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Honda expands airbag recall as more Toyotas probed

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:48:36 -0500

TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co said it would recall another 440,000 cars around the world for faulty airbags as rival Toyota Motor Corp faced further probes over its largest-ever safety crisis.

Obama says world moving quickly on Iran sanctions

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:36:45 -0500

WASHINGTON/TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the international community was moving "fairly quickly" toward imposing broader sanctions on Iran, as the Islamic Republic defiantly expanded its nuclear program.

Second big snowstorm slams East Coast

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:30:42 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The second major snowstorm in less than a week slammed the East Coast from Washington to New York on Tuesday, forcing the United Nations to close and Congress to curtail legislative action.

Inside Toyota's epic breakdown

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:18:17 -0500

TOYOTA CITY, Japan/DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp, the world's most dominant and profitable automaker, was not accustomed to outsiders telling it what to do, let alone some obscure bureaucrat from the United States, whose own car industry was on taxpayer-funded life support.

Google Gmail tweak challenges Facebook, Twitter

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:05:37 -0500

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc is tapping its huge network of Gmail users and Web surfers to create a Buzz that it hopes will help it catch up with online social networking leaders Facebook and Twitter.

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

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:43:33 -0500

PORT-AU-PRINCE (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.

Obama's healthcare summit sets stage for end-game

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:39:12 -0500

WASHINGTON (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.

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

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:25:39 -0500

TAIPEI (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.

Ukraine's Tymoshenko girds to contest result

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:26:51 -0500

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko launched action on Tuesday to call rival Viktor Yanukovich's election into question, ignoring international endorsement of the poll and threatening a lengthy legal battle.

John Murtha, defense appropriations chair, dies

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:07:56 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Representative John Murtha, chairman of the House of Representatives defense appropriations subcommittee who exercised enormous influence on defense issues, died on Monday.