Times Online: Global stocks rebounded dramatically today and the pound was strengthened as investors’ nerves were calmed by the EU plan to restore financial stability across Europe through a €750 billion (£652 billion) rescue deal. The FTSE 100 rallied 5 per cent, or 255.7 points, to 5,378.7 following the agreement between Europe and the International [...]
Los Angeles Times: Reporting from London Fearful of a regional economic meltdown, the European Union and International Monetary Fund approved a dramatic rescue mechanism early Monday to make nearly a trillion dollars in loans available to EU member countries in danger of going bankrupt, as worries persisted that Greece’s troubles would spread far beyond its [...]
UPDATE; BAGHDAD (AP) – Officials say death toll in blasts south of Baghdad rises to 40, bringing day’s toll to 75 BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraqi police say two car bombs ripped through the city of Hillah south of Baghdad, killing at least 25 people and raising the death toll across Iraq to at least 60. [...]
The Hill: BP and other oil industry executives may discover this week just how heavy the boot at their throats can get. Three congressional committees are set to open investigations of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which was triggered by an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig last month. Since [...]
Jerusalem Post: Jerusalem is increasingly jittery that cracks are appearing in the nearly half-century-old US policy of upholding Israel’s right to maintain its “nuclear ambiguity,†following reports that Israeli nuclear capabilities are, for the first time, scheduled to be on the agenda of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) board meeting next month. One diplomatic [...]
2010 Census workers KHOU.com: HOUSTON—A man was killed and his family members beaten after three suspects barged into a north Houston home Saturday afternoon, police said. Investigators said one of the suspects pretended to be a census worker to gain entry into the house, located in the 400 block of Truman. Family members said the [...]
NY Times: KAMPALA, Uganda — On the grounds of Uganda’s biggest AIDS clinic, Dinavance Kamukama sits under a tree and weeps. Her disease is probably quite advanced: her kidneys are failing and she is so weak she can barely walk. Leaving her young daughter with family, she rode a bus four hours to the hospital [...]
Times Online: Scientists are hoping to gain new insights into the mysteries of ageing by sequencing the genome of a 17-year-old girl who has the body and behaviour of a tiny toddler. Brooke Greenberg is old enough to drive a car and next year will be old enough to vote — but at 16lb in [...]
At the :55 mark you can hear the shout of instruction to Glover. The actor maintains he “typically cover his heart during flag ceremonies and he meant no disrespect.” The related article below also quotes him saying: “I probably wasn’t the only one in there who didn’t put a hand over their heart.” This video [...]
The Hill: The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has sparked an intraparty battle between two Senate Democrats. Sens. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Bill Nelson of Florida are the only two Senate Democrats from the five Gulf Coast states. Both are considered centrists though Landrieu is clearly to the right of Nelson. [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has picked solicitor general Elena Kagan as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, NBC News reported Sunday, choosing a relative moderate who may still face questions from Republican Senators on gays in the military. White House officials did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation of the [...]
HAMPTON, Virginia (AP) — US President Barack Obama lamented Sunday that in the iPad and Xbox era, information had become a diversion that was imposing new strains on democracy, in his latest critique of modern media. Obama, who often chides journalists and cable news outlets for obsessing with political horse race coverage rather than serious [...]
Times Online: President Karzai arrives in Washington today for crucial talks to mend relations with the US as the Taleban threaten a new assault in Afghanistan. The four-day visit by Mr Karzai comes at a critical moment in his strained relationship with the Obama Administration and in the eight-year Afghan war. With a US-led military [...]
Chicago Sun-Times: E-mails and other records of Dr. Eric Whitaker — one of President Obama’s best friends — have been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. The investigation involves “faith-based initiatives” and health-awareness campaigns funded by the Illinois Department of Public Health when Whitaker ran the agency for former Gov. [...]
Jake Tapper’s Political Punch: In his first Sunday morning interview, Attorney General Eric Holder revealed that the Pakistani Taliban was behind Faisal Shahzad’s attempted bombing of Times Square last week. “We’ve now developed evidence that shows that the Pakistani Taliban was behind the attack,†Holder said on “This Week.†“We know that they helped facilitate [...]
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