Teams delay departures in Commonwealth Games fiasco | Reuters

An athlete heading to the Commonwealth Games arrives to check-in for her flight to India at Heathrow airport in London September 23, 2010.
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By Paul de Bendern
NEW DELHI | Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:54pm BST
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - More nations delayed their departure for the Commonwealth Games in India as ....

Five government depts agree spending cuts | Reuters

Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, arrives to speak at a news conference at the Treasury, in central London July 20, 2010.
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By David Milliken
LONDON | Thu Sep 23, 2010 6:07pm BST
LONDON (Reuters) - Five government departments have agreed budget cuts with the country's finance ministry as part of a ....

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US Supreme Court clears way for execution of Virginia woman

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block the state of Virginia from executing Teresa Lewis, a 41-year-old grandmother. Barring an unlikely last minute stay-of-execution from Governor Robert McDonnell, Lewis will be injected with a lethal poison on Thursday, becoming the first woman put to death by Virginia since 1912.info@als-alexander.org or interalex1@yahoo.com 

Beaver County Times: Va. to execute first woman in nearly a century

FILE - This 2007 file photo provided by newsPRos shows Teresa Lewis, 41, is scheduled to die by injection Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 for trading sex and money in the hired killings of her husband and stepson in October 2002. Virginia's governor has rejected a request to reconsider clemency for Lewis, leaving only the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the state's first execution of a woman in nearly a century. (AP Photo/newsPRos, File)

Virginia to go ahead with execution of woman

The first woman in almost 100 years is to be executed in the US after the Supreme Court earlier this week refused to grant a last-minute reprieve.

Teresa Lewis, 41, is due to die by lethal injection.

Virginia to go ahead with execution of woman

The first woman in almost 100 years is to be executed in the US after the Supreme Court earlier this week refused to grant a last-minute reprieve.

BBC News - US Supreme Court allows execution of Virginia woman

Teresa Lewis was convicted of plotting to kill her husband and stepson
The US Supreme Court has refused to halt the Virginia execution of a woman who admitted conspiring to kill her husband and stepson.
On Thursday Teresa Lewis, 41, is set to become the first woman to be executed in the US for five years and in Virginia since 1912.

Virginia Preparing for Woman's Execution - TIME

Teresa Lewis was sentenced to death for plotting to have her husband and stepson killed in 2002. Lewis could become the first woman executed in Virginia in nearly 100 years

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad points finger at US over woman's execution | The Australian

PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is trying to blunt international outrage by focusing attention instead on tomorrow's scheduled execution of a woman in the US.

Teresa Lewis "is to be executed . . . while her physician believes that she was suffering from mental disorder at the time of her husband's murder - but nobody pays any attention to this issue", the Iranian President complained during an interview in New York.

Virginia governor declines to stay woman's execution - CNN

Virginia's governor has rejected a clemency request from a death row inmate scheduled to be the first woman executed in the United States in five years.
Teresa Lewis, a 41-year-old grandmother, is now set to die by lethal injection Thursday evening. She pleaded guilty to her part in the 2002 slayings of her husband and son-in-law in their rural home...

US supreme court upholds Virginia woman's planned execution | World news | guardian.co.uk

Iran has criticised US double standards over Teresa Lewis's execution. Photograph: Family handout

The US supreme court has refused to block the state of Virginia's first execution of a woman in nearly a century, clearing the way for Teresa Lewis's death by lethal injection tomorrow.

Nations delay departure in Commonwealth Games fiasco | Reuters

A girl carrying a child stands outside her makeshift tent in front of the athletes village of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, while surrounded by flood waters of the river Yamuna in New Delhi September 23, 2010.
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US: Dead in Afghan chopper crash were all American - Yahoo! News

KABUL, Afghanistan – All nine troops killed in the worst helicopter crash for the coalition in Afghanistan in four years were Americans, the Pentagon has confirmed without providing further information on why the aircraft carrying Navy special forces went down.
NATO said there were no reports of enemy fire in a rugged area in the Daychopan district of Zabul province,

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LONDON — The energy, color and movement that transformed modern dance — from the explosive revolution of the Ballets Russes to costume collaborations with artists like Pablo Picasso — is on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Al-Qaeda claims kidnapping of French workers in Niger

Nairobi/Niamey, Niger/Paris - Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has claimed responsibility for the abduction in Niger of seven foreign workers, five of them French.

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Governor unmoved by appeals for mercy

Teresa Lewis. Photo / AP

Despite appeals for clemency - and accusations of hypocrisy from none other than Iran - the state of Virginia seems set to go ahead tomorrow with the first execution of a woman in the United States since 2005, and only the 12th since capital punishment resumed in 1976.
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Italians seize military explosives

Italian police stand guard by a confiscated container, in the port of Gioia Tauro, near Reggio Calabria, southern Italy. Photo / AP

Israel flotilla raid broke international law - UN

 

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, second from right facing camera, meets with members of the panel investigating the Gaza Flotilla incident.

10 bikies to be tried for airport murder

Ten Comanchero bikies will stand trial for murder over a "violent encounter" with rival gang the Hells Angels at Sydney airport, a magistrate has ruled.

Iberia approves BA pension recovery plan | Reuters

An Iberia jet (R) passes a British Airways jet at Barcelona Airport November 16, 2009.

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By Tracy Rucinski

MADRID | Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:16am BST

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Iberia approved British Airways Plc's funding plan for a multi-billion-pound pension deficit on Wednesday, removing the last major obstacle for the two airlines to merge before year-end.

Obama calls for new ways to tackle poverty | Reuters

U.S. President Barack Obama leaves after addressing the Millennium Development Goals Summit at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 22, 2010.

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By Patrick Worsnip and Lesley Wroughton

UNITED NATIONS | Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:22am BST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Wednesday for new ways to tackle global poverty and said his administration would focus its help to the poor on promoting economic growth and fighting corruption.

England crush Pakistan to secure home sweep | Reuters

England's Paul Collingwood (C) celebrates with Steve Davies after dismissing Pakistan's Umar Akmal during the fifth one-day international cricket match at the Rose Bowl in Southampton September 22, 2010.
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By John Mehaffey
SOUTHAMPTON, England | Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:02pm BST

Japanese equities struggle in grip of strong yen - London Stock Exchange

Fund managers have been tipping Japan as a recovery play for at least two decades and, apart from a few healthy rallies, there is still little sign of anything long-lasting.

The “miracle economy” of the 1970s and 80s is consigned to the history books and Japan now struggles with deflation, slow growth and higher levels of unemployment than politicians like.

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CARDIFF, Wales -(Dow Jones)- Bank of England Chief Economist Spencer Dale said Wednesday that most people had been surprised by how little U.K. house prices had decreased, but there could be further falls to come.

Responding to questions following a speech at Cardiff Business School, Dale noted that while it was easy to point to asset bubbles in sparking the recent collapse in the U.S. housing market, in the U.K. it was less obvious.

Steven Tyler and J.Lo join revamped American Idol | Reuters

 

Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson pose with host Ryan Seacrest after being announced as the judges for the 10th season of the television show ''American Idol'' at the Forum in Inglewood, California September 22, 2010.
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By Jill Serjeant, LOS ANGELES | Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:40pm BST

Money Never Sleeps faces hard time on Wall Street | Reuters

 

Cast members Shia LaBeouf, Frank Langella, Carey Mulligan and Michael Douglas arrive for the premiere of the film ''Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps in New York September 20, 2010.
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By Christine Kearney, NEW YORK | Wed Sep 22, 2010 1:32pm BST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gordon Gekko, the archetypal villain of iconic 1980s movie "Wall Street" has a new mantra: greed is not just good, it's legal and it's everywhere.

Minister criticises capitalism, irks business | Reuters

Britain's Business Secretary Vince Cable listens to a speech by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrat Party, at his party's conference in Liverpool, northern England, September 20, 2010.

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By Keith Weir and Tim Castle

LIVERPOOL, England | Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:27pm BST

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Britain's business secretary attacked unfettered capitalism on Wednesday and unveiled plans to review the way companies are governed and how takeovers work, angering business leaders.

Chinese Business Gains Foothold in Eastern Europe

BUDAPEST — The classroom walls at the Hungarian-Chinese bilingual primary school here are decorated with Chinese calendars and banners. Chinese lanterns hang from the ceilings of the main entrance hall. There are stacks of new Chinese language books in the staff room, provided by the Chinese authorities, who also send two teachers a year, depending on the school’s needs.

News Analysis - Tensions Linger Between Pope and Anglicans

LONDON — The pope and the archbishop prayed together last weekend, a rare event at Westminster Abbey meant to show the fundamental closeness of Catholics and Anglicans, their churches separated in doctrine by few degrees and each battered by secularism and division. The signal sent was that, someday, a more formal union would strengthen both.

Near Cuba, Wary Kin Wait for Proof of a New Path - NYTimes.com

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On Death Row, Questions Linger on Fairness of Teresa Lewis’s Sentence - NYTimes.com

“She is clearly the head of this serpent,” the judge said of Teresa Lewis in 2003 when he sentenced her to death by lethal injection, describing her as the mastermind of the cold-blooded murders of her husband and his son as they slept in rural Virginia.

Obama's top economic adviser leaving

President Obama with his original economic team, from left, CEA chairman Christina Romer, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and economic adviser Lawrence H. Summers. (Bill O'leary)

China Takes a Sharper Tone in Its Dispute With Japan - NYTimes.com

BEIJING — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao “strongly urged” Japan to immediately and unconditionally release from custody the captain of a Chinese trawler, threatening further action if Japan refuses.

11 People Who Should Be On 'Dancing with the Stars'

Last night, “Dancing with the Stars” began its 11th season. Let’s put that in perspective. “Seinfeld” ran for nine seasons. “Arrested Development” barley made it three. “Andy Barker, P.I.” only made it four mother-loving episodes, but a show about a bunch of washed-up has-beens and a few never-weres dancing around like morons is still going strong after 11. Granted, they can pump out two seasons a year, but still, the success of this show is nothing short of obscene.

Bomb Hits Parade in Kurdish-Majority City in Iran - NYTimes.com

TEHRAN — A bombing blamed by the Iranian authorities on “terrorists” on Wednesday killed nine people, mostly women and children, and wounded 20 during a military parade in the northwest of the country to mark the start of the Iran-Iraq war 30 years ago, state-controlled media reported on Wednesday.

African leaders urge action on poverty goals | Reuters

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FSA says bank bonus spats obscure deeper issues | Reuters

The Chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority, Adair Turner, poses for photographers before delivering his report into the global banking crisis, London March 18, 2009.

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By Huw Jones

LONDON | Wed Sep 22, 2010 12:59am BST

LONDON (Reuters) - Excessive bonuses must be curbed but flawed regulation has done more harm than greed, the top financial regulator said on Tuesday.

U.S. Fed lays groundwork for possible further easing | Reuters

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in a hearing on ''The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress,'' on Capitol Hill in Washington July 21, 2010.
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FTSE down as banks falter ahead of Fed announcement | Reuters

Asian shares mixed, await Fed (01:29) Report

By David Brett

LONDON | Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:17pm BST

LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 faltered by the close on Tuesday as investors lost their nerve ahead of news from the U.S. Federal Reserve, with banks and miners the biggest fallers.

Public borrowing hits record high for August | Reuters

Light trails made by a passing bus illuminate the night sky in front of the Houses of Parliament, February 4, 2010.

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By Fiona Shaikh and Sumeet Desai

LONDON | Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:44pm BST

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's budget deficit last month hit a record high for the month of August as higher inflation forced the government to shell out nearly three times more in interest payments than it did last year.

Top British trio pull out of Commonwealth Games | Reuters

Sanya Richards (C) of the U.S. crosses the finish line ahead of Christine Ohuruogu (R) of Britain in their women's 400 meters semi-final round heat during the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin, August 16, 2009.
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LONDON | Tue Sep 21, 2010 7:27pm BST
LONDON (Reuters) - A trio of top British athletes, including injured Olympic 400 metres champion Christine Ohuruogu, ...

Lady Gaga joins Maine rally for repeal of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'

 

 

Lady Gaga speaking at a rally in Portland, Maine, urging Congress to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'. Photograph: Joel Page/Reuters
Revealing a political savvy that matches her spectacular theatrical talent, Lady Gaga joined a rally calling for the repeal of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' (DADT) and aimed at influencing critical Republican votes in Congress

Iran accuses US of double standards over woman's execution

Iran has criticised US double standards over Teresa Lewis's execution. Photograph: Ho/AFP/Getty Images
Iran accused the US of human rights violations today over plans by the state of Virginia to execute a woman for the first time in nearly 100 years, despite claims that she has severe learning difficulties.

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Dream Act immigration reform bill to be put to US Congress this week | World news | The Guardian

Dream act bill may help US president Barack Obama, who has courted the Latino vote. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images
The US Congress is poised to vote this week on a bill that offers more than 2 million young illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, a move that will re-open the toxic debate on the issue ahead of the November mid-term elections.

Harvard faces protests over honour for Islamophobic editor | World news | The Guardian

Harvard University is planning to name a $500,000 social studies chair after Martin Peretz. Photograph: Andia/Alamy

Will The Fed Fall Back on Treasury Purchases to Fuel Economic Growth?

Faced with a faltering recovery, the U.S. Federal Reserve today (Tuesday) will again consider ramping up purchases of Treasuries, a policy known as quantitative easing, to promote growth.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index closed yesterday with a 1.5% gain on speculation that the Fed would at least indicate to investors that it is prepared to take further action to support the economy

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Benitez praises soccer man Moratti, blasts Liverpool | Reuters

Inter Milan's coach Rafael Benitez looks on before their Serie A match against Palermo at the Renzo Barbera stadium in Palermo September 19, 2010.
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Clegg tells Lib Dems to stay coalition course | Reuters

Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrat Party, begins his speech at his party's conference in Liverpool, northern England, September 20, 2010.

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LIVERPOOL, England | Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:33pm BST
LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, trying to shore up support for the coalition, told his party Monday to stick with the government while it rebuilt the economy.

Government working to fix migrant cap problems - Cable | Reuters

(Reuters) - Britain is working on ways to modify a new cap on immigration which employers say is causing problems for companies needing to relocate skilled staff, Business Secretary Vince Cable said on Monday.

North Korea ruling party to hold leadership meeting | Reuters

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Manpho Unhwa factory in Manpho, Chagang Province, near the border with China, in this undated picture released on September 13, 2010 by North Korea's KCNA news agency.

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SEOUL | Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:27am BST
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's ruling party will hold its biggest meeting in decades on September 28 to pick a new leadership, state media reported on Tuesday, and likely anoint an heir to the dynasty as Kim Jong-il's health deteriorates.

Commodities lead FTSE rebound as BP rises on well kill | Reuters

A city worker walks outside the London Stock Exchange in Paternoster Square October 27, 2008.
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By David Brett
LONDON | Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:07pm BST
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top shares extended gains by midday on Monday, led by energy shares after BP permanently killed its deep-sea well in the Gulf of Mexico.

England angrily reject corruption allegations | Reuters

Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Amir (L) and Salman Butt leave the team hotel in Taunton, in south west England September 1, 2010.

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By John Mehaffey

LONDON | Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:17pm BST

LONDON (Reuters) - Pakistan were embroiled in bitter new corruption row before play even began in the fourth one-day international against England at Lord's on Monday.

Lady Gaga, Katy Perry lead MTV Europe nominations | Reuters

Lady Gaga, wearing an outfit made of meat, poses in the photo room after winning eight awards at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, California September 12, 2010.

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LONDON | Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:46am BST
LONDON (Reuters) - Lady Gaga and Katy Perry go head-to-head at the MTV Europe Music Awards in November, with five nominations apiece.
The U.S. pop princesses are both shortlisted in four categories -- best pop act, best song, best female act and best video. Completing the nominations for Lady Gaga is best live act and for Katy Perry "best world stage performance."

AP Interview: Ahmadinejad says future is Iran's - Yahoo! News

 

AP – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is interviewed by journalists from The Associated Press, Sunday, …
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NEW YORK – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said "the future belongs to Iran" and challenged the United States to accept that his country has a major role in the world.

Gross mortgage lending falls 6 percent year-on-year in August | Reuters

People are seen walking past estate agent signs outside a row of houses, in south London in this May 18, 2007 file photograph.
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LONDON | Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:15pm BST
LONDON (Reuters) - Gross mortgage lending fell 6 percent year-on-year in August to 13.3 billion pounds, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said on Monday.

Brandon Jacobs throws helmet into the stands in Indianapolis - Shutdown Corner - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs(notes) threw his helmet 10 rows deep into the stands at Lucas Oil Field on Sunday night during his team's blowout loss to the Indianapolis Colts. The errant helmet didn't injure any fans, but did cause a commotion in the stands when the fans who retrieved it refused to hand it back to Colts officials. According to NBC's Cris Collinsworth, someone associated with the Colts eventually got it back by ripping the piece of equipment out of their hands.

Centre-right wins Swedish vote but short of majority | Reuters

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's prime minister became the nation's first sitting centre-right leader to win re-election on Sunday, but he was deprived of a majority by the entry into parliament of an anti-immigrant party.

King's Speech wins top Toronto film fest prize | Reuters

(Reuters) - "The King's Speech" won the top award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, giving the Tom Hooper-directed film some early momentum heading into Oscar awards season.