Moody's Slashes Portugal Rating to Junk

Moody's Slashes Portugal Rating to Junk


Moody's Slashes Portugal Rating to Junk

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Portugal received a fresh blow as Moody's downgraded its sovereign debt rating to junk status, saying just like Greece it will likely require further aid.


Seoul Makes Final Push For '18 Winter Games

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:59 PM PDT

South Korea is resurrecting a government-business partnership for its final presentation to be chosen host of the 2018 Winter Games.


Boat sinks off Sudan coast, 197 killed: report

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 01:05 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A boat packed with refugees bound for Saudi Arabia sunk off the Sudanese coast, killing 197 people, Sudanese media linked to the government said on Tuesday.


U.S. drones kill four militants in Pakistan's Waziristan

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:51 PM PDT

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two U.S. drone aircraft fired three missiles into a house in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing at least four militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.


Boy fractures skull in roof fall

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:47 PM PDT

A nine-year-old boy is in hospital with a fractured skull after falling off the roof of a school in Twinbrook.


As Budgets Are Trimmed, Time in Class Is Shortened

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:40 PM PDT

School districts across the country are gutting summer-school programs, cramming classes into four-day weeks or lopping days off the school year.


ArtsBeat: Cy Twombly, Idiosyncratic Painter, Dies at 83

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:29 PM PDT

Mr. Twombly was out of step with the movements of post-war American art, but he became one of the era's most important painters.


UN 'disturbed' over Somali hunger crisis

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:19 PM PDT

Some children fleeing to Ethiopia and Kenya to escape war and drought have died of malnutrition on the way, UN says.


Partner tried to save cobra man

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:26 PM PDT

The partner of a snake expert killed by one of his cobras tells an inquest into his death how she tried to save him.


Somalia 'human tragedy' warning

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:36 AM PDT

The levels of malnutrition among children fleeing Somalia's drought could lead to a "human tragedy of unimaginable proportions", the UN refugee head says.


Indian Minister Offers Clarification on Gay Sex Comments

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Ghulam Nabi Azad said he had been misquoted at an AIDS prevention meeting when he appeared to describe homosexuality as a "disease" brought by foreigners.


Restive City a Test of Syrian Will

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:19 PM PDT

The scene of the largest protests yet, Hama has emerged as a potent challenge to President Bashar al-Assad.


Casey Anthony Not Guilty in Slaying of Daughter

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:44 PM PDT

The jury found the Orlando mother guilty of lesser charges in a case that transfixed America for three years.


Casey Anthony Acquitted of Murder

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:26 AM PDT

A Florida jury has acquitted Casey Anthony of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.


Chavez hails Venezuela's 200th 'birthday'

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 01:06 PM PDT

Parade marks two centuries since independence but Chavez, recovering from cancer surgery, limited to televised address.


Afghan death soldier identified

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:59 PM PDT

A British soldier found dead after going missing in southern Afghanistan is named by the Ministry of Defence as Highlander Scott McLaren.


3D DIY chocolate printer debuts

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:08 AM PDT

Chocolate lovers may soon be able to print their own 3D creations thanks to work by UK scientists.


Fighting kills 11 in Libyan city

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:31 AM PDT

Renewed fighting around the Libyan rebel-held city of Misrata kills at least 11 people, as the rebellion against leader Col Muammar Gaddafi continues.


Guards bag prisoner in Mexico suitcase jailbreak

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:32 AM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican prisoner hoped to take a trip to freedom by packing himself into his girlfriend's suitcase.


Portugal debt downgraded to junk

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:57 PM PDT

The credit ratings agency Moody's downgrades Portugal's debt to junk status saying there is a growing risk it will need another bail-out.


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