New Zealand News

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:26:38 -0400 BP says Transocean missed danger signs on rig LONDON (Reuters) - BP deflected much of the blame for a rig blast that led to the United States' worst-ever oil spill, releasing an internal report on Wednesday which said that drilling contractor Transocean had missed danger signs.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:12:10 -0400 Obama pitches spending, tax incentives in Ohio WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will push billions of dollars in new business tax incentives and spending on big construction projects on Wednesday, as he tries to convince a balky Congress to pass measures intended to spur the economy and create jobs.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:51:39 -0400 U.S. religious leaders condemn "anti-Muslim" frenzy WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. religious leaders on Tuesday condemned an "anti-Muslim frenzy" in the United States, including plans by a Florida church to burn a Koran on September 11, an act a top general said could endanger American troops abroad.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:32:11 -0400 U.S. says not considering NATO Afghan troop request WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not plan to contribute to a NATO request for 2,000 troops for the Afghan war, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, even as the head of the alliance held out the possibility of U.S. participation.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:28:34 -0400 China-U.S. ties improving, Hu tells White House team BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States said on Wednesday that their sometimes rocky relationship is sounder after talks in Beijing, with both putting an optimistic face on ties that have been jolted by economic and security tensions.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:42:09 -0400 Judge refuses to lift ban on government stem cell funds WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge refused on Tuesday to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research despite Obama administration warnings it would set back key research and cost more than a thousand jobs.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:34:47 -0400 U.S. team to discuss North Korea in Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government team will travel to Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing next week to discuss North Korea but has no plans to visit the poor, isolated state or meet its officials, the State Department said Tuesday.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:06:56 -0400 Thai plane searched in L.A. after bomb threat LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Investigators found no evidence of a bomb aboard a Thai Airways flight on Tuesday after a written threat was discovered in a lavatory shortly before its arrival in Los Angeles, officials said.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:41:20 -0400 Pressure mounts in U.S. against Koran-burning plan MIAMI (Reuters) - Civil and military leaders stepped up calls on Tuesday for an obscure U.S. pastor to drop his plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, as fears grew it would fan religious hatred.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:55:44 -0400 Half a year on, little progress in Iraq government talks BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Six months after Iraq held an election many hoped would usher in greater stability and peace, voters like Naseer Challoub are running out of patience with politicians, and also out of faith in democracy.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:26:38 -0400
BP says Transocean missed danger signs on rig
LONDON (Reuters) - BP deflected much of the blame for a rig blast that led to the United States' worst-ever oil spill, releasing an internal report on Wednesday which said that drilling contractor Transocean had missed danger signs.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:12:10 -0400
Obama pitches spending, tax incentives in Ohio
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will push billions of dollars in new business tax incentives and spending on big construction projects on Wednesday, as he tries to convince a balky Congress to pass measures intended to spur the economy and create jobs.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:51:39 -0400
U.S. religious leaders condemn "anti-Muslim" frenzy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. religious leaders on Tuesday condemned an "anti-Muslim frenzy" in the United States, including plans by a Florida church to burn a Koran on September 11, an act a top general said could endanger American troops abroad.

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:32:11 -0400
U.S. says not considering NATO Afghan troop request
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not plan to contribute to a NATO request for 2,000 troops for the Afghan war, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, even as the head of the alliance held out the possibility of U.S. participation.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:28:34 -0400
China-U.S. ties improving, Hu tells White House team
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States said on Wednesday that their sometimes rocky relationship is sounder after talks in Beijing, with both putting an optimistic face on ties that have been jolted by economic and security tensions.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:42:09 -0400
Judge refuses to lift ban on government stem cell funds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge refused on Tuesday to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research despite Obama administration warnings it would set back key research and cost more than a thousand jobs.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:34:47 -0400
U.S. team to discuss North Korea in Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government team will travel to Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing next week to discuss North Korea but has no plans to visit the poor, isolated state or meet its officials, the State Department said Tuesday.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:06:56 -0400
Thai plane searched in L.A. after bomb threat
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Investigators found no evidence of a bomb aboard a Thai Airways flight on Tuesday after a written threat was discovered in a lavatory shortly before its arrival in Los Angeles, officials said.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:41:20 -0400
Pressure mounts in U.S. against Koran-burning plan
MIAMI (Reuters) - Civil and military leaders stepped up calls on Tuesday for an obscure U.S. pastor to drop his plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, as fears grew it would fan religious hatred.

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:55:44 -0400
Half a year on, little progress in Iraq government talks
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Six months after Iraq held an election many hoped would usher in greater stability and peace, voters like Naseer Challoub are running out of patience with politicians, and also out of faith in democracy.