12/21 Reuters: Top News

Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Reuters: Top News Northeast digs out of monster snowstorm December 20, 2009 at 10:05 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Northeast began digging out on Sunday from a massive snowstorm that buried cities from Washington to Boston under as much as 2 feet of snow, creating travel chaos and hampering Christmas shopping. Cuba's Castro slams U.S. over arrested contractor December 20, 2009 at 9:19 pm HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro accused the Obama administration on Sunday of maintaining hostile policies toward the communist-run island by sending a contractor to distribute illegal satellite equipment. U.S. health bill nears crucial Senate test vote December 20, 2009 at 8:51 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With 60 votes in hand, Senate Democrats cruised on Sunday toward an expected victory on the first of three crucial test votes that will put a broad healthcare overhaul on the path to passage by Christmas. UNDP calls on wealthy Arab states to help neighbors December 20, 2009 at 12:43 pm CAIRO (Reuters) - Oil-rich Arab states should devote more money to creating jobs and boosting food security among their poorer Arab neighbors to help the region meet development goals by 2015, a U.N. report issued on Sunday said. Dutch girl missing after thwarted world voyage December 20, 2009 at 12:40 pm AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch teenager whose dream to become the youngest person to sail singlehanded around the world was thwarted by child welfare authorities has gone missing from her father's home, police said on Sunday. Top Iran dissident cleric Montazeri dies at 87 December 20, 2009 at 11:15 am TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's top dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a fierce critic of the hardline leadership who denounced June's disputed election as fraudulent, has died at the age of 87. East Coast hammered by severe winter storm December 20, 2009 at 11:13 am WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A weekend nor'easter buried much of the U.S. East Coast on Saturday and Sunday, disrupting public transport and air travel and hampering holiday shoppers on the last weekend before Christmas. U.S. sends 12 Guantanamo detainees to home countries December 20, 2009 at 10:41 am WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twelve inmates have been transferred from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Afghanistan, Yemen and the breakaway Somali enclave of Somaliland, the U.S. Justice Department said on Sunday. Karzai says new cabinet to be "accountable" December 20, 2009 at 8:43 am KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai promised on Sunday his new cabinet would be held to account following mounting criticism over graft in his government. Hariri sees new page in Lebanon ties with Syria December 20, 2009 at 7:28 am DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Sunday he agreed with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on practical steps to open up "new horizons" in ties between the two Arab neighbors. Iran troops have made partial withdrawal: Iraq December 20, 2009 at 4:12 am BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iranian troops have withdrawn partially from a disputed oil well claimed by both Tehran and Baghdad, an Iraqi spokesman said on Sunday, possibly defusing a border feud straining the two countries' delicate ties. Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said a small group of Iranian troops who had taken over an oil well in a remote region along the Iran-Iraq border last week were no longer in control of the well, which Iraq considers part of its Fakka oilfield. Brazil needle victim recovers, outrage at cruelty December 19, 2009 at 10:08 pm SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A Brazilian toddler is making a good recovery after surgery to remove the first of 31 sewing needles pushed into his body by his stepfather in a cruel act that has enraged locals, the hospital said on Saturday. Democrats gain 60th vote on health bill December 19, 2009 at 9:32 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats reached a compromise on Saturday with the last holdout senator that secured the 60 votes they need to pass a broad healthcare overhaul sought by President Barack Obama.   This email was sent to createrofheaven.internationalnews@blogger.com.  Create Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.