Wednesday, May 12, 2010


President Barack Obama, left, and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, right, walk off stage following their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington Wednesday, May 12, 2010.
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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WASHINGTON — President Obama lauded Pakistani leaders on Wednesday for what he called a growing recognition that Al-Qaeda and Taliban insurgent groups in their country have become a “cancer in their midst.” Appearing next to Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a highly orchestrated news conference designed to show that the...
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Open Minds Worldwide
Greece and the 'political trilemma' facing the world economy read more
Daily Star Lebanon
By Dani Rodrik Commentary by Thursday, May 13, 2010 - Powered by...
The E.U.'s Dangerous Gameread more
The New York Times
The agreement by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund to provide up to $960...
Victory at all costs in Afghanistanread more
Asia Times
Victory at all costs in Afghanistan By David Swanson Isn't it time to call what the United...
 
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David Cameron coalition team in first cabinet meeting read more
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, top, first left, chairs the first meeting of the National Security Council in the Cabinet Room at No.10 Downing Street. in central London, Wednesday, May 12, 2010.
BBC News
David Cameron is preparing for his first cabinet meeting as primeminister as he puts the finishing touches to his historic coalition government. The Tory leader will announce a string of junior government posts, which will include further Lib Dem...
photo: AP / Chris Ison, Pool

Elections   Photos   Politics   Society   UK   Wikipedia: United Kingdom general election, 2010
 
Rs 1,762cr Kargil purchase scam buried by UPA? read more
Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes alights from a train on his arrival at Patna, India, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004. The defense minister suffered minor injuries in a road accident caused by thick fog Tuesday night, which delayed dozens of morning and overnight trains and flights, leaving thousands of passengers stranded in northern India, officials said.
The Times of India
NEW DELHI: More than 10 years after Kargil war, the stink of corruptionin purchases of arms and ammunition worth Rs 1,762 crore appears to have been a false alarm. After years of investigation, the ministry of defence has said that it has now agreed...
photo: AP / Vikram Kumar

Corruption   Defence   India   Photos   Weapons   Wikipedia: Kargil War
 
BP airs video of oil gushing into Gulf read more
Mitzi Kraft of Albuquerque, N.M., participates in a demonstration against BP in Albuquerque on Wednesday, May 12, 2010.
The Daily Telegraph Australia
BAD wiring and a leak in what's supposed to be a "blowout preventer." Sealing problems that may have allowed a methane eruption. Even a dead battery, of all things. New disclosures todayrevealed a complex cascade of deep-sea equipment...
photo: AP / Susan Montoya Bryan

Environment   Disaster   Oil   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill   Problems
 
Turkey's new visionary read more
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, March 4, 2010.
Al Jazeera
While leaders of the Middle East are caught between solving new and old economic and political problems, and while the peoples of the region are losing hope due to a lack of direction or solutions, one country is quietly forging ahead with plans to...
photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici

Foreign Policy   Photos   Politics   Society   Turkey   Wikipedia: Ahmet Davutoğlu
 
Emirates says annual net profit nears $1 billion read more
Emirates Airlines - Aeroplane - DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - pjb1
Daily Star Lebanon
Airline says cost-cutting, increase in passenger numbers behind boost in profits Thursday, May 13, 2010 - Powered by DUBAI: Net profit atEmirates airlines rose by more than a fourfold to $964 million on the back of cost cutting and a nearly 21...
photo: AP / Aziz Shah

Airline   Business   Dubai   Industry   Photos   Wikipedia: Emirates business model
 
Gold at record price of $1,245 an ounce read more
A customer selects gold bangles in Jammu, India, Friday, March 14, 2008. Gold zoomed past all previous records to set at new peak of Rupees 13,200 or US$ 325 per ten grams on the bullion market today.
Daily Star Lebanon
By Agence France Presse (AFP) Thursday, May 13, 2010 - Powered byLONDON: Gold prices smashed their way to a new record peak above $1,245 an ounce on Wednesday, with demand propelled by investors seeking shelter from the eurozone debt crisis,...
photo: AP / Channi Anand

Gold   Greece   Investment   Markets   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 European sovereign debt crisis
 
 
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