Asian shares up ahead of U.S. jobs Oil rig fire in Gulf of Mexico Strong yen has upside for Japanese Portman earns early Oscar buzz Reuters Showbiz Week T.I. busted; Paris barred Crowd sourcing funds fashion Retail sales heat up Mortgage rates hit new lows Miral premieres at Venice IMF provides $450 mln for Pakistan Nominations announced for CMA Awards Chen Zhen is back Mideast peace plans Israeli settlers resume building UK minister denies gay affair Mideast peace talks begin A whopper of a deal for Burger King ECB holds low interest rate ECB interest rate unchanged Spiralling drug violence in Mexico South Africa workers reject pay deal Landslide traps dozens in China Rodriguez, Alba unleash Machete in Venice Bread prices spur Mozambique riots Pakistan bomb victims laid to rest Typhoon strikes South Korea Southern Mexico hit by flooding Navis eyes Carrefour in Asia Electronics seller's world cup boost Zara launches online shopping site Philippine tourism down after hijack Food inflation fears Pakistan in shock over bombings Sonos pipes in Spotify Asia shrs rise on U.S., China hopes Chilean miners' underground life Japan's leadership showdown Hurricane Earl forces evacuations Sony optimistic about year-end Dinner before peace talks Police kill "Discovery" gunman A call to seize the moment Apple's big reveal "Black Swan" opens Venice Film Fest Conan names show, Venice opens Stocks soar as factories produce hope Natalie Portman takes a dark turn Hostages at Discovery Channel Bomb blast in Pakistan Obama condemns West Bank attack Six dead in Mozambique price riot Factory strength offsets job cuts Meet the Venice jury English Premier League spends less A novel view of financial crisis Video shows upbeat Chile miners Biden: New dawn for US in Iraq Euro zone PMI data drops Pakistan flood victims return home Killings scar Mideast peace talks Wildfires ravage Portugal Hurricane Earl heads for U.S. Euro zone manufacturing slows pace Douglas talks about throat cancer Scores of skeletons found in India Blair's controversial book on sale Lionrock storm hits Taiwan BMW looks to China, US for sales China to probe BHP's Potash bid Many homeless after Manila slum fire China, Australia economies lift mkts Australian asylum seekers protest Chilean mine owner apologises Panasonic sees 3D TV price war Obama marks end of Iraq combat Israelis killed ahead of peace talks Dramas fill out fall movie line up Hilton charged; Lindsay opens up The high cost of hurricanes Genzyme CEO willing to sell Behind the lens with Nigel Barker Kelly Rowland on the best of Soul Train Obama thanks Iraq war soldiers Veterans reflect on costly Iraq war Life in a flooded Pakistani hamlet S.Korea offers flood aid to North Stars arrive in Venice A short retrospective on Mideast talks Iraq PM hails sovereignty as U.S. ends combat Greece businesses on brink of bust How common is corruption in cricket? Consumer confidence rebounds Poland marks Solidarity's 30 years German unemployment down Protests and curfews in Kashmir Germany jobless levels fall Genzyme rejects Sanoffi offer Carrefour forecasts growth Plug pulled early on G n R BlackBerry to provide Indian data Chile escape shaft drilling begins Quake triggers landslide in Taiwan