08 Dec 2009 16:15:03 GMT Obama proposes tax cuts for small businesses * Obama to discuss modest new plans to boost jobs
* Obama: may use TARP money to aid small business credit
* Not a second stimulus package, White House says (Updates with details from ...
08 Dec 2009 16:10:19 GMT Madagascar opposition agree unity government * Rajoelina boycotts talks, rejects accord
* Political wrangles have put off investors
By Charles Mangwiro
MAPUTO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Madagascar's opposition leaders shook hands in Mozambique ...
08 Dec 2009 16:00:48 GMT US to reverse Taliban momentum within year-McChrystal * U.S. to reverse Taliban momentum within a year- general
* Afghan mission "undeniably difficult" - McChrystal
* Kabul must fight corruption -McChrystal, Eikenberry (Includes more ...
08 Dec 2009 15:58:38 GMT Motorists pump petrol at Petronas station in Putrajaya Motorists pump petrol at a Petronas station in Putrajaya December 8, 2009. Malaysia's state oil firm Petronas said on Tuesday profits in the first half of fiscal year 2010 nearly halved as the global ...
08 Dec 2009 15:55:24 GMT Human role in climate change not in doubt-UN's Ban (Adds details, background)
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that emails leaked from a British university have done nothing to undermine the United ...
08 Dec 2009 15:53:39 GMT Putin lambasts Russian officials for disco blaze * PM Putin visits site of deadly nightclub inferno
* Slams officials for negligence, speaks of corruption
(Adds sacking of inspectors, Medvedev comments)
By Natalya Shurmina
PERM, Russia, ...