Wednesday, December 30, 2009

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Tweets, sexting "unfriended" in U.S. banned word list
December 31, 2009 at 1:25 am

KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - If you recently tweeted about how you were chillaxin for the holiday, take note: Fifteen particularly over- or mis-used words and phrases have been declared "shovel-ready" to be "unfriended" by a U.S. university's annual list of terms that deserve to be banned.

Radio host Limbaugh hospitalized in Hawaii: report
December 31, 2009 at 12:46 am

HONOLULU (Reuters) - Top conservative U.S. radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a hospital in Hawaii on Wednesday with chest pains, a local television station reported.

Treasury to dole out $3.8 billion to GMAC, raise stake
December 30, 2009 at 10:16 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. is injecting another $3.8 billion into GMAC Financial Services to help cover mortgage losses, in a bailout that makes the government the majority owner of the auto and home finance company.

Dutch, Nigerians to use full-body scans for flights
December 30, 2009 at 9:57 pm

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands and Nigeria said on Wednesday they would use full-body scanners at airports after a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound plane by a 23-year-old Nigerian suspect who passed through both countries.

AIG executive resigns over pay limits
December 30, 2009 at 9:57 pm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top executive at American International Group Inc has resigned because of pay curbs imposed by the Obama Administration's pay czar, the insurer said on Wednesday.

U.S. airport security irks, but passengers cope
December 30, 2009 at 9:56 pm

CHICAGO (Reuters) - First it was pocket knives and nail clippers. Then it was shoes. Then liquids. Now the government may want a closer look at your underwear after a botched attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day.

Afghan insurgents kill CIA agents, Canadians
December 30, 2009 at 9:41 pm

KABUL (Reuters) - Insurgents intensified their campaign against military targets and U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, killing eight U.S. CIA agents at a base and four Canadian servicemen on patrol and a journalist accompanying them.

AIG executive resigns over pay limits
December 30, 2009 at 6:17 pm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top executive at American International Group Inc has resigned because of pay curbs imposed by the Obama Administration's pay czar, the insurer said on Wednesday.

Hugo Chavez mocks Venezuela coup, Fidel Castro death forecast
December 30, 2009 at 5:45 pm

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez scoffed on Wednesday at U.S. magazine Newsweek's predictions that he would be toppled by a military coup and his Cuban mentor Fidel Castro would die in 2010.

Afghan suicide blast kills eight U.S. civilians
December 30, 2009 at 5:17 pm

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed eight American civilians in an attack at a military base in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, one of the highest foreign civilian death tolls in an insurgent strike in the eight-year war.

U.S. airport security irks, but passengers cope
December 30, 2009 at 5:17 pm

CHICAGO (Reuters) - First it was pocket knives and nail clippers. Then it was shoes. Then liquids. Now the government may want a closer look at your underwear after a botched attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day.

JetBlue plane makes emergency landing in Bermuda
December 30, 2009 at 11:42 am

HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters) - A JetBlue Airways Corp passenger jet on a flight from Aruba to Boston made a precautionary emergency landing in Bermuda on Tuesday after a cockpit light indicated possible smoke in a rear cargo bin, an airline spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Bombs kill more than 30 in Iraq
December 30, 2009 at 8:09 am

RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Twin suicide bombs killed at least 24 and wounded more than 100 in Iraq's Sunni Arab heartland on Wednesday and a roadside bomb killed seven pilgrims returning from a major Shi'ite Muslim religious festival.

Pakistan Taliban says carried out Karachi bombing
December 30, 2009 at 7:28 am

KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed 43 people in the commercial capital Karachi, and threatened more attacks on the U.S. ally.

Iran's police chief warns opposition
December 30, 2009 at 6:22 am

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's police chief on Wednesday warned supporters of opposition leader Mihossein Mousavi only to expect harsh treatment if they participate in illegal rallies, three days after eight protesters were killed in protests.

Signs of movement seen in stalled Mideast process
December 30, 2009 at 6:05 am

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Hints of possible movement in the deadlocked Middle East process have emerged in talks between the leaders of Egypt and Israel, a senior Palestinian official said on Wednesday, without giving details.

GMAC to get $3.5 billion in added aid from government: report
December 30, 2009 at 5:08 am

NEW YORK (Reuters) - GMAC Financial Services is close to getting about $3.5 billion in added aid from the U.S. government, on top of the $12.5 billion already received since December 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported.

U.S. eyeing more targeted sanctions against Iran
December 30, 2009 at 4:33 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies are weighing focused sanctions against Iran's leadership rather than broad-based penalties that they fear could harm the protest movement, officials and diplomats said.

North Korea pilfering nuclear reactor site: report
December 29, 2009 at 11:52 pm

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has been taking equipment left at a nuclear reactor site when an international consortium halted work on grounds that the communist state was breaking an agreement, a news report said on Wednesday.
 

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