http://www.reuters.com Reuters.com is your source for breaking news, business, financial and investing news, including personal finance and stocks. Reuters is the leading global provider of news, financial information and technology solutions to the world's media, financial institutions, businesses and individuals. 120 35 http://www.reuters.com http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/images/reuters120.gif en-us Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:21:52 -0500 All rights reserved. Users may download and print extracts of content from this website for their own personal and non-commercial use only. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. © Reuters 2009 OSLO (Reuters) - There will be no "precipitous drawdown" of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and U.S. troops could still be in the country for years to come, President Barack Obama said on Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B91S320091210?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews USTRE5B91S320091210 topNews Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:53:22 -0500 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $447 billion bill that boosts funding for a large part of the U.S. government and reflects priorities of Democrats who control Congress and the White House. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B94AC20091210?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews USTRE5B94AC20091210 topNews Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:06:24 -0500 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration plans to channel money from the government financial bailout fund to small businesses in an effort to stem the political and economic fallout of high unemployment, the Washington Post said in its Friday editions. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BA0E120091211?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews USTRE5BA0E120091211 topNews Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:22:32 -0500 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States, Britain and France warned Iran on Thursday that it may face new sanctions over its nuclear program, but Russia and China hinted that they were not convinced more punitive steps were needed. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B93ZA20091210?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews USTRE5B93ZA20091210 topNews Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:36:23 -0500 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The gradual U.S. handover of security to Afghan forces may begin before the July 2011 start date set by President Barack Obama, if conditions allow, the top U.S. military officer said on Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B70IC20091210?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews USTRE5B70IC20091210 topNews Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:06:24 -0500 OSLO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended the right of the United States to wage "just wars" as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, acknowledging that as a wartime president he was a controversial choice. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B84QN20091210?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews USTRE5B84QN20091210 topNews Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:09:09 -0500 COPENHAGEN/OSLO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged world leaders on Thursday to break the deadlock at climate change talks in Copenhagen, although many nations accused the United States of lacking ambition. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B953Y20091210?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews USTRE5B953Y20091210 topNews Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:09:15 -0500 SARGODHA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Five young Americans detained in Pakistan, which is fighting a violent Taliban insurgency, wanted to join a holy war and were in contact with militants through the Internet, officials said on Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B84UU20091210?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews USTRE5B84UU20091210 topNews Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:11:54 -0500 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives worked its way closer on Thursday to passage of the most sweeping changes in financial regulation proposed since the Great Depression, voting on key parts of a bill hammered out in response to last year's financial crisis. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B90CY20091211?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews USTRE5B90CY20091211 topNews Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:53:13 -0500 MIAMI (Reuters) - Jack Nicklaus, the fellow golfer Tiger Woods would most like to emulate, said on Thursday he believed his younger colleague would "figure out" a way through the scandal engulfing his private life, local media reported. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B959R20091211?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews USTRE5B959R20091211 topNews Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:17:12 -0500