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Supermarket boss to run euro member Slovenia

World NewsDec 5, 2011

LJUBLJANA (AFP) ― Fresh from a surprise election victory, Zoran Jankovic aimed Monday to get down to business and turn Slovenia around the same way he once did as boss of the euro member’s largest supermarket chain.But whether the same skills that made Jankovic a millionaire and got him elected twice as Ljubljana’s mayor will enable him to soothe investor concerns about a slowing economy and a growing debt pile is uncertain, analysts said.“Today Jankovic can drink champagne,” Vlado Miheljak, pol
Hundreds gather for Singapore 'SlutWalk' protest

Dec 5, 2011

SINGAPORE (AP) _ Hundreds of people gathered at a park in Singapore on Sunday to protest sexual violence against women as part of the global ``SlutWalk'' movement, in a rare public demonstration in the tightly controlled city state.The event featured live music, speeches and a women's Muay Thai mart
Saudi report claims women at wheel will have sex

World NewsDec 5, 2011

This file image made from video released by Change.org, shows a Saudi Arabian woman driving a car in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP)RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A report given to a high-level advisory group in Saudi Arabia claims that allowing women in the kingdom to drive could encourage premarital
84-year-old says she was strip searched at JFK

World NewsDec 5, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) — An 84-year-old New York grandmother said Saturday she was injured and humiliated when she was strip searched at an airport after she asked to be patted down instead of going through a body scanner.Lenore Zimmerman said she was taken to a private room and made to take off her pa
Putin's party losing support in parliamentary vote

World NewsDec 5, 2011

MOSCOW (AP) _ Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party struggled to hang onto its majority in Russia's parliamentary election, results showed Monday, suggesting Russians were wearying of the man who has dominated Russian politics for more than a decade.Rival parties and election monitors said even a re
Herman Cain ends 2012 presidential bid

World NewsDec 4, 2011

ATLANTA (AP) ― A defiant Herman Cain suspended his faltering bid for the Republican presidential nomination Saturday amid a drumbeat of sexual misconduct allegations against him, throwing his staunchly conservative supporters up for grabs with just one month to go before the lead-off caucuses in Iowa.The Georgia businessman condemned the accusations as “false and unproven’’ but said they had been hurtful to his family, particularly his wife, Gloria, and were drowning out his ability to deliver h
Army defectors complicate Syria uprising

World NewsDec 4, 2011

BEIRUT (AP) ― Nearly nine months into the Syrian uprising, many protesters are pinning their hopes on an increasingly bold group of army defectors to give their revolution a fighting chance against President Bashar Assad’s fiercely loyal forces.But as the Free Syrian Army gains power, the defectors could make it harder for the West to give strong diplomatic support to a movement that so far has been largely peaceful. The FSA also could give the regime an excuse to crack down even more strongly,
SAP to pay $3.4b for SuccessFactors

World BusinessDec 4, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― SAP said Saturday it is paying $3.4 billion to acquire SuccessFactors, a software company specializing in human resources tasks. It is the latest move in the escalating rivalry between SAP and Oracle Corp., and underscores the increased interest in technology companies that deliver software over the Internet, or in the so-called “cloud.”The deal calls for subsidiary SAP America Inc. to pay $40 per share in cash for SuccessFactors. That is a 52 percent premium over SuccessFac
Honda recalls globally for air bag problems

World BusinessDec 4, 2011

TOKYO (AP) ― Honda Motor Co. is recalling 304,000 vehicles globally for air bags that may inflate with too much pressure in a crash, send metal and plastic pieces flying and cause injuries or deaths.Honda said there have been 20 accidents so far related to the problem, including two deaths in the U.S. in 2009.The Japanese automaker announced the recall Friday, which affects the Accord, Civic, Odyssey, Pilot, CR-V and other models manufactured in 2001 and 2002.The recall spans 273,000 vehicles in
Facebook to hire thousands, open N.Y. office

World BusinessDec 4, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― Facebook will open an engineering center in New York City early next year, its first such office outside the West Coast, the social network giant announced Friday.Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg joined elected officials for the announcement at Facebook’s existing New York office on Madison Avenue. Sandberg would not say how many people Facebook would hire in New York, only that the company plans to add “thousands” worldwide in coming years.Sandberg said the company will s
ECB set to cut rates again as crisis deepens

World BusinessDec 4, 2011

FRANKFURT (AFP) ― The European Central Bank is expected to cut its key interest rates for the second time in two months next week as EU leaders battle to find a solution to the long-running debt crisis.The ECB’s decision-making governing council is holding its last monthly interest-rate meeting this year on Thursday, the same day as European Union leaders gather in Brussels to find ways out of a crisis that is threatening the very existence of the single currency.Many governments and analysts se
Sandusky discusses Paterno, case

World NewsDec 4, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky said he never spoke with the college’s head football coach Joe Paterno about any suspected misconduct with minors, the New York Times reported Saturday.Sandusky has been charged with 40 counts of molesting eight boys over 15 years and is free on bail while awaiting a preliminary hearing Dec. 13. A grand jury investigating Sandusky said in a report that some of the allegations occurred in the team showers, including a 2002 all
Arab League agree details on Syrian sanctions

World NewsDec 4, 2011

BEIRUT (AP) ― Violence sweeping across Syria killed 25 people on Saturday, most of them in a battle between troops and a growing force of army defectors who have joined the movement to oust the autocratic president, activists said. The Arab League, meanwhile, agreed on the details of economic and diplomatic sanctions against the regime.The revolt against Bashar Assad’s rule began with peaceful protests in mid-March, triggering a brutal crackdown. The unrest has steadily become bloodier as defect
Russians vote as Putin plans his Kremlin comeback

World NewsDec 4, 2011

MOSCOW (AFP) ― Russians went to the polls Sunday in key parliamentary elections expected to hand victory to Vladimir Putin’s party amid claims of campaign fraud and unprecedented intimidation of observers.The elections to the lower house of parliament, the 450-deputy State Duma, are seen as a key test of Putin’s ability to hold on to power as he prepares to reclaim his old Kremlin job in a March presidential vote amid growing disillusionment over his 11-year rule.The world’s largest country is s
Head to Head: Romney vs Gingrich

World NewsDec 4, 2011

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (AP) ― The once-bursting 2012 Republican presidential field is narrowing to a two-man race, and GOP voters have one month before casting the first votes to winnow it to one. Barring a dramatic new turn, their chief options will be the steady but often bland demeanor of Mitt Romney and the idea-a-minute bombast of Newt Gingrich.Herman Cain’s suspension of his campaign Saturday, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s continued struggles to regain traction, have focused the party’s a