World - AP Interview: Syria conflict uproots Palestinians

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria`s fighting has uprooted more than half of the country`s 530,000 Palestinians — descendants of refugees from a Mideast conflict half a century ago — and their situation is becoming increasingly desperate, the head of a U.N. aid agency said Thursday.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  14:46

Most Recent - African armies could be secret weapon for building infrastructure

Thursday, May 23, 2013  14:30

Business - Wall St. to drop at open on stimulus plan worry, China data

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks were set for a lower open on Thursday, with the S&P 500 on track for its first back-to-back daily drop in a month, amid investor concerns the Federal Reserve`s stimulus may be scaled back sooner than hoped and over weak data in China. The S&P 500 posted its biggest decline in three weeks on Wednesday, after minutes from the latest U.S. Federal Reserve meeting showed some officials were open to tapering large-scale asset purchases as early as at the June meeting. ...

Thursday, May 23, 2013  14:26

Business - Ralph Lauren`s 4Q profit rises 35 pct

NEW YORK (AP) — Ralph Lauren Corp. is reporting a 35 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit, but economic challenges here and abroad and certain strategic initiatives cut into sales.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  14:13

Top Stories - Little progress as N. Korea envoy visits China for talks

North Korea military`s top political officer met Thursday with a top member of China`s ruling party.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  14:13

Business - Fed not `that close` to winding down stimulus: Bullard

LONDON (Reuters) - A top U.S. central bank official sought to reassure financial markets that the Federal Reserve was not in a hurry to start winding down its economic stimulus as investors worried about comments by its chairman Ben Bernanke. James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, said on Thursday he did not think the Fed was `that close` to starting the process of winding down its support. Share prices around the world fell sharply after Bernanke said on Wednesday that the U.S. central bank may start to trim its bond purchases at one of its next policy meetings. ...

Thursday, May 23, 2013  13:56

Market - Japan stocks plunge 7%

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Thursday, May 23, 2013  13:47

Business - Stock futures fall on stimulus plan concerns, China data

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Thursday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its first daily back-to-back declines in a month, amid investor concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve may begin to taper its stimulus measures and over weak data in China. The S&P 500 posted its biggest decline in three weeks on Wednesday, after minutes from the latest U.S. Federal Reserve meeting showed some officials were open to tapering large-scale asset purchases as early as at the June meeting. ...

Thursday, May 23, 2013  12:57

Top Stories - White House: Calif. locale ideal for summit

Sunnylands`s reputation was key in choice for meeting of U.S., China leaders.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  12:48

World - At least 18 soldiers, four Islamists killed in Niger: sources

NIAMEY (Reuters) - At least 18 soldiers and four suspected Islamists were killed in a fierce gunbattle following a dawn car bomb attack at a barracks in the northern Niger town of Agadez, military sources and a local official said. `There are 18 soldiers and four attackers dead in Agadez,` said one source. `One of the attackers has taken two or three soldiers hostage and is holed up in a house. We have him surrounded.` (Reporting by Abdoulaye Massalatchi in Niamey and David Lewis in Bamako; Writing by Daniel Flynn; Editing by Andrew Roche)

Thursday, May 23, 2013  12:33