| U.S. government kicks off Detroit auto showMarketWatch - 14 minutes agoDETROIT (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. government, a deep-pocketed investor in the car business these days, made its presence known early at the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Monday. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, much like a man with skin in the car game, delivered the first rah-rah presentation of the day while Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is slated to close Monday's showcase on the main stage. Ford Fusion Hybrid wins Car of the Year CNN | |
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MarketWatch First Take: Issa's story on Geithner has holesMarketWatch - 1 hour agoNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The campaign to get Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in front of a congressional panel to discuss his relationship with American International Group Inc. in 2008 may have an unlikely supporter: Geithner. By the looks of it last week, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) struck what could have been the most damaging blow to the Treasury Secretary's career since he took office last year. Under Fire Again, Geithner Said to Retain Support New York Times Abu Dhabi Royal Acquitted in Torture TrialNew York Times - 25 minutes agoA report broadcast Sunday by Al Jazeera included graphic excerpts from video of a member of Abu Dhabi’s royal family torturing a man in 2004. A court in Abu Dhabi ruled on Sunday that 45 minutes of video showing a member of the emirate’s ruling family torturing an Afghan grain merchant — by stuffing his face with sand, firing a machine gun close to his body, hitting him with a whip and an electric cattle prod, cutting his bare buttocks by striking him a nail embedded in a stick and driving over him — did not prove the prosecution’s case that the sheik was guilty of a crime. Abu Dhabi sheik acquitted in torture case Los Angeles Times |
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Corrected: Israel urges Hamas to rein in Gaza militant groupsReuters - 6 hours agoTEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak urged the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers Monday to rein in militant groups behind a surge in attacks on Israel, coupling his appeal with a veiled threat of Israeli action. "I think the recent days reflect the inability of Hamas to control the dissident groups, the Popular Committees or Islamic Jihad, who are trying to break the tranquility," Barak told Reuters during the unveiling of an Israeli anti-rocket system due to be deployed outside the Gaza Strip by June. Israel urges Hamas to rein in Gaza militant groups Reuters Obama: No plan to deploy to YemenLos Angeles Times - 9 hours agoWashington - President Obama says he has no intention of sending American troops to Yemen or Somalia. Obama told People magazine in an interview to be published Friday that he still believes the center of Al Qaeda activity is along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Obama Plays Down Military Role in Yemen New York Times |
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Croatia's softly spoken 'Mr Clean'UK Telegraph - 5 hours agoIvo Josipovic, the social democrat who was elected Croatia's president on Sunday, capitalises on his image as a soft-spoken intellectual and a squeaky-clean political reputation. Voters, who were seemingly fed up with the graft scandals that engulfed Croatian politics over the past months, turned to Josipovic who had promised to usher in "the return of morals into politics". Jurist Josipovic wins Croatia presidential vote Reuters Opposition Figure Elected in CroatiaNew York Times - 16 hours agoZAGREB, Croatia (Reuters) — Ivo Josipovic, the opposition presidential candidate, won a runoff election on Sunday and promised to help complete membership talks so can join in 2012. Mr. Josipovic, a member of the Social Democrat Party who is a law expert and classical music composer, but who has relatively little experience in national politics, won 60.3 percent of the vote in the second-round runoff. Opposition lawyer wins Croatia presidential runoff, exit polls show Christian Science Monitor The Slow Unraveling Of The Dodd MystiqueChicago Tribune - 1 day agoAfter living a charmed political life for more than 30 years, Sen. Christopher Dodd collided with 's maxim that "behind every cloud is another cloud." Dodd managed the rare trick of turning some isolated storms into a deluge that forced him to abandon his race for re-election. The Slow Unraveling Of The Dodd Mystique Chicago Tribune |
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Debt Plan in Argentina Sets Bank Against the PresidentNew York Times - 14 hours agoRIO DE JANEIRO — A disputed plan by President Cristina Fern?ndez de Kirchner of to use billions of dollars in foreign currency reserves to repay debt has inflamed political tensions in that country, Latin America’s third-largest economy. Mrs. Kirchner’s cash-poor government is seeking to use $6.5 billion of Argentina’s nearly $48 billion in central bank reserves to help cover $13 billion in international debt that is due this year. Argentine Leader in Decisive Battle Wall Street Journal Vietnam's Qantas/Jetstar probe to last monthsReuters - 13 hours agoCANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd ( QAN.AX ) expects an investigation into loss making fuel-hedging in its Vietnamese joint venture airline to run for months after two executives were barred from leaving the country. Jetstar Pacific Chief Operating Officer Daniela Marsilli and Chief Financial Officer Tristan Freeman are unable to leave Vietnam as authorities investigate trades that resulted in a $31 million loss for the airline in 2008-09. Qantas CEO: Employees Are Innocent Wall Street Journal |
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Japan Said to Distance JAL From Delta and AmericanNew York Times - 6 hours agoDelta Air Lines and will not be invited to invest in Japan Airlines until after a new management has been put in place, if ever, Reuters reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. The government has sounded out Kazuo Inamori, the 77-year-old honorary chairman of electronics components maker , about becoming JAL’s new chief executive officer and overseeing its restructuring, the report added. Japan fund leaning towards JAL delisting - source Reuters Race Riots Grip Italian Town, and Mafia Is SuspectedNew York Times - 14 hours agoROME — More than a thousand African workers were put aboard buses and trains in the southern Italian region of Calabria over the weekend and shipped out to immigrant detention centers, following some of the country’s worst riots in years. Rioting by immigrants, mostly African, in Rosarno on Friday was some of Italy's worst in years. Pope condemns 'exploitation' of immigrants UK Telegraph |
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GOP aides clash over party chairmanCNN - 2 days agoRepublican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is under fire from members of his own party. Washington (CNN) -- GOP tempers flared during a routine conference call when House and Senate leadership aides confronted Republican National Committee staffers over recent comments by party chairman Michael Steele. GOP aides clash over Michael Steele CNN |
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