CHICAGO, Nov. 18, 2009 (Reuters) — U.S. health officials distanced themselves Wednesday from controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines that recommend against routine mammograms for healthy women in their 40s and said federal policy on screening mammograms had not changed. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 17, 2009 (Reuters) — Israel triggered a fresh rift with Washington over settlement building on Tuesday by approving the building of 900 homes for Jews on West Bank land it occupied in a 1967 war and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2009 (Reuters) — The Obama administration created a new task force on Tuesday to crack down on financial fraud, an increasingly important political issue after a spike in mortgage scams and big Wall Street trading scandals. ... > full story
EDINBURGH, Nov. 17, 2009 (Reuters) — NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Tuesday he was confident the alliance would agree to increase substantially the number of troops battling Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2009 (Reuters) — The head of the largest U.S. labor federation urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to use the $700 billion Wall Street bailout fund to help cash-starved small businesses as a way to stem rising joblessness. ... > full story
SARAROGHA, Pakistan, Nov. 17, 2009 (Reuters) — Pakistani forces have captured most main Taliban bases in their offensive in South Waziristan and will soon fan out into the rugged countryside to hunt for militants there, commanders said on Tuesday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2009 (Reuters) — U.S. President Barack Obama will hold a forum on job creation with U.S. business leaders on December 3 and then embark on a cross-country tour to discuss economic recovery, the White House said on Monday. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 17, 2009 (Reuters) — More than six years after the U.S. invasion left Iraq's main zoo a wasteland of starving animals and deserted cages, the park in central Baghdad is enjoying a vigorous revival and needs to grow. ... > full story
VIENNA, Nov. 17, 2009 (Reuters) — Building a second uranium enrichment site is a "political message" from Iran that neither sanctions nor possible military attack will ever halt its nuclear program, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday. ... > full story
THOMSON, Illinois, Nov. 16, 2009 (Reuters) — Moving detainees from Guantanamo Bay to a largely unused prison in this hamlet would create much-needed jobs, said officials who toured the rural prison on Monday, dismissing widespread concern about risks to security from America's sworn enemies and their allies. ... > full story
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