Vietnam counters rice-buying binge amid food fears (Reuters)

Moderate quake hits northern California (Reuters)
Reuters - A moderate earthquake struck near the coastal city of Eureka in Northern California on Tuesday but there were no immediate reports of damage.

Beijing marks 100-day countdown to Games (Reuters)
Reuters - China marked the start of the 100-day countdown to the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday with songs, a mass run and even prayers, hoping to put behind it the tumultuous events of the...

Cost issues and war sap U.S. military readiness: lawmaker...
Reuters - A top Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday called for urgent improvement of the U.S. military's readiness, saying the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and cost overruns in weapons programs...

Beijing marks 100-day countdown to Games (Reuters)
Reuters - Beijing on Wednesday marks the 100-day countdown to the Olympics with songs, a mass run and even prayers, hoping to put behind it the tumultuous events of the past month which have...

Medicare "drifting towards disaster": U.S. official (Reuters)
Reuters - Medicare is lurching toward disaster and it is too late for the Bush Administration and Congress to do anything about it, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt...