Documentary offers a toast to Perle Mesta - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
minister to Luxembourg. "Call Her Madam," a documentary about this rather unorthodox but always hospitable pioneer diplomat, will be shown tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Homewood Cemetery's main administration building in Squirrel Hill. This is the first time ...
Clashes in Athens as Greek PM seeks EU debt help - Morning Journal
Papandreou met in Luxembourg with Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the group of eurozone finance ministers. Later Friday, he will hold talks in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Demonstrators attacked the two military guards and ...
Moody's warns U.S. may lose triple-A rating - Denver Post
France, Germany and Britain earn top marks, as do some curiosities like the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Moody's technically calls the rating Aaa, while S&P calls it AAA. Japan dropped out of this elite group in 2001.
EU court rules clubs can recoup training costs - OregonLive.com
AP) — LUXEMBOURG - The European Union high court ... The court said Lyon is entitled to be reimbursed after Olivier Bernard moved from the French club to sign his first deal at English team Newcastle in 1999. Lyon sued Bernard and Newcastle for ?
Euro ministers say have Greek aid plan - Reuters UK
Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg prime minister and chairman of the talks, said Athens had not requested help and that such aid, if deployed, would not involve loan guarantees, one of the options mooted ahead of the Brussels gathering. "
EU's Reding to push for criminal and civil law reform - EurActiv.com
... counterfeiting, should be defined in the same way across all EU countries, according to the bloc's new Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding, who will outline her long-term ambitions at a conference in Brussels ... Reding, the Luxembourg ...
Recent IPO Filings - Investors Business Daily
s Republic of China. 03/15 MagnaChip Semiconductor LLC (Luxembourg, ) $250.0 Is a designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products. 03/15 BroadSoft Inc. (Gaithersburg, MD) $103.5 Is the leading global provider of software ...
Denmark retains Euro trash title - Copenhagen Post
... Danes out-rubbished second place Cyprus, which produced only 770 kg per household. On the bright side, 42 percent of the waste was either recycled or composted, putting Denmark behind only Germany, Austria, Sweden, Luxembourg, Belgium and The ...
Europe Creates an Apparatus to Provide Loans to Greece - New York Times
BRUSSELS — Finance ministers from the 16 countries using the euro as their currency said Monday they were ready to help rescue Greece . After five hours of talks, Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg, who leads the group of euro-zone finance ministers ...
Rescue plan for Greece gets going - Manila Times
We have clarified the modalities that will allow us to take coordinated action,” said Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who formally leads ... Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said the instruments envisaged were ...
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Dutch: Gay troops not to blame for genocide
Dutch government officials reacted angrily to claims by a retired U.S. general that Dutch forces were overrun in Srebrenica in 1995 in part because of the presence of gay soldiers.
Nuke deal with Russia is close, says Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that American and Russian negotiators are "on the brink" of agreement on a nuclear arms reduction treaty.
Avalanche engulfs sledders, at least 1 dead
At least one person was killed and several others are feared buried after a massive avalanche engulfs a group of snowmobilers in western Canada, according to reports.
Losing the battle to keep female flesh off Afghan TV
 Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, who banned television and barred women from appearing in public without an all-enveloping burqa, the Afghan government is fighting a losing battle to keep female flesh off TV.
Heavy rains swamp Haiti’s homeless camps
 One of the heaviest rainfalls since Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake swamps homeless camps, sweeping screaming residents into eddies of water and flooding latrines.
Little fanfare for 7th anniversary of war in Iraq
 Almost seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance of the anniversary, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope.
Pakistan wants recognition for terror fight
Saying it has bowed far enough to U.S. interests, Pakistan will use next week's high-level talks with the Obama administration to seek more recognition for its part in the fight against terrorism.
‘Lawyer’ to U.S. missionaries in Haiti arrested
A man who acted as a lawyer for U.S. missionaries who were detained in Haiti has now been arrested in the Dominican Republic on migrant-trafficking charges.
Thai protesters begin weekend march around capital
Protesters riding thousands of motorcycles and crammed into trucks and cars set off Saturday for a daylong caravan through the streets of the Thai capital, hoping to enlist residents in their "class war" against the government.
Minister: Sierre Leone hit by disaster hoax
A top official in Sierre Leone's government says a report that at least 200 people had been killed in a mining accident is a hoax.
Pope's Irish letter faces critical Catholics
 The pope addresses Ireland on Saturday in a letter apologizing for the sex abuse scandal — a message being watched by Catholics worldwide to see if it also acknowledges decades of Vatican-approved cover-ups.
Diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks
 International diplomats set goals for new U.S.-backed peace talks aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state.
Web produces new generation of China activists
 There is a vibrant community of tech-savvy users who can easily hop over China's "Great Firewall" that blocks access to sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. They are a minority of the 384 million people online in China but among the most vocal.
Obama appeals to Iranians in online video
In a fresh appeal to the Iranian people, President Obama says in an online video that the U.S. wants more cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
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