• [Spain's Bets Sour in Latin America]

    Spain's Bets Sour in Latin America

    Spanish companies that poured money into Latin American utilities and airlines are becoming ensnared by populist economics as governments seize their businesses.

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    U.K. Sets Mortgage Steps

    A plan to help financially stretched homeowners will defer some mortgage payments for up to two years, in an effort to counter a rise in foreclosures.

  • [Jones Urges Broad Afghanistan Approach]

    Jones Urges Broad Afghanistan Approach

    James Jones, Obama's new national security adviser, said a U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan will work only if other efforts are made to bolster the government.

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    Data Weigh on Europe's Central Banks

    European indicators slid in November data, raising pressure on the ECB and British and Swedish central banks to cut rates Thursday.

  • [Georgia Benefits From Fortunes of War]

    Postwar Aid Buffers Georgian Economy

    As ex-Eastern bloc countries stumble amid the financial crisis, Georgia has so far largely escaped. The reason: aid allocated since its war with Russia.

  • [russia media]

    Kremlin Decries Journalist's Beating

    An attack on the editor of a small Russian newspaper has caught the Kremlin's eye, but critics suggest it is a ploy to defuse social tension.

  • Hong Kong Finds New Tainted Eggs

    Hong Kong authorities said they found excessive amounts of the industrial chemical melamine in a fourth batch of eggs from mainland China.

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    U.K. Banks Hit by Consumer Defaults

    U.K. banks are seeing rising insolvencies as more consumers are unable to pay off credit-cards and personal loans.

  • Iraqi Oil Exports Could Fall

    Iraqi oil exports could fall by as much as 13% next year as maintenance problems and labor shortages undermine the country's export capacity.

  • [Robert Gates]

    Gates Seeks to Close Guantanamo

    Gates said closing the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay is a "high priority" and called on Congress to work with the Obama administration to make it happen.

  • [Blackwater Plans Effort Against Piracy]

    Blackwater Plans Effort Against Piracy

    Private security firm Blackwater Worldwide is in talks with potential clients for a new venture -- protection from pirates.

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    Japan Widens Loan Program

    The Bank of Japan has expanded its lending programs to help businesses ahead of the year's end.

  • EU to Issue Guidelines on Bank Aid

    The EU will issue guidelines this month for governments planning to give money to their banks to support the wider economy, Kroes said.

  • 'Chemical Ali' Sentenced to Death

    An Iraqi court sentenced "Chemical Ali" Hassan al-Majid to death after convicting him of crimes against humanity for his part in crushing the 1991 Shiite uprising in southern Iraq.

  • U.S. Cruise Ship Chased by Pirates

    Pirates chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed through the Gulf of Aden.

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