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2013-05-23 18:50:17 (45 comments, 14 reshares, 70 +1s)

President Barack Obama plans to limit the use of U.S. drone strikes and close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Read more: http://reut.rs/1986l0N

Obama also asked the Attorney General to report on how the Department of Justice investigates the media. The report is due by July 12, 2013. 

Photo: REUTERS/Larry Downing

2013-05-23 16:13:04 (16 comments, 16 reshares, 71 +1s)

Better trained firefighters and medical rescue teams could have saved more lives during the West, Texas explosion: http://reut.rs/12ZAWJs

Find out if you live near a chemical stockpile: http://reut.rs/12ZCqDz 

Many first responders do not have the training to respond to hazardous chemical accidents, endangering not only firefighters and emergency medical technicians, but also people nationwide living near chemical stockpiles.

At least 800,000 Americans live within a mile of 440 sites that store potentially explosive ammonium nitrate, which investigators say was the source of the explosion’s deadly aftermath in West.

(Photos: REUTERS/Andrees Latif)

2013-05-22 17:00:07 (49 comments, 63 reshares, 310 +1s)

WATCH: live update on Oklahoma tornado recovery efforts at 1:00pm ET
http://live.reuters.com/Event/Oklahoma_Tornado

Photo: REUTERS/Adrees Latif

2013-05-22 15:25:52 (14 comments, 13 reshares, 58 +1s)

In a conflict that has already killed at least 90,000 people, world powers continue to speak of peace in Syria while also promising to consider increasing support and funding to each side of the war if a U.S./Russian peace conference does not end in solutions:

Iran, Hezbollah are increasing support for the government, says Britain -- http://reut.rs/12VRTVb

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said if President Assad was not prepared to discuss a way to find peace, the U.S. and others would consider increasing support for opponents -- http://reut.rs/18i7Isz

Russia says government opposition lacks commitment to peace talks -- http://reut.rs/18i9fP7 

Meanwhile, opposition groups continue to ask for reinforcements. On Tuesday, a U.S. Senate panel voted to send them weapons -- http://reut.rs/18hTnw5 

Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

2013-05-21 20:07:40 (42 comments, 23 reshares, 69 +1s)

Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the company's tax record at a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Lawmakers said Apple kept billions of dollars in profits to avoid U.S. taxes. http://reut.rs/12TmSB4 

Photo: REUTERS/Jason Reed

2013-05-21 12:13:59 (38 comments, 37 reshares, 129 +1s)

Many children among 91 feared dead in Oklahoma after tornado: http://reut.rs/1910BG7 

President Obama ordered federal aid to supplement state and local efforts, and will give remarks at 10:00am ET time today. 

Photo: REUTERS/Gene Blevins

2013-05-20 17:06:55 (12 comments, 57 reshares, 196 +1s)

As the internet competes to deliver instant maps to smartphones and tablets, the U.S. Library of Congress is focusing attention on an antique "cosmology" printed in 1507 that serves as America's birth certificate. http://reut.rs/14fkA0H

Photo: A world map from 1507 world map by cartographer Martin Waldseemuller shows two continents across the ocean from Europe, with a skinny isthmus between them, an embryonic Florida peninsula, a western mountain range on the northern continent, and on the southern continent, a clearly-lettered name: "America", the first known recorded instance of the use of the name. The Library of Congress acquired the 1507 map in 2003 for $10 million. REUTERS/Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress/Handout 

2013-05-19 17:09:41 (38 comments, 11 reshares, 90 +1s)

NORTH KOREA: North Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast on Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles: http://reut.rs/18VyJmJ

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced urged Pyonyang to refrain from further launches and return to nuclear talks with world powers: http://reut.rs/18VyM22 

Photo: REUTERS/KCNA

2013-05-17 19:26:34 (26 comments, 9 reshares, 65 +1s)

SYRIA: A radical jihadi force aims to go far beyond overthrowing the Syrian leader. http://reut.rs/Z1H7zj 

The fighting has already cost 90,000 lives. Al Qaeda's Iraq-based wing, which nurtured the group in the early stages of the rebellion, has moved in and sidelined the organization.

Photo: A fighter from the Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib

2013-05-17 17:34:18 (48 comments, 29 reshares, 214 +1s)

President Obama raises his hand while sitting with pre-kindergarten students in Baltimore, Maryland. 

WATCH: live remarks on jobs, economy: http://reut.rs/PoliticsLIVE 

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

2013-05-17 15:01:41 (9 comments, 31 reshares, 184 +1s)

Roads into White Gold: stunning pictures from Ethiopia's ancient salt trails -- http://reut.rs/Z1bkP8 

One of the hottest places on earth, northern Ethiopia holds long-used roads for caravans of camels to collect salt through a sun-blasted desert basin. In the "Danakil Depression", the average temperature is 94 degrees Fahrenheit (34.4 Celsius).

A paved road is being built to make it easier for industrialized companies to access the salt flats, which could put the ancient camel caravans out of business. 

"Most of the people who live here are dependent on the salt caravans, so we are not happy with prospective salt companies that try to set up base here," said Abdullah Ali Noor.

Read our in-depth report of the salt trails: http://reut.rs/10CPjA8 

REUTERS/Siegfried Modola

2013-05-15 16:05:44 (0 comments, 12 reshares, 60 +1s)

LIVE: Google I/O keynote

2013-05-14 18:27:42 (27 comments, 10 reshares, 31 +1s)

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder faced questions over the Justice Department's decision to seize telephone records of the Associated Press, a move denounced by critics as intrusion into freedom of the press. http://reut.rs/12xVDM9 

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

2013-05-14 12:15:56 (97 comments, 70 reshares, 389 +1s)

Actress Angelina Jolie wrote in the New York Times on Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy to elude breast cancer, a disease which kills half a million around the world every year -- http://reut.rs/128fT6G 

"We often speak of 'Mommy's mommy', and I find myself trying to explain the illness that took her away from us. They have asked if the same could happen to me," wrote Jolie, 37.

"I have always told them not to worry, but the truth is I carry a 'faulty' gene."

The Oscar-winning actress said her doctors had estimated she had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer.

"Once I knew this was my reality, I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much as I could. I made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy," she said.

REUTERS/Toby Melville

2013-05-14 07:16:45 (64 comments, 77 reshares, 312 +1s)

Photo: a girl sells bread among the rubble in Syria, where a brutal civil war has left tens of thousands dead -- http://reut.rs/syria 

REUTERS/ Khalil Ashawi

2013-05-13 15:44:12 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

NOW LIVE: Watch President Obama and British Prime Minister Cameron at joint news conference - http://reut.rs/PoliticsLIVE

2013-05-10 13:13:46 (64 comments, 48 reshares, 246 +1s)

Hope renews in Bangladesh: a woman named Reshma has been rescued from the garment factory building rubble that collapsed in Bangladesh on April 24. http://reut.rs/10Kp3na 

The garment factory building collapse killed more than 1,000 people. 

Where does the story continue? Will workers in unsafe buildings around the world be safer after this tragedy? Follow the story with us: http://reut.rs/factorycollapse 

REUTERS/Sanaul Huq

2013-05-09 21:28:45 (8 comments, 15 reshares, 64 +1s)

Missing: documenting the lost children of New Delhi http://reut.rs/11o9CZo 

Between January 1 and May 8 of 2013, 725 children in Delhi were reported missing and are untraced. 

REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal 

2013-05-09 14:48:10 (41 comments, 13 reshares, 68 +1s)

Imagine you are 23 years old. Of your ten closest friends between 15 an 24 years old, six cannot find a job. You live in Greece. http://reut.rs/146vqpe 

Greece's February unemployment for young persons rose to 64 percent in February. In the early stage of their working lives, unemployed youths are limited by a recession which will take years to recover from. The average unemployment in Greece, of all ages, is around 27 percent. 

What would you do? 

REUTERS/John Kolesidis

2013-05-08 18:49:56 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 13 +1s)

LIVE: Gina DeJesus, one of the women kidnapped in Cleveland, returns home -- http://reut.rs/WatchThis

2013-05-08 17:46:04 (31 comments, 11 reshares, 32 +1s)

Family, friends and neighbors were shocked when police rescued three women locked inside Ariel Castro's house in Ohio, and discovered a 6-year-old girl who police believe was born in captivity. http://reut.rs/10GDJUm 

When family and friends of missing Cleveland woman Gina DeJesus held a vigil last month to mark nine years since her disappearance, one of those attending was Castro, a longtime neighbor said.

"He came to a vigil and acted as if nothing was wrong," said Anthony Quiros, 24, who lived next door to Castro's house growing up.

Continue reading: http://reut.rs/10GDJUm 

REUTERS/Cleveland Police Department

2013-05-08 14:29:33 (3 comments, 17 reshares, 79 +1s)

Police detained 31 people over a $50 million heist of diamonds, one of the biggest jewelry robberies in history. http://reut.rs/15ETzHX%20

Robbers dressed as police and armed with machine guns stole 120 parcels of diamonds from the runway of Brussels airport without firing a shot.

REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

2013-05-07 14:28:18 (27 comments, 19 reshares, 127 +1s)

Three Ohio women have been rescued a decade after they vanished -- http://reut.rs/11Q71T2 

"Help me! I'm Amanda Berry... I've been kidnapped and I've been missing for 10 years and I'm here. I'm free now," Amanda Berry, now 26, told a 911 operator.

Photo: REUTERS/FBI/Handout

2013-05-04 17:37:56 (26 comments, 13 reshares, 88 +1s)

Live: President Obama gives remarks in Costa Rica -- http://reut.rs/PoliticsLive 

President Obama said his trip to Mexico and Costa Rica this week will focus on improving trade, energy, and security.

Photo: REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

2013-05-03 14:13:21 (9 comments, 4 reshares, 66 +1s)

U.S. employment rose more than expected in April and hiring was stronger, easing concerns that federal budget cuts were dealing a big blow to the economy. http://reut.rs/104uxim 

Photo: REUTERS/Rick Wilking

2013-05-02 15:06:47 (89 comments, 37 reshares, 154 +1s)

Americans want the U.S. to keep out of Syria conflict: Reuters/Ipsos poll http://reut.rs/1003C7d 

Most Americans do not want the United States to intervene in Syria's civil war even if the government there uses chemical weapons, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Wednesday, in a clear message to the White House as it considers how to respond to the worsening crisis.

Photo: a Syrian boy plays with an AK-47 rifle owned by his father. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

2013-05-01 19:38:22 (3 comments, 16 reshares, 60 +1s)

Nintendo Wii shown to benefit children with dyspraxia 

2013-05-01 14:17:11 (18 comments, 10 reshares, 58 +1s)

May Day: Workers hit by lower living standards and high unemployment staged May Day protests across Europe on Wednesday, hoping to persuade governments to ease austerity measures and boost growth.  http://reut.rs/Yd8rrK

Thousands of protesters marched in Madrid, snaking up the Gran Via central shopping street, waving flags and carrying placards reading “austerity ruins and kills” and “reforms are robbery”.

The Spanish economy has shrunk for seven consecutive quarters, and unemployment stands at a record 27 percent.

Trains and ferries were canceled in Greece, and bank and hospital staff walked off the job after the main public and private sector unions there called a 24-hour strike, the latest in a string of protests in a country in its sixth year of recession.

About 1,000 police officers were deployed in Athens, but the demonstration passed offpeaceful... more »

2013-04-26 20:59:02 (24 comments, 14 reshares, 71 +1s)

Stopping the next superstorm - http://reut.rs/ZSoUz4

Six months ago Hurricane Sandy killed 132 people and caused $60 billion in damage. Storm surge expert Malcolm Bowman explains how methods used in European cities could protect the New York area from the next deadly storm.

2013-04-26 17:44:56 (17 comments, 16 reshares, 99 +1s)

A woman, part of a group planning to target the June 17-18 G8 summit with yarnbombing, a type of graffiti using knitted or crocheted yarn, poses in Northern Ireland. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

The past 24 hours around the world, in pictures: http://reut.rs/10FJR6I

2013-04-26 16:28:45 (9 comments, 8 reshares, 61 +1s)

Papa’s got a brand new baguette: http://reut.rs/14krO6O

At the Grand Prix de la Baguette de la Ville de Paris, Parisian bakers compete for best in show. The winner earns the privilege of baking bread for the French President.

Photo: REUTERS/Charles Platia

2013-04-26 15:25:51 (6 comments, 3 reshares, 18 +1s)

2013-04-23 19:56:19 (53 comments, 33 reshares, 107 +1s)

“We are in the open air here. No place to sleep, nothing to eat. No one is paying any attention to us,” said Peng Qiong, 45, a farmer in Lushan, near the epicenter of a 6.6 magnitude earthquake that hit southwest China on April 20. The earthquake killed at least 186 people and injured more than 11,000, state media said.

Read: China’s efforts to help survivors after a devastating earthquake. http://reut.rs/11uoAcL 

Photo: Man recovers wedding portrait, REUTERS/Rooney Chen

2013-04-23 16:28:40 (56 comments, 24 reshares, 107 +1s)

 French parliament approved a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and to adopt children, a flagship reform pledge by President Francois Hollande which sparked often violent street protests and a rise in homophobic attacks.

Hollande's "marriage for all" law is the biggest social reform in France since his left-wing mentor and predecessor Francois Mitterrand abolished the death penalty in 1981, a move which also split the nation.

Continue reading: French parliament approves gay marriage law http://reut.rs/14MkHEH

Photo: "Manif pour Tous" protest near the Invalides in Paris, April 21, 2013.  REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen 

2013-04-23 15:57:05 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 34 +1s)

What do American presidents do after their tenure? In honor of the soon-to-open George W. Bush library and museum, Reuters presents a slideshow of presidents after the White House. http://reut.rs/13VsC1V

All fives living U.S. presidents will gather there in a rare meeting on Thursday. 

Photo: former President George H.W. Bush celebrates his 85th birthday by jumping with the Army’s Golden Knight parachute team in 2009. REUTERS/U.S. Army Parachute

2013-04-22 21:39:56 (7 comments, 35 reshares, 155 +1s)

Check out our Earth Day slideshow, celebrating our humble planet in twenty stunning pictures - http://reut.rs/14KdtRK

Photo: REUTERS/NASA/Handout

2013-04-22 20:23:44 (12 comments, 7 reshares, 48 +1s)

2013-04-22 14:41:10 (71 comments, 21 reshares, 130 +1s)

"The enemy is not Islam. It is extremism": two-time Pulitzer prize winner David Rohde writes on the Boston bombing suspects' ties to religion - http://reut.rs/15pN3nu 

Photo: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

2013-04-20 17:23:15 (26 comments, 27 reshares, 73 +1s)

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2013-04-19 22:04:53 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 21 +1s)

WATCH: live briefing on Boston investigation: http://reut.rs/Watertown 

2013-04-19 11:50:33 (9 comments, 5 reshares, 29 +1s)

Live coverage of manhunt for Boston Marathon suspect: http://live.reuters.com/Event/Watertown 

2013-04-18 21:20:20 (27 comments, 12 reshares, 85 +1s)

WATCH: live FBI news conference on Boston Marathon explosions: reut.rs/BostonExplosions 

Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

2013-04-18 17:23:15 (14 comments, 6 reshares, 66 +1s)

Obama vows U.S. will find perpetrators of bombings: http://reut.rs/11eOaSV 

President Barack Obama told a memorial service for the Boston bombing victims that "we will find" whoever carried out the attack that killed three people as investigators search for two men seen on a video of the scene shortly before the blasts.

Obama said Americans would not be intimidated by the twin blasts, which also injured 176 people in a crowd of thousands at the finish line of the world-famous marathon on Monday.

Photo: President Barack Obama speaks during memorial service for the victims of Boston Marathon bombing. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

2013-04-17 19:28:41 (5 comments, 12 reshares, 51 +1s)

2013-04-17 16:59:25 (50 comments, 15 reshares, 55 +1s)

Iran moves to speed up nuclear program, despite sanctions: http://reut.rs/14wbyjC 

Photo: Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili attends conference in April 2013. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov