High & Low Finance: Why So Glum? History Suggests a Strong Recovery

High & Low Finance: Why So Glum? History Suggests a Strong Recovery


High & Low Finance: Why So Glum? History Suggests a Strong Recovery

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:45 PM PDT

The signs are that the U.S. economic recovery is growing stronger. So why do so many seem not to believe it?


Kyrgyz president claims control

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 01:06 PM PDT

Kurmanbek Bakiyev talks exclusively to Al Jazeera after opposition 'seizes leadership' after clashes.


Greeks protest over cut backs

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:57 PM PDT

Rally comes rising borrowing costs raises further fears over debt repayment.


Rights group says Caracas attacks judicial freedom

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:55 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - The jailing of a judge in Venezuela threatens the independence of her colleagues and the rule of law in the Latin American OPEC member, U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.


Child bride dies of internal bleeding in Yemen

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:18 PM PDT

SANAA (Reuters) - A 13-year-old Yemeni girl died three days after marrying a man twice her age, due to internal bleeding following intercourse, a Yemeni human rights group and UNICEF said.


Iran: Jailed Americans Tied to Spy Groups

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:15 AM PDT

Iranian state television says the intelligence minister has accused three jailed Americans of links to U.S. intelligence services.


Bank Liquidity Fears Spark a Greek Selloff

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:35 AM PDT

Concern over a potential liquidity shortage at Greece's private-sector banks fueled a sharp selloff in Greek debt and equity markets, suggesting that the European Union's efforts to defuse the crisis with a rescue promise have all but failed.


Medvedev warns of limits to Russia's backing of Iran sanctions

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:56 AM PDT

PRAGUE -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told President Obama privately on Thursday that there remain limits to his country's support for sanctions on Iran, even as the move for united action to restrain Iran's nuclear ambition accelerates.


As investors purge Greek stocks, Athens may need formal bailout

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:44 AM PDT

LONDON -- Panicking investors dumped Greek stocks and bonds on Thursday, sending the government's borrowing costs soaring and potentially forcing Athens to formally request a rescue from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union.



Conjoined twins separated in 14-hour operation

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:13 AM PDT

Surgeons in London successfully separated four-month-old conjoined twins after a 14-hour operation Thursday, the hospital announced.


Mexican police: 'Survivor' producer detained in wife's death

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:20 PM PDT

The body of the wife of an American reality TV show producer was found at a Cancun, Mexico, hotel Thursday morning, a Mexican police spokesman said.


Sudan polls to start despite fraud claims, boycotts

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:23 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's first multi-party polls in almost quarter of a century are on track to begin on Sunday despite boycotts and fraud allegations that have marred preparations, and few people expect any rerun.


Polaroid ex-owner gets 50 years

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:07 PM PDT

US businessman Tom Petters is sentenced by a federal judge to 50 years in prison for his role in a $3.7bn fraud.


Teenager Charged in Patchogue Hate Crime Testifies

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:44 AM PDT

Jeffrey Conroy said that one of the teenagers he was with stabbed the victim, and asked him to take the knife.


HP shows 'memory of the future'

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:49 AM PDT

Scientists at Hewlett Packard show off a class of computing devices that could allow faster, more efficient machines.


Military trial of 79-year-old Syrian lawyer begins

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:45 AM PDT

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - A 79-year-old Syrian lawyer went on trial in a military court Thursday charged with "weakening national morale," despite international appeals to release him.


F.D.A. Toughens Approval Process for Radiotherapy Equipment

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:29 AM PDT

The agency is taking steps to reduce overdoses after reviewing 1,000 error reports over the last 10 years.


Egypt frees top Muslim Brotherhood members

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:27 AM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities have freed 16 Muslim Brotherhood members, including senior members, who were arrested in February after a court ordered their release last week, the group's lawyer said Thursday.


Sex Pistols manager McLaren dies

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:46 PM PDT

Malcolm McLaren, the former manager of British punk group the Sex Pistols, has died in New York aged 64.


Live - Thursday football

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:15 AM PDT

Liverpool must overturn a 2-1 deficit to beat Benfica in their Europa League quarter-final second leg, while Fulham take a 2-1 advantage to Wolfsburg.


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