China's premier warns of slower growth, problems ahead

China's premier warns of slower growth, problems ahead
Saudi flexes Gulf grip with Bahrain 'union' plans (AP)
Rare reprieve for Haiti's disabled slated to end (AP)
AP Exclusive: Obama's transgender ex-nanny outcast (AP)
VIDEO: German 'Robin Hood' mystery donor
VIDEO: German 'Robin Hood' mystery donor
VIDEO: Argentina glacier collapse
Gunmen target security forces in Iraq
Gunmen kill 18 Iraqi troops in checkpoint attacks (Reuters)
Russian president orders Khodorkovsky case review (AP)
SingTel to acquire Amobee for $321 million (AP)
ETFs After Pimco Total Return
Young & Poor French Grade the Candidates
Gunmen kill 18 Iraqi troops in checkpoint attacks
Roth IRA Recharacterization 2012: Undoing a Roth Conversion
Russia's Putin faces protests after poll triumph (Reuters)
Saudi: Syrians have right to defend themselves (AP)
Cuban Santeros wary of Pope visit after JPII snub (AP)
Iceland's ex-PM faces trial over banks crisis
VIDEO: India's huge volumes of waste

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:57 PM PST

BEIJING — In his opening address to the national legislature in the final year of his term in office, Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday warned the assembled delegates to expect slower growth in 2012, as China continues to be buffeted by the financial crisis abroad and domestic structural problems.

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Saudi flexes Gulf grip with Bahrain 'union' plans (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:43 PM PST

AP - During a sermon last week at Bahrain's Grand Mosque, the pro-government prayer leader offered sweeping praise for one of the Arab Spring's counter-revolutions: Gulf rulers bonding together against dissent with powerful Saudi Arabia as their main guardian.

Rare reprieve for Haiti's disabled slated to end (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:59 PM PST

AP - When doctors amputated her right arm that was crushed by jagged rubble during Haiti's 2010 earthquake, Marjorie Benoit joined the ranks of Haiti's outcasts: the blind, the deaf and those missing limbs.

AP Exclusive: Obama's transgender ex-nanny outcast (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 11:08 PM PST

AP - Once, long ago, Evie looked after "Barry" Obama, the kid who would grow up to become the most powerful man on earth. Now, his transgender former nanny has given up her tight, flowery dresses, her brocade vest and her bras, and is living in fear on Indonesia's streets.

VIDEO: German 'Robin Hood' mystery donor

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 09:57 PM PST

An anonymous donor is giving away mysterious wads of money in the German town of Braunschweig.

VIDEO: German 'Robin Hood' mystery donor

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 09:57 PM PST

An anonymous donor is giving away mysterious wads of money in the German town of Braunschweig.

VIDEO: Argentina glacier collapse

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 08:45 PM PST

In Argentina, a major portion of the Perito Moreno glacier has collapsed.

Gunmen target security forces in Iraq

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:47 PM PST

At least 27 security and police personnel killed, officials say, as gunmen storm checkpoints in city of Haditha.

Gunmen kill 18 Iraqi troops in checkpoint attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:16 PM PST

Reuters - Gunmen killed up to 18 members of Iraq's security forces in an attack on checkpoints in the town of Haditha in western Iraq on Monday, Iraqi officials said.

Russian president orders Khodorkovsky case review (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 11:09 PM PST

AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday ordered the country's prosecutor-general to review the conviction of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former oil tycoon whose imprisonment was widely viewed as Kremlin punishment for his political ambitions.

SingTel to acquire Amobee for $321 million (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 09:51 PM PST

AP - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. said Monday it plans to acquire mobile advertising company Amobee Inc. for $321 million.

ETFs After Pimco Total Return

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 09:27 PM PST

Like bills introduced in congressional subcommittees, exchange-traded fund filings can often be more position papers than action items. Witness the several hundred prospective and handful of issuers just sitting in registration. But last week, amid the Pimco Return ETF hype, -based asset manager Van Eck Global took a noteworthy position, espoused by only one other ...

Young & Poor French Grade the Candidates

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 09:13 PM PST

Young & Poor has set itself the task of rating France's presidential candidates on their youth policies and their credibility in the fight to bring down youth unemployment.

Gunmen kill 18 Iraqi troops in checkpoint attacks

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:16 PM PST

FALLUJAH, Iraq (Reuters) - Gunmen killed up to 18 members of Iraq's security forces in an attack on checkpoints in the town of Haditha in western Iraq on Monday, Iraqi officials said.

Roth IRA Recharacterization 2012: Undoing a Roth Conversion

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 09:11 PM PST

Nearly everyone is an excellent candidate for a Roth conversion this year. If you failed to convert money from an IRA to a Roth IRA last year, you missed an opportunity. Don?t make the same mistake this year. You can always undo part or all of a Roth conversion with what's called a recharacterization, so ...

Russia's Putin faces protests after poll triumph (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:14 PM PST

Reuters - Vladimir Putin faces new protests on Monday to challenge his victory in a presidential election he said had prevented Russia from falling into the hands of enemies trying to usurp power.

Saudi: Syrians have right to defend themselves (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:31 PM PST

AP - Saudi Arabia has said that Syrians have a right to take up arms to defend themselves against the regime and accuses the Damascus government of "imposing itself by force," as concerns mount over a humanitarian crisis there.

Cuban Santeros wary of Pope visit after JPII snub (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 09:00 PM PST

AP - They cast snail shells to read their fortunes, proudly wear colorful necklaces to ward off illness, dress all in white and dance in "bata" drum ceremonies.