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Inside Toyota's epic breakdown

TOYOTA CITY, Japan/DETROIT, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp, the world's most dominant and profitable automaker, was not accustomed to outsiders telling it what to do, let alone some obscure bureaucrat from the United States, whose own car industry was on taxpayer-funded life support. ...  > full story

Google tweaks Gmail to challenge Facebook, Twitter

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Google Inc injected social networking features into its popular Web email product as the world's No. 1 search engine seeks to fend off competition from Facebook and Twitter. ...  > full story

NATO to Afghan assault villagers: keep heads down

KABUL, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Afghan villagers should stay inside and "keep their heads down" when thousands of U.S. Marines launch a massive assault on a densely-populated district in coming days, NATO's civilian representative to Afghanistan said Tuesday. ...  > full story

Taiwan drops request for U.S. military subs: source

TAIPEI, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Taiwan has effectively dropped a request for U.S. submarines to help shore up the balance of power with political rival China, a military source said on Tuesday, dissolving what could be a new rift in tense Sino-U.S. ties. ...  > full story

Church pews fill as Philippine poll campaign begins

MANILA, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Philippine politicians launched their campaigns on Tuesday in a wide-open race for the presidency, with poverty, corruption and unemployment the top issues for the impoverished Southeast Asian archipelago. ...  > full story

U.S. missionary in Haiti says trusts God to free her

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) — A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and their leader said she trusted in God they would be cleared and released. ...  > full story

Obama's healthcare summit sets stage for end-game

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) — President Barack Obama's call for a healthcare summit including both his fellow Democrats and Republicans sets the stage for a final push to get stalled legislation through Congress, but skeptical Republicans said on Monday the only solution is to start over. ...  > full story

John Murtha, defense appropriations chair, dies

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) — Democratic Representative John Murtha, chairman of the House of Representatives defense appropriations subcommittee who exercised enormous influence on defense issues, died on Monday. ...  > full story

Haiti studies Colombian town for quake rebuilding

BOGOTA, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) — Haiti's interior minister on Monday toured a Colombian town rebuilt after a huge 1999 tremor as his own country considered plans to reconstruct its wrecked capital city after last month's devastating earthquake. ...  > full story

Sentiment, success, adventure make Saints "America's" team

MIAMI, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) — The Dallas Cowboys have long been known as 'America's team' but the New Orleans Saints, who triumphed as underdogs in Sunday's Super Bowl, can now make a good claim to that title. ...  > full story

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How the poor can get poorer, and be OK about that

VILNIUS/RIGA, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Moody's upgraded the outlook for Lithuania's debt rating recently, but that means nothing to people like Lijandra Garniene. ...  > full story

Nigerian VP assumes office as acting president

ABUJA, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office as acting president on Tuesday to fill a power vacuum more than two months after President Umaru Yar'Adua left for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. ...  > full story

Italy says Iranian militia attacked its embassy

ROME, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Italy said dozens of members of Iran's hardline religious Basij militia had tried to attack its embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, but Iranian media described the incident as a student protest and did not mention any violence. ...  > full story

China PLA officers urge economic punch against U.S.

BEIJING, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Senior Chinese military officers have proposed that their country boost defense spending, adjust PLA deployments, and possibly sell some U.S. bonds to punish Washington for its latest round of arms sales to Taiwan. ...  > full story

Politics

Tax credits, Medicare fix in Senate jobs bill

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Tax breaks for hiring workers and highway funding figure prominently in a jobs-creation bill that is on a possible Senate fast-track, according to lawmakers and a draft of the legislation obtained by Reuters. ...  > full story

Republicans flex new power, block Obama nominee

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Senate Republicans flexed their new political muscle on Tuesday and blocked President Barack Obama's nomination of a union lawyer to help referee labor disputes. ...  > full story

Clinton to visit Qatar, Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Qatar and Saudi Arabia next week for talks that a U.S. official said on Tuesday would likely focus on Iran, Iraq and the Arab-Israeli conflict. ...  > full story

Stimulus transportation under scrutiny

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — As the anniversary of the passage of the U.S. economic stimulus plan looms and President Barack Obama presses for new jobs legislation, states and the government are assessing the impact the program has had on transportation. ...  > full story

Business

Disney quarterly results beat expectations

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Walt Disney Co has reported a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit, as its cable TV division turned in another star performance and cost-cutting provided some much-needed support for its film studio. ...  > full story

Paulson, Buffett say U.S. needed tough medicine

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and billionaire investor Warren Buffett, from different sides of the political spectrum, expressed support on Tuesday for the U.S. government's aggressive steps in 2008 to keep the nation's banks and economy from a complete meltdown. ...  > full story

Inside Toyota's epic breakdown

TOYOTA CITY, Japan/DETROIT, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp, the world's most dominant and profitable automaker, was not accustomed to outsiders telling it what to do, let alone some obscure bureaucrat from the United States, whose own car industry was on taxpayer-funded life support. ...  > full story

Rajaratnam to provide SEC with wiretaps

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and co-defendant Danielle Chiesi, indicted in a sweeping insider trading case, must hand over wiretap evidence to U.S. market regulators, a judge ruled on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Science

Study shows why it is so scary to lose money

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — People are afraid to lose money and an unusual study released on Monday explains why -- the brain's fear center controls the response to a gamble. ...  > full story

Scientists find gene variant link to aging cells

LONDON, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Scientists have found specific genetic variants which may explain why some people age earlier than others and say their findings have important implications for understanding cancer and age-related diseases. ...  > full story

Shuttle Endeavour blasts off for space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) — The space shuttle Endeavour bolted off its seaside launch pad in Florida on Monday, carrying six astronauts on a voyage to install the last two main pieces of the International Space Station. ...  > full story

Arctic climate changing faster than expected

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Feb. 5, 2010 (Reuters) — Climate change is transforming the Arctic environment faster than expected and accelerating the disappearance of sea ice, scientists said on Friday in giving their early findings from the biggest-ever study of Canada's changing north. ...  > full story

Entertainment

Ellen finds Simon "a challenge" on "Idol"

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — New "American Idol" judge Ellen DeGeneres on Tuesday hinted of fireworks between her and Simon Cowell, and said she'd prefer not to sit next to the acid-tongued Briton in future. ...  > full story

Lil Wayne sentencing postponed, says goodbye to fans

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Rapper Lil Wayne temporarily escaped jail on Tuesday when his sentencing for possessing a gun was postponed on the same day he bid goodbye to fans in a video he posted on the Web. ...  > full story

Louis Gossett Jr. fighting prostate cancer

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Actor Louis Gossett Jr, best known for his Oscar-winning role as the tough drill instructor in "An Officer and a Gentleman", said on Tuesday he was fighting prostate cancer. ...  > full story

Angelina Jolie visits quake-hit Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Angelina Jolie visited earthquake victims in Haiti on Tuesday in her latest trip to help survivors of conflict and natural disaster as a goodwill envoy for a United Nations agency. ...  > full story

Sports

Djokovic advances after opponent withdraws injured

ROTTERDAM, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Top seed Novak Djokovic advanced into the second round of the World Indoor Tournament on Tuesday when his Ukrainian opponent Sergiy Stakhovsky withdrew with knee problems while trailing 6-2 4-1. ...  > full story

Three days to go - three headaches remain

VANCOUVER, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Three days away from the opening Ceremony of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, organizers were wrestling on Tuesday with three niggling headaches they hope will disappear once the Games are under way. ...  > full story

Oudin eases into second round in Paris

PARIS, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — American teenager Melanie Oudin marched into the second round of the Paris Open with a 6-3 6-0 demolition of Romania's Sorana Cirstea on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Six league teams to open in Europe next season

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — A record six National Hockey League teams will open their regular season in Europe this year, the league and its players' association announced on Tuesday. ...  > full story
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