WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said on Tuesday that he has made an open-ended commitment to remain defense chief under President-elect Barack Obama. ... > full story
BRUSSELS, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — NATO agreed on Tuesday to gradually resume contacts with Russia suspended after Moscow's intervention in Georgia, and put off a decision on putting Ukraine and Georgia on formal membership tracks. ... > full story
NEW DELHI, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was flying to New Delhi on Tuesday to try to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks and put at risk U.S. counterterrorism efforts in the region. ... > full story
TOKYO, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — The top U.S. negotiator for multilateral talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear program said on Tuesday he saw a way forward at the next meeting, but details on verification must still be clarified. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Spending a lot of time watching TV, playing video games and surfing the Web makes children more prone to a range of health problems including obesity and smoking, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Mobile phone calls distract drivers far more than even the chattiest passenger, causing drivers to follow too closely and miss exits, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — The number of civilians killed in Iraq rose last month after a series of Baghdad bombings, but the U.S. military death toll fell to its lowest level since the war began in 2003, data showed. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — An Iraqi court on Sunday ordered the release of a freelance photographer working for Reuters news agency who has been held by U.S. forces since early September. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraq's government tried to quell criticism on Sunday of a security pact which sets deadlines for U.S. military withdrawals, saying opponents could wait to judge how Washington honors commitments to pull back its troops. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration defended the safety of infant formula sold in the United States on Friday despite tests that found the chemical melamine in one brand and a related compound in another. ... > full story
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Five Detained Over Russian Mayor's Killing - Investigators Dec. 2, 2008 (Morningstar) — Five people were arrested Tuesday in connection with last week's killing of a Russian mayor in a city near the rebel Georgian region of South ...
FDA sets safe level for melamine in infant formula Nov. 28, 2008 (San Jose Mercury News) — WASHINGTON-Federal regulators set a safety threshold Friday for the industrial chemical melamine that is greater than the amount of contamination ...
FDA tightens rules on infant formula Nov. 28, 2008 (Daily Herald, Chicago) — Federal food safety regulators have set a safety level for the industrial chemical melamine in infant formula and are urging consumers to keep ...
Co-operative imported melamine-tainted soymeal Nov. 28, 2008 (CTV, Canada) — A French farm co-operative says that it imported 270 tonnes of melamine-contaminated soymeal from China. . . Melamine is an industrial chemical ...
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