Does Spain Aim To Take The Euro Down?

Does Spain Aim To Take The Euro Down?

Does Spain Aim To Take The Euro Down?

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 10:41 PM PDT

What is Spain aiming to do in the Euro crisis? What it might well do is take the Euro down and, if not, then at the very least it is changing the balance of power in Europe.


US tries not to make waves with 'Pacific Pivot'

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 10:16 PM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks during the opening of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) 11th Asia Security Summit in Singapore Saturday, June 2, 2012. (AP Photo9/Jim Watson, Pool)As the United States moves to bolster its military position in Asia, it faces severe budget cuts from Congress, an increasingly powerful rival in China and a hornet's nest of regional political sensitivities.

Afghans see slow healthcare improvements

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 10:48 PM PDT

Child mortality rates have fallen by half since fall of Taliban but healthcare system remains overstretched.


VIDEO: Russians return to Georgia

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:52 AM PDT

Russians are now holidaying in Georgia again - four years after the conflict between the two countries.


VIDEO: 'I developed camel shampoo'

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 10:41 PM PDT

With her German partners,Birgit Maria Kemphues has helped to develop an organic camel shampoo made from German pine trees.


VIDEO: Hunting with real-life Crocodile Dundee

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 10:22 PM PDT

Saltwater crocodiles in Australia are a real threat to the humans, so conservationists seek to protect both humans and crocodiles, but it is a dangerous business as a BBC film crew discovers.


VIDEO: Deadly Lebanon clashes over Syria

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 09:59 PM PDT

At least nine people have been killed and more than 20 hurt in the Lebanese port of Tripoli, in clashes linked to unrest across the border in Syria.


US drone in Pakistan kills 10 suspected militants

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 09:59 PM PDT

An American drone strike in the frontier tribal areas of Pakistan killed 10 suspected militants Sunday, Pakistani officials said as the U.S. pushes ahead with its drone campaign in the face of Pakistani demands to stop.


Hun Sen's party poised to win Cambodia elections

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 09:29 PM PDT

Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party was expected to win Cambodia's local elections Sunday in a vote that monitors say is tainted by vote buying and other irregularities.


Bizball: NBA Releases 2012 NBA Finals Schedule

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:56 PM PDT

The NBA releases the schedule for the 2012 NBA Finals


NATO rescues aid workers held by Afghan militants

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:17 AM PDT

KABUL — It was a risky but successful operation: Before dawn Saturday, British and other NATO forces stormed a cave tucked in the mountains and rescued two foreign female aid workers and their two Afghan colleagues being held hostage by Taliban-linked militants.

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Facebook Advertising: Irony Is The Algorithm's Achilles Heel

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:19 PM PDT

Nick Bergus's amusing misfire with a "sponsored stories" on Facebook about a 55 gallon drum of personal lubricant is a caution for any company that wants to leverage social scale through algorithms. For Facebook, irony, the leading cultural trope of the generations it counts on as its core users, is creates serious friction for monetization.


Panetta arrives at former US base in Vietnam

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:59 PM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta delivers his speech on the " US Rebalance Towards The Asia Pacific" at the IISS Shangri-la Security Summit on Saturday June 2, 2012 in Singapore.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has arrived at a former U.S. air and naval base at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, becoming the most senior American official to go there since the war ended.

Rambling like Rousseau in Switzerland

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 08:53 AM PDT

Of all the places I have lived (and I have lived in some charming ones), none has made me so truly happy nor left me such tender regrets as St. Peter's Island in the middle of Lake Biel."

This is how Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the 18th-century philosopher and writer, describes the forgotten corner of western Switzerland where I recently found myself basking in the glow of a mid-spring afternoon sun. The superlative review is no lyrical exaggeration on the part of Rousseau, who, in addition to being a precursor of romanticism, was an inveterate wanderer who crisscrossed large parts of Western Europe on foot in his lifetime. In other words, he'd seen plenty of beautiful places. If he described the Ile Saint-Pierre, or St. Peter's Island, as his all-time favorite, then it meant something.

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Police say porn actor charged with threatening PM

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:27 PM PDT

A porn actor accused of videotaping a gruesome murder before posting it to the internet will be charged with threatening Canada's prime minister after mailing a severed foot to his Conservative party headquarters, police said Saturday.


Suu Kyi returns home after 1st trip in 24 years

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:31 PM PDT

Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is presented with flowers by cheering Karen refugees at Mae La refugee camp in Tha Song Yang district, Tak province, northern Thailand Saturday, June 2, 2012. Suu Kyi turned her attention to Myanmar's long-standing refugee crisis Saturday with a visit to a sprawling camp on Thailand's border to get her first glimpse of the hardships faced by hundreds of thousands who have fled war in her homeland. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi completed her first trip out of Myanmar in 24 years on Sunday, a tour that highlighted her new freedom to explore the world — and to return home.

VIDEO: Fatal shooting at Toronto mall

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 07:43 PM PDT

One person has been killed and at least seven others injured in a shooting at Toronto's Eaton Centre.


VIDEO: Fatal shooting at Toronto mall

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 07:43 PM PDT

One person has been killed and at least seven others injured in a shooting at Toronto's Eaton Centre.


More QE Coming To Europe Next Week

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 07:41 PM PDT

Love it or hate it, more Central Bank money printing is on the way. This time in Europe after just a three month hiatus.


Historic Branding, Lack of Other Local Sports Teams the Key to Sustaining Small-Market Success in NBA

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 07:32 PM PDT

As Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals begins on Saturday night with the in , most of the off-court talk has centered around the great fan atmosphere that Thunder fans create at Chesapeake Arena. And their opponents have a similarly steadfast and devoted fan base in . People use these case studies to argue ...


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