WASHINGTON - World leaders at the G20 financial summit in Washington have pledged to work together to restore global growth. They said they were determined to work together to achieve "needed reforms" in the world's financial systems.
ISRAEL - Major-General Amos Gilad, the head of the Defense Ministry's Diplomatic-Security Bureau, stated in a Jerusalem Post interview that ISRAEL WILL NOT TOLERATE A NUCLEAR IRAN and recalled the IAF's 1981 destruction of Saddam Hussein's 'Tammuz' nuclear reactor at Osirak.
WASHINGTON - Tensions at the start of the G20 summit run high as Prime Minister deems return to 1930s policies unacceptable. In a veiled warning to the next American President, Gordon Brown described PROTECTIONISM AS THE "ROAD TO RUIN" yesterday as international tensions surfaced at the start of the G20 summit in Washington.
USA - Ever since a slim majority outlawed gay marriage in California, opponents have waged national protests and petitions, urging the judicial system to reconsider the results of the Nov. 4 referendum. (Proposition 8 overturned an earlier decision by the Supreme Court of California legalizing same-sex marriages.)
WASHINGTON - As world leaders meet this weekend to shore up the global financial system, one of its original architects says the 64-year-old system is not the problem.
AUSTIN, USA — The economy is in tatters and, for millions of people, the future is uncertain. But for some employees at the Hormel Foods Corporation plant here, times have never been better. They are working at a furious pace and piling up all the overtime they want. The workers make Spam, perhaps the EMBLEMATIC HARD-TIMES FOOD IN THE AMERICAN PANTRY.
BEIJING - Chinese President Hu Jintao will attend the G-20 summit of government leaders in Washington later this month, to discuss tackling the world financial crisis, before heading south to visit U.S. ideological foe Cuba.
MOSCOW – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev plans to travel this month to Cuba and Venezuela, which have increasing military and trade ties with Moscow.
USA - A wildfire whipped up by near-hurricane force Santa Ana winds has forced thousands to flee their homes in the northern suburbs of Los Angeles. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proclaimed a state of emergency in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara County.
USA - A website launched Friday with the backing of technology industry and Hollywood elite urges people worldwide to help craft a framework for harmony between all religions.
UK - Gordon Brown's willingness to borrow his way out of trouble could lead to the collapse of sterling, shadow chancellor George Osborne has warned. In an interview with the Times, he accused the prime minister of being "deeply irresponsible" and suggested he "doesn't care" how much he borrows.
GERMANY - World leaders are gathering in Washington this weekend to consider reforms to the global financial system. Many, though, are trying to lower expectations amid widespread disagreement. German commentators say Britain and the US will have to change course by giving up power and influence.
UK - The Prince of Wales, who is 60 today, is planning a symbolic change when he becomes King by taking the title Defender of Faith to reflect Britain's multicultural society.
WASHINGTON — The federal government began the new budget year with a record deficit of $237.2 billion, reflecting the billions of dollars the government has started to pay out to rescue the financial system.
USA - President Bush offered a vigorous defence of the free market system today but conceded that there should be reforms to correct the root causes of the global financial crisis.