Morning Digest: Some 500 arrested in Syria crackdown: rights group

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	04/26/2011
Good Morning Bit LATEST NEWS Some 500 arrested in Syria crackdown: rights group AMMAN (Reuters) - Security forces have arrested some 500 pro-democracy sympathizers across Syria after the government sent in tanks to try to crush protests in the city of Deraa, the Syrian rights organization Sawasiah said on Tuesday. | Full Article Ukraine marks Chernobyl anniversary, eyes Fukushima April 26, 2011 04:53 AM ET CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine marked the 25th anniversary on Tuesday of the world's worst nuclear accident at its Chernobyl power plant as Japan pressed on with efforts to control the crisis at its Fukushima plant. | Full Article Stock index futures higher ahead of Fed vote April 26, 2011 05:20 AM ET (Reuters) - At 0909 GMT (5:09 a.m. ET) futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones futures and Nasdaq futures were 0.1 to 0.3 percent higher. | Full Article Sony unveils its first tablet computers to take on Apple April 26, 2011 05:26 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony launched its first tablet computers in an ambitious attempt to grab the second spot in the market more than a year after Apple's iPad revolutionized mobile computing. | Full Article Giffords cleared to attend shuttle launch: husband April 24, 2011 10:18 PM ET HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronaut Mark Kelly says doctors have cleared his wife, Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, now recovering from a gunshot wound to the head, as healthy enough to attend his space shuttle launch on Friday. | Full Article No end to NFL labor dispute even after court ruling April 25, 2011 09:50 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - The NFL's players claimed an early points victory in their fight with team owners on Monday, but there was still no immediate end in sight to the long and increasingly bitter row over how to carve up the $9 billion empire. | Full Article U.S. surpasses UK in online coverage of Will and Kate April 25, 2011 04:34 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - America's romance with royalty is blooming, just four days away from Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton. | Full Article Top executive demoted after booze binge April 25, 2011 01:08 PM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese oil refining giant Sinopec has demoted a top executive who bought 1.6 million yuan ($245,900) of wine and spirits after details of the purchase leaked onto the Internet and sparked an uproar over extravagance at the state-owned firm. | Full Article RELATED VIDEO Toyota still stalled by quake Leaked Guantanamo files condemned by White House Madonna's Malawi lawsuit, "Rio" number one A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend