Morning Digest: North Korea digs in on U.S. peace talks demand

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Good Morning Postlinuxeg, TUE 12 Jan 2010    North Korea digs in on U.S. peace talks demand Yemeni forces kill 19 Shi'ite rebels, arrest 25 Stock futures fall; eyes on Alcoa, Chevron China's Baidu website defaced by Twitter hackers Florida airport gets commercial spaceport license Record-breaking McGwire admits steroid use Simon Cowell leaves "Idol" to launch own show Mrs Robinson inspires internet chart push Balloon boy's dad jailed. "Game Change" revives 2008 campaign Clinton heads to South Pacific TOP NEWS North Korea digs in on U.S. peace talks demand January 12, 2010 01:31 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea will not return to nuclear disarmament negotiations unless the United States agrees to peace treaty talks and lifts sanctions, a senior North Korean diplomat said on Tuesday, leaving little room for compromise. Full Article WORLD NEWS Yemeni forces kill 19 Shi'ite rebels, arrest 25 January 12, 2010 05:15 AM ET SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni forces killed 19 rebels in a military operation to rid a northern town of Shi'ite rebel hideouts, and the insurgents said their civilian population was the target of a deliberate campaign of deadly violence. Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Stock futures fall; eyes on Alcoa, Chevron January 12, 2010 04:58 AM ET (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.5 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.5 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.6 percent. Full Article INTERNET NEWS China's Baidu website defaced by Twitter hackers January 12, 2010 05:32 AM ET SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Hackers calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army briefly hijacked the home page of China's top search engine, Baidu Inc, on Tuesday weeks after doing the same thing to Twitter.com. Full Article SCIENCE NEWS Florida airport gets commercial spaceport license January 11, 2010 06:29 PM ET CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The sky's no longer the limit for Cecil Field airport in Jacksonville, Florida. Full Article SPORTS NEWS Record-breaking McGwire admits steroid use January 12, 2010 01:54 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former St Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire has admitted using steroids when he was a player, including in 1998 when he broke the single-season home-run record, but denied they improved his performance. Full Article ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Simon Cowell leaves "Idol" to launch own show January 11, 2010 08:07 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell said on Monday he was quitting the top-rated Fox TV show in May to launch his own singing contest next year. Full Article ODDLY ENOUGH NEWS Mrs Robinson inspires internet chart push January 11, 2010 03:23 PM ET BELFAST (Reuters) - The extramarital affair conducted by Iris Robinson, the wife of Northern Ireland's First Minister, has inspired an internet campaign to push "Mrs Robinson," the song from the film "The Graduate," to the top of the British pop charts. Full Article   REUTERS www.reuters.com Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book.Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Send this mailing to a friend or colleague Reuters.com: Help and Contact Us | Advertise With Us | Mobile | Newsletters | RSS | Interactive TV | Labs | Reuters in Second Life | Archive | Site Index | Video Index Thomson Reuters Corporate: Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy | Professional Products | Professional Products Support | About Thomson Reuters | Careers