Article | February 22, 2012 - 4:31pm
Education is possibly the most important issue to focus on if America is to ensure her pre-eminence in the future. To this effect, here is a report card covering presidential educational initiatives from the last 50 years.
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Article | February 22, 2012 - 3:02pm
The Greek deal has had an immediate positive effect on debt markets. It also helped the euro gain some more ground on the dollar and has further pressed down the spreads for the Italian and Spanish debts (the difference in yields between those countries...
Article | February 22, 2012 - 1:27pm
New Europe caught up with Captain Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the Co-Founding Director of Greenpeace Foundation, to discuss marine conservation and EU fishing policy.
Article | February 22, 2012 - 11:11am
Iran is facing international condemnation over its four-year detention of Canadian computer programmer resident Saeed Malekpour who, while visiting his ill father in 2008, was arrested and charged with “spreading corruption”, a common accusation in the country for anyone seen as a threat to Islamic theocracy.
Article | February 22, 2012 - 11:00am
After 33 years in power, Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh is leaving office, with his deputy taking over.
Article | February 21, 2012 - 11:32pm
Article | February 21, 2012 - 11:18pm
Following reports that foreign troops burned a large number of Islamic religious materials including the Koran at Bagram Airbase, thousands of furious Afghans gathered to protest outside the base, chanted anti-US slogans and demanded trials of the perpetrators.
Article | February 21, 2012 - 11:08pm
In order to be able to deliver humanitarian aid to civilians, the Red Cross has announced it is in talks with the Syrian authorities and rebels to halt the violence.
Article | February 21, 2012 - 5:43pm
The most important parts of the second package to rescue Greece, as was agreed on 20 February in Brussels by the Eurogroup, are the Private Sector Involvement (PSI) initiative to cut the nominal value of sovereign Greek debt by 53.5%, and the new soft-loan package of €130 billion, to be provided to Athens over the programme period by the...
Article | February 21, 2012 - 4:11pm
Greek New Democracy President Antonis Samaras praises the Eurogroup decision and makes statements for opening the way to early elections.
Article | February 21, 2012 - 2:26pm
Tensions are rising in the Middle East, with Tehran announcing that it will not hesitate to act pre-emptively rather than wait to be attacked, as Israeli antagonism over Iran’s controversial nuclear programme mounts.
Article | February 21, 2012 - 2:17pm
French police were questioning former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on 21 February for his suspected participation in a hotel prostitution ring, one that allegedly supplied clients of Lille, France’s, Carlton hotel and one that has implicated police along with other officials in France and Belgium.
