Obama battles to limit expectations in Pennsylvania
April 03, 2008 09:33 AM ET
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WALLINGFORD, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Barack Obama tried his
hand at bowling, bottle-fed a calf at a dairy farm and toured
a chocolate factory as he sought to connect with voters in Pennsylvania,
a crucial state in the fight for the Democratic U.S. presidential
nomination.
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NATO to endorse U.S. missile shield: U.S. official
April 03, 2008 09:28 AM ET
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - NATO leaders meeting in Bucharest were
set to endorse a planned U.S. missile shield for Europe on Thursday,
a senior U.S. official told reporters.
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Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF to meet Friday on elections
April 03, 2008 09:34 AM ET
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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party politburo
will meet on Friday to discuss the country's elections, a party
spokesman said on Thursday.
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Jobless claims jump to highest since 2005
April 03, 2008 09:02 AM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers applying for
unemployment benefits soared by 38,000 last week, posting the
highest reading since September 2005 and reinforcing fears that
the U.S. economy has stalled, government data on Thursday showed.
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Paulson says China market reforms to continue
April 03, 2008 09:10 AM ET
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China is too far down the road toward a market
economy to turn back from reforms now, even if U.S. financial
market turmoil is causing it some qualms, U.S. Treasury Secretary
Henry Paulson said on Thursday.
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Iraq's Sadr calls million-strong march against U.S.
April 03, 2008 08:21 AM ET
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called
on Thursday for a million-strong demonstration against U.S.
"occupation", a potentially destabilizing show of force after
his followers battled U.S. and government troops.
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Bush flatters Sarkozy as French Elvis
April 03, 2008 09:23 AM ET
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - It's "Love me tender" between the United
States and France after President George W. Bush compared French
President Nicolas Sarkozy with rock'n'roll singer Elvis Presley.
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Japan police arrest U.S. sailor for murder
April 03, 2008 08:37 AM ET
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese police arrested on Thursday a U.S.
sailor on suspicion of murdering and robbing a taxi driver last
month, the latest case of crime linked to U.S. bases in the
country.
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China jails rights activist outspoken on Tibet
April 03, 2008 09:09 AM ET
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BEIJING (Reuters) - A Buddhist Chinese dissident outspoken on
Tibet and other sensitive topics was jailed for three-and-a-half
years on Thursday, a conviction likely to become a focus of
rights campaigns ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
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France's Sarkozy confirms troops for Afghanistan
April 03, 2008 08:46 AM ET
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed at
a NATO summit on Thursday that France will send a battalion
of troops to the east of Afghanistan as part of efforts to bolster
the alliance's peacekeeping force.
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