BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Almost all the candidates who contested their ban from Iraq's upcoming parliamentary election did not submit their cases properly and lost the chance to appeal, an Iraqi legal body said on Tuesday. Nearly 500 candidates for Iraq's March 7 vote were disqualified from standing in the election by the Justice and Accountability Commission for alleged links ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co <KO.N> reported a quarterly profit in line with analysts' estimates as strong volume in China, India and Brazil offset a decline in North America. Lower costs also helped lift profit at the world's largest soft-drink maker, which gained market share in both the carbonated and noncarbonated segments. Coca-Cola said net income attributable ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's top general said on Tuesday that differences with the United States over plans for a missile defense shield were holding up a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the two Cold War foes, Interfax news agency said. Russian armed forces chief of staff, Nikolai Makarov, said the differences had so far prevented the signing of the arms ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Pricing systems that encourage households to use energy more efficiently are the best way to help consumers to protect the environment, a senior General Electric Co executive said on Tuesday. Bob Gilligan, GE's vice president of transmission and distribution, said the development of appliances that adjust their own energy use in response to signals from utility companies ...