Fitch: comprehensive euro zone deal "beyond reach" Reuters - 11 hrs agoROME/BERLIN (Reuters) - The credit rating agency Fitch has told euro zone countries it believes a comprehensive solution to their debt crisis is beyond reach, putting six euro zone economies including Italy on watch for potential … More »Fitch: comprehensive euro zone deal "beyond reach"
ROME/BERLIN (Reuters) - The credit rating agency Fitch has told euro zone countries it believes a comprehensive solution to their debt crisis is beyond reach, putting six euro zone economies including Italy on watch for potential downgrades in the near future. It reaffirmed France's top-notch triple-A rating but even here …
Arab League ministers meet in Qatar on Syria crisis Reuters - 46 mins agoDUBAI (Reuters) - An Arab League ministerial panel met on Saturday to address Syria's stance on a plan for ending its violent crackdown on protesters, with diplomats voicing optimism that new Russian pressure on Damascus … More »Arab League ministers meet in Qatar on Syria crisis
DUBAI (Reuters) - An Arab League ministerial panel met on Saturday to address Syria's stance on a plan for ending its violent crackdown on protesters, with diplomats voicing optimism that new Russian pressure on Damascus could overcome its resistance to the proposal. Al Jazeera television said Syria's government had demanded …
- Iran says arrests another CIA spy Reuters - 51 mins ago
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian authorities said on Saturday they had arrested an Iranian caught spying for the United States, the Islamic Republic's latest claim of success in a spying war with Washington. State TV quoted the … More »Iran says arrests another CIA spy
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian authorities said on Saturday they had arrested an Iranian caught spying for the United States, the Islamic Republic's latest claim of success in a spying war with Washington. State TV quoted the Intelligence Ministry as saying the arrested person had received training at U.S. bases in neighboring …
Panetta says Libya faces long, difficult transition Reuters - 22 mins agoTRIPOLI (Reuters) - U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told Libya's leaders on Saturday they faced a long, hard road in moving on from 42 years of one-man rule and uniting rival militias that still hold the streets in the … More »Panetta says Libya faces long, difficult transition
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told Libya's leaders on Saturday they faced a long, hard road in moving on from 42 years of one-man rule and uniting rival militias that still hold the streets in the oil-producing North African state. Panetta, the first U.S. defence chief ever to visit Libya, said …
Berenson to return to U.S. for 1st time after jail in Peru Reuters - 6 hrs agoLIMA (Reuters) - Lori Berenson, a New Yorker who spent 15 years in Peruvian prisons for aiding Marxist insurgents, will visit the United States as early as this weekend for the first time since her 1995 arrest, officials … More »Berenson to return to U.S. for 1st time after jail in Peru
LIMA (Reuters) - Lori Berenson, a New Yorker who spent 15 years in Peruvian prisons for aiding Marxist insurgents, will visit the United States as early as this weekend for the first time since her 1995 arrest, officials and her family said on Friday. Berenson, 42, the mother of a 2-year-old boy, was paroled last year after …
- Typhoon kills more than 250 in southern Philippines Reuters - 1 hr 58 mins ago
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines (Reuters) - More than 250 people were killed and almost twice that number were missing after a typhoon hit the southern Philippines, officials said Saturday, triggering flash floods and landslides and forcing tens of thousands from their homes. Typhoon Washi, with winds gusting up to 90km/h (56 …
- Americans losing addiction to "CrackBerrys" Reuters - 10 hrs ago
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - To understand what ails BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd in the U.S. market, just ask eBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe. The world's biggest online auction site had about a hundred engineers developing new iterations of eBay's shopping app for Apple Inc's iPhone a few months …
- Syrians protest against Assad after Russia U.N. move Reuters - 16 hrs ago
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed 13 people on Friday during widespread protests against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said, a day after Syria's big power ally Russia sharpened its criticism of Damascus in a draft United Nations resolution. Most of the deaths were in the city of Homs, they said, a hotbed of …
- Silver Lake, Microsoft working on new Yahoo stake offer: source Reuters - 9 hrs ago
(Reuters) - A consortium of private equity group Silver Lake, software giant Microsoft Corp and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz are reworking their bid for a minority stake in Internet company Yahoo Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. Silver Lake's consortium is working on a new offer for a stake …
- Moody's cuts Belgium ratings by 2 notches Reuters - 9 hrs ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Moody's on Friday cut Belgium's credit rating by two notches, saying the euro zone debt crisis increases funding risks for countries with high public debt burdens. Concerns about Belgium's economic growth prospects and its banking system, particularly with contingent liabilities stemming from the Dexia …
- Suspected WikiLeaks source appears in court Reuters - 14 hrs ago
FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - An American Army intelligence analyst suspected of being behind the largest leak of classified documents in U.S. history made his first court appearance on Friday, sitting stone-faced as military prosecutors launched their case against him. Private First Class Bradley Manning, 23, faces …
- Mexico telecom regulator signs contracts to friends Reuters - 9 hrs ago
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The president of Mexico's phone and television regulator approved two contracts worth roughly $200,000 for businesses run by two friends, including one who works as a lobbyist for telecom companies. The contracts were for public relations and legal work for Mexico's telecom regulator Cofetel and …
- Panetta becomes first defense chief to visit Libya AP - 1 hr 14 mins ago
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Tripoli Saturday, taking advantage of the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi in an eight-month civil war to become the first Pentagon chief to set foot on Libyan soil.
- Payroll tax compromise set for Senate vote AP - 4 hrs ago
Racing for the exits after a year of bitter battling, senators are voting on compromise legislation to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for just two months, setting the table for more fighting in February.
- Egypt's military clashes with protesters; 8 killed AP - 1 hr 8 mins ago
Hundreds of Egyptian soldiers swept into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday, chasing protesters and beating them to the ground with sticks and tossing journalists' TV cameras off of balconies in the second day of a violent crackdown on anti-military protesters that has left eight dead and hundreds injured.
- Pope heads into busy Christmas season tired, weak AP - 3 hrs ago
Pope Benedict XVI seems worn out.
- Santorum pursues Iowa crown old-fashioned way AP - 30 mins ago
In a presidential campaign marked by sharp rises and falls, Republican Rick Santorum has experienced neither.
- Berenson heads to NY for holidays AP - 6 hrs ago
Paroled U.S. activist Lori Berenson was headed for New York early Saturday after a Peruvian court ruled she and her toddler son could travel there for the holidays, airport security officials said.
- Storm, floods in south Philippines kill over 200 AP - 44 mins ago
Pounding rain from a tropical storm swelled rivers and sent walls of water rushing through the southern Philippines while people were asleep, killing more than 200 with scores missing, officials said Saturday.
- Pa. deputy attorney general cites PSU 'inaction' AP - 5 hrs ago
A graduate student waited a day after allegedly seeing a child being sexually assaulted on Penn State's campus before telling his supervisor, football coach Joe Paterno.
- Prosecution to present its case against Manning AP - 4 hrs ago
The prosecution is laying out its charges against the young soldier blamed for the largest leak of classified material in American history in a case that may hinge on whether the U.S. government overzealously stamped "secret" on material posing no national security risk.
Reports: Markus Babbel to leave Hertha Berlin @ Yahoo! Sports - 13 mins ago
BERLIN (AP) -- Hertha Berlin coach Markus Babbel will leave the club and will bereplaced by former Eintracht Frankfurt coach Michael Skibbe, according to Germanmedia reports. More »Reports: Markus Babbel to leave Hertha Berlin
BERLIN (AP) -- Hertha Berlin coach Markus Babbel will leave the club and will bereplaced by former Eintracht Frankfurt coach Michael Skibbe, according to Germanmedia reports.
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