- N.Korea funds freed as nuclear deadline nears Reuters - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago
- SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday Macau had unblocked about $25 million in frozen North Korean funds and urged Pyongyang to take steps to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear plant by a weekend deadline.
- Congress allows U.S. funds for Abbas security Reuters - Tue Apr 10, 12:28 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration has been given a green light by Congress to spend about $60 million to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' presidential guard and for other security expenses, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday.
- Bush, Democrats collide over Iraq war funds Reuters - Tue Apr 10, 2:38 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and congressional Democrats headed toward a collision over Iraq on Tuesday as each held firm on a funding bill that has become a battleground for the future of the war.
- Severely obese fastest-growing U.S. overweight group Reuters - Mon Apr 9, 6:07 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who are 100 pounds (45 kg) or more overweight are the fastest-growing group of overweight people in the United States, researchers reported on Monday.
- Greece says human error behind cruise ship wreck Reuters - Tue Apr 10, 6:01 AM ET
ATHENS (Reuters) - Human error contributed to the sinking of a cruise ship carrying over 1,500 mainly foreign passengers off the island of Santorini last week, Greece said on Tuesday.
- Foreclosure's shadow falls across diverse set of US homeowners The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Apr 9, 4:00 AM ET
Lawrence, Mass. - Victor Castro bought his home four years ago, expecting the move would bring stability. The Massachusetts janitor thought he would no longer move from rental to rental.
- U.S. soldier causes Italy furore before murder trial Reuters - Tue Apr 10, 11:03 AM ET
ROME (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who goes on trial in absentia next week in Rome for murder caused a furore in Italy on Tuesday for defending his fatal shooting of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq.
- From hiding, Sadr rallies against the US The Christian Science Monitor - Tue Apr 10, 4:00 AM ET
BAGHDAD - "Yes to Moqtada, yes to Iraq, yes to liberation," chanted tens of thousands of demonstrators as they poured into the revered Shiite cities of Kufa and Najaf Monday calling for US troops to leave Iraq.
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