Greece Has Reached a Deal With International Lenders
Must be approved by parliament
Foreign Policy
Latvian Security Police Makes Moves to Outlaw Pro-Russian Socialist Party
Claim the party was illegally registered
Greek Journalists Strike Over Suspensions of Presenters
Claiming the government is engaging in censorship
French Prime Minister Causing a Political Row
Dared to suggest the 35-hour work week was open to review
Syrian Government Forces Attack Northern City
Maaret al-Numan is strategically placed on the highway connecting Damascus and Aleppo
South African Police Shoot Rubber Bullets at Miners
The miners were fired earlier this month by Anglo American Platinum
Only Big Government Can Save Us from Big Storms, Says The New York Times. Ummm … Really?
The New York Times tells us that Mitt Romney is bad bad bad - and wrong - to suggest that anybody other than ginormous central government has any business responding to storms and tantrum-ish eruptions from Mother Nature.
Indian Man Given Life Sentence For Hijack Scare
Jitender Kumar Mohla claimed he had infected needles and a gun onboard a flight in 2009
Somali Poet Killed in Mogadishu
Warsame Shire Awale was critical of the al-Shabab militant group
Namibia Teacher Strike Could Close Schools
Want a salary increase, government says strike is illegal
UBS to Cut Thousands of Jobs By 2015
Most of the 10,000 layoffs will occur in London, Zurich, and the U.S.
Clinton Pushes for Reforms on Balkan Tour
Heads to Sarajevo to discuss economic and democratic policies
Lithuania Heads to Political Deadlock over Election Results
Coalition says they will form government despite president accusing one party of voter fraud
Israel Arrests Palestinians for Trying to Rebuild Hamas
30 charged in the West Bank over the past few months
Iranian navy ships dock in Sudan
African country had accused Israel of attacking munitions factory
Luxembourg, France Ordered To Hike Tax on Ebooks
The European Commission doesn't want any tax competition
Jacob Zuma, South African President and Former Alleged Rapist, Complains About Media Freedom
Some confusion among the political class about rights and privileges and the power dynamic
Two Sailors Swept Away as H.M.S. Bounty Sinks
Most of the crew were rescued from the stormy sea
"Buy Local" Push Made by French Government
But consumers have noticed that stuff made in France is spendy
Britain's NHS Refuses Cystic Fibrosis Patient Access to a Free Drug
They say it would be "unethical," but seem unclear on the meaning
Alleged Terrorist's Family To Sue U.K. Over His Drone-Strike Assassination
That no-due-process thing is a bitch
Clinton in Algeria to Discuss Mali
The blowback from the Libyan intervention continues in North and West Africa
Turkish Police Fire at Secularist March
The protest was against a perceived increasingly Islamist and totalitarian Turkish government
South African President Whines About Privacy After Being Lampooned by Cartoonist
Jacob Zuma appears to be a moron
Kurds Take Advantage of Syrian Government in Retreat
Civil society is burgeoning and violence has largely been avoided in Derik, a largely Kurdish town in Syria
Beijing Nixes Plant Expansion Amid Protests
China's new leadership is to be announced early next month, and the increase in protests is not welcome
Targeted Killing Leaves 17th Journalist Dead in Mogadishu
Though the government is consolidating power and the civil war of the late 2000s is finally over, it's been the bloodiest year on record for local media
