Geithner takes plea for European action to Germany

Geithner takes plea for European action to Germany


Geithner takes plea for European action to Germany

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:32 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner takes his appeal for swift European action to calm markets to Germany on Thursday, the key player that stunned markets last week with its ban on some speculative trades.


Baghdad's trade in wildlife anything but tame (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:27 PM PDT

AP - A dozen fluffy white kittens with piercing blue eyes frolic in a wire cage, perched perilously atop a pen containing two African lion cubs. Neighborhood schoolchildren stop to feed sunflower seeds to a chained monkey, while three red foxes cower in their curbside enclosure from the street noise.


Geithner takes plea for European action to Germany (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:32 PM PDT

A woman holding an umbrella protests against Greece's local government reform bill, in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens May 26, 2010.  The bill involves the merger of municipalities throughout the country.   REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)Reuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner takes his appeal for swift European action to calm markets to Germany on Thursday, the key player that stunned markets last week with its ban on some speculative trades.



Pakistan lifts ban on YouTube, pages remain blocked (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:37 PM PDT

Pakistani Muslims shout slogans and wave placards as they protest against Facebook in Lahore on May 26. Pakistan has restored access to YouTube, but several hundred pages on the popular video sharing website will remain blocked because of AFP - Pakistan has restored access to YouTube, but several hundred pages on the popular video sharing website will remain blocked because of "blasphemous" content, officials said Thursday.



Whaling activist admits trespassing

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:33 PM PDT

Conservationist pleads guilty to boarding Japanese ship but says he had "good reason".


Oil well plug 'going as planned'

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:27 PM PDT

BP says a bid to plug its leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is going to plan, but it is too early to know if it will work.


Oil well plug 'going as planned'

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:27 PM PDT

BP says a bid to plug its leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is going to plan, but it is too early to know if it will work.


The Trial of Benedict XVI (Time.com)

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:00 PM PDT

Time.com - The Pope can cite theology and tradition in defense of the church, but with many Catholics wanting a very modern kind of accounting for the sex-abuse scandal, words and ritual may no longer be enough


Int'l conference to save forests opens in Oslo (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:05 PM PDT

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (L) welcomes Indonesia's President Susilo Yudhoyono in Oslo. Yudhoyono said Wednesday he would introduce a two-year moratorium on deforestation, a large source of income for his country which also contributes heavily to global warming.(AFP/SCANPIX/Aserud, Lise)AP - Last December, an international conference on climate change approved global plans prevent deforestation. But those plans have not been implemented, and now a smaller meeting of nations in Oslo will try Thursday to find ways to start to put them in place — even if on a smaller scale.



Japan's exports jump 40 percent in April (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 09:53 PM PDT

** FILE ** In this March 29, 2010 file photo, Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co.'s vehicles for export park at a Yokohama port, near Tokyo, Japan. Japan says the nation's exports in April jumped 40.4 percent from a year earlier. The finance ministry says they climbed to 5.9 trillion yen ($65 billion), marking the fifth month of year-on-year increase. The ministry said Thursday May 27, 2010, that U.S.-bound shipments rose 34.5 percent, while exports to Asia surged 45.3 percent last month. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi), FileAP - Japan's exports expanded for a fifth straight month in April, fueled by brisk overseas demand for cars and high-tech goods in a fresh sigh of a recovery in the global economy,



Gaza Aid Convoy Showdown Poses a New Challenge for Israel (Time.com)

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:00 PM PDT

Time.com - The Obama Administration has finally gotten the Israelis and Palestinians talking about peace, but they're avoiding talking about Gaza


Your iPhone Could Be The Key To Your Next Hotel Room

Posted: 26 May 2010 09:54 PM PDT

Would you be interested in using your phone as a hotel room key? If trials at two Holiday Inn locati


Apple Passes Microsoft As Most Valuable Tech Company

Posted: 26 May 2010 09:52 PM PDT

Apple has just surpassed Microsoft in market capitalization and is now second only to Exxon Mobil am


Facebook Acquires Private Content-Sharing Startup

Posted: 26 May 2010 09:51 PM PDT

Facebook added another acquisition to its belt today: Sharegrove, a small service that provides priv


Thaksin dismisses arrest warrant

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:01 PM PDT

Ex-Thai PM says Interpol will not execute Bangkok's "politically motivated" warrant.


Italy joins euro austerity drive

Posted: 26 May 2010 05:23 PM PDT

The Italian government approves austerity measures worth 24 billion euros (£20bn; $29bn) for the years 2011-2012.


Italy joins euro austerity drive

Posted: 26 May 2010 05:23 PM PDT

The Italian government approves austerity measures worth 24 billion euros (£20bn; $29bn) for the years 2011-2012.


S.Korea launches major anti-submarine exercise

Posted: 26 May 2010 06:35 PM PDT

SEOUL – South Korea's navy Thursday staged a major anti-submarine exercise, its first show of strength since tensions with North Korea flared over the sinking of one of Seoul's warships.

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Anti-whaling activist on trial

Posted: 26 May 2010 04:22 PM PDT

TOKYO – An anti-whaling activist of the US-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society went on trial in Japan Thursday on charges stemming from clashes with harpoon ships in Antarctic waters this year.

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Obama administration to unveil new security strategy

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:41 AM PDT

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's administration is to unveil a new national security strategy Thursday making the threat of homegrown extremism an integral part of security policy and stepping back from Bush era "war on terror" terminology.

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