LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — Country crossover star Taylor Swift overshadowed the late Michael Jackson at the American Music Awards on Sunday, winning five prizes including artist of the year.
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COPENHAGEN, Nov. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — Sixty-five world leaders have confirmed they will attend next month's U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen which Danish officials hope will bring strong political commitment for a new treaty to combat global warming.
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CAIRO, Nov. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — Israel's president said on Sunday expanding Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank was a "marginal" issue blocking resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians.
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KABUL, Nov. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai could invite militants to attend a "Loya Jirga," or grand council meeting, aiming to seek peace and reconciliation with the Taliban, a spokesman said on Sunday.
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JAKARTA, Nov. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — An overloaded ferry sank in bad weather off Indonesia's Riau islands on Sunday, killing 29 people, while 245 passengers survived the accident, officials said.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350,000 at a memorabilia auction on Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, while a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world tour fetched $225,000.
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — The Iraqi parliament on Sunday failed to resolve an impasse threatening to delay the country's election in January, which could affect the U.S. military's plans for a partial pullout next year.
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MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 21, 2009 (Reuters) — Three suspected Taliban militants blew themselves up on Saturday as police chased them in Pakistani Kashmir, police said.
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KABUL, Nov. 21, 2009 (Reuters) — NATO took command of the training of the Afghan army and police on Saturday to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital precondition for the withdrawal of foreign troops.
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PERUGIA, Italy, Nov. 21, 2009 (Reuters) — Italian prosecutors on Saturday called for a life sentence for American university student Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007 murder of Briton Meredith Kercher.
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ISLAMABAD, Nov. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — The Pakistan-based militant group that attacked the Indian city of Mumbai a year ago remains an implacable Indian foe and could strike again despite Pakistani efforts to rein it in. ... > full story
BEIJING, Nov. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — A Chinese dissident who tried to help victims of last year's Sichuan earthquake was jailed for three years on Monday on charges of illegally possessing state secrets, his wife said, decrying the sentence as "revenge." ... > full story
KHARTOUM, Nov. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — Sudan on Sunday announced a six-day delay to long-awaited elections to make up for hold-ups in registering millions of voters in the oil-producing country. ... > full story
DUBAI, Nov. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — Three Saudi soldiers were killed and an unspecified number wounded as they fought to stop new cross-border raids by Yemeni rebels, the Saudi-owned daily Asharq al-Awsat reported on its website on Sunday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2009 (Reuters) — President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to show patience over the economy and argued that his just-concluded Asia trip was critical for U.S. exports, countering criticism he had returned empty-handed. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2009 (Reuters) — A former U.S. State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that they spied for almost three decades for the Communist-led Cuban government. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2009 (Reuters) — President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in the economy, Gallup said on Friday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2009 (Reuters) — The chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Representative Ike Skelton, cast doubt on Friday about the Obama administration's decision to try the September 11, 2001, conspirators in a U.S. criminal court. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Nov. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — Microsoft Corp has had talks with News Corp about a tie up, which would involve News Corp getting paid to take its news websites off Google Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday. ... > full story
NEW YORK/HELSINKI, Nov. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — Ciena Corp will buy the optical networking and carrier ethernet business of bankrupt Nortel for $769 million, after trumping Nokia Siemens Networks in a three-day auction, sources told Reuters. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — A group of U.S. business economists boosted their forecast for economic growth over the next year, but said the jobless rate will remain stubbornly high, a survey released on Monday showed. ... > full story
MUMBAI, Nov. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — Leading Indian outsourcers such as Tata Consultancy , Infosys and Wipro stand to gain contracts worth about $1 billion in the next one or two years as U.S. banks emerge from the troubled asset relief program, the Economic Times reported on Monday. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Nov. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — The Soviet Union's only non-Communist astronaut, Konstantin Feoktistov, has died at the age of 83, Russia's space agency said on Sunday. ... > full story
OSLO, Nov. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — The permanent darkness of the ocean depths is home to a far greater range of animals, from luminous jellyfish to tubeworms that live off oil seeping from the seabed, than previously thought, scientists said on Sunday. ... > full story
GENEVA, Nov. 21, 2009 (Reuters) — After a year's delay, scientists at the world's biggest accelerator have restarted an experiment to recreate "Big Bang" conditions that had sparked suggestions the earth would be sucked in by millions of black holes. ... > full story
ROME, Nov. 20, 2009 (Reuters) — An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum said on Friday. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — Country crossover star Taylor Swift overshadowed the late Michael Jackson at the American Music Awards on Sunday, winning five prizes including artist of the year. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Nov. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350,000 at a memorabilia auction on Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, while a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world tour fetched $225,000. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — The "Twilight" sequel scored the third-biggest opening weekend of all time at the North American box office on Sunday, as millions of young women swooned over the complex love triangle involving a high school girl, a vampire and a werewolf. ... > full story
LONDON, Nov. 21, 2009 (Reuters) — British singer Robbie Williams may sell the right to half his future album, touring and sponsorship earnings in a 50 million pound ($83 million) deal, one of his managers was reported to say on Saturday. ... > full story
VANCOUVER, Nov. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — The Chicago Blackhawks chalked up their seventh successive win on Sunday after Bryan Bickell's third period goal gave them a 1-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks. ... > full story
SEATTLE, Nov. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — Real Salt Lake won their first Major League Soccer championship on Sunday with a penalty shootout victory over David Beckham's L.A Galaxy after the title game had ended in a 1-1 draw following extra time. ... > full story
PHOENIX, Nov. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — The Phoenix Suns routed the Detroit Pistons 117-91 Sunday to preserve their perfect home record and improve to a joint NBA-best 11-3. ... > full story
SEATTLE, Nov. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — David Beckham has an option to own a future 20th team in Major League Soccer, the North American league's commissioner said on Sunday. ... > full story
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