Morning Digest: Pakistan gets respite from rains but aid flow is slow

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Good Morning Bit, MON 16 Aug 2010    Pakistan gets respite from rains but aid flow is slow Prosecutors appeal Khmer Rouge torturer's jail term Stock futures slip amid global growth woes U.S. video viewing site Hulu plans an IPO: report U.S. judge bans planting of genetically engineered beets Kaymer lands PGA Championship in thrilling playoff Zsa Zsa Gabor asks for last rites Aboriginal elder leads police to body -- but wrong one Sly tops box office. Four die in Indian farmer clash. UN chief calls for aid for Pakistan TOP NEWS Pakistan gets respite from rains but aid flow is slow August 16, 2010 06:07 AM ET ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan authorities forecast on Monday a brief respite in rains that sparked the country's worst floods in decades, but aid agencies warned help was too slow to arrive for millions without clean water, food and homes. Full Article WORLD NEWS Prosecutors appeal Khmer Rouge torturer's jail term August 16, 2010 05:18 AM ET PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Prosecutors of the first Khmer Rouge commander to face a U.N.-backed trial appealed on Monday against his prison sentence which they said was too lenient for a man who oversaw up to 14,000 deaths in Cambodia in the 1970s. Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Stock futures slip amid global growth woes August 16, 2010 05:53 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Monday as worries about the global economy persisted. At 0900 GMT (5 a.m. EDT) futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq were 0.3 to 0.4 percent lower. Full Article INTERNET NEWS U.S. video viewing site Hulu plans an IPO: report August 16, 2010 02:48 AM ET BANGALORE (Reuters) - Hulu is planning an initial public offering which could value the U.S. video viewing site at more than $2 billion, the New York Times said. Full Article SCIENCE NEWS U.S. judge bans planting of genetically engineered beets August 13, 2010 11:54 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday banned the planting of genetically modified sugar beets engineered by Monsanto Co in a ruling that marks a major setback for the biotech giant. Full Article SPORTS NEWS Kaymer lands PGA Championship in thrilling playoff August 16, 2010 12:17 AM ET KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Germany's Martin Kaymer maintained ice-cool composure to win his maiden major title in a gripping two-way playoff with American Bubba Watson for the 92nd U.S. PGA Championship Sunday. Full Article ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Zsa Zsa Gabor asks for last rites August 15, 2010 06:04 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, a fixture in Hollywood for six decades, asked that a priest read her the last rites on Sunday, following hospitalization two days earlier due to complications from hip surgery. Full Article ODDLY ENOUGH NEWS Aboriginal elder leads police to body -- but wrong one August 13, 2010 12:13 PM ET SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Aboriginal elder who claimed to have seen the location of a missing child in a dream has led Australian police to a body -- but it was not the corpse of a child but of an adult woman. 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