News Highlights
Greek Parties Deadlocked Over Forming Unity Government
At least 7 dead, 51 hurt in traffic ‘fireball’ in Britain.
Greek Bailout Deal In New Chaos. Greece’s future in the euro remained in serious doubt last night, as the government narrowly survived a confidence vote with no sign of the consensus the EU has demanded in return for a proposed rescue package.
G20: FTT progress one of the few rays of light.
Andy Rooney Dead at 92. Legendary "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney was known to generations for his wry, humorous and contentious TV essays Read Story.
Greece's prime minister survives confidence vote.
CANADA
Occupy Vancouver death dooms protest camp. Police say a woman died at hospital after she was taken by ambulance from the Occupy Vancouver tent city on Saturday. (Chad Pawson/CBC)
Canada high court blocks Khadr extradition to U.S.
Early snowfall, rain pounds Atlantic Canada as U.S. storm moves north
AMERICAS
Confidence in Cuban market confirmed. 3,000 exhibitors from 60 countries • Economic growth for 2011 estimated at 2.9%
First Nations Trade Mission to China a Multicultural Celebration
AFRICA
Mazibuko and Malema: New Profiles, Reshuffling Social Forces
TECH
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Extradition Appeal Lost
Bill Promises To Censor the Internet. Fight the power?
Computer makers caught in wake of Thai floods
HEALTH/MEDICAL
How to Avoid Mold Toxins in Peanut Butter and Other Foods
Why You Need to Avoid Low Fat Milk and Cheese
U.S.
Thousands in DC Protest Pipeline.
| 5.6 MAG ROCKS OKLAHOMA... Buckles highway... |
Army veteran injured in Oakland clashes with police
KUHNER: America’s Moral Decline
Riot police fire projectiles, arrest dozens of Occupy Oakland protesters
U.S. Food-Stamp Use Reaches Record 45.8 Million, USDA Says
MIDDLE EAST/ASIA
Israel government, security services websites down in suspected cyber-attack. Attack follows threat by hacking group Anonymous in response to interception of Gaza flotilla; websites of IDF, Mossad and government ministries among crashed websites. ~ By Anshel Pfeffer and Oded Yaron
CNN: Iran threatens to ‘punish’ any Israeli attack
MARKETS/BUSINESS
Link Repaired: New San Francisco bridge built in China to be shipped to US. First, China made cut-price clothes and knick–knacks. Then it learned how to make mobile phones and iPads. Now it is making a 2,050ft–long bridge spanning the San Francisco bay.
Most of the unemployed no longer receive benefits. Fewer than half the unemployed are receiving benefits as jobs crisis reduces eligibility.
Sc/Environment
Hold WE Energies Accountable. A massive bluff collapse on Monday at a Milwaukee–area coal plant owned by WE Energies dumped a huge quantity of toxic coal ash into Lake Michigan, threatening the water supply of ten million Americans.
