Reuters: Top Global and Breaking News

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp customers in the New York area could miss Major League Baseball playoff games and NFL games this weekend because the cable operator failed to reach a programing deal with News Corp's Fox Networks before a midnight deadline on Saturday.

Cablevision customers lose Fox channels in fee dispute

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A planned Israeli-Palestinian summit due to be held in Paris by the end of the month has been rescheduled, the Israeli prime minister's office said on Saturday, a sign of increased strain over stalled peace talks.

New date sought for Paris peace summit: Israel

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's housing secretary said on Sunday "it's shameful" that financial institutions may have made the housing crisis worse by improperly processing foreclosures.

Foreclosure problems "shameful": Housing Secretary

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PARIS (Reuters) - Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said on Sunday that French had been warned by Saudi Arabia that al Qaeda was targeting Europe and especially France.

Saudis say al Qaeda targeting France: minister

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Sunday it had a 120-member team prepared to review a massive leak of as many as 500,000 Iraq war documents, which are expected to be released by the WikiLeaks website sometime this month.

Pentagon braces for huge WikiLeaks dump on Iraq war

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PARIS (Reuters) - French truck drivers staged go-slow operations on highways, trains were canceled and petrol stations ran out of fuel on Monday as strikers dug in ahead of a Senate vote this week on an unpopular pension overhaul.

French protests intensify, government stands firm

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ROME (Reuters) - The United States recognises that Iran has a role to play in resolving the Afghan conflict, U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke said on Monday, as Tehran joined talks with a high-level group on Afghanistan for the first time.

U.S. says Iran has a role in Afghan talks

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RIVERSIDE, California (Reuters) - A federal judge tentatively refused Monday to let the Pentagon reinstate its ban on openly gay men and women in the U.S. military while the government appeals her decision declaring the policy unconstitutional.

Judge tentatively upholds gays-in-military order

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DUBAI (Reuters) - Canadian police have arrested a suspect in the assassination of a Hamas militant in Dubai but offered Dubai police no information on the matter, the Gulf emirate's police chief said on Tuesday.

Dubai says hit team suspect arrested in Canada

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LONDON (Reuters) - Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, 85, was admitted to hospital in London on Tuesday for tests related to a recent flu illness, a government source said.

Former UK PM Thatcher taken to hospital for tests