Restaurant Review: Roberta’s

Restaurant Review: Roberta’s
Libya rebel council to seek funds at Qatar summit
Venezuela's Chavez says Gaddafi still Libya's leader
Newsmaker: Flamboyant Gaddafi no stranger to bloodshed
Tennessee’s Summitt Reveals Dementia Diagnosis
Analysis: Forgiveness in France a hard hurdle for DSK
Euro Zone Considers New Greek Collateral
Spain Parties Signal Change on Deficit
Canada Province Poised to Repeal Sales Tax
Russian Chess Player: Gadhafi 'Sounded Strong'
Libya rebel aide: Zawiya refinery not badly damaged
Joy, chaos, frenzy as rebels overrun Gaddafi compound
Strauss-Kahn dismissal about proof, not truth
Blast at Russian ammunition depot kills six
IAEA seeks safety checks in all atomic energy states
Iran shows U.N. official nuclear sites: envoy
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Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:24 PM PDT

What began as a pizzeria in Bushwick, Brooklyn, is now one of the more extraordinary restaurants in the United States.

Libya rebel council to seek funds at Qatar summit

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:21 PM PDT

TUNIS (Reuters) - Libya's rebel National Transitional Council will seek international funds to help the North African state recover from a six-month war that has paralyzed the economy, the NTC's prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril, said on Tuesday.

Venezuela's Chavez says Gaddafi still Libya's leader

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:19 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday he will only recognize a Libyan government led by his friend and ally Muammar Gaddafi and accused the United States of inciting the country's civil war.

Newsmaker: Flamboyant Gaddafi no stranger to bloodshed

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:10 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's penchant for extravagant uniforms, gold regalia and Bedouin tents provided a theatrical backdrop for four decades of harsh repression at home and a foreign policy that made him a bete noire of the West.

Tennessee’s Summitt Reveals Dementia Diagnosis

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:24 PM PDT

Pat Summitt, the Tennessee women's basketball coach, said she hoped to manage the disease and still coach.

Analysis: Forgiveness in France a hard hurdle for DSK

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 12:40 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Months of lurid media coverage about Dominique Strauss-Kahn's 9-minute encounter with a New York hotel maid and other sexual affairs make it hard to imagine the former IMF chief taking a major public role in France in the near future.

Euro Zone Considers New Greek Collateral

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 12:57 PM PDT

Plan discussed to use non-cash government assets back up latest funding.

Spain Parties Signal Change on Deficit

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 06:59 AM PDT

Spain's two largest political parties signaled a deal to amend the country's constitution, looking to include specific limits on budget deficits requested by Germany and France.

Canada Province Poised to Repeal Sales Tax

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 11:26 AM PDT

British Columbia is poised to overturn a controversial sales tax at the end of the week, capping a two-year struggle that underscores how hard it is to implement tax reform.

Russian Chess Player: Gadhafi 'Sounded Strong'

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 11:50 AM PDT

The Russian head of the World Chess Federation said he talked late Tuesday by telephone to Col. Moammar Gadhafi, who said he is alive and well in Tripoli and plans to fight rebels and NATO forces until victory.

Libya rebel aide: Zawiya refinery not badly damaged

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:12 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - The rebel Libyan ambassador to the United Arab Emirates said Tuesday that Libya's Zawiya refinery had not been badly damaged in fighting between government and rebel forces and that it would be the first to resume production.

Joy, chaos, frenzy as rebels overrun Gaddafi compound

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 12:16 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Hundreds of triumphant Libyan rebels flooded into the last bastion of Muammar Gaddafi's power Tuesday, looting in his Tripoli compound for weapons and trophies, and shouting "Gaddafi is finished."

Strauss-Kahn dismissal about proof, not truth

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 09:08 AM PDT

The sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is now over. The judge has granted the prosecutors' motion to dismiss the case against the former head of the International Monetary Fund. But for all the complex legal machinations, one simple question remains unanswered: What happened between Strauss-Kahn and Nafissatou Diallo, the housekeeper at the Sofitel in New York, on May 14?

Blast at Russian ammunition depot kills six

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 12:01 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - An explosion ripped through an ammunition storage depot in southern Russia on Tuesday killing six soldiers and injuring 12, the Interfax news agency reported, citing an unnamed local law enforcement source.

IAEA seeks safety checks in all atomic energy states

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 11:55 AM PDT

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. atomic agency will carry out at least one safety inspection in each country with nuclear power plants in the coming three years under proposals aimed at preventing any repeat of Japan's nuclear crisis.

Iran shows U.N. official nuclear sites: envoy

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 12:03 PM PDT

VIENNA, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Iran allowed a senior U.N. nuclear inspector to visit a facility for developing advanced uranium enrichment machines during a rare tour of all of the country's main atomic sites, an Iranian envoy said on Tuesday.