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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

Under fire, NY governor Paterson says he's not resigning

NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) — New York Governor David Paterson on Monday restated his intention to run for governor and denied rumors he might resign over potentially scandalous allegations in a forthcoming news report that fueled new speculation about his political future. ...  > full story

Roll over headlines to view top news summaries:

• Google tweaks Gmail to challenge Facebook, Twitter

• NATO to Afghan assault villagers: keep heads down

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

• Church pews fill as Philippine poll campaign begins

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

• Obama's healthcare summit sets stage for end-game

• John Murtha, defense appropriations chair, dies

• Haiti studies Colombian town for quake rebuilding

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

• Under fire, NY governor Paterson says he's not resigning

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Nigerian VP assumes office as acting president

ABUJA, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office as acting president on Tuesday, 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

Russian tycoon says ex-spy murder claim "outrageous"

LONDON, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky said Tuesday it was outrageous to claim he was responsible for the death of his friend Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB agent who was murdered in London in 2006. ...  > full story

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Business

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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

Toyota to recall more 2010 Camrys in U.S.

DETROIT, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> will recall 7,314 model-year 2010 Camry sedans in the United States due to the risk that a potential defect in steering may make it harder for drivers to stop the vehicle. ...  > full story

MetLife may pay AIG in stock, cash for unit: source

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — MetLife Inc plans to pay American International Group Inc in stock and cash for American Life Insurance Co (Alico), as the two sides negotiate what could be a roughly $15 billion deal, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. ...  > full story

U.S. stock exchange heads take aim at "Volcker rule"

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — The heads of the top U.S. stock exchanges have poured cold water on the Obama administration's plan to bar banks from proprietary trading. ...  > full story

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Science

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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

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Entertainment

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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

Absent Polanski to dominate Berlin film festival

BERLIN, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Roman Polanski may be under house arrest in a Swiss chalet, but the Polish-French director is set to dominate this year's Berlin film festival where his latest movie "The Ghost Writer" will be unveiled. ...  > full story

Record Super Bowl telecast tops "M*A*S*H" record

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) — Sunday's Super Bowl TV audience set a viewing record for the annual National Football League Championship and eclipsed the 1983 benchmark set by the comedy "M*A*S*H" to become the most watched U.S. telecast, according to early ratings data on Monday. ...  > full story

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Sports

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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

The Tomato, figure-skating queen, top Forbes list

CHICAGO, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — An athlete nicknamed after a tomato because of his flaming red hair and a regal South Korean figure skater head the Forbes list of top earning Winter Olympic athletes. ...  > full story

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