| Latest worldwide news | States hit by Sandy to get next $5 billion of recovery funding | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal officials on Monday unveiled plans for a second round of Superstorm Sandy disaster relief totaling $5 billion for five states and New York City, and they pledged that the pace of spending would pick up after a slow start. |
| Turkey asks U.S. to extend pricing on Raytheon missile bid -sources | | | WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Turkey has asked the United States to extend the pricing on Raytheon Co's Patriot missile defense system proposal, two sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters on Monday, a sign that Ankara is keeping its options open in case its talks with the preferred Chinese supplier fall through. |
| Hedwall makes dream a reality | | | "I remember walking to school and saying, 'Who wants to be a lawyer or a doctor when you can be a professional athlete?' " Caroline Hedwall pursued that dream and became an unlikely star of the Solheim Cup against some of the best players in women's golf. |
| A Trophy Thief Goes for the Gold | | | Dressing like a ninja, a thief made off with horse racing and golf memorabilia worth nearly $1 million in a string of museum heists in New York and New Jersey, the authorities say. |
| Rocker Lou Reed of Velvet Underground dies at 71 | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lou Reed, the pioneering songwriter and musician behind the Velvet Underground, one of the most influential rock bands which fused art and music in collaboration with artist Andy Warhol, died on Sunday at the age of 71, his literary agent said. |
| Solar charity takes aim at Africa's kerosene lamps | | | Sept. 24 - Non-profit groups aiming to replace Africa's deadly kerosene lamps with safe, solar alternatives say their campaign is gaining momentum. The award-winning Solaraid project says the dangerous lamps could be eliminated from the continent by 2020. Jim Drury has more. |
| Special Report As Egypt's Brotherhood retreats, risk of extremism rises | | | ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - In Egypt's second city, medical student Ahmed Nabil lives in fear that the police may come and arrest him any day. As a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, he is part of a movement facing an onslaught by the security forces which toppled Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in July. |
| Golf Rory beats Tiger in China | | | Rory McIlroy has had a 2013 to forget but chooses a lucrative exhibition match with World No.1 Tiger Woods in China to give promise of a return to his stellar best at season's end. |
| Cuban city struggling to recover a year after Hurricane Sandy | | | HAVANA (Reuters) - A year after Hurricane Sandy left Santiago de Cuba in shambles, the streets are clear and power, communications and water are back to normal, but residents of Cuba's second city are still struggling with the aftermath of the mighty storm. |
| Zimmer plays piano of the future | | | Hans Zimmer, the creative force behind some of Hollywood's best loved film music, including the Oscar-winning Lion King score, adjusts his chair in front of a sleek black instrument that looks something like the control panel of a stealth bomber. |
| Disappearing Star Wars village | | | Parts of the Star Wars films were shot in the Tunisian Sahara Desert. The film set is a draw for tourists, but it will soon disappear under a sand dune. |
| Museum Explores The Power of Poison | | | The American Museum of Natural History will show poison in its animal and plant forms, as well as its workings on victims, hopefully without frightening children. |
| Solving great white mystery | | | When coming face to face with the monstrous jaws of a great white shark, you'd probably want to be armed with more than a wet towel. |
| Powerful winds batter northern Europe | | | A major Atlantic storm packing hurricane-force winds pummeled England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands early Monday, knocking out power to 220,000 homes in England and blocking roads and railways with fallen trees. |
| A helping hand from Ferrari | | | The Italian National Olympic Committee is teaming up with the car manufacturer ahead of 2014 Winter Olympics. |
| Powerful winds batter northern Europe | | | A major Atlantic storm packing hurricane-force winds pummeled England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands early Monday, knocking out power to 220,000 homes in England and blocking roads and railways with fallen trees. |
| 'Baby Federer' vs. the Real Thing Who wins? | | | The old met the new. At one end of the court, the young man nicknamed "Baby Federer" -- at the other was one of the all-time tennis greats, albeit one who is battling to show that he's not a spent force. |
| Seoul shares seen lacking momentum ahead of Fed meeting, data | | | SEOUL, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Seoul shares are expected to tread water on Tuesday after Wall Street closed near record highs on hopes the Federal Reserve will decide this week to keep its stimulus in place, and as investors await key economic indicators and corporate earnings. "With thinning foreign inflows and a slew of indicators to be checked, there isn't much to elicit investor risk appetite today," said Kim Soon-young, an analyst at IBK Investment Securities. Although foreigners bough |
| A year after Superstorm Sandy, federal aid trickles in | | | (Reuters) - A year after Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc across the eastern United States, only a fraction of the aid money earmarked for recovery has been used, in what some claim is a painfully slow and opaque process. |
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