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Archive for January, 2012
London Mayor Says ‘Bonjour’ to Banks Fleeing French Tax
By World On The Run
The Telegraph – London Mayor, Boris Johnson, and Angela Knight, chief executive of the British Bankers Association, said France’s decision to implement the controversial tax...
French Court To Review Genocide Bill
By World On The Run
The New York Times – France’s Constitutional Council said Tuesday that it would rule on the constitutionality of criminalizing the denial of a genocide of...
BP Cannot Hand Share Of Clean-Up Costs To Halliburton, Rules Judge
By World On The Run
The Guardian – Carl Barbier said that the oil company must indemnify their partner under the terms of their drilling contract BP will not be able...
Issa Threatens Contempt Proceeding Against Holder If Justice Fails To Comply With Fast And Furious Subpoenas
By World On The Run
Fox News – The head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is threatening to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress if he...
Canada Housing Market Beginning To Resemble U.S.’s Subprime Mess, OSFI Documents Reveal
By World on the Run
The Huffington Post – Canada’s financial regulator is growing worried that Canadian banks are following their American counterparts into the “subprime” mortgage market that blew...
Costa Concordia: ‘Conditions…No Longer Acceptable’ For Underwater Search, Divers Say
By World on the Run
National Post — Italian divers on Tuesday halted the search for 15 people still missing from the Costa Concordia shipwreck on the Tuscan island of...
Bloody Violence At The Gates Of The Syrian Capital As U.S. Chastises UN Security Council Over Inaction
By World on the Run
National Post – Street battles raged at the gates of the Syrian capital on Monday as President Bashar al-Assad’s troops sought to consolidate their grip...
Rwanda Genocide: ICTR Seeks Refuge for Acquitted
By World On The Run
BBC News – The court trying Rwandan genocide suspects is appealing for countries to give refuge for those acquitted, the UN tribunal’s spokesman has told...
Daiwa Joins Mizuho in Cutting Costs as Firms Trim at Least 500 More Jobs
By World On The Run
Bloomberg – Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (8601) and Mizuho Financial Group Inc. will deepen job cuts by trimming an additional 500 positions, reversing an expansion...
China Detains Seven Chemical Plant Workers as Toxic Spill Heads Downstream
By World On The Run
Bloomberg – China detained seven people in connection with a toxic metal spill in Guangxi province that contaminated a tributary of the Pearl River and...
It’s Not Warm All Over the World This Winter: Central Europe Gets Cold Snap
By World On The Run
The Washington Post – If you’re missing real winter weather and thinking that there’s just something weird about 65-degree temperatures on February 1, you might...
NASA: Global Warming Caused Mostly By Humans
By World On The Run
USA Today – A new NASA study tries to lay to rest the skepticism about climate change, especially vocal this year on the GOP presidential...
Romney Confident, Newt To Press On As Florida Votes
By World On The Run
Reuters – Anticipating victory in Florida’s game-changing Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, Mitt Romney looked ahead while his struggling rival Newt Gingrich vowed to press...
Snowy Owls Soar South From Arctic In Rare Mass Migration
By World on the Run
Reuters – Bird enthusiasts are reporting rising numbers of snowy owls from the Arctic winging into the lower 48 states this winter in a mass...
Shafias To Appeal Murder Convictions
By World on the Run
CBC News – The Shafias will appeal their first-degree murder convictions based on what their lawyers consider prejudicial evidence presented at their trial. Hamed Shafia’s...
London Mayor Says ‘Bonjour’ to Banks Fleeing French Tax
By World On The Run
The Telegraph – London Mayor, Boris Johnson, and Angela Knight, chief executive of the British Bankers Association, said France’s decision to implement the controversial tax...
French Court To Review Genocide Bill
By World On The Run
The New York Times – France’s Constitutional Council said Tuesday that it would rule on the constitutionality of criminalizing the denial of a genocide of...
BP Cannot Hand Share Of Clean-Up Costs To Halliburton, Rules Judge
By World On The Run
The Guardian – Carl Barbier said that the oil company must indemnify their partner under the terms of their drilling contract BP will not be able...
Issa Threatens Contempt Proceeding Against Holder If Justice Fails To Comply With Fast And Furious Subpoenas
By World On The Run
Fox News – The head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is threatening to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress if he...
Canada Housing Market Beginning To Resemble U.S.’s Subprime Mess, OSFI Documents Reveal
By World on the Run
The Huffington Post – Canada’s financial regulator is growing worried that Canadian banks are following their American counterparts into the “subprime” mortgage market that blew...
Costa Concordia: ‘Conditions…No Longer Acceptable’ For Underwater Search, Divers Say
By World on the Run
National Post — Italian divers on Tuesday halted the search for 15 people still missing from the Costa Concordia shipwreck on the Tuscan island of...
Bloody Violence At The Gates Of The Syrian Capital As U.S. Chastises UN Security Council Over Inaction
By World on the Run
National Post – Street battles raged at the gates of the Syrian capital on Monday as President Bashar al-Assad’s troops sought to consolidate their grip...
Rwanda Genocide: ICTR Seeks Refuge for Acquitted
By World On The Run
BBC News – The court trying Rwandan genocide suspects is appealing for countries to give refuge for those acquitted, the UN tribunal’s spokesman has told...
Daiwa Joins Mizuho in Cutting Costs as Firms Trim at Least 500 More Jobs
By World On The Run
Bloomberg – Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (8601) and Mizuho Financial Group Inc. will deepen job cuts by trimming an additional 500 positions, reversing an expansion...
China Detains Seven Chemical Plant Workers as Toxic Spill Heads Downstream
By World On The Run
Bloomberg – China detained seven people in connection with a toxic metal spill in Guangxi province that contaminated a tributary of the Pearl River and...
It’s Not Warm All Over the World This Winter: Central Europe Gets Cold Snap
By World On The Run
The Washington Post – If you’re missing real winter weather and thinking that there’s just something weird about 65-degree temperatures on February 1, you might...
NASA: Global Warming Caused Mostly By Humans
By World On The Run
USA Today – A new NASA study tries to lay to rest the skepticism about climate change, especially vocal this year on the GOP presidential...
Romney Confident, Newt To Press On As Florida Votes
By World On The Run
Reuters – Anticipating victory in Florida’s game-changing Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, Mitt Romney looked ahead while his struggling rival Newt Gingrich vowed to press...
Snowy Owls Soar South From Arctic In Rare Mass Migration
By World on the Run
Reuters – Bird enthusiasts are reporting rising numbers of snowy owls from the Arctic winging into the lower 48 states this winter in a mass...
Shafias To Appeal Murder Convictions
By World on the Run
CBC News – The Shafias will appeal their first-degree murder convictions based on what their lawyers consider prejudicial evidence presented at their trial. Hamed Shafia’s...