Portugal Readies Budget With Job Cuts and Tax Increases

Portugal Readies Budget With Job Cuts and Tax Increases

Portugal Readies Budget With Job Cuts and Tax Increases

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:58 PM PDT

The Portuguese have suddenly joined the swelling ranks of Europe's discontented, following Greece and Spain.

UAE sends medics to Pakistan to evacuate girl shot by Taliban

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 01:27 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has dispatched a medical team to evacuate a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban if doctors decide she should be taken abroad for treatment, a UAE news agency reported on Sunday.

Ghana investigating death of Chinese boy during miner round-up

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 01:10 PM PDT

ACCRA (Reuters) - Police in Ghana are investigating the death of a 16-year-old Chinese boy killed during a crackdown by security forces on illegal gold mining, the deputy foreign minister said on Sunday.

Redesigning the Polo Lounge

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 07:07 PM PDT

The interior designer Adam Tihany has been quietly redesigning the Beverly Hills Hotel, including the venerable Polo Lounge.


Flemish separatists score wins in Belgian local election

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:23 PM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A party that wants to split Belgium scored major victories in municipal elections on Sunday and its leader was set to become mayor of the country's second city, raising the pressure on a fragmented national government.

Libya's national assembly elects former diplomat as prime minister

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 01:22 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's national assembly on Sunday elected former diplomat Ali Zeidan as prime minister, who will now be tasked with trying to pull together a government acceptable to the country's many factions.

Senegal 'will accept punishment'

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:48 AM PDT

Manager Ferdinand Coly says Senegal will accept their punishment after a riot ended their game against Ivory Coast.


Montenegro ruling party set for win: exit polls

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:19 PM PDT

PODGORICA (Reuters) - Montenegro's ruling party seemed assured of retaining power after exit polls following a parliamentary election on Sunday indicated it took some 46 percent of the vote, more than twice its nearest rival.

The Caucus: 5 Tips for Each Campaign After Tuesday’s Debate

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:03 PM PDT

If the next presidential debate is seen as more of a draw, the winner will be decided in the hours and days after — with perceptions shaped by the campaign that manages the post-debate time more effectively.

In Russia, Protesters Try to Gain Foothold via Elections

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:04 AM PDT

Sunday's array of regional and local elections served as a measure of whether electoral reforms introduced last year would usher in real political competition.


Our Generation: Returning Favors With Neighborly Advice

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 04:00 AM PDT

A writer isn't too handy with a chain saw but can help the neighbors' kids formulate their college essays by urging them to let the internal out.


VIDEO: 'Menacing cloud' over Zimbabwe elections

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:43 AM PDT

Zimbabwe is heading towards new elections, with growing concern that President Robert Mugabe may seek to prevent a free and fair vote.


Armed men seize military vehicle in Egypt's Sinai

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:44 AM PDT

ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Armed men seized a military vehicle on Sunday in the city of al-Arish in Egypt's Sinai, where the Egyptian army has launched a security crackdown against Islamist militants.

Montenegro's ruling DPS ahead in ballot: exit polls

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:31 AM PDT

PODGORICA (Reuters) - Montenegro's ruling DPS party took a strong lead in a parliamentary election on Sunday with 46 percent of votes, according to exit polls released by state television and Podgorica university after the voting ended.

Skydiver lands highest ever jump

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:49 PM PDT

Austrian Felix Baumgartner breaks the record for the highest ever skydive by jumping out of a balloon 128,000ft (39km) above New Mexico.


Britain, Scotland to agree on terms of independence vote

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:24 AM PDT

LONDON – British Prime Minister David Cameron is set to sign a landmark accord Monday that paves the way for a vote on Scotland's independence in fall 2014, Scottish Secretary Michael Moore announced Sunday on the BBC.

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Arlen Specter, Senator, Dies at 82

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:47 PM PDT

Mr. Specter was at the center of many of the Senate's most divisive legal battles, only to lose his seat in 2010 after quitting the Republican Party to become a Democrat.

Austerity-weary Lithuania ejects government: exit poll

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:39 AM PDT

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuanians voted out their government in an election on Sunday, an exit poll showed, in a taste of what may await other European leaders forced by the financial crisis to implement unpopular austerity measures.

Skydiver lands safely after record jump

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:09 PM PDT

Austrian Felix Baumgartner completes jump from the stratosphere in what could be the world's first supersonic skydive.


Exit poll puts opposition ahead in Lithuania election

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:10 AM PDT

VILNIUS (Reuters) - The opposition Labour Party won the most votes in the first round of Lithuania's parliamentary election on Sunday, an exit poll broadcast on national television showed.

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