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World leaders back Greece, vow to combat financial turmoil

19 May 2012

CAMP DAVID, Maryland - World leaders backed keeping Greece in the euro zone on Saturday and vowed to take all steps necessary to combat financial turmoil while revitalizing a global economy increasingly threatened by Europe's debt crisis. | Video

NATO leaders seek common path out of Afghanistan

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CHICAGO - NATO leaders gather in Chicago on Sunday for a summit that will chart a path out of Afghanistan, as Western nations seek to fend off fissures in their alliance and ensure Afghanistan can hold a still-potent Taliban at bay when foreign troops withdraw.

Coal power plants are pictured in the western town of Neurath February 10, 2012. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender

Merkel losing green battle to cheap coal

LONDON/FRANKFURT - To reach its strict climate targets and fulfill Chancellor Angela Merkel's nuclear exit plans, Germany needs to avoid coal and build a stack of gas power plants to secure clean energy supplies beyond 2020.  Full Article 

Lebanese soldiers run after being deployed to control clashes between Sunni Muslim Salafists and supporters of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) in the old souk of the port-city of Tripoli, northern Lebanon, May 15, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Syria tensions light fuse in northern Lebanon

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Fuelled by Syria's revolt and Lebanon's own sectarian struggles, tensions in the northern city of Tripoli boiled over into clashes between Sunni Muslims who support the Syrian uprising and Alawites who back Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.  Full Article 

Fisherman Lester Toothaker displays a dead elver as he clears out his dip net in preparation for a night of elver fishing along a river near Portland Maine, May 9, 2012. REUTERS/Joel Page

A "gold rush" for Maine's baby eel fishermen

PORTLAND, Maine - A small group of Maine fishermen are awash in cash as the 10-week season for catching juvenile eels comes to a close. But sky-high prices fueled by Chinese demand and a boom in poaching mean the good times may not last.  Full Article 

Afghan cinema goers watch a Bollywood film at Ariana Cinema in Kabul May 3, 2012.  Picture taken May 3, 2012. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Inside Kabul’s theaters

A Reuters photographer from the heart of the Indian film industry in Mumbai, popularly known as Bollywood, came to Kabul with no idea of what to expect from its cinemas but believing that they could shed light on the city and its society.  Full Article 

Jack Shafer

So Warren Buffett likes newspapers again?

Just because Warren Buffett blew $142 million in cash on 63 daily and weekly Media General newspaper titles yesterday doesn’t mean that newspapers are back or that Buffett's become a romantic about the business.  Commentary 

Daniel Serwer

Here’s how to handle Syria

Unilateral American action on Syria is not in the cards. Europe is preoccupied with its own financial crisis and is unable to act without American help. Qatari and Saudi weapons entering Syria are likely to increase violence and worsen sectarian tensions. Here is what needs to be done.  Commentary 

Chrystia Freeland

Equal rights and the U.S. economy

There is a powerful economic argument for equal rights. If you believe that talent isn’t determined by gender or race but is instead a roll of the genetic dice, then the most productive society will be the fair one. But is it? A draft paper by four economists makes the strong empirical case that it is.  Full Article 

David Rohde

Ending NATO's double standard

Outside the U.S. and Europe, there is a growing sense of a two-tiered system of international justice. The West puts others on trial for war crimes, the argument goes, while exempting its own forces from scrutiny.  Full Article 

Don Tapscott

How to resist Big Brother 2.0

As the Net becomes the basis for commerce, work, learning, and much human discourse, each of us is leaving a trail of digital crumbs as we spend a growing portion of our day touching networks. We have little idea what governments are doing with this flood of personal information.  Commentary 

John Lloyd

Beppe Grillo: The anti-politics politician

For some three decades, this comedian has satirised Italian politics. Last week, he won the honour of being a part of the very thing he mocks. But whether he can sustain a movement that has some purchase on power is a big question.  Commentary 

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