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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

  • "Robin Hood" tax campaign launched 

    Reuters - 13 mins ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - A global tax on banks' financial transactions should be introduced to fight poverty, protect public services and tackle climate change, a group of nearly 50 organisations said in a letter to political leaders. More »

  • A human embryonic stem cell line derived at Stanford University is seen in this handout photo released to Reuters by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, March 9, 2009. REUTERS/Julie Baker/Stanford University School of Medicine/California Institute for Regenerative Medicine/Handout

    UK firm gets final green light for stem cell trial 

    Reuters - 1 hour 3 mins ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - British biotech company ReNeuron and a team of doctors in Scotland have won final approval to start a pioneering clinical trial to assess whether stem cell therapy can help patients disabled by stroke. More »

  • Private Tyler Shiroda from 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, C Company of the British Army stood on "top cover" of an armoured vehicle travelling in Lashkar Gah, February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Baris Atayman

    MPs urge against defence budget cuts 

    Reuters - 2 hours 13 mins ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - The next government should not commit to an ambitious deficit reduction plan until it has assessed the nation's future defence needs, MPs said Wednesday. More »

  • Indonesian said "God is great" as hotels attacked 

    Reuters - 2 hours 52 mins ago

    JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian suspect went on trial on Wednesday charged in connection with bomb attacks on two luxury hotels in Jakarta and a plan to assassinate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. More »

  • Brown faces bumpy ride with vote reform plan 

    Reuters - 3 hours 50 mins ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown won a parliamentary vote on Tuesday on a proposal to change the electoral system, but the plan will do little to boost his party's chances of staying in power. More »

  • Second big snowstorm slams U.S. East Coast 

    Reuters - 4 hours 56 mins ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The second major snowstorm in less than a week slammed the U.S. East Coast from Washington to New York Tuesday, forcing the United Nations to close and the U.S. Congress to curtail legislative action. More »

  • Honda expands recall as more Toyotas probed 

    Reuters - 5 hours 51 mins ago

    TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co said it would recall another 440,000 cars around the world for faulty airbags as rival Toyota Motor Corp faced further probes over its largest-ever safety crisis. More »

  • Inside Toyota's epic breakdown 

    Reuters - 8 hours 50 mins ago

    TOYOTA CITY, Japan/DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp, the world's most dominant and profitable automaker, was not accustomed to outsiders telling it what to do, let alone some obscure bureaucrat from the United States, whose own car industry was on taxpayer-funded life support. More »

  • Kraft confirms Cadbury's plan to shut Bristol plant 

    Reuters - Yesterday, 06:22 pm

    LONDON (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc said on Tuesday it would not reverse a decision by Cadbury Plc to close a manufacturing plant near Bristol because the firm's plans were too advanced to change them. More »

  • European governments agree to help Greece - source 

    Reuters - Yesterday, 06:13 pm

    BERLIN (Reuters) - European governments have agreed in principle to support struggling euro-zone member Greece and are considering various options, including bilateral aid, a senior German coalition source said on Tuesday. More »

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