Berlusconi quits as PM of debt-ridden Italy

Berlusconi quits as PM of debt-ridden Italy

Berlusconi quits as PM of debt-ridden Italy

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 12:47 PM PST

Prime Minister steps down after parliament approves economic reforms aimed at helping the country avoid bailout.


Character Study: Orville Davis, a Musician and Cowboy — Character Study

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 12:56 PM PST

Orville Davis, a cowboy and musician, first came to New York on vacation but stayed for the music work.

Berlusconi resigns as Italian PM

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 12:53 PM PST

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigns, days after losing his majority in the midst of an acute debt crisis threatening the eurozone.


100,000 Football Fans at Penn State Cheer, but the Mood Is Numb

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 12:30 PM PST

Fans arrived at Beaver Stadium for Penn State's game with Nebraska in a mood that was less than celebratory and noticeably subdued.

Oxfam withdraws Upper Nile staff

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 12:06 PM PST

British aid agency Oxfam is withdrawing its staff from a volatile border region of South Sudan in response to increasing instability.


Yemen vice president says power handover deal close

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 11:26 AM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's vice president said on Saturday the government and the opposition were close to finalizing a deal aimed at easing President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power, one day after 17 people died in violence in the city of Taiz.

Liberian opposition wants Sirleaf reelection anulled

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 11:16 AM PST

MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia's top opposition figure said Saturday his party was seeking legal options to have President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's re-election in a November 8 run-off annulled, calling the vote " a political farce of the highest order."

England 1-0 Spain

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 11:05 AM PST

Stand-in skipper Frank Lampard scores the only goal of the game as England beat world and European champions Spain at Wembley.


The Texas Tribune: A Small Town, Almost Waterless, Takes a Big Gamble

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 12:49 PM PST

Groesbeck, Texas, is almost out of water. The town has an agreement to draw from a local quarry, but the plan isn't sure to work.

Gunman Goes on Fatal Rampage in Kazakhstan

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 11:47 AM PST

The violence was the deadliest in a recent spate of small-scale attacks in Kazakhstan, a mostly Muslim former Soviet republic where such bloodshed used to be rare.

Iraq Criticizes ExxonMobil on Kurdistan Oil Pursuits

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 12:41 PM PST

The largest American oil company operating in Iraq was sharply rebuked, but whether it is indeed expanding into the Kurdish north is not clear.

Explosion Kills at Least 15 Iranian Guard Soldiers

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 11:47 AM PST

The blast occurred while military personnel were transporting munitions and was characterized as an accident, officials said.

Cell 'plotting attacks on Bahrain' busted

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 11:01 AM PST

Spokesman says five arrested planned to target interior ministry, Saudi embassy and a causeway.


Devastation at Japan Site, Seen Up Close

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 12:55 PM PST

During a press tour of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the most striking feature was not the blasted-out reactor buildings, but the chaotic mess.

Bahrain Says Cell Plotting Attacks Is Broken Up

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 11:39 AM PST

Bahrain said Saturday a cell planning to "target" its Interior Ministry, the Saudi embassy and a causeway linking the island state with neighboring Saudi Arabia had been broken up and its members detained.

Esperance win African Champs League

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 08:45 AM PST

Esperance of Tunisia beat Wydad Casablanca of Morocco 1-0 to claim the African Champions League crown.


Faces of WWI bring memories to life

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 04:07 PM PST

Project on faces of WWI bring memories to life


Plane ditches in English Channel

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 12:29 PM PST

A private aircraft flying to the Channel Islands crashes into the sea off France.


Bahrain 'breaks up terror cell'

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 09:42 AM PST

Bahrain says it has broken up a group which was planning to carry out attacks in the Gulf kingdom.


Bahrain says cell plotting attacks broken up

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 11:18 AM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain said on Saturday a cell planning to "target" its Interior Ministry, the Saudi embassy and a causeway linking the island state with neighboring Saudi Arabia had been broken up and its members detained.

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