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Monday, July 30, 2012

North India crippled by power cuts

North India crippled by power cuts


North India crippled by power cuts

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:04 AM PDT

New Delhi and much of northern India hit by blackout after collapse of the electricity grid in India's worst power cut for more than a decade

Iran sentences bank fraudsters to death

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:11 AM PDT

In a blow to president Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, judges rule that four people convicted of a $2.8bn fraud will be executed

Pussy Riot punks plead not guilty

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:34 AM PDT

Three members on trial for impromptu gig in famous cathedral lambasting president Vladimir Putin

Eurozone business confidence falls

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:57 AM PDT

Indicator hits three year low amid fears that southern Europe's debt crisis will damage the bloc's economically stronger northern states

Jobless generation puts brakes on US

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:27 AM PDT

A weak job market and record educational debt threaten the future earning power of young Americans and could have long-lasting effects on growth

Romney stirs Palestinian reaction

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:13 AM PDT

The chief Palestinian peace negotiator on Monday lashed out at Mitt Romney, accusing the presumptive Republican presidential candidate of making racist statements

‘New model’ rocks Italian politics

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:19 AM PDT

Maverick comedian Beppe Grillo's grassroots and anti-establishment Five Star Movement has tapped a rich vein of discontent with politics

Syrian reprisals raise sectarian alarm

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 09:36 AM PDT

Tit-for-tat killings in Damascus highlight simmering tensions between religious groups, with some Sunni Muslims feeling victims of the fighting

Jordan ‘shielded by $2bn IMF package’

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:50 AM PDT

Foreign investors to read loan as sign that Jordan's allies in the west and the Gulf are determined to shield it from troubles of other Arab regimes

Greek bank staff strike against takeovers

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 08:59 AM PDT

Employees stage a protest against consolidation of the sector following the takeover of state-owned ATEbank by Piraeus Bank

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