CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Nov. 21, 2009 (Reuters) — Two spacewalkers halted a body-conditioning sleepover in a low-pressure chamber on the International Space Station on Saturday after a false depressurization alarm shut down ventilation fans. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2009 (Reuters) — AOL plans to cut one-third of its workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, in an effort to trim some $300 million in annual costs as part of the Internet company's planned spin-off from Time Warner Inc. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2009 (Reuters) — People who have had repeated flu infections -- or repeated flu vaccines -- may have some protection against the new pandemic swine influenza, U.S. researchers said on Monday. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2009 (Reuters) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, in a rare comment on the U.S. dollar's value, on Monday acknowledged the currency's slump was causing some prices to rise, but said other factors restraining inflation were winning the day. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2009 (Reuters) — More than 49 million Americans -- one in seven -- struggled to get enough to eat in 2008, the highest total in 14 years of a federal survey on "food insecurity," the U.S. government said Monday. ... > full story
ROME, Nov. 16, 2009 (Reuters) — The United Nations said on Monday that agreeing a climate change deal in Copenhagen next month is crucial to fighting global hunger, which Brazil's president described as "the most devastating weapon of mass destruction." ... > full story
VIENNA, Nov. 16, 2009 (Reuters) — The United Nations' nuclear watchdog is concerned that Iran's belated revelation of a new uranium enrichment site may mean it is hiding further nuclear activity, an agency report said on Monday. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 16, 2009 (Reuters) — The United States would veto a Palestinian declaration of statehood in the United Nations Security Council, U.S. senators visiting Israel said Monday. ... > full story
KABUL, Nov. 16, 2009 (Reuters) — Five civilians were killed and 28 wounded when Taliban insurgents fired three rockets into a busy market in northeastern Afghanistan Monday, Afghan police said. ... > full story
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 16, 2009 (Reuters) — The United States has stepped up pressure on Pakistan to expand its fight against Taliban and al Qaeda militants, the New York Times reported on Monday, as a suicide bomber killed four people in the latest militant attack. ... > full story
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