Tag: The World
Turkey pressures Syria to end crackdown
Pressure on the Syrian regime and its violent crackdown on dissent stepped up a notch as Turkey's foreign minister arrives in Damascus for talks....
Cost of Afghanistan and Iraq wars in trillions
A new study estimates the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have cost the U.S. between $2.3 to $2.6 trillion....
Somalia: What constitutes a famine
Food security experts were reluctant to use the famine label for East Africa's food crisis, but the U.N. has declared famine in parts of Somalia. ...
Hosni Mubarak goes on trial, defended by celebrity lawyer
Egypt's former president goes on trial for corruption and ordering the killing of demonstrators, and could face the death penalty....
Europe reacts to US debt deal
In Europe, some see the eleventh-hour package of spending cuts and tax hikes making up the US debt deal as too little, too late....
Protests in Israel over high cost of living
Israelis feeling the pinch from low salaries, high prices and steep taxes on consumer goods stage protests throughout the country....
Britain's new "Speak English" rule challenged
New English language proficiency test for would-be immigrants in the UK challenged in court case....
Norway responds to Glenn Beck remark
Beck referred to the Labor Party youth camp attacked by a gunman as 'a little like the Hitler Youth.'...
Increase in C-Sections worldwide troubles health experts
From the U.S. to the third world, C-sections are on the rise. But health experts caution the procedure has unaccounted risks....
Britain bans L'Oreal beauty ads
Two ads featuring Julia Roberts and Christy Turlington have been banned in the UK for being 'misleading.'...
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