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Italy PM: Bridge competing views on economy

TIME magazine calls him "the most important man" in Europe: Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti has been trying to reform Italy and reassure the markets, all while keeping the Germans happy, too CNN's Fareed Zakaria sat down with him for an exclusive interview in Washington on Friday. and 1 gadgets. Above is an excerpt, but [...]

‘The Avengers’ superaría los mil millones de dólares en taquilla en todo el mundo

 - Los superhéroes están demostrando su poderío en las taquillas de los cines A la fecha, The Avengers ha ganado más de 628,9 millones de dólares por fuera de Estados Unidos, dijo Disney Otros posibles éxitos en el panorama este año son Men in Black III y Brave, la más reciente cinta animada de Pixar. [...]

Pakistani officials seize drugs shaped like onions

Islamabad, Pakistan — Two men were arrested in southern Pakistan this week on suspicion of trying to smuggle a batch of heroin disguised as onions out of the country, authorities said Officials seized 125 kilograms (276 pounds) of heroin Wednesday during the incident in Karachi, said Meraj Mohammad Channa, a customs official Two men were [...]

RidicuList: Study: Self-Tweeting just as good as sex

Anderson Cooper rejects a Harvard study that says tweeting about one's self provides the same joy as eating or sex Related Blogs

Super PAC’s multi-million dollar Mother’s day ad

– This Mother’s Day, the primary super PAC supporting Mitt Romney doesn’t want swing voters to forget what some Democrats have said about the candidate’s wife, Ann A recent survey conducted by the Wesleyan Media Project found that 70% of ads aired in this presidential campaign have been negative, a number fueled in part by [...]

Belief Blog’s Morning Speed Read for Wednesday, May 2

Columnist and gay-rights advocate Dan Savage is standing by his comment that “we can learn to ignore the bulls**t in the Bible about gay people” at a recent conference for high school students, a line that prompted some to walk out and spurred intense online debate.CNN: Columnist Dan Savage stands by comments on 'bulls**t in [...]

Phone hacking report due from UK lawmakers

London — British lawmakers who have been investigating phone hacking by people working for Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World tabloid are set to report Tuesday whether they think Murdoch and his son James lied to them Murdoch, who owns the Sun and the Times in London, as well as controlling the Wall Street Journal, [...]

Is the world more dangerous than ever?

Editor's Note: Micah Zenko is a fellow for conflict prevention at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he blogs. You can also follow him on Twitter. The following is reprinted with the permission of  games Take nuclear weapons. Despite the expressed interest of three terrorists groups in acquiring a bomb, there is no known instance of a nonstate actor or “super-empowered” [...]

Mother, sons hide in tub during tornado

One family's home was demolished by the tornado, but they survived the storm by seeking safety in their bathroom Related Blogs

Video: KTH: Leaked e-mails show hidden side of al-Assad regime

A cache of e-mails leaked to CNN is giving extraordinary insight into the life of Syria's first family during the regime's move to crush a now-year-long civilian uprising There are also e-mails from a man named Hosein Mortada, who – according to his Facebook page – is the Damascus bureau chief for two Iranian news [...]

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