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Banks Near $25 Billion Settlement

Another shocking story from former White House intern Mimi Alford ’s memoir about her affair with President Kennedy : He once asked her to do, well, something naughty with his brother Ted . “Mimi, why don’t you take care of my baby brother,” she recalls him asking when she met the men in a Boston hotel suite in October 1963. “He could stand a little relaxation.” Read full article > >

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JFK mistress Mimi Alford: Secret trips, Ted Kennedy, Cuban Missile Crisis — and why she did it

Says he should study history to avoid another Iran hostage crisis.

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Gingrich Compares Obama to Carter

BRUSSELS — European leaders adopted a new treaty Monday that binds them to imposing caps on deficits and government debts in an effort to combat the painful financial crisis that has sabotaged prosperity across the continent. Read full article > >

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European leaders adopt treaty pledging debt reduction

In the first sign that Iraq’s leaders may yet halt a sectarian political crisis that has raised fears of civil war, Iraq’s Sunni leaders said Sunday that they would end their boycott of Parliament.

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Sunnis End Boycott of the Iraqi Parliament, but a Political Crisis Remains

The global economy is slowing sharply and is at far greater risk of recession than was thought just months ago with Europe’s debt crisis creating “fertile ground” for a rapid collapse, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday. Read full article > >

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IMF sees rising recession risk from euro credit crisis

DAMASCUS — Syria on Monday rejected the Arab League’s wide-ranging proposal to end the country’s 10-month crisis, saying the call for President Bashar al-Assad to leave office after a unity government is formed amounts to “blatant interference” in Syria’s national affairs. Read full article > >

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Assad’s government rejects Arab League calls for him to step down

From a courtroom in Manhattan, not far from the epicenter of the nation’s financial crisis, a longtime federal judge is becoming a hero to many and a nightmare to some for demanding greater accountability in cases of alleged Wall Street fraud. Read full article > >

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Judge Jed Rakoff on free love, the death penalty, defending crooks and Wall Street justice

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Supreme Court granted the prime minister two weeks to prepare his defense on contempt of court charges, extending a political crisis that has churned this nuclear-armed nation and triggered a frenzy of media coverage. Read full article > >

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Pakistan Supreme Court postpones standoff with government

Renewed gloom about the debt crisis in Europe threatens to end the calm that has prevailed on Wall Street in recent weeks.

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Euro Woes Could Revive Bout of Market Volatility

The ratings agency Standard & Poor’s also cut Portugal’s credit to junk status, lowered Italy’s rating and downgraded several other countries caught in the euro crisis.

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Debt Ratings Cut for 9 Countries Amid Euro Woes

The crisis in Europe is leading General Motors to emphasize new luxury models meant to improve sales in America.

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G.M. Looks to Luxury Cars for Higher Profit

Germany’s Chancellor Merkel and France’s President Sarkozy hold their first eurozone crisis talks of 2012 as the outlook remains bleak.

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Euro crisis: Merkel meets Sarkozy

After last year’s crisis after the tsunami.

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Japan to Shut Down Nuke Plants

Ministers allocate an extra £150m for patients to get care at home after warnings local authority cuts were creating a “crisis” in social care.

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£150m boost for elderly home care