Shares Shrug Off Italian Downgrade

Shares Shrug Off Italian Downgrade


Shares Shrug Off Italian Downgrade

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 01:21 PM PDT

Markets brushed off the downgrade and looked for silver linings in the American and European economies.


VIDEO: Wavering loyalties in Libya

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 01:16 PM PDT

Dozens of families are fleeing Colonel Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte, as fighters loyal to the country's interim council prepare to launch fresh assaults to finally capture the town.


Noda Pushes Nuclear Restarts

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 01:11 PM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, brushing aside opposition to nuclear power, said he was determined to restart idled reactors by next summer, adding that it was "impossible" for the country to get by without them.


Iraq Tells Bashar al-Assad of Syria to Step Down

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 12:41 PM PDT

Iraq's new position puts it in line with the American position and at odds with Iran, which still supports the government of Syria.


The Lede Blog: Chinese Journalist Following 'Gutter Oil' Scandal Is Found Dead

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 12:18 PM PDT

A Chinese journalist who had reported on a scandal surrounding illegally recycled cooking oil was found stabbed to death this week, a journalism advocacy group reported.


Arab League parliament urges Syria suspension

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 12:27 PM PDT

Body calls for freezing of Syria and Yemen's membership of league until the two nations end violence against protesters.


Restaurant Review: St. Anselm — NYC — Restaurant Review

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 01:24 PM PDT

The new iteration of St. Anselm in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is charming, with a pulsing bass line of ambition beneath its simple steakhouse melody.


Police drop Guardian sources bid

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 01:00 PM PDT

Scotland Yard decides "not to pursue" its legal bid to force the Guardian to reveal the sources it used for stories about phone hacking.


US accuses China on chicken tax

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:55 AM PDT

The US accuses China over chicken tariffs in the latest trade dispute between the world's two largest economies.


Flying over Pakistan's flood zone

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:41 AM PDT

Flying vital aid to Pakistan's flood-hit Sindh province


Violence stokes fears of civil war in Yemen

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 08:26 AM PDT

Two protesters were killed and 11 were wounded after government rockets landed in Change Square in Yemen's capital Tuesday morning, medics said.


China calls for resumption of talks

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 01:54 AM PDT

China is calling Monday for the resumption of six party talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament two days before planned inter-Korean talks. "We are happy to see that there have been some new, positive interactions between the parties concerned surrounding the restart of the six party talks," Foreign minister Yang Jiechi told a seminar in Beijing. "The parties must seize these opportunities."


American to Join the Bolshoi

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 01:00 PM PDT

David Hallberg, a principal dancer with American Ballet Theater, is becoming the first American star to enlist permanently with the fabled Bolshoi Ballet of Moscow.


Poker Site Misused Players’ Money, U.S. Says

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 12:19 PM PDT

Federal prosecutors said a major online poker site, Full Tilt Poker, was accepting millions of dollars in bets but paying out the money in profits to its executives.


U.S. Faces New Reality on Taiwan

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 01:12 PM PDT

A U.S. decision not sell Taiwan new fighter jets reflects that all sides see the island as increasingly indefensible to an attack by China, and are banking on closer economic ties as a path to resolving historic tensions.


Rise Seen in North Korean Intimidation

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:15 AM PDT

North Korean attempts to hack computers at South Korean organizations have nearly doubled this year, officials said, part of an escalating intimidation campaign.


Mexico jailbreak officials held

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:44 AM PDT

Mexican officials order the detention of the directors of three prisons in Veracruz from which 32 inmates escaped on Monday.


VIDEO: China's space station under way

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:09 AM PDT

China is getting ready for the launch of an unmanned space module, part of a planned space station.


At War Blog: Repeal Day: The End of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 12:40 PM PDT

The 18-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" policy officially ended on Tuesday and with it the discharges that removed more than 13,000 men and women from the military under the old ban on openly gay troops.


AM's tears in maternity debate

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:19 AM PDT

A Welsh Assembly member broke down as she described how she fought to save her baby's life.


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