| Latest worldwide news | Cepheid's drug-resistant TB test gets FDA nod | | | (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted marketing approval to Cepheid's tuberculosis test that checks if the disease-causing bacteria carry antibiotic-resistant genetic markers. |
| UPDATE 1-Safran raises full-year profit goal | | | PARIS, July 26 (Reuters) - Aerospace group Safran raised its full-year profit forecast on Friday after posting stronger-than-expected first-half earnings buoyed by the economically sensitive spares market for civil jet engines. |
| Suicide bombs kill 39 near Shi'ite mosques in Pakistan | | | PARACHINAR/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suicide bombers on motorcycles blew themselves up within a minute of each other outside Shi'ite mosques in a volatile Pakistani town near the Afghan border on Friday, killing at least 39 people, officials said. |
| Obama budget debate | | | The great budget battle of 2013 begins in earnest Wednesday with speeches by President Barack Obama that will emphasize his economic fairness message in the face of Republican demands for more sharp spending cuts. |
| GE CEO says equal access in China is crucial | | | Jan 19 - In an exclusive interview with Reuters Global Editor-at-Large Chrystia Freeland, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt says true free trade between the the world's top two economies of U.S. and China is crucial. |
| Tuvan throat singer Kongar-ol Ondar dies at 51 | | | (Reuters) - Kongar-ol Ondar, a Tuvan throat singer credited with popularizing the centuries-old musical tradition of his homeland to Western audiences, died on Thursday after emergency surgery to treat a brain hemorrhage, friends said. He was 51. |
| Well Nightmares After the I.C.U. | | | Patients who have prolonged stays, getting intubated and sedated, may experience severe hallucinations, putting them at risk of PTSD for years to come, studies show. |
| UPDATE 3-BG flags Egypt investment concerns | | | LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - International gas and oil producer BG Group Plc said civil unrest and leadership change in Egypt had led it to review further investments in the country, as it reported a 3 percent fall in second quarter net profit. |
| New Defaults Trouble a Mortgage Program | | | Loan servicers and banks have kept the money they received, even though more than a third of homeowners who received loan modifications have defaulted again, a report has found. |
| SE Asia Stocks-Flat to weaker; Thai stocks poised for loss on week | | | BANGKOK, July 26 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets traded flat-to-weaker on Friday as investors looked forward to the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting next week for indications on stimulus, with thin trading volume pointing to a rangebound session later in the day. Selling in recent gainers such as banks pulled the Philippine main index 0.6 percent lower, but the index is still poised for a gain of 2.2 percent on the week to become the region's best performer and record a fifth |
| House leaders defend NSA support after close vote | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican and Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives on Thursday defended their support for a spy program that sweeps up vast amounts of electronic communications after it survived a surprisingly close vote a day earlier. |
| Tunisia two years on | | | MME takes a look at how the Tunisian economy is still suffering, especially in the tourism sector. |
| Becker tours hometown | | | Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker talks about his career and his first tennis court. |
| Uncle Prince Harry jokes about baby-sitting | | | July 26 - Britain's Prince Harry says his duty as new uncle to Prince George will include ensuring 'he has fun' and jokes about the high rates he charges as baby sitter. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
| Splashing the cash for a vintage Mercedes | | | An unidentified buyer paid about $30 million at an auction for a car formerly used by Formula One great Juan Manuel Fangio. The selling price is a record, the auctioneer said. |
| Motherlode Blog Princes Are for Fairy Tales | | | The message royalty sends to our children the one about meritocracy, just as much as the one about aesthetics is all the more suspect when it comes in flesh and blood, as with the newborn Prince of Cambridge. |
| Remembering Andrew Simpson | | | On May 9, a cool breeze blew across the waters of San Francisco Bay. Gliding across the surface, two teams of world-class sailors -- Oracle Team USA and Swedish Artemis Racing -- were hard at work preparing for the upcoming America's Cup. According to reports, the wind was "a little above normal" at 25 to 35 mph, but nothing that professional sailors couldn't handle. Across the waterfront, anticipation was building ahead of the first America's Cup to be held in the U.S. since 1995. |
| Condom factory remains flexible in hard times | | | July 24 - Taiwan's biggest condom manufacturer, Taiwan Fuji Latex, will soon open a tourism factory to educate the public on condom production and contraceptives. Tara Cleary reports. |
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