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U.S. says hikers detained in Iran call families Posted 1 hour, 53 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three American detained in Iran last year and accused of spying have been allowed to telephone their families, although formal consular access has not been granted, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley repeated U.S. calls for Tehran to release ...More

Another runaway Toyota Prius reported Posted 5 hours, 33 minutes ago

DETROIT (Reuters) - Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, New York, where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoomed across a busy street and into a stone wall. The 56-year-old driver sustained nonlife-threatening injuries on ...More

"JihadJane" accused of terror plot in Sweden Posted 6 hours, 4 minutes ago

Handout of Colleen LaRose

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with plotting to kill a Swedish man and trying to recruit fighters via the Internet to commit violent attacks overseas, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. Colleen LaRose, who also went by the pseudonym of "Fatima LaRose" and "JihadJane," was ...More

Obama effect boosts Nobel Peace Prize nominations Posted 7 hours, 1 minute ago

Nobel Peace Prize laureate U.S. President Obama poses with his medal and certificate as Norwegian No

OSLO (Reuters) - A record 237 people and organizations have been nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, with interest boosted by last year's award to President Barack Obama, organizers said on Wednesday. The world's media focused on the Peace Prize after Obama was the unexpected choice for what ...More

Ahmadinejad, Gates trade barbs in Afghanistan Posted 7 hours, 4 minutes ago

Afghan President Hamid Karzai welcomes his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad upon his arrival

KABUL (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Defense Secretary Robert Gates traded barbs on Wednesday during briefly overlapping visits to Afghanistan, where Washington has troops at war but Tehran has growing clout. Ahmadinejad, who arrived as Gates was wrapping up a three-day visit, told a news conference alongside Afghan President ...More

Iraq PM said to be ahead on eve of vote results Posted 11 hours, 20 minutes ago

An Iraqi soldier secures workers unloading boxes of parliamentary election ballots at a tally centre

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Initial results from Iraq's national election are likely to be released by Thursday, Iraqi and U.N. officials said on Wednesday, as further signs emerged of a strong showing for Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. The Iraqi National Alliance (INA), a largely Shi'ite group that ...More

Iceland opposition toughens on new "Icesave" talks Posted 12 hours, 40 minutes ago

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's opposition turned up the heat on the center-left government on Wednesday to hold out for a tough new "Icesave" debt accord with Britain and the Netherlands, after a referendum rejection of its previous deal. Iceland has for months struggled to find a way to pay back ...More

UK proposes tougher steps on disclosing bankers' pay Posted 13 hours, 25 minutes ago

Britain's PM Brown smiles as he prepares to greet Jordan's King Abdullah on the steps of 10 Downing

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will on Wednesday propose to force banks to reveal how many of their staff earn top wages, in steps that go further than previous proposals, financial services minister Paul Myners said. The government's Walker review on bankers' pay had previously laid out proposals for such moves ...More

Brown says UK to maintain AAA credit rating Posted 16 hours, 14 minutes ago

Britain's Prime Minister Brown bids farewell to Jordan's King Abdullah on the steps of 10 Downing St

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday he believed Britain would maintain its coveted top credit rating and announced a pay freeze for senior civil servants and military officers to help tame a record deficit. Setting out his economic plans weeks before an election, Brown said recovery remained ...More

Economists trim 2011 U.S. growth forecast Posted 16 hours, 39 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. economists raised their forecast for economic growth in 2010 in March, the third straight monthly rise, while trimming their growth forecast for 2011, according to a survey released on Wednesday. Economists surveyed earlier this month in the Blue Chip Economic Indicators newsletter said the economy is ...More

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