Reuters: Top News
NATO to hand combat role to Afghans as it seeks way out of war
Mon, 21 May 2012 10:52:21 +0100
CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO will hand over the lead role in combat operations to Afghan forces across the country by mid-2013, alliance leaders said on Sunday as they charted a path out of a war that has lost public support and strained budgets in Western nations.
Death toll rises to 63 in Yemen suicide attack
Mon, 21 May 2012 11:17:37 +0100
SANAA (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 63 soldiers at a military parade rehearsal in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, a police source said.
Strauss-Kahn investigators open group rape inquiry
Mon, 21 May 2012 11:53:35 +0100
LILLE, France (Reuters) - French prosecutors said on Monday they had opened an inquiry into allegations of group rape by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and three friends, as part of an investigation into his ties to a suspected prostitution ring in the northern city of Lille.
Insight: Indonesia tycoon Bakrie gears up for presidential bid
Mon, 21 May 2012 08:58:11 +0100
TANGERANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - There are many ways to describe Indonesia's Aburizal Bakrie: multi-millionaire businessman, global mining tycoon, heavyweight contender for the presidency in 2014. One description that does not spring to mind is man of the common people.
Zuckerberg weds longtime girlfriend, no word on prenup
Mon, 21 May 2012 09:14:56 +0100
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Details of Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg's surprise wedding trickled out on Sunday, but mysteries remained, not least whether there was a prenuptial agreement in place that could affect Zuckerberg's large stake in the company.
