23 Nov 2009 17:48:39 GMT US STOCKS-Wall Street gains on weak dollar, strong home sales * October existing home sales highest in 2-1/2 years
* Fed official's comments weigh on U.S. dollar, lift oil
* Dow up 1.3 pct, S&P up 1.4 pct, Nasdaq up 1.4 pct
* For up-to-the-minute ...
23 Nov 2009 17:46:39 GMT Obama adds Afghanistan meeting to Monday schedule (Adds background)
WASHINGTON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama added a Monday night meeting with top advisers on Afghanistan to his schedule as he closes in on a decision on whether to send ...
23 Nov 2009 17:42:54 GMT Obama to meet advisers on Afghanistan (For more on Afghanistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK])
* Ninth such meeting
* Biden, Clinton, Gates, others expected
* Some Democrats want war tax
By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - ...
23 Nov 2009 17:38:00 GMT Taking the fight for climate justice to the Capitol and to Copenhagen Church World Service November 18, 2009
In less than a month world leaders will meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, to devise a new global agreement to counter climate change. And, for more than a year, Church World Service ...
23 Nov 2009 17:28:42 GMT Afghanistan: Counting the cost of war Nick Fielding reviews The Cost of War: Afghan Experiences of Conflict 1978-2009, a
report by nine NGOs working in Afghanistan analyzing 30 years of war and a devastating impact they had.
23 Nov 2009 17:28:15 GMT French aid workers kidnapped in Central African Republic PARIS, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Two French aid workers were kidnapped on Sunday evening in the northeast of the Central African Republic, their organisation said on Monday.
The two were seized in the town ...
23 Nov 2009 17:25:15 GMT International: Hamas rockets stop amid talks on Israel soldier
Hamas has won an agreement from other militant groups in Gaza to halt rocket fire into Israel for the first time in almost a year, asboth sides indicated progress on a deal to release a captured Israeli soldier.