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Concern is mounting over a deterioration in Europe’s long-term growth prospects that, unaddressed, will make it even harder to tackle the banking and debt problems underlying the current life-or-death struggle over the euro.
05 Sep 11
After testing New Orleans’ flood defenses over the weekend, Tropical Storm Lee moved northeast on Monday after weakening to a tropical depression, and threatened to bring heavy rains and flooding to a large section of the Southeast.
05 Sep 11
Chinese arms firms held talks with representatives of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi’s beleaguered forces in July over weapons sales, but behind Beijing’s back, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
05 Sep 11
Documents found in the abandoned Tripoli office of Muammar Gaddafi’s intelligence chief indicate the U.S. and British spy agencies helped the fallen strongman persecute Libyan dissidents, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.
03 Sep 11
A western Colorado logger said on Wednesday that he amputated all the toes on his right foot with a pocket knife to free himself after a 7-ton trailer landed on his foot, trapping him in an isolated forest.
02 Sep 11
He may have been absent, but Roman Polanski made his presence felt at the Venice film festival on Thursday with his comedy “Carnage,” in which Oscar-winner Kate Winslet’s projectile vomit prompted the biggest laugh.
02 Sep 11
World stocks and the euro slipped on Friday while core government bonds rose as concerns about the euro zone debt crisis resurfaced and investors braced for jobs data that could signal the U.S. economy is heading for recession.
02 Sep 11
By Lisa Richwine and Yinka Adegoke LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK | Thu Sep 1, 2011 8:28pm EDT (Reuters) – Starz Entertainment will pull all of its movies and television shows from Netflix Inc’s streaming service early …
02 Sep 11
Next year’s Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener will be held in the Brainerd Lakes Area on May 8-11, 2014. Explore Minnesota Tourism, the state’s tourism promotion office, organizes this event each year in coordination with a host …
