News - Powered by Yahoo NewsIn about-face, Greece pays bond swap holdout
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece made a last-minute about-face on Tuesday and paid bondholders who rejected an earlier debt exchange, a move likely to upset creditors who accepted just cents on the euro in a historic bond swap. Greece opted to pay 435 million euros ($552 million) of a May 15 bond to holders who had refused to exchange their debt, despite insisting at the time of the offer in March that ...
Tue, 15 May 2012 09:16:26 -0700 -
O'Neill will face scrutiny at Belmont about drug
BALTIMORE (AP) Doug O'Neill has three weeks to prepare I'll Have Another for a final run at the Triple Crown, and the suddenly popular trainer likely will spend some of that time fielding questions about pending penalties tied to allegations of giving his horses improper drugs.
Sat, 19 May 2012 17:56:28 -0700 -
Harper cabinet about-face: health minister meeting with UN hunger envo
Leona Aglukkaq is meeting with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food Wednesday, as he wraps up his first-ever mission to a developed country.
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:07 -0700 -
Trainer will likely face scrutiny about drug
Doug O'Neill has three weeks to prepare I'll Have Another for a final run at the Triple Crown, and the suddenly popular trainer likely will spend some of that time fielding questions about pending penalties tied to allegations of giving his horses improper drugs.
Sun, 20 May 2012 00:11:58 -0700 -
Video: This is Face the Nation: May 2
Today on Face the Nation: The budget battle with Senators Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham and Mark Warner. Then, foreign policy with Tom Friedman and Clarissa Ward. Plus, a politics panel with Norah O'Donnell and John Dickerson.
Sun, 20 May 2012 08:58:03 -0700 -
Best Billionaire Cocktail
Let's face it, even before Facebook's IPO, the singer Bono could afford to drink just about anything he wanted.
Fri, 18 May 2012 12:01:40 -0700 -
Saving Face: The struggle and survival of Afghan wome
When 18-year-old Mumtaz walks into a room, the first thing you notice about her is the patchwork of painful puffy red scars that stretch across her face.
Fri, 18 May 2012 09:33:51 -0700 -
Acid poured on woman for 'no'
When 18-year-old Mumtaz walks into a room the first thing you notice about her is the patchwork of painful puffy red scars that stretch across her face.
Sun, 20 May 2012 05:03:37 -0700 -
In their first free presidential poll, Egyptians face choice between secular and Islamist pat
Sixty years after their country came under military dictatorship, Egyptians are for the first time freely electing their president.
Sun, 20 May 2012 10:40:49 -0700 -
Crews at CO wildfire to face warm, stormy weathe
Firefighters at a wildfire burning about 12 square miles in northern Colorado expect warm stormy weather will make their work more difficult Friday, but they hope to be able to allow evacuated residents to return home soon.
Fri, 18 May 2012 11:22:52 -0700 -