Por AMAR BHIDÉ La aplastante derrota del domingo de la coalición gobernante de Grecia en las elecciones parlamentarias está alimentando los temores de que el país abandonará la zona euro y tratará de devaluar para salir de la crisis. Algunos creen que ese es el camino correcto. Argumentan que Grecia y otros países de la [...]
Many who left comments said they were fascinated that bin Laden had apparently been strategizing about how to promote al Qaeda using media, and how his approach seems similar to any marketing agency or political party. Others carefully read the full documents CNN posted and responded with a variety of theories about them. The total [...]
Situated on the equator on Africa's east coast, Kenya has been described as "the cradle of humanity". Despite President Kibaki's pledge to tackle corruption, some donors estimated that up to $1bn had been lost to graft between 2002 and 2005. Other pressing challenges include high unemployment, crime and poverty; most Kenyans live below the poverty [...]
Por SCOTT PATTERSON e JENNY STRASBURG Para se ter uma ideia de como o mercado financeiro pode ser obscuro hoje em dia, veja o caso da Pipeline Trading Systems LLC. Usando software desenvolvido em parte pela Fidelity Investments dez anos atrás, a Pipeline provê um meio de comprar e vender ações fora das bolsas de [...]
Published May 8th, 2012 – 07:38 GMT UN chief Ban Ki-Moon calls for urgent steps in Syria. “We are in a race against time to prevent a civil war – with mass casualties,” warned the UN Secretary General in a speech Monday, on the eve of a meeting by Security Council on Syria. International envoy [...]
By Andrew Stern CHICAGO | Wed May 9, 2012 9:05pm EDT CHICAGO (Reuters) – Not a single fingerprint or scrap of DNA was found to prove who murdered three family members of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson in 2008, but prosecutors said there was overwhelming circumstantial evidence to convict her jealous brother-in-law as the jury began [...]
Por AMIR EFRATI y NATHALIE TADENA La junta directiva de Yahoo Inc. formó una comisión especial para revisar los antecedentes académicos del presidente ejecutivo de la firma, Scott Thompson, donde hace poco se hallaron errores en un documento oficial presentado al regulador y el sitio web de Yahoo, además de las circunstancias que llevaron a [...]
By legend the birthplace of the ancient Greek goddess of love Aphrodite, Cyprus's modern history has, in contrast, been dominated by enmity between its Greek and Turkish inhabitants. Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkey invaded the north in response to a military coup on the island which was backed by the Athens government. [...]
By NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY Recently, the Chronicle of Higher Education published a cover story called “Black Studies: ‘Swaggering Into the Future,’” in which the reporter described how “young black-studies scholars . . . are less consumed than their predecessors with the need to validate the field or explain why they are pursuing doctorates in their [...]
Release Date: 04/19/2012Contact Information: Anne Rowan, 312-353-9391, rowan.anne@epa.gov, Pete Cassell, 312-886-6234, cassell.peter@epa.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 12-OPA24 (CHICAGO – April 19, 2012) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it is requesting applications from states, municipalities, tribes, universities and nonprofit organizations for new projects to restore and protect the Great Lakes. EPA will distribute [...]