GREEK DRAMA, GLOBAL TRAUMA -THE BIG PICTURE…Global investors have their eyes on two major events in Europe today – both involve the debt crisis and what can be done to contain it: The talks to find a new government in Athens (they have just collapsed...
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French president's jet turns back after lightning strike
From MSNBC.com
A jet carrying newly inaugurated French President Francois Hollande was hit by lightning en route to Berlin Tuesday and forced to turn back to Paris, a presidential source said.
Greece will hold new vote after failure to form government
From http://news.yahoo.com
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will hold a new election after politicians failed to form a government on Tuesday, nine days following an inconclusive vote, prolonging a political crisis that pushes it closer to bankruptcy and exit from the euro. After a third day of failed talks with political leaders, a spokesman for President Karolos Papoulias said the process of seeking a compromise had been declar
Iran Hangs 'Israeli Assassin': Reports
From ABC News
Nuclear physicist killed in remote-controlled motorcycle explosion.
Iranians already feeling pain of sanctions
From MSNBC.com
Iran's economy is buckling under the pressure of international sanctions, according to Iranians, whether the government in Tehran will admit it or not. NBC's Ali Arouzi reports from Tehran.
China military paper warns officers to toe party line
From http://news.yahoo.com
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top military newspaper warned officers on Tuesday to remain the ruling Communist Party's "most loyal" defenders in the face of what it called Western plotting, describing recent cases of ill-discipline and corruption as a "profound warning". The commentary in the Liberation Army Daily did not specify what problems might have prompted the unusually blunt warning over la
Guatemala: US Refuses to Return Adopted Girl
From ABC News
Guatemala: US government says it won't return adopted girl allegedly snatched from mother
Official: Palestinian prisoners agree to end hunger strike
From MSNBC.com
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- A deal has been reached with Israel to end a weeks-long high-profile hunger strike by hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, an official said on Monday.
