Reuters: Top Global and Breaking News

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans said on Sunday they plan a full-scale assault against President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul next year but acknowledged it could take until after the 2012 presidential election to repeal it.

Republicans plan assault on healthcare law

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended the Federal Reserve's policy of printing dollars on Monday after China and Russia stepped up criticism ahead of this week's Group of 20 meeting.

Obama returns fire after China slams Fed's move

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YANGON (Reuters) - The military will keep its grip on power after Myanmar's first election in 20 years, backed by parties that on Monday looked set to win a vote marred by fraud and denounced by President Barack Obama as stolen.

Myanmar army-backed parties set to sweep rare poll

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tea Party favorite Sarah Palin on Monday weighed in on the global debate over the Federal Reserve's $600 billion plan to buy up government debt, suggesting Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke should "cease and desist."

Palin tells Bernanke "cease and desist": report

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House oil spill commission said on Monday it found no evidence to support accusations that the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history happened because workers for BP Plc and its partners cut corners to save money, mostly blaming the accident on a series of on-site misjudgments.

BP, firms did not shirk safety for money: panel

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YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's biggest military-backed party won the country's first election in 20 years by a landslide on Tuesday after a carefully choreographed vote denounced by pro-democracy parties as rigged to preserve authoritarian rule.

Myanmar army-backed party sweeps election

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - President George W. Bush may hope his memoir will help shape his legacy, but after the glow of being on Oprah and the media blitz wears off, few Americans who buy "Decision Points" are likely to read it, experts say.

Bush seeks legacy, but will Americans read?

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Boeing 787 test flight made an emergency landing on Tuesday in Texas with smoke in the cabin, the first incident of its kind, putting additional scrutiny on the already delayed program.

Boeing 787 in test flight lands with cabin smoke

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - If the private eyes hired by Oracle Corp to track down Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker could read Japanese, they might have already closed the case.

HP CEO Apotheker pops up in Japan

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LONDON (Reuters) - The United States must prosecute former President George W. Bush for torture if his admission in a memoir that he authorized waterboarding holds true, rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

Amnesty: prosecute Bush for admitted waterboarding