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News - Latest News & Headlines: Insight: FDA warned PIP on implant safety in 2000 U.S. stores hope "Mega Monday" led to brisk sales Arab League monitors on their way to Syria's Homs: report Audit panel: no violations in Olympus handover Exclusive: Afghanistan sets ground rules for Taliban Sadr bloc calls for early elections in Iraq Tepco seeks $9 billion more for Fukushima compensation Paul builds campaign on doomsday scenarios Sony to sell LCD venture stake to Samsung for $940 million Gunman in Santa suit killed six, self in Texas: police Nigerian leaders rapped after Islamists attack churches Arab observers aim to see Syria's deadliest city PIP implants sold to Dutch firm under new name Suicide bomber kills 7 outside Iraq ministry Japan urges China to help keep North Korea in check GOP campaign for Iowa caucus enters final week AP survey: Economy to pick up but still vulnerable Al-Qaida in Iraq says it was behind Baghdad blasts Kim Jong Il's heir meets with SKorean delegation India tycoon's got tons of cash, nowhere to invest Nigerians fear more church attacks after 39 killed Missing Ind. girl found dead, babysitter charged Fla. crash kills doc getting heart for transplant Conn. fire victim was Ky. company's safety chief Brees sets passing mark, Saints top Falcons 45-16 Insight: FDA warned PIP on implant safety in 2000 Mon,26 Dec 2011 09:32 PM PST Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As early as 2000, U.S. health authorities raised concerns about the French breast implant maker at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide. That was almost ten years before the company came under scrutiny from European regulators. The Food and Drug Administration sent an investigator to inspect a plant run by the manufacturer, Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), at La Seyne Sur Mer in southeastern France in May 2000. ... Full Story Top U.S. stores hope "Mega Monday" led to brisk sales Mon,26 Dec 2011 03:53 PM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - Shoppers found a mixed bag of bargains and so-so deals on Monday, as a day off for many Americans lured some out for what was likely to be the third-busiest shopping day of the holiday season. Chains were also hoping that shoppers coming in to redeem the millions of gift cards given as presents might be willing to spend a bit more cash of their own. Many retailers were still relying on bargains to entice shoppers on the day after Christmas. ... Full Story Top Arab League monitors on their way to Syria's Homs: report Mon,26 Dec 2011 11:22 PM PST Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab League peace monitors are on their way to the Syrian city of Homs, Egypt's state TV said on Tuesday, quoting the head of the mission. Activists say at least 31 people were killed on Monday in the city, which has been under heavy attack in recent days by government troops and tanks trying to put down a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. ... Full Story Top Audit panel: no violations in Olympus handover Mon,26 Dec 2011 11:30 PM PST Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - A panel reviewing the auditing of Olympus Corp after its $1.7 billion accounting scandal said it had so far not found any wrongdoing by the Japanese arm of Ernst & Young and questioned the accuracy of a separate investigation critical of auditors. But the panel, set up by Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC earlier this month, acknowledged that its powers of investigation were limited. The hurdles include an inability to question prior auditor, KMPG AZSA LLC, which does not want to participate in a competitor's probe. ... Full Story Top Exclusive: Afghanistan sets ground rules for Taliban Mon,26 Dec 2011 02:03 PM PST Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan will accept a Taliban liaison office in Qatar to start peace talks but no foreign power can get involved in the process without its consent, the government's peace council said, as efforts gather pace to find a solution to the decade-long war. Afghanistan's High Peace Council, in a note to foreign missions, has set out ground rules for engaging the Taliban after Kabul grew concerned that the United States and Qatar, helped by Germany, had secretly agreed with the Taliban to open an office in the Qatari capital, Doha. U.S. ... Full Story Top Sadr bloc calls for early elections in Iraq Mon,26 Dec 2011 02:44 PM PST Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The head of the political bloc of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Monday for new elections in Iraq after the biggest crisis in a year saw Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki move against two senior Sunni rivals. Tensions are rising after Maliki, a Shi'ite, sought the arrest of Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi - accused of running death squads. Maliki also asked parliament to fire Sunni Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq. ... Full Story Top Tepco seeks $9 billion more for Fukushima compensation Mon,26 Dec 2011 07:57 PM PST Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co asked a government-backed bailout body on Tuesday for an additional 690 billion yen ($8.8 billion) to help compensate victims of the nuclear crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi power plant. To help Japan's biggest utility, known as Tepco, meet costs running into trillions of yen for compensation and cleanup, the government had already agreed in November to provide 890 billion yen through a bailout fund. ... Full Story Top Paul builds campaign on doomsday scenarios Mon,26 Dec 2011 10:42 AM PST Reuters - WASHINGTON, Iowa (Reuters) - The man who might win the Republican Party's first presidential nominating contest fears that the United Nations may take control of the U.S. money supply. Campaigning for the January 3 Iowa caucuses, Ron Paul warns of eroding civil liberties, a Soviet Union-style economic collapse and violence in the streets. The Texas congressman, author of "End the Fed," also wants to eliminate the central banking system that underpins the world's largest economy. ... Full Story Top Sony to sell LCD venture stake to Samsung for $940 million Mon,26 Dec 2011 01:13 AM PST Reuters - TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) - Sony Corp has agreed to sell its nearly 50 percent stake in an LCD joint venture with Samsung Electronics to the South Korean company for $940 million, as it struggles to reduce huge losses at its TV business. The seven-year-old venture cut its capital by 15 percent in July and industry sources had said Sony was negotiating an exit, aiming to switch to cheaper outsourcing for flat screens for its TVs while Samsung pushes ahead with next-generation displays. ... Full Story Top Gunman in Santa suit killed six, self in Texas: police Mon,26 Dec 2011 08:53 AM PST Reuters - GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - A gunman who killed six people and himself at a family Christmas celebration was dressed in a Santa Claus suit when opened fire, police said on Monday. Authorities continued their search for clues in Grapevine, a Dallas suburb dubbed the "Christmas Capital of Texas," to explain the Sunday murder-suicide rampage that left the seven shot dead among unwrapped holiday presents. The dead -- four women and three men ages 15 to 59 - were found Sunday morning in an apartment living room by police answering a voiceless 911 emergency call, authorities said. ... Full Story Top Nigerian leaders rapped after Islamists attack churches Mon,26 Dec 2011 09:55 AM PST Reuters - ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's main opposition leader accused the government of incompetence on Monday after Islamist militants killed more than two dozen people in Christmas Day attacks on churches and other targets. Muhammadu Buhari, a northerner and former military ruler who lost a presidential election in April to incumbent Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian southerner, told a Nigerian daily that the government was slow to respond and had shown indifference to the bombings. ... Full Story Top Arab observers aim to see Syria's deadliest city Mon,26 Dec 2011 04:59 PM PST Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Newly-arrived Arab League peace monitors will try Tuesday to see for themselves the situation in the Syrians city of Homs, which opponents of President Bashar al-Assad say has been pulverized by government troops and tanks in recent days. At least 31 people were killed in the city Monday as tanks fired into districts where opposition has been strongest to Assad's rule, activists said. ... Full Story Top PIP implants sold to Dutch firm under new name Mon,26 Dec 2011 03:46 PM PST Reuters - AMSTERDAM/MARSEILLE (Reuters) - Potentially dangerous breast implants made by a now-defunct French company were sold to about 1,000 Dutch women under a different name, a Dutch health official said on Monday, broadening a scandal that could affect some 300,000 women worldwide. Dutch health authority spokeswoman Diane Bouhuijs said a Dutch company had bought implants made by France's Poly Implant Prothese, which went bankrupt in 2010 after French health authorities shut its doors and is now under investigation. The Dutch firm sold them in the Netherlands rebranded as "M-implants". ... Full Story Top Suicide bomber kills 7 outside Iraq ministry Mon,26 Dec 2011 02:20 AM PST Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed when a suicide car bomber hit Iraq's interior ministry on Monday in the latest attack since a crisis erupted between the Shi'ite-led government and Sunni leaders a week ago. Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sought the arrest of the Sunni vice president last Monday and asked parliament to fire his own Sunni deputy, triggering turmoil that threatens new sectarian strife just after the last U.S. troops withdrew. ... Full Story Top Japan urges China to help keep North Korea in check Sun,25 Dec 2011 11:12 PM PST Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Japan urged China on Monday to shoulder a big role in ensuring North Korea avoids volatility after the death of its leader, Kim Jong-il. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda also urged Chinese President Hu Jintao to share information about developments in North Korea, where the succession of Kim's youngest son, Kim Jong-un, has fanned speculation about who will really control the secretive one-party state and its nuclear program. ... Full Story Top GOP campaign for Iowa caucus enters final week Mon,26 Dec 2011 05:54 PM PST Associated Press - An Iowa caucus campaign that has cycled through several Republican presidential front-runners entered its final week Monday, as unpredictable as the day conservatives began competing to emerge as Mitt Romney's chief rival. Full Story Top AP survey: Economy to pick up but still vulnerable Mon,26 Dec 2011 11:28 PM PST Associated Press - The U.S. economy will grow faster in 2012 — if it isn't knocked off track by upheavals in Europe, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists. Full Story Top Al-Qaida in Iraq says it was behind Baghdad blasts Mon,26 Dec 2011 11:17 PM PST Associated Press - An al-Qaida front group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the wave of terrifying attacks that rocked Baghdad last week and killed 69 people. Full Story Top Kim Jong Il's heir meets with SKorean delegation Mon,26 Dec 2011 09:02 PM PST Associated Press - North Korea's next leader burnished his diplomatic skills Monday, welcoming a private South Korean mourning delegation as state media revealed a new title that gives Kim Jong Un authority over political matters. Full Story Top India tycoon's got tons of cash, nowhere to invest Mon,26 Dec 2011 11:32 PM PST Associated Press - Ajay Piramal is sitting on a mountain of cash. Yet the billionaire Indian tycoon, working in one of the world's fastest growing economies, is struggling to figure out what to do with the money. Full Story Top Nigerians fear more church attacks after 39 killed Mon,26 Dec 2011 05:55 PM PST Associated Press - Women returned to clean the blood from St. Theresa Catholic Church on Monday and one man wept uncontrollably amid its debris as a Nigerian Christian association demanded protection for its churches. Full Story Top Missing Ind. girl found dead, babysitter charged Mon,26 Dec 2011 10:10 PM PST Associated Press - A missing 9-year-old Indiana girl has been found dead, and the neighbor who was watching her before she disappeared was arrested on a murder charge Monday night, authorities said. Full Story Top Fla. crash kills doc getting heart for transplant Mon,26 Dec 2011 07:41 PM PST Associated Press - A surgeon and technician from a Mayo Clinic in Florida flying across the northern corner of the state to retrieve a heart for transplant died Monday in a helicopter crash that also killed the pilot, officials said. Full Story Top Conn. fire victim was Ky. company's safety chief Mon,26 Dec 2011 07:34 PM PST Associated Press - A department store Santa Claus who died with his wife and three grandchildren in a Christmas morning house fire in Connecticut spent a long career trying to prevent danger as safety chief at a liquor company in Kentucky. Full Story Top Brees sets passing mark, Saints top Falcons 45-16 Mon,26 Dec 2011 11:43 PM PST Associated Press - Quite a night for Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints — a record and a rout. Full Story Top

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