RefBan

Referral Banners

Monday, April 1, 2013

Morning Digest: South Korea vows fast response to North; U.S. deploys stealth jets

Click to View in Browser
04/1/2013
Reuters   Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the   politics in between
South Korea vows fast response to North; U.S. deploys stealth jets
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will strike back quickly if the North stages any attack on its territory, the new president in Seoul warned on Monday, as tensions ratcheted higher on the Korean peninsula amid shrill rhetoric from Pyongyang and the U.S. deployment of radar-evading fighter planes..
Fuel tanker bomb kills nine in Iraq's Tikrit
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - At least nine people were killed and 17 others wounded on Monday when insurgents detonated an oil tanker packed with explosives inside a governmental compound in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, police said..
Asian shares ease, Easter slows trade
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares and the euro fell on Monday in choppy trade with exchanges closed in several Asian markets, including Australia and Hong Kong, as well as in Europe for Easter holidays..
"G.I. Joe" sequel blasts past cavemen to win box office
(Reuters) - Action movie "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" won the weekend box office battle in the United States and Canada, fighting off competition from cartoon cavemen, a Tyler Perry drama, and an alien-possessed heroine trying to save the human race..
Astros go American, beat Rangers in season opener
(Reuters) - The Houston Astros made their leap to the American League in some style on Sunday, upstaging the Texas Rangers 8-2 to open their new era and the Major League season with the franchise's 4,000th victory..
Youth flock to mobile messaging apps, may be threat to Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Create personal profiles. Build networks of friends. Share photos, videos and music..
Russian-American crew taking short cut to space station
MOSCOW/CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut took a short cut to the International Space Station on Thursday, arriving at the orbital outpost less than six hours after their Soyuz capsule blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan..
Octogenarian Japanese climber aims for Everest record
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had heart surgery four times is heading to Mount Everest to try for a third ascent of the world's highest peak and will become the oldest person to reach the top if he succeeds..
Related Video
Six wounded as bomb targets Shi'ite mosque in Iraq
Easter around the globe

Great Debate

China as peacemaker
Congress must legislate to avoid a helium crisis
SUBSCRIBE TO OTHER REUTERS NEWSLETTERS
Reuters Business Today
A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today  
 Reuters Deals Today
The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today  
» MORE NEWSLETTERS
- 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters
Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details
Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters.
Unsubscribe from this newsletter.
Follow us on Twitter facebook Friend us on Facebook Forward this newsletter   to a friend Forward to a friend

No comments: