Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses diplomats during the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the Rule of Law at the United Nations headquarters in New York September 24, 2012. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Defiant Ahmadinejad says Israel will be "eliminated"

NEW YORK - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Israel has no roots in the Middle East and will be "eliminated," ignoring a U.N. warning to avoid incendiary rhetoric ahead of the annual General Assembly session. Full Article | Video

A man sits near a logo of Japan's Olympus Corp at the company headquarters in Tokyo June 19, 2012. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao


Olympus pleads guilty in fraud trial


TOKYO - Three former executives of Japanese camera and endoscope maker Olympus, and the company itself, plead guilty after being charged in connection with a $1.7 billion accounting cover-up in one of Japan's biggest corporate scandals. Full Article


Wang Yang, Party Secretary of the Guangdong Province, claps during the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 3, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Reformist leader tested by Chinese system

GUANGZHOU, China - Wang Yang is seen by many in the West as a beacon of political reform in China. But a closer look at his experience underscores the difficulties of any Mikhail Gorbachev-like figure breaking free of the confines of China's rigid political structure. Full Article


Germany lists reservations on EADS/BAE deal

BERLIN - Germany has deep reservations about a proposed merger of Airbus parent EADS and Britain's BAE Systems , including doubts about whether the combined group would be safe from takeovers and could guarantee jobs. Full Article | Related Story

An empire built on a lie concealed in a post box

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Russell Wasendorf came from little, made it big, and then with the help of a post office box and a scanner dipped ever deeper into customer accounts to finance a facade of seemingly unlimited wealth. Full Article

The house in which Adolf Hitler was born is seen through a fence in the northern Austrian city of Braunau am Inn September 24, 2012. A suggestion to turn the Austrian house where Adolf Hitler was born into normal residential space has triggered a debate about how best to use an empty property still laden with historic baggage decades after World War Two ended. The man who became Nazi dictator was born in the house in   Braunau on the Inn, a town near Salzburg on the German border, in April 1889. His family lived there only three years, but his link to the three-storey building has left an indelible mark. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler

Austrians debate future of baby Hitler's home

VIENNA - A suggestion to turn the Austrian house where Adolf Hitler was born into normal residential space has triggered a debate about how best to use an empty property still packed with historic baggage decades after World War Two ended. Full Article


A man sits near a logo of Japan's Olympus Corp at the company headquarters in Tokyo June 19, 2012. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

Olympus pleads guilty in fraud trial

TOKYO - Three former executives of Japanese camera and endoscope maker Olympus, and the company itself, plead guilty after being charged in connection with a $1.7 billion accounting cover-up in one of Japan's biggest corporate scandals. Full Article
Wang Yang, Party Secretary of the Guangdong Province, claps during the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 3, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Reformist leader tested by Chinese system

GUANGZHOU, China - Wang Yang is seen by many in the West as a beacon of political reform in China. But a closer look at his experience underscores the difficulties of any Mikhail Gorbachev-like figure breaking free of the confines of China's rigid political structure. Full Article

Germany lists reservations on EADS/BAE deal

BERLIN - Germany has deep reservations about a proposed merger of Airbus parent EADS and Britain's BAE Systems , including doubts about whether the combined group would be safe from takeovers and could guarantee jobs. Full Article | Related Story

An empire built on a lie concealed in a post box

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Russell Wasendorf came from little, made it big, and then with the help of a post office box and a scanner dipped ever deeper into customer accounts to finance a facade of seemingly unlimited wealth. Full Article
The house in which Adolf Hitler was born is seen through a fence in the northern Austrian city of Braunau am Inn September 24, 2012. A suggestion to turn the Austrian house where Adolf Hitler was born into normal residential space has triggered a debate about how best to use an empty property still laden with historic baggage decades after World War Two ended. The man who became Nazi dictator was born in the house in   Braunau on the Inn, a town near Salzburg on the German border, in April 1889. His family lived there only three years, but his link to the three-storey building has left an indelible mark. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler

Austrians debate future of baby Hitler's home

VIENNA - A suggestion to turn the Austrian house where Adolf Hitler was born into normal residential space has triggered a debate about how best to use an empty property still packed with historic baggage decades after World War Two ended. Full Article

Rebels blow up Syrian army tank

Sept. 25 - Amateur video appears to show Syrian rebels using explosives to blow up a military tank in Aleppo. Sarah Charlton reports.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses diplomats during the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the Rule of Law at the United Nations headquarters in New York September 24, 2012. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Defiant Ahmadinejad says Israel will be "eliminated"

NEW YORK - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Israel has no roots in the Middle East and will be "eliminated," ignoring a U.N. warning to avoid incendiary rhetoric ahead of the annual General Assembly session. Full Article | Video

Special Report - Inside Mario Draghi's euro rescue plan 8:16am BST

FRANKFURT/BERLIN - On a warm summer day on the eve of the Olympic Games, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi stood up at a business conference in London and dropped a bombshell.
A man sits near a logo of Japan's Olympus Corp at the company headquarters in Tokyo June 19, 2012. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

Olympus pleads guilty in fraud trial

TOKYO - Three former executives of Japanese camera and endoscope maker Olympus, and the company itself, plead guilty after being charged in connection with a $1.7 billion accounting cover-up in one of Japan's biggest corporate scandals. Full Article
Wang Yang, Party Secretary of the Guangdong Province, claps during the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 3, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Reformist leader tested by Chinese system

GUANGZHOU, China - Wang Yang is seen by many in the West as a beacon of political reform in China. But a closer look at his experience underscores the difficulties of any Mikhail Gorbachev-like figure breaking free of the confines of China's rigid political structure. Full Article

Germany lists reservations on EADS/BAE deal

BERLIN - Germany has deep reservations about a proposed merger of Airbus parent EADS and Britain's BAE Systems , including doubts about whether the combined group would be safe from takeovers and could guarantee jobs. Full Article | Related Story

An empire built on a lie concealed in a post box

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Russell Wasendorf came from little, made it big, and then with the help of a post office box and a scanner dipped ever deeper into customer accounts to finance a facade of seemingly unlimited wealth. Full Article
The house in which Adolf Hitler was born is seen through a fence in the northern Austrian city of Braunau am Inn September 24, 2012. A suggestion to turn the Austrian house where Adolf Hitler was born into normal residential space has triggered a debate about how best to use an empty property still laden with historic baggage decades after World War Two ended. The man who became Nazi dictator was born in the house in   Braunau on the Inn, a town near Salzburg on the German border, in April 1889. His family lived there only three years, but his link to the three-storey building has left an indelible mark. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler

Austrians debate future of baby Hitler's home

VIENNA - A suggestion to turn the Austrian house where Adolf Hitler was born into normal residential space has triggered a debate about how best to use an empty property still packed with historic baggage decades after World War Two ended. Full Article

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