 AP - The main Palestinian political rivals on Monday took a major step toward healing their bitter rift, agreeing that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would head an interim unity government to prepare for general elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 5:49 am
Reuters - Top executives at Glencore and Xstrata are hammering out the final details of a proposed $80 billion merger, including the premium on offer by the commodities trading giant to secure approval from the miner's shareholders.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 5:47 am
AP - Sport's highest court has banned Alberto Contador for two years after finding the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping, a decision that will strip the 2010 Tour de France champion of his title.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 5:44 am
 Reuters - Greece let yet another deadline slip on Monday for responding to painful terms for a new EU/IMF bailout as patience in Brussels wore thin over drawn-out negotiations among its feuding political leaders.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 5:37 am
 Reuters - The euro and European shares fell on Monday as fears grew that Greece would not accept the painful terms of a new bailout deal needed to avoid a potential sovereign debt default, taking the shine off a brighter global economic outlook.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 5:23 am
 Reuters - Syrian forces bombarded Homs on Monday, killing 50 people in a sustained assault on several districts of the city which has become a centre of armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian National Council opposition group said.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 5:17 am
 AP - Government forces shelled the central Syrian city of Homs on Monday, striking a makeshift medical clinic and residential areas and killing at least 17 people in the third day of a new assault on the epicenter of the country's uprising, activists said.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 4:39 am
 AP - Mitt Romney's remark that he's not worried about the very poor, the latest gaffe in a campaign rich with blunders, joins a long list of wait-let-me-explain episodes in presidential election history.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 4:37 am
 AP - Indonesia has come up with another bizarre plan to keep commuters from riding on the roofs of trains: Swat them with brooms drenched in putrid goop.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 4:34 am
Reuters - To get an idea of the economic mountain euro zone strugglers Greece and Portugal have to climb, consider this: per million inhabitants, they each filed fewer than eight applications with the European Patent Office in 2010.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 3:21 am
 AP - Dan Conne says he and his wife and son thought they were going to die after getting lost while picking mushrooms and spending nearly a week in the rugged forest of southwest Oregon.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 3:04 am
AP - Lawmakers who came to Washington demanding budget cuts face a tough test now that President Barack Obama and military leaders want to shrink the force, shut down bases and cancel weapons to achieve them.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 3:00 am
 Reuters - Republican Newt Gingrich vowed on Sunday to press ahead with his struggling presidential bid after a big loss in Nevada, saying he will focus on drawing a contrast with "timid" rival Mitt Romney.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 2:48 am
 AP - Tom Brady let his final pass fly toward the scrum of players in the end zone, hoping for an incredible finish.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 2:46 am
 AP - Josh Powell's note was simple and short, a farewell to the world after two years of being scrutinized in the media, hammered by police and questioned by judges, prosecutors and social workers, living his life under a microscope since the day his wife vanished.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 2:41 am
Reuters - Is what is good for Chrysler good for America?
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 1:31 am
AP - Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 12:49 am
Reuters - The mad rush to move client money out of MF Global Inc. after its collapse left two firms with the bulk of customer accounts, while other brokerages emerged with only minor gains from the chaos of carving up a multibillion-dollar business.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 12:14 am
The Christian Science Monitor - In Nevada Saturday night, Mitt Romney won two big contests.
Posted on 4 February 2012 | 11:26 pm
The Christian Science Monitor - Whenever abortion becomes a heated political issue, you can be sure that religion is involved. The reverse also is true. Such is the case with the 2012 election season.
Posted on 4 February 2012 | 3:00 pm
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