Barcelona and Madrid draw in Super Cup clash |
- Barcelona and Madrid draw in Super Cup clash
- Activist renews anti-graft fast to pressure India government
- Indonesian Ahmadi attack victim may be jailed (AP)
- "Grand coalition" floated as Japan eyes new PM
- Smart Grids Highlight Innovation's Promise and Where America Leads the World, Even China
- Morocco to host early parliamentary election
- Nepal's parties disagree on new prime minister (AP)
- Primary win boosts chances of Argentina's Fernandez
- As Opera Struggles in West, an Art Form Flourishes in China (Time.com)
- Greenland's ice: beauty and threat (AP)
- Japan marks World War II surrender anniversary (AP)
- Should the 'Australian Taliban' Profit from His Memoirs? (Time.com)
- Steve Forbes Interview: Bill Rhodes, Banker To The World
- Japan economy contracts for third straight quarter (AP)
- World Bank chief warns of 'new danger zone'
- World Bank head warns of danger ahead
- Zoellick Says China Currency To Be Global Player
- Lawyer challenges Aruba officials in tourist case (AP)
- Japan's Economy Shrinks but Beats Expectations
- The Future of Europe: A Stronger Union or a Smaller One? (Time.com)
| Barcelona and Madrid draw in Super Cup clash Posted: 14 Aug 2011 10:31 PM PDT Xabi Alonso salvages a 2-2 draw for Real Madrid in first leg of Spanish season's traditional curtain-raiser.
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| Activist renews anti-graft fast to pressure India government Posted: 14 Aug 2011 10:46 PM PDT NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A veteran social activist renews a fast to the death in New Delhi on Tuesday to force tougher laws against corruption, to the dismay of India's embattled prime minister and his ruling party as they grapple with scandals and a slowing economy.    
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| Indonesian Ahmadi attack victim may be jailed (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 10:32 PM PDT AP - An Indonesian man injured when Muslim hard-liners attacked members of his minority Islamic sect is waiting to hear if he'll be jailed. He could face a longer prison term than the actual attackers.
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| "Grand coalition" floated as Japan eyes new PM Posted: 14 Aug 2011 10:29 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - A key Japanese cabinet minister added his voice on Monday to calls for a coalition between ruling and opposition parties to break the deadlock of a divided parliament, but the outlook for such a tie-up under the country's next leader remains murky.   
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| Smart Grids Highlight Innovation's Promise and Where America Leads the World, Even China Posted: 14 Aug 2011 10:05 PM PDT The emerging smart grid transformation of the electric grid is analogous to the Internet's conversion of the telecommunications network.
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| Morocco to host early parliamentary election Posted: 14 Aug 2011 10:14 PM PDT Government announcement follows constitutional reforms endorsed by 98 per cent of voters in last month's referendum.
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| Nepal's parties disagree on new prime minister (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 09:56 PM PDT AP - Nepal's major political parties are disagreeing on who should succeed the prime minister who resigned a day earlier. The lack of consensus raises worries of new political instability.
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| Primary win boosts chances of Argentina's Fernandez Posted: 14 Aug 2011 09:55 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Center-left Argentine President Cristina Fernandez is on course to win a second term in October and deepen her interventionist policies after thrashing rivals in a primary election, results showed on Monday.   
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| As Opera Struggles in West, an Art Form Flourishes in China (Time.com) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 08:45 PM PDT Time.com - As if any more proof was needed of China's growing dominance, it is now being bellowed at full volume by tenors and sopranos
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| Greenland's ice: beauty and threat (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 09:01 PM PDT
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| Japan marks World War II surrender anniversary (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 09:01 PM PDT
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| Should the 'Australian Taliban' Profit from His Memoirs? (Time.com) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 08:45 PM PDT Time.com - Australian prosecutors are taking David Hicks, Once a mascot for the country's antiwar movement, to court for making money from his memoirs
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| Steve Forbes Interview: Bill Rhodes, Banker To The World Posted: 14 Aug 2011 09:06 PM PDT Ex-Citi chair Bill Rhodes spent decades solving sovereign debt crises around the world. Now, he thinks austerity isn't enough.
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| Japan economy contracts for third straight quarter (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 08:58 PM PDT AP - Japan's economy contracted for a third straight quarter as consumer spending and factory production continued to suffer in the aftermath of the March earthquake and tsunami.
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| World Bank chief warns of 'new danger zone' Posted: 14 Aug 2011 07:52 PM PDT The head of the World Bank warned Sunday that many key market players have lost confidence in recent weeks, pushing the fragile global economy into a "new danger zone."      
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| World Bank head warns of danger ahead Posted: 14 Aug 2011 07:40 PM PDT Zoellick says loss of market confidence in economic leadership of key countries has pushed markets into a danger zone.
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| Zoellick Says China Currency To Be Global Player Posted: 14 Aug 2011 07:34 PM PDT World Bank president Robert Zoellick says the current lack of confidence in the dollar increases the odds that China's currency will be one of the big currency players in the years ahead.
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| Lawyer challenges Aruba officials in tourist case (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 07:26 PM PDT
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| Japan's Economy Shrinks but Beats Expectations Posted: 14 Aug 2011 08:33 PM PDT The Japanese economy outperformed economist expectations for the three months ended June 30, shrinking for a third consecutive quarter—but at a much smaller rate than analyst forecasts.
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| The Future of Europe: A Stronger Union or a Smaller One? (Time.com) Posted: 14 Aug 2011 07:30 PM PDT Time.com - The convulsions in the financial markets are symptoms of a larger problem: the state of the European Union is not good
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