Bold European Rescue Plan Expected, Despite Hurdles

Bold European Rescue Plan Expected, Despite Hurdles


Bold European Rescue Plan Expected, Despite Hurdles

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 01:35 PM PDT

France and Germany are facing core disagreements over how to maximize the euro zone's financial rescue fund heading into an important weekend summit in Brussels.


Special Section: Fine Arts: Islamic Treasures at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 01:05 PM PDT

Next month, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will open its New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia.


Eurozone approves next Greek bailout payment

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:36 PM PDT

Finance ministers sign off latest $11bn tranche ahead of summit talks aimed at finding solution to eurozone debt crisis,


Kenya sends more troops to Somalia, 10 AU soldiers killed

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:25 PM PDT

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Kenya sent in more troops to fight al Shabaab militants in southern Somalia on Friday as the African peacekeeping force in Mogadishu acknowledged 10 of its soldiers had died after a heavy battle against the rebels in the capital.


GB golds mask Euro sprint error

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:11 PM PDT

Three gold medals for Britain on the opening night of track cycling's European Championships mask an error which sees the men's sprint team, featuring Sir Chris Hoy, finish a lowly fifth.


BP Plan for Gulf Drilling Is Approved

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 01:33 PM PDT

The Obama administration approved the first oil drilling plan for the company in the Gulf of Mexico since an explosion sank the Deepwater Horizon rig more than a year ago.


Magnitude 7.6 quake hits Kermadec islands region

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:10 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - A magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit New Zealand's Kermadec Islands region early Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said.


At War Blog: Obama Announces Troops Will Come Home From Iraq by Year's End

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 11:51 AM PDT

President Obama announced that all American troops would be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year.


Common Sense: Volcker Rule Grows From Simple to Complex

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:28 PM PDT

Many people across the political spectrum do not support the Volcker Rule as it is now written — including Paul Volcker.


Gadhafi an enigma in life and death

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 09:07 AM PDT

In the end, enigma swirled around Moammar Gadhafi in death just as it had in life, the grisly details of his demise still emerging.


Obama: Iraq war will be over by year's end

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 11:08 AM PDT

President Barack Obama on Friday announced that virtually all U.S. troops will come home from Iraq by the end of the year -- at which point he can declare an end to America's long and costly war in that Middle Eastern nation.


Clinton Prods Pakistan Again on Extremists’ Havens

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:04 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for a second day called on Pakistan's government to shut down safe havens from which extremists have mounted attacks in Afghanistan.


DealBook: News Corporation Annual Shareholders Meeting

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 01:09 PM PDT

We live-blogged the annual News Corporation shareholders meeting.


Clinton Prods Pakistan Again on Extremists’ Havens

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:04 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for a second day called on Pakistan's government to shut down safe havens from which extremists have mounted attacks in Afghanistan.


U.S. Troops to Leave Iraq by Year’s End, Obama Says

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 01:10 PM PDT

President Obama on Friday announced the end of a nine-year military engagement, after failing to reach a deal with the Iraqi government that would have left a significant force of military trainers in Iraq.


Syrian, Yemen opposition buoyed by Gadhafi death

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 10:27 AM PDT

Inspired by the death of deposed Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Libya, demonstrators took to the streets of Syria and Yemen on Friday filled with a renewed sense of purpose to end the regimes there.


Obama: All US troops to leave Iraq in 2011

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 11:53 AM PDT

US president says "America's war in Iraq will be over" as he confirms final withdrawal will take place by end of year.


Blatter: FIFA will re-examine bribes inquiry

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 11:11 AM PDT

FIFA president Sepp Blatter says external committee will lead an investigation into the collapse of marketing partner.


U.S. Troops to Exit Iraq by Year End

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:42 PM PDT

President Obama said all U.S. troops will leave Iraq by the end of December, drawing the nine-year war to a conclusion.


Floodwaters Reach Thai Capital

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 10:15 AM PDT

Floodwaters started seeping into Bangkok, as Thailand's deepening flood crisis cast fresh light underscored how urbanization has made some of the developing world's biggest cities more vulnerable to natural disasters.


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