| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Hermine strengthens off Mexico, oil unaffected (Reuters) | | Reuters - Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, threatening to reach hurricane strength, but no damage was reported to U.S. or Mexican oil facilities. | | Mon, Sep. 6, 2010, 11:53 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Iran boosts nuclear work, bomb concern remains: IAEA (Reuters) | Reuters - Iran's total production of low-enriched uranium has risen by around 15 percent since May to reach 2.8 tonnes, a U.N. nuclear watchdog report said, showing Tehran is pushing ahead with disputed work despite tougher sanctions.
| | Mon, Sep. 6, 2010, 11:52 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | UN nuke agency says monitoring of Iran is hampered (AP) | AP - The U.N. atomic agency says its monitoring of Iran's nuclear activities is being hampered because Tehran objects to giving some agency inspectors access to its program.
| | Mon, Sep. 6, 2010, 11:40 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Afghan foreign troops death toll hits 500 for 2010 (Reuters) | Reuters - The number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan this year has reached at least 500, compared with 521 in all of 2009, according to an independent monitoring site on Monday and a tally compiled by Reuters.
| | Mon, Sep. 6, 2010, 10:40 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Afghans protest U.S. church's plans to torch Koran (Reuters) | Reuters - Several hundred Afghans chanting "Death to America" rallied outside a mosque in the Afghan capital on Monday to protest against an American church's plan to burn a copy of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
| | Mon, Sep. 6, 2010, 9:55 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Tropical Storm Hermine heads for Mexico-Texas coast (Reuters) | | Reuters - Tropical Storm Hermine formed in the southwest Gulf of Mexico on Monday and strengthened slightly as it moved toward the coast of northeast Mexico and southern Texas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. | | Mon, Sep. 6, 2010, 9:33 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Oracle offered job to ex-HP CEO Hurd: source (Reuters) | Reuters - Oracle Corp has offered a job to Mark Hurd, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co who resigned amid a scandal involving inaccurate expense receipts related to a female contractor, according to a source familiar with the situation.
| | Mon, Sep. 6, 2010, 6:37 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | World markets rise as double-dip fears ease (AP) | AP - World stock markets advanced modestly Monday as investors rode momentum from Friday, when an upbeat U.S. jobs report eased fears that the global economy could slip back into recession.
| | Mon, Sep. 6, 2010, 5:32 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Tropical storm Hermine forms, warnings for Texas, Mexico (Reuters) | | Reuters - Tropical storm Hermine has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and warnings have been issued from Tampico, Mexico to the mouth of the Rio Grande River and Baffin Bay, Texas, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said on Monday. | | Mon, Sep. 6, 2010, 5:21 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Williams, Querrey play the US Open numbers game (AP) | AP - Venus Williams says 30 is the new 20. Sam Querrey likes to think 20 could be No. 1.
| | Mon, Sep. 6, 2010, 3:17 | |