China works around the clock to drain quake lake
May 27, 2008 09:19 AM ET
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MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - Chinese soldiers were working non-stop
to dig a giant sluice to ease pressure on a swelling "quake
lake", with plans to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people
to avert a new disaster, state media said.
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Home prices fell at record pace in first quarter: S&P
May 27, 2008 09:32 AM ET
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prices of single-family homes plunged a
record 14.1 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier,
marking a pace five times faster than the last housing recession,
according to the Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller national
home price index reported on Tuesday.
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Bush hits 2008 trail; do Republicans want his help?
May 27, 2008 09:37 AM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush has made it clear
he is excited to get out on the campaign trail this election
year to help Republicans keep the White House and retake Congress
-- but do they want his help?
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Sydney Pollack dies in Los Angeles
May 27, 2008 06:16 AM ET
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood filmmaker Sydney Pollack, who
won a pair of Academy Awards for the epic romance "Out of Africa"
and earned praise for acting stints in films including "Tootsie"
and "Michael Clayton," died on Monday after a battle with cancer,
his spokeswoman said. He was 73.
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Myanmar junta extends Suu Kyi house arrest
May 27, 2008 08:17 AM ET
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YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta extended the house arrest
of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday, a home ministry
source said, a move likely to dismay Western nations who promised
millions of dollars in aid after Cyclone Nargis.
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Obama says won't guarantee Ahmadinejad a meeting
May 27, 2008 03:56 AM ET
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama underscored
his willingness to talk to leaders of countries like Iran that
are considered U.S. adversaries but said on Monday that does
not necessarily mean an audience with Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad.
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Key witness testifies in Olmert bribery case
May 27, 2008 08:57 AM ET
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A U.S. businessman at the centre of a bribery
case against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert testified on Tuesday
he gave the Israeli leader cash-stuffed envelopes including
personal loans that were never repaid.
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Food prices seen causing pain in war zones
May 27, 2008 09:27 AM ET
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Millions of people caught up in armed conflicts
will be pinched hard by the global food crisis, according to
the International Committee of the Red Cross, which vowed on
Tuesday to sustain aid to 52 countries.
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Tornadoes kill at least seven in Midwest
May 27, 2008 03:50 AM ET
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MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed on
Sunday by tornadoes and violent thunderstorms spawned by a powerful
spring storm system that moved across the United States' midsection,
authorities said.
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Australian man pardoned 86 years after execution
May 27, 2008 08:42 AM ET
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CANBERRA (Reuters) - A man hanged in 1922 for the murder and
rape of a young girl in the southern Australian city of Melbourne
was posthumously pardoned for the crime on Tuesday after new
tests found crucial evidence against him was flawed.
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