "military provocation."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64I26F20100521

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