Eviction can come suddenly for renters in U.S.

2008/02/13 21:37:13

SEATTLE (Reuters) - As the U.S. mortgage crisis forces more properties into foreclosure, even renter...

Congress votes to outlaw CIA waterboarding

2008/02/13 20:20:21

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congress defied a White House veto threat on Wednesday and voted to ban t...

Obama takes winning streak into Tuesday contests

2008/02/12 04:07:19

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama hopes to extend his winning streak over rival Hillary C...

RIM reports "critical" BlackBerry outage

2008/02/12 03:26:36

TORONTO (Reuters) - A major outage hit BlackBerry users in North America on Monday, cutting off wire...

Australian troops arrive to boost East Timor security

2008/02/12 02:53:33

DILI (Reuters) - Australian troops began arriving in East Timor on Tuesday to help enforce a state o...

Ex-Boeing engineer charged in China spying case

2008/02/11 21:06:06

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Boeing engineer was arrested on Monday on charges of stealing trade ...

Whites to become minority in U.S. by 2050

2008/02/11 19:13:33

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Non-Hispanic whites will become a minority in the United States by 2050, with...

Gates backs pause in future U.S. troop pullout

2008/02/11 16:25:16

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday he backed a brief pause in U....

Clemens and ex-trainer clash at steroids hearing

2008/02/13 20:36:07

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Baseball pitching great Roger Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, ...

Pentagon seeks death penalty for alleged 9/11 planner

2008/02/12 04:26:55

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Monday charged the alleged planner of the September 11 attack...

U.S., Iran officials to meet soon on Iraqi security

2008/02/12 03:51:09

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The latest round of talks between U.S. and Iranian officials on Iraqi security wi...

Japan PM calls Okinawa rape case "unforgivable"

2008/02/12 03:05:38

TOKYO (Reuters) - Top Japanese officials on Tuesday denounced the suspected rape of a 14-year-old gi...

U.S. Navy fires at Somali hijackers of Russian ship

2008/02/12 02:49:35

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy has fired on Somali pirates who hijacked the Russian crew and Brit...

Russian bombers intercepted near U.S. Navy vessel

2008/02/11 19:23:44

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian bomber aircraft approached a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Pacific on ...

Israel sees Hamas gone from Gaza in months

2008/02/11 16:31:55

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli leaders vowed on Monday to step up their war against Hamas and predict...