SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea exchanged gunfire across their heavily armed land border on Friday, the South's military said, despite an apparent thaw in tensions on the divided peninsula in the past few months.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will tout a proposal on Friday to provide tax relief for businesses, reviving a plan he proposed in September that would encourage companies to make capital investments.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth likely edged up in the third quarter but not enough to chip away at high unemployment or change perceptions of more monetary easing from the Federal Reserve next week.
LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is a "fiscal train wreck" waiting to happen that risks ushering in a period of stagnation featuring by minimal growth, high unemployment and deflationary pressure, U.S. economist Nouriel Roubini wrote on Friday.
NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) - Environment ministers from around the world tried to wrap up a U.N. meeting to preserve nature on Friday but remained split on targets to fight losses in animal and plant species that support livelihoods and economies.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Japanese naval destroyer equipped with a Lockheed Martin Corp Aegis ballistic missile defense system carried out a successful flight-intercept test on Thursday in a "milestone" of growing cooperation, Japanese and U.S. forces announced.
HANOI (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday the world was big enough for their two countries to develop and cooperate, sounding a positive note ahead of a visit planned for later this year.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The San Francisco Giants seized a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven World Series by blanking Texas on Thursday behind the sterling pitching of Matt Cain and an embarrassing eighth inning by Rangers relievers.
HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denied on Thursday the United States was seeking to contain China as she began a two-week trip to an Asia-Pacific region rattled by recent Chinese assertiveness.
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Halliburton Co. used flawed cement in BP Plc's doomed Gulf of Mexico well, which could have contributed to the blowout that sparked the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, a White House panel said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Defense Department official violated Pentagon rules and deliberately misled senior military officers when he created a spy operation using private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a Pentagon inquiry has found, according to the New York Times.
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida Democrat running a distant third in the state's three-way Senate race vowed on Thursday to stay in the contest and denied media reports that former President Bill Clinton asked him to withdraw.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Toyota secretly bought back from U.S. consumers vehicles it found with speed-control defects as part of a strategy to hide unintended-acceleration problems from safety regulators and the public, a revised lawsuit claims.
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted on Thursday for the second time in a week, blasting vast plumes of ash into the sky, as the death toll from the initial eruption and a tsunami that hit remote western islands reached 377.
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp beat Wall Street's expectations with a 51 percent jump in quarterly profit, as higher sales of its flagship Windows and Office software knocked down fears Apple Inc's iPad would take a bite out of its main business.
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp reported a 51 percent jump in quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by higher sales of its flagship Windows and Office software and the launch of the latest blockbuster Halo video game.
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The foam cement that Halliburton Co. used to seal BP Plc's doomed Macondo well was unstable and may have contributed to the blowout that led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, a presidential commission said on Thursday.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States launched a diplomatic assault on Syria at the United Nations on Thursday, accusing it of joining forces with Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas to destabilize and undermine Lebanon.
HONOLULU (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denied on Thursday the United States was seeking to contain China as she began a two-week trip to an Asia-Pacific region rattled by recent Chinese assertiveness.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain on Thursday called on the United States to take down websites used by extremists and urged more concerted action to thwart militant threats before resorting to war.
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Hundreds of Argentines waited in line on Thursday to pay tribute to Nestor Kirchner, the powerful former leader whose death robbed President Cristina Fernandez of her husband and most trusted ally.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday that North Korea appeared to be in the early stages of a leadership transition and it would still take some time to discern the final outcome.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pakistani-born man, who believed he was part of an al Qaeda plot to bomb the Washington subway system, was also training to fight U.S. forces in Afghanistan, according to an FBI affidavit released on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its European allies are preparing a new offer to Iran on a possible nuclear fuel swap that would include tougher conditions than those rejected by Tehran last year, the New York Times said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, touching their lowest level in three months, a government report showed on Thursday.
SAN JOSE/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Valentine's Ball thrown by venture capitalist Alan Salzman and his wife Jillian Manus every year is one of Silicon Valley's hottest tickets. People are still talking about the Bailey's Irish Cream flowing from the nipples of ice sculptures at the soiree last year.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal government will send $2.4 billion to 54 high-speed rail projects in 23 states, the Transportation Department said on Thursday, following up on announcements made by members of Congress and governors earlier in the week.
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted on Thursday for the second time in a week, blasting vast plumes of ash into the sky, as the death toll from the initial eruption and a tsunami that hit remote western islands reached 377.
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