Reuters: Top News http://us.mobile.reuters.com/category/topNews Reuters Mobile is your source for breaking news, business, financial and investing news, including market data giving you access to the information you need - any time, anywhere. Reuters is the leading global provider of news, financial information and technology solutions to the world's media, financial institutions, businesses and individuals. Copyright 2008 Reuters en-us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:19:20 -0400 5 /resources/images/mobile/small/logo.png 120 35 Reuters: Top News http://us.mobile.reuters.com/category/topNews Florida pastor cancels Koran-burning plan http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE68709M20100909 GAINESVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - A Christian pastor on Thursday canceled a plan to burn copies of the Koran at his obscure Florida church, which had drawn international condemnation and a warning from President Barack Obama that it could provoke al Qaeda suicide bombings. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:08:30 -0400 USTRE68709M20100909 U.S. troops charged with murder of Afghan civilians http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE68904N20100910 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twelve U.S. soldiers have been charged with gruesome crimes in Afghanistan ranging from murdering civilians to keeping body parts as war trophies -- revelations that the Pentagon said on Thursday damaged America's image around the world. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:58:07 -0400 USTRE68904N20100910 Data shows economic recovery still on track http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE67N3B320100909 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week to a two-month low, while the trade deficit narrowed sharply in July, hopeful signs for the stuttering economic recovery. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:20:28 -0400 USTRE67N3B320100909 U.N. goals to slash poverty, hunger achievable: draft http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE68855D20100909 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A set of U.N. goals aimed at drastically reducing poverty and hunger worldwide by 2015 are achievable, despite setbacks caused by the global financial and economic crises, a draft document said. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:37:40 -0400 USTRE68855D20100909 Iran says it will free U.S. detainee Sarah Shourd http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE6883E420100909 TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will soon release Sarah Shourd, one of three detained American citizens accused of espionage, an Iranian official at the United Nations told Reuters Thursday. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:27:58 -0400 USTRE6883E420100909 Study backs prostate screening for high risk men http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE6885QP20100909 LONDON (Reuters) - Men who have a certain genetic variations that put them at higher risk of prostate cancer may benefit from regular screening for the disease, a study by British scientists found Friday. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:03:14 -0400 USTRE6885QP20100909 U.S. appeals court puts on hold stem cell funding ban http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE68757220100909 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court granted on Thursday an Obama administration request to temporarily lift a judge's ban on federal funding of research involving human embryonic stem cells. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:26:58 -0400 USTRE68757220100909 New York finally sees progress at Ground Zero site http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE6883WJ20100909 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nine years after the September 11 attacks, visible progress is finally being made toward rebuilding the World Trade Center site known as Ground Zero. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:34:09 -0400 USTRE6883WJ20100909 U.S. Marines seize ship from pirates in the Gulf of Aden http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE68832P20100909 DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. Marines boarded and seized a commercial German vessel in the Gulf of Aden that had been attacked and boarded by pirates a day earlier, the U.S. Fifth Fleet said in a statement on Thursday. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:31:53 -0400 USTRE68832P20100909 Gunmen behead, set alight Sunni cleric in Iraq http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE6883RL20100909 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed the house of a Sunni cleric Thursday and cut his head off before setting him alight in an attack that bore the hallmark of insurgents, a police spokesman said. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:31:17 -0400 USTRE6883RL20100909 Interpol warns Koran-burning may trigger attacks http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE6883LP20100909 PARIS (Reuters) - The international police agency Interpol warned governments worldwide on Thursday of an increased risk of attacks on innocent people if the planned burning of the Koran by an obscure U.S. clergyman went ahead. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:08:24 -0400 USTRE6883LP20100909 Analysis: Koran burning set to stoke communal strains http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE6883PT20100909 LONDON (Reuters) - Television pictures of a U.S. pastor tossing Korans onto a bonfire on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks would fit neatly into al Qaeda's populist message that Islam is under assault from an imperialist West. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:08:24 -0400 USTRE6883PT20100909 Koran-burning protests could delay Afghan poll: U.N. http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE68845Y20100909 KABUL (Reuters) - Violent protests in reaction to a plan by a small U.S. church to burn copies of the Koran have the potential to delay this month's Afghan parliamentary election, the head of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said on Thursday. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:08:24 -0400 USTRE68845Y20100909 State Department warns Americans of Koran protests http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE68846R20100909 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Thursday warned Americans traveling overseas to be alert for anti-U.S. demonstrations in response to plans by a small Florida church to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:08:24 -0400 USTRE68846R20100909 No deal to move New York Muslim center: sources http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE6885BK20100909 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York imam at the center of a controversy over a planned Islamic cultural center near the World Trade Center has not agreed to move the center to a less controversial site, sources close to the imam told Reuters on Thursday. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:08:24 -0400 USTRE6885BK20100909 Donald Trump offers to buy NY Muslim center site http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE6885JI20100909 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Celebrity developer Donald Trump tried to end a heated U.S. debate over plans for a Muslim center near New York's World Trade Center site Thursday by offering to buy the building earmarked for the project. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:08:24 -0400 USTRE6885JI20100909 NY imam willing to discuss moving mosque: cleric http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE6885JJ20100909 MIAMI, Sep. (Reuters) - A New York imam involved in a project to build a Islamic cultural center and mosque near the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the city is willing to discuss moving the controversial location, a Florida Islamic leader said on Thursday. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:08:24 -0400 USTRE6885JJ20100909 Defense chief called pastor on Koran-burning plan http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE6885JK20100909 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates called a Christian pastor on Thursday to ask him not to proceed with plans to burn the Koran, which had drawn international condemnation, the Pentagon said. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:08:24 -0400 USTRE6885JK20100909 Sudan's Darfur rebels say attacked by Ugandan LRA http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE6885DF20100909 KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Darfur rebel group said on Thursday it was attacked by Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army guerrillas in Sudan's west. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:34:46 -0400 USTRE6885DF20100909 U.S. prisoner Shourd to be freed soon: Iran U.N. mission http://us.mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE6884UR20100909 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Sarah Shourd, one of three jailed Americans accused by Tehran of espionage, will be freed shortly, Iran's mission to the United Nations said on Thursday. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:27:54 -0400 USTRE6884UR20100909