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Woods practice reports set tour tongues wagging Posted 1 hour, 43 minutes ago

Tiger Woods practices his swing outside his home in Windermere, Florida

MIAMI (Reuters) - Media reports that Tiger Woods is working with his swing coach Hank Haney have leading golfers talking of a possible return to action for the world number one. The websites of the Golf Channel and Golf Digest have both reported that Woods was seen working with Haney on ...More

Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty Posted 8 hours, 58 minutes ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A television producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to extort $2 million from U.S. talk show host David Letterman by threatening to reveal his affairs with women who worked on his late-night program on CBS. Robert Joel Halderman, a former producer for the CBS news program ...More

9/11 suspects should face civilian court, U.N. envoys say Posted 10 hours, 58 minutes ago

GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights investigators called on the Obama administration on Tuesday to prosecute the accused September 11 masterminds in a civilian court, declaring that U.S. military tribunals would not be fair. The White House is reviewing options to bring the 9/11 detainees to justice and ...More

Toyota, U.S. officials investigate runaway Prius Posted 13 hours, 2 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES/DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota dispatched teams on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier, as the automaker struggled to reassure consumers shaken by its recall crisis. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said two ...More

U.S. and Russia in final push to clinch new START treaty Posted 16 hours, 27 minutes ago

GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. and Russian arms control officials began on Tuesday what both sides hope will be a final push to clinch a treaty cutting their strategic nuclear arsenals, officials said. Dozens of negotiators from each country were taking part in the START talks which resumed at the U ...More

Decisive phase of Afghan war looms: Gates Posted 17 hours, 42 minutes ago

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday they would soon be part of a "decisive phase" in the war -- an operation to impose control over the Taliban heartland of Kandahar province. NATO is sending thousands of extra troops to ...More

Britain heads for inconclusive election: poll Posted 19 hours, 57 minutes ago

LONDON (Reuters) - No political party has enough support to win outright control of parliament in Britain's forthcoming election, raising the prospect of a period of unstable minority government, opinion polls showed on Tuesday. The opposition Conservatives' poll lead has dwindled in the run up to an election expected on ...More

New poll spells potential trouble for Democrats Posted 1 day, 6 hours ago

President Barack Obama meets his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Situation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new poll on Monday found signs of trouble ahead for President Barack Obama and his Democrats on national security issues such as the handling of terrorism suspects. The poll was conducted jointly by Democratic Corps, a Democratic organization, and Third Way, a progressive non-profit organization. It was ...More

Israel weighing construction of nuclear power plant Posted 1 day, 9 hours ago

JERUSALEM/PARIS (Reuters) - Israel will this week unveil plans to produce nuclear-generated electricity, officials said on Monday, a move that could draw fresh international attention toward its assumed atomic arsenal. Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau told Reuters he will announce at an energy conference in Paris on Tuesday that Israel is ...More

Gates in Kabul: dark days ahead but grounds for hope Posted 1 day, 13 hours ago

A U.S. Marine patrols next to a soldier of Afghan National Army in the town of Now Zad in Helmand pr

KABUL (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on a visit to Afghanistan on Monday, cautioned against over-optimism, warning of "dark days" ahead despite grounds for hope on the battlefield. Gates, on his first Afghan trip since President Barack Obama's surge of 30,000 troops began arriving in the country last ...More

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