February 28, 2012
Greece bailout: German MPs give strong backing
German MPs have voted by 496 to 90 to back the second EU/IMF bailout for Greece. Chancellor Angela Merkel had urged them to back the deal, while conceding there was "no 100% guarantee" it would work. Several MPs in her party opposed the deal but it…
February 28, 2012
Payroll tax cut? ‘In your dreams’, says Premier
Premier Paula Cox told businesses in Bermuda to ‘keep dreaming’ about getting a payroll tax reduction today at the Chamber of Commerce’s Budget breakfast panel discussion hosted by PwC. “In your dreams”, she lightheartedly said to a chuckling…
February 28, 2012
Prosecutor says hard drives erased in Stanford case
A prosecutor has told jurors at Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford's fraud trial that computer hard drives belonging to the outside auditor for Stanford's Caribbean bank apparently were erased after the auditor died. The prosecutor's comment came…
February 28, 2012
Michigan, Arizona Hold Republican Primaries Tuesday
U.S. Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are competing in two closely watched state primaries Tuesday after a day of campaigning in one of them — Michigan. Michigan and the southwestern state of Arizona hold Republican…
February 28, 2012
Pentagon: Protests Will Not Alter Afghan Mission
U.S. defense officials say the military remains committed to its mission in Afghanistan, despite days of violent protests and attacks on foreign troops that have left close to 40 people dead, including four Americans. Pentagon officials Monday…
February 28, 2012
ALL STAR GAME-CHANGE
The slap could be heard from the floor high up into the seats. Kobe Bryant spun around to the baseline and Dwyane Wade slammed him hard from behind across the shoulders and the nose. It was like a family argument that had spilled over unpredictably…
February 28, 2012
War Games Begin on Tense Korean Peninsula
South Korea and the United States have begun an annual, routine military exercise involving thousands of personnel. North Korea's young, untested leader has called for his country's troops to retaliate, should their territory be infringed during the…
February 28, 2012
Pakistan Completes Demolition of Bin Laden’s Hideout
Pakistani authorities have finished destroying the compound where U.S. special forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden last May. Workers completed the demolition job in the northwestern garrison town of Abbottabad Monday. Bulldozers tore down…
February 28, 2012
Chinese Newspaper Criticizes Clinton for Syria Comments
China is lashing back at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her denunciation of China's and Russia's position on Syria. Clinton last week described the two countries' vetoes of a U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria as “despicable.”…
February 28, 2012
Haitian premier’s resignation sparks concern at UN
The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has expressed his deep concern following the resignation of Prime Minister Garry Conille, just four months after his appointment. Mariano Fernández Amunátegui, who is also the…