EU trade chief heads to Brazil, Washington in fresh effort to restart world...
European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said Tuesday he will launch new consultations with world trade partners in the coming weeks to revive talks that collapsed in July. Mandelson will travel to...
View ArticleLaw enforcement more concerned about protesters than terror attacks at...
WASHINGTON - As world leaders were gathering this weekend for an economic summit, law enforcement authorities were less concerned about international terrorists than about angry protesters — possibly...
View ArticleMeltdown 101: Will the world economic summit help?
WASHINGTON - Jolted by rising unemployment and shrinking investment portfolios, Americans have been feeling the pain of the world’s worst financial upheaval in more than a half century. As President...
View ArticleEuropean Leaders Push Back on Obama's Calls for Aid
By JONATHAN WEISMAN in Washington and MARC CHAMPION in Brussels Ahead of a high-stakes economic meeting of the Group of 20 nations, European countries are striking an uncompromising tone toward...
View ArticleObamas greet British queen, trade gifts
LONDON - It's not every day the American president's driver is told to move his bulletproof car. But Queen Elizabeth II's handlers made the request Wednesday after President Barack Obama's reinforced...
View ArticleMore Michelle Obama photos and controversy; Fashion passion for fans and...
Feed .examiners_body img{padding:5px;} Forget economic woes, the G-20 or even what version of the iPod President Obama gave Queen Elizabeth II, it is a Michelle Obama media maelstrom on the Internet –...
View ArticlePresident Obama’s bow to Saudi King Abdullah: Tempest in a teapot or...
Feed Video capture of President Obama "bowing" to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at a formal reception for the G-20 Summit last week in London. What’s the big deal? President Obama bowed when meeting...
View ArticleAirport officials work on plans to park planes for G-20 summit
Pittsburgh International Airport once again will become a busy international destination in two months. As many as 60 planes carrying government leaders and finance ministers from Asia, Europe, the...
View ArticleSarkozy to Brazil with fighter jet bid looming
(AP) - PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy left Sunday for Brazil with hopes of persuading officials there to choose French-made fighter jets in a hot competition with U.S. and Swedish rivals....
View ArticleG-20 nation profiles: Indonesia
WHO IS THE LEADER FROM INDONESIA ATTENDING THE G-20 SUMMIT??? The Indonesian to watch will be the southeast Asian nation's rock star finance minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati. For the last five years,...
View ArticleDrought-plagued marshes still feeling Ike effects
PORT ARTHUR, Texas -- First too much water, now not enough. The Texas Gulf Coast's recovery from Hurricane Ike - which submerged the marshes in seawater, scouring away beaches, ruining thousands of...
View ArticleMichelle's Moment to Shine
A Warhol time capsule, locally sourced menus, a jazz trio—Michelle Obama’s been planning for months for the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, her first international meet-and-greet on home soil. Sandra...
View ArticleBerlusconi calls Obama 'tanned' again
September 27, 2009 FRANCES D'EMILIO (Associated Press Writer) Photo credit: AP | President Barack and first lady welcome Italy's Prime Minister as he arrives for the G-20 summit dinner in . Berlusconi...
View ArticleBan urges Canada to put environment on G20 agenda
OTTAWA—United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday urged Canada's Conservative government to champion climate change and the world's poor at next month's G-20 and G-8 summits. Ban said...
View ArticleObama, Merkel chat about finance bill, Europe fund
(AP) - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama called German Chancellor Angela Merkel (AHN'-geh-lah MEHR'-kuhl) to congratulate her on Berlin's plan to contribute to a fund to stabilize the European...
View ArticleCameron faces diplomatic test at G-20
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - British Prime Minister David Cameron steps into a potential hornets' nest of trans-Atlantic conflict when he makes his global debut this week at the G-20 summit in Canada - with...
View Article10,000 protesters run riot at G-20 summit
10,000 protesters run riot at G-20 summit Share ARTICLEURL Thousands of protesters rampaged through Canada's largest city and its financial capital, unleashing an unprecedented fury of violence as...
View ArticleCameron, Merkel watch key World Cup match
(AP) - TORONTO - British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel apparently had bigger concerns than just the world economy at the G-20 summit of world leaders on Sunday. The...
View ArticleFor President Obama the honeymoon is over
The disappearing middle class and what it means for democracy G-20 Summit Ends With Obama and Other Global Leaders Determined to Slash Deficits Raising the Age of Retirement Sparks Tensions Everywhere...
View ArticlePreservation act: The Consol Center caps the city's quest for vitality
With a rousing concert that was memorable in its own right, Paul McCartney inaugurated Pittsburgh's $321 million Consol Energy Center Wednesday night. But there was more history made than the return...
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