| Latest worldwide news | Economix Blog The Measure of Our Poverty | | | While the official formula for measuring the number of Americans in poverty may be outdated, alternative methods would put the share of Americans in poverty even higher. |
| U.S. to establish cable link to Guantanamo base in two years | | | GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, Sept 20 (Reuters) - T he U.S. military is laying an undersea fiber-optic cable line to connect its Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba with Florida, and could someday extend it to the rest of Cuba, a Defense Department official testified on Friday at the war crimes tribunal. |
| The man who stirred up politics | | | In the quiet world of German politics, outspoken Social Democrat leader and Angela Merkel's main challenger, Peer Steinbrueck, is causing something of a storm. |
| Americans Lead 6-2 in PGA Cup | | | Club pro champion Mike Small and Bob Sowards won their matches Friday and the Americans swept the fourballs session to build a 6-2 lead over Great Britain Ireland in matches between golf professionals. |
| U.S. sets first curbs on power plant carbon emissions | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday announced first-ever regulations setting strict limits on the amount of carbon pollution that can be generated by any new U.S. power plant, which quickly sparked a backlash from supporters of the coal industry and are certain to face legal challenges. |
| Tokyo man to lose home to make way for stadium again | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Kohei Jinno fans out the black and white photos of his family posing proudly in front of their central Tokyo home, a house they were forced to leave ahead of the 1964 Olympic Games to make way for construction of the main stadium. |
| Kate West, Carter Westfall | | | The bride is a managing director of a nonprofit organization that supports independent film; the groom is a marketing executive with the N.B.A. |
| House approves bill with deep food stamp spending cuts | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-run House of Representatives voted to cut spending on food stamps for the poor by $40 billion over 10 years on Thursday, defying a veto threat from the White House in the name of fiscal reform. |
| Mexico scours for dozens missing amid floods as storms abate | | | LA PINTADA, Mexico (Reuters) - Rescuers cleared mud from shattered houses on Friday, searching for dozens of people missing after a mudslide flattened their village in southwest Mexico as some of the most destructive storms to hit the country in decades abated. |
| Harper HR Lifts Nationals Over Marlins 3-2 | | | Bryce Harper hit a three-run homer to back an effective pitching performance by Gio Gonzalez, and the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 on Thursday night to keep alive their slim hope of reaching the playoffs. |
| Israel's worries beyond al-Assad | | | This week marks the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Across Israel, families build primitive structures with branches or palm fronds as roofs. They do so to remember the biblical exodus from Egypt and 40 years of exile in the Sinai Desert. It is a celebration of survival. |
| Tipsarevic clinches Serbia's final spot | | | Novak Djokovic's Serbia will play holders the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup final but it was the World No.1's teammate Janko Tipsarevic who proved the final day hero in Belgrade. |
| Suspected militant leader arrested | | | The alleged leader of an Islamic militant cell in Spain who escaped arrest in June when eight of his suspected colleagues were detained has been taken into custody, the Spanish Interior Ministry said Monday. |
| Pakistan's app success | | | The Pakistani city of Lahore is known as the heritage capital of the country. It's scattered with ancient mosques, majestic 16th century mansions and antique minarets. Lahorites are proud of their cultural legacy. |
| Football UEFA backs World Cup switch | | | The prospect of a winter World Cup in 2022 looks set to become a reality after Europe's football associations voted against holding the tournament in the Qatari summer. |
| Leading the way for golf's multimillionaires | | | The PGA Tour can make instant millionaires at virtually every one of its tournaments -- but it was not always that way. It took golf pioneer Billy Casper almost 15 years to reach seven figures in the nascent days of the pro circuit. |
| Historic Kentucky bridge demolished | | | Sept. 20 - Dramatic video captures the controlled explosion that brought down the final 60-foot section of Louisville's 84-year-old Milton-Madison Bridge, Thursday. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
| On the Runway Blog A Wonderland Indeed | | | Beauty in Wonderland is an event coordinated by Italian Vogue and PG Global Prestige, with a show that was ostensibly designed to highlight beauty products and their connection to nature. |
| BRIEF-Lundbeck, Otsuka get positive opinion for schizophrenia drug | | | COPENHAGEN, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Danish pharmaceutical group H. Lundbeck A/S said on Friday * It and Japanese partner Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ,4768.Tgt; have receive positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) * Committee recommends marketing authorisation for Abilify Maintena (aripiprazole), a treatment for the maintenance of schizophrenia |
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