Greek opposition demands transition government AP - 17 mins agoGreece's conservative opposition leader is demanding the formation of a transition government and the immediate ratification by parliament of the new eurozone debt agreement. More »Greek opposition demands transition government
Greece's conservative opposition leader is demanding the formation of a transition government and the immediate ratification by parliament of the new eurozone debt agreement.
Obama: Iran nuclear program poses continued threat AP - 2 hrs 11 mins agoPresident Barack Obama says Iran's nuclear program continues to pose a threat, and that he and the president of France want the international community to keep pressuring Iran to come clean about its intentions. More »Obama: Iran nuclear program poses continued threat
President Barack Obama says Iran's nuclear program continues to pose a threat, and that he and the president of France want the international community to keep pressuring Iran to come clean about its intentions.
Gadhafi son said to be in vast Sahara AP - 55 mins agoA fugitive wanted by the International Criminal Court, Moammar Gadhafi's one-time heir apparent appears to have disappeared in the Sahara Desert's ocean of dunes and could remain hidden for months in an area more than twice … More »Gadhafi son said to be in vast Sahara
A fugitive wanted by the International Criminal Court, Moammar Gadhafi's one-time heir apparent appears to have disappeared in the Sahara Desert's ocean of dunes and could remain hidden for months in an area more than twice the size of Texas.
Syrian tanks fire despite Arab League deal; 4 dead AP - 2 hrs 1 min agoSyrian tanks mounted with machine-guns fired Thursday on a city at the heart of the country's uprising, killing at least four people one day after Damascus agreed to an Arab League plan calling on the government to pull the … More »Syrian tanks fire despite Arab League deal; 4 dead
Syrian tanks mounted with machine-guns fired Thursday on a city at the heart of the country's uprising, killing at least four people one day after Damascus agreed to an Arab League plan calling on the government to pull the military out of cities, activists said.
Italy's Berlusconi faces mounting pressure to go Reuters - 45 mins agoROME (Reuters) - Pressure mounted on Italy's besieged premier Silvio Berlusconi to quit on Thursday, as six former parliamentary loyalists called for a new government and the squabbling cabinet failed to agree an urgent economic … More »Italy's Berlusconi faces mounting pressure to go
ROME (Reuters) - Pressure mounted on Italy's besieged premier Silvio Berlusconi to quit on Thursday, as six former parliamentary loyalists called for a new government and the squabbling cabinet failed to agree an urgent economic reform program.
- Rick Perry's genius PR move The Daily Beast - 20 hrs ago
Matt Latimer on why the Texas governor’s new Iowa ads just might work.
- Election 2012 challenge: How to win over 'frustrated' Walmart moms Christian Science Monitor - 43 mins ago
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- Those surprising Huntsman girls The Daily Beast - 12 hrs ago
Jon Huntsman’s three eldest daughters on dating, Mitt Romney, and more. By Lloyd Grove and McKay Coppins.
- Obama jobs plan vs. GOP's: Which ideas will yield most jobs soonest? Christian Science Monitor - 41 mins ago
Jobs, jobs, jobs. That's what opinion polls say Americans want most – and what they most want their representatives in Washington to address. Yet in the seven weeks since President Obama put forward his American Jobs Act – which some independent analysts say would create more than 1 million jobs next year – Congress has …
- Cuba legalizes sale, purchase of private property AP - 34 mins ago
Cuba announced Thursday it will allow real estate to be bought and sold for the first time since the early days of the revolution, the most important reform yet in a series of free-market changes under President Raul Castro.
- New outcry erupts in Egypt against military rulers AP - 6 mins ago
Egypt's military rulers have triggered a new public outcry with a proposal that critics see as an attempt to enshrine a supreme political role for themselves in the new constitution.
- UN's Ban: Palestinians should defer agency bids AP - 2 hrs 32 mins ago
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says Palestinian efforts to join other United Nations agencies beyond its cultural arm is "not beneficial for Palestine and not beneficial for anybody."
- Russia set to end 18-year wait to join WTO Reuters - 2 hrs 5 mins ago
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is on the verge of ending its 18-year wait to join the World Trade Organization after accepting a trade deal with Georgia, the last big obstacle to membership of a club that will seal its integration into the global economy.
- Closing arguments to begin in Jackson doc trial AP - 4 hrs ago
Closing arguments are set to begin Thursday in the involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson's personal physician.
- Poll shows strong Israeli support for Iran attack AP - 4 hrs ago
The Israeli government would have significant support at home for an Israeli military strike against Iran's nuclear program, according to a poll published Thursday.
- Paraguay: A quaint inn with a dark Nazi past Time.com - 3 hrs ago
This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global-news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was originally published in La Stampa.
- Money and education: The problem with paying teachers less Time.com - 3 hrs ago
It's not often that you hear teachers should be paid less. In fact, it's almost always the exact opposite. From teachers unions to education reformers to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, the refrain that teachers are underpaid is a constant. So, when conservative thinkers at the American Enterprise Institute and the …
- Regis Philbin is moving on _ but not retiring AP - 1 hr 5 mins ago
Regis Philbin wades into the studio audience to chat during a commercial break.
- Scientology church appeals French fraud conviction AP - 2 hrs 39 mins ago
The Church of Scientology's appeal of its fraud conviction opened Thursday in a court in France, with defense lawyers planning to argue that Scientologists' freedom of religion and association were curtailed by the ruling.
- Police ban gay arts festival in Malaysia AP - 2 hrs 31 mins ago
Police ordered gay rights activists in Muslim-majority Malaysia on Thursday to scrap an annual arts festival aimed at fighting discrimination.
- Time for change? GMT could be history AFP - 3 hrs ago
Leading scientists from around the world are meeting from Thursday to consider a proposal that could eventually see Greenwich Mean Time relegated to a footnote in history.
- Following Bieber, comes an influx of young singers AP - 2 hrs 0 mins ago
The kids are all right — at least in the music industry.
Zac Lee Rigg: Inter returning to the 'old guard' under Claudio Ranieri @ Yahoo! Sports - 5 mins ago
ike the jilted bride, Internazionale has flitted through a series of inconsequential relationships – terminated prematurely so neither party could invest too much – before settling on something that resembles, … More »Zac Lee Rigg: Inter returning to the 'old guard' under Claudio Ranieri
ike the jilted bride, Internazionale has flitted through a series of inconsequential relationships – terminated prematurely so neither party could invest too much – before settling on something that resembles, but will never quite capture, the passion of the one who left at the alter. It's been a year and a half since Jose …
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