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"New GM" exits bankruptcy

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:41:03 -0400

DETROIT (Reuters) - A new General Motors emerged from bankruptcy protection on Friday -- far more quickly than most industry-watchers had expected -- as a leaner automaker pledging to win back American consumers and pay back taxpayers.

G8 pledges $20 billion in farm aid to poor nations

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:44:20 -0400

L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - G8 leaders pledged $20 billion in aid on Friday to help poor nations feed themselves, surpassing expectations of a summit that made little ground on climate change and may spell the end of the G8 itself.

Obama confident of passing healthcare reform

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:08:52 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledged on Friday that tough negotiations on overhauling U.S. healthcare lie ahead after some of his own Democrats rebelled but he expressed confidence a plan will be passed.

Hopes fade for quick solution to Honduran crisis

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:58:14 -0400

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Rivals for power in Honduras held to their conflicting and seemingly intractable positions on Friday as hopes faded for a quick negotiated solution to the crisis triggered by last month's coup.

Chinese police break up Xinjiang protest

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:25:45 -0400

URUMQI, China (Reuters) - Chinese riot police broke up a small demonstration by Uighurs leaving Friday prayers in a Muslim Uighur neighborhood of Urumqi, arresting several who were taken away with hands above their heads.

Americans swap homes for hotels as recession bites

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:28:17 -0400

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Some Americans are swapping homes for motels as the ranks of the homeless swell during the recession, crowding out shelters and forcing cities and states across the country to find new types of housing.

China exec probed for leaking price strategy to Rio

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:02:58 -0400

CANBERRA/BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese steel executive detained along with four Rio Tinto employees is being investigated for leaking China's "bottom line" on iron ore prices, a source with knowledge of the probe said on Friday.

UK phone hacking case sparks press ethics debate

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:43:25 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - After weeks of feasting on stories about British politicians abusing expenses, journalists are finding their own conduct under scrutiny following allegations of phone hacking by a Rupert Murdoch tabloid.

Closed-door Suu Kyi trial resumes in Myanmar

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:18:42 -0400

YANGON (Reuters) - The widely condemned trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumed on Friday, a week after the country's military rulers ignored a plea from the United Nations chief to drop security charges against her.

Bull kills man during Spain's annual Pamplona run

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:57:32 -0400

PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) - A bull gored a man to death on Friday as he took part in the traditional Running of the Bulls fiesta in the Spanish city of Pamplona, regional government authorities said.