Weekend News May Buoy Investors' Spirits

Weekend News May Buoy Investors' Spirits

Weekend News May Buoy Investors' Spirits

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 05:25 AM PDT

The combination of Spain's requesting aid for its banks and China's reporting economic figures that were less alarming than many had feared may reassure investors in Asia.


Vietnam Struggles to Restart Growth

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 06:26 AM PDT

Vietnam's decision to cut interest rates for the fourth time this year marks policy makers' latest effort to revive an economy that once was among Asia's fastest-growing.


3 Killed in Nigerian Church Attacks

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 09:24 AM PDT

A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives outside a church in central Nigeria as gunmen attacked another church in the nation's northeast Sunday, killing at least three people and wounding dozens more, witnesses said.


Amy Herzog and Others Bring New Voices to Stage

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 12:39 PM PDT

With the Tonys upon us, it's worth noting that some of the finest new playwriting is not necessarily Broadway-bound.

ArtsBeat: Bonnaroo: The Red Hot Chili Peppers Get Funky

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 12:23 PM PDT

In their two-hour set, the Chili Peppers repeatedly knocked their music apart and slammed it back together.

Iran wrangles with world powers ahead of nuclear talks

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 12:47 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's deputy negotiator said world powers were unprepared for the next round of talks over the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear program and had failed to honor agreements reached in previous negotiations, Iranian media said on Sunday.

Six killed, 38 wounded in Iraq mortar attack

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 12:54 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least six people were killed and 38 others wounded when two mortar rounds struck a square filled with Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq's capital on Sunday, police and hospital sources said.

Landstuhl Hospital to Be Replaced. But With What?

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 12:13 PM PDT

The Defense Department is closing the aging Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, the only top-level military trauma center outside the United States.

Qaeda's Zawahri calls on Tunisians to defend sharia

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 12:31 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's leader called on Tunisians on Sunday to defend Islamic law from an Islamist party that won elections in the North African country and promised not to impose sharia.

Clashes at anti-Pinochet protest

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 12:07 PM PDT

Police in Chile use tear gas and water cannon to disperse demonstrators protesting against the screening of a documentary praising Gen Augusto Pinochet.


Best sets record as England toil

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 11:36 AM PDT

Tino Best strikes the highest score by a Test number 11 as the West Indies all but end England's hopes of a whitewash.


LinkedIn Breach Exposes Light Security Even at Data Companies

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 11:35 AM PDT

Part of the problem may be that there are few consequences for companies with a lax attitude toward data. There are no legal penalties, and customers rarely defect.

Libya town tribal clashes kill 16

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 11:55 AM PDT

Fighting between government forces and tribesmen in southern Libya continues for a second day, bringing the death toll up to at least 16.


VIDEO: Syria rebels claim military defections

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 11:42 AM PDT

A number of casualties have once again been reported in Syria, with clashes between rebel fighters and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in many parts of the country.


Egypt candidate accuses rival over HQ attack

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 11:55 AM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - One of the two finalists in Egypt's presidential race on Sunday accused his opponent's party of orchestrating an attack on his campaign offices, as the contest that has divided the nation took a bitter new turn.

Hundreds protest in Israel illegal immigration battle

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 11:52 AM PDT

Several hundred Sudanese immigrants rallied Sunday on the streets of Tel Aviv, demanding refugee status.

U.S. to act firmly on Somalis who hinder roadmap

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 11:33 AM PDT

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States will impose travel sanctions and freeze assets of Somalis who hinder a political roadmap towards a new constitution and president in the Horn-of-Africa nation, a senior State Department official said on Sunday.

As Focus Shifts to Rescuing Spanish Banks, Worries Grow Over Greece

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 11:13 AM PDT

Far harder to calculate than a Spanish banking rescue are the costs if, after Greek elections, the new government there reneges on the terms of the bailout Athens negotiated with its European lenders.

French Socialists 'set for win'

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 12:32 PM PDT

President Francois Hollande's Socialists and their allies lead after the first round of voting in France's legislative elections, exit polls suggest.


Capriles rallies Venezuelans to challenge Chavez

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 01:12 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans flooded downtown Caracas on Sunday to support opposition candidate Henrique Capriles in the biggest rally to date of his campaign to unseat cancer-stricken socialist President Hugo Chavez.

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