Geithner Offers Praise for European Fiscal Moves

May 26th 2010 – 2:32 PM |AOL News

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LONDON (May 26) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Europe's $1 trillion plan to bolster faltering confidence in the continent's most vulnerable governments "has got the right elements"...

Bailout May Be in Store for Hobbled European Airlines

Apr 20th 2010 – 12:21 PM |AOL News

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LONDON (April 20) -- A financial bailout of Europe's aviation industry crippled by the Icelandic volcano is now a real possibility, industry experts say, even as the dangerous ash dissipated today...

Iraq's al-Qaida Chief al-Masri Reported Dead

Apr 19th 2010 – 12:13 PM |AOL News

(April 19) -- Abu Ayyub al-Masri, reported killed by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki today, was once among the most wanted terrorists in Iraq. Al-Masri, whose name literally translates as "the...

Britain Rings in the Death of the Checkbook

Dec 17th 2009 – 3:45 PM |Sphere

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(Dec. 17) -- British authorities have announced plans to phase out checks -- or cheques, as they are known in Britain. The first known British check was written out in 1659, and it now appears all...

Europe to Pump Down the Volume on MP3 Players

Dec 16th 2009 – 9:00 AM |Sphere

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LONDON (Dec. 16) -- Speed metal and hip-hop fans beware. The European Union next year intends to introduce volume limits for personal audio players like the iPod in a bid to stop people from harming...

Italians Are Losing Faith in Berlusconi

Dec 11th 2009 – 4:00 PM |Sphere

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L'AQUILA, ITALY (Oct. 10) -- Silvio Berlusconi got a brief respite from his ongoing legal woes Friday when a Mafia boss testified that he had no ties to the Italian prime minister. But the pressure...

Ransom Payments Give Wing to More Somali Piracy

Nov 19th 2009 – 3:49 PM |Sphere

LONDON (Nov. 19) -- Claims this week that the Spanish government paid Somali pirates a $3.3 million ransom to free a Spanish fishing trawler and its crew are fueling concerns that piracy is paying...

Experts Doubt Reported Hike in Female Sexual Abuse

Nov 16th 2009 – 6:29 PM |Sphere

(Nov. 16) -- Are there more "female sex beasts preying on children," as the British tabloid Daily Star put it recently? The question arose earlier this month after ChildLine, the telephone...

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