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July 4, 2009

Iraq declines offer of U.S. help with reconciliation

Filed under: Gadgets — Reuters: Top News @ 11:27 am

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq on Saturday ruled out foreign involvement in its efforts to reconcile rival factions, just after visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged Iraqis to do more to bury grievances and stave off renewed conflict.

July 3, 2009

Palin resigning as Alaska governor in surprise move

Filed under: Gadgets — Reuters: Top News @ 11:01 pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Sarah Palin, the brash, deeply conservative governor of Alaska who crashed onto the U.S. national political scene last year as the Republican candidate for U.S. vice president, announced abruptly on Friday she was resigning as governor.

Honduras to meet OAS but tells Zelaya “don’t come”

Filed under: Gadgets — Reuters: Top News @ 11:34 am

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - An interim government in Honduras warned ousted President Manuel Zelaya to stay away but indicated it could be more conciliatory in talks on Friday with the Organization of American States over the country’s crisis.

U.S. drone strike kills 10 in Pakistan: officials

Filed under: Gadgets — Reuters: Top News @ 8:20 am

WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles on Friday into Pakistan’s South Waziristan region, killing 10 militants, officials said, ahead of an expected Pakistani military offensive in the area.

July 2, 2009

Hope for California budget deal as IOUs planned

Filed under: Gadgets — Reuters: Top News @ 11:42 pm

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Top California lawmakers raised hope on Thursday that an elusive budget deal could be at hand, as officials began issuing billions of dollars in “IOUs” to avoid a cash crisis on the second day of a new fiscal year without an agreement to balance the state’s books.

July 1, 2009

U.S. Marines fan out in big south Afghanistan assault

Filed under: Gadgets — Reuters: Top News @ 11:52 pm

NAWA, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed deep into Taliban territory in an Afghan river valley on Thursday, launching the biggest military offensive of Barack Obama’s presidency.

Job losses overshadow manufacturing recovery

Filed under: Gadgets — Reuters: Top News @ 11:05 am

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing mustered its highest level of activity in nearly a year in June but unexpected weakness in private sector employment signaled how slow an economic recovery might be, reports released on Wednesday showed.

California misses budget deadline, readies “IOUs”

Filed under: Gadgets — Reuters: Top News @ 2:50 am

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California’s lawmakers failed to agree on a balanced budget by the start of its new fiscal year on Wednesday morning, clearing the way to suspend payments owed to the state’s vendors and local agencies, who instead will get “IOU” notes promising payment.

June 30, 2009

Franken declared Senate winner, Coleman concedes

Filed under: Gadgets — Reuters: Top News @ 6:45 pm

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Democrat Al Franken, a satirist turned politician, was declared the winner of a Senate seat in Minnesota on Tuesday, clearing the way for President Barack Obama’s party to secure a critical 60-seat majority in the Senate.

Bomb kills 30 in Northern Iraq as U.S. troops leave

Filed under: Gadgets — Reuters: Top News @ 12:34 pm

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Hours after U.S. troops handed over full control of Iraq’s cities to its domestic security forces, a car bomb in the northern city of Kirkuk killed at least 30 people on Tuesday, police said.

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