Enlarge Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Greece’s captain Giorgos Karagounis chats with his teammates during a training session, prior to the Euro 2012 soccer quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece in Poland. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Greece’s captain Giorgos Karagounis chats with his teammates during a training session, prior to the Euro 2012 soccer quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece […]
Enlarge Evan Vucci/AP Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stands with former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty during a campaign stop Saturday in Cornwall, Pa. Evan Vucci/AP Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stands with former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty during a campaign stop Saturday in Cornwall, Pa. Back in April when NPR looked at Republican presidential candidate
This hour, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke wil hold a press conference. If you missed it, after a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee ended, the Fed announced that because the economy had slowed since its last meeting, it would extend “Operation Twist” until the end of the year and pump an additional $267
Enlarge Martin Kaste/NPR Langdon Cook shows off the morel and porcini mushrooms he’s foraged and stored in the trunk of his car. Martin Kaste/NPR Langdon Cook shows off the morel and porcini mushrooms he’s foraged and stored in the trunk of his car. For Langdon Cook, a walk in the woods isn’t that different from
Enlarge Vahid Salemi/AP Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (right) met with Iranian first Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi last fall in Tehran, Iran. Vahid Salemi/AP Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (right) met with Iranian first Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi last fall in Tehran, Iran. Pakistan’s prime minister has been `disqualified’ from office
Enlarge Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images Roger Clemens in 1991, when he pitched for the Boston Red Sox. Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images Roger Clemens in 1991, when he pitched for the Boston Red Sox. Now that Roger Clemens has been found not guilty of lying to Congress and obstructing its investigation into the use of performance-enhancing
There’s fresh political turmoil in Pakistan today after the country’s highest court “disqualified” Prime Minister Yousuf Reza Gilani from office, The Associated Press writes. As Pakisan’s Dawn newspaper reminds us, “the Supreme Court announced the move after convicting Gilani on April 26 of contempt for refusing to ask Switzerland to reopen a multi-million-dollar corruption investigation
Enlarge Marco Secchi/Getty Images A gondola sails in front of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, which has been sold to Benetton Group. The clothing company plans to convert the Venice landmark into a shopping mall. Marco Secchi/Getty Images A gondola sails in front of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, which has been sold to Benetton Group. The
Enlarge John W. Poole/NPR One of the founders of Egypt’s satirical online magazine El Koshary Today, Taha Belal, 28, at the Freedom Bar in downtown Cairo. Since Egypt’s revolution last year, political parody has become popular on the Internet. John W. Poole/NPR One of the founders of Egypt’s satirical online magazine El Koshary Today, Taha
President Obama and other world leaders are gathering in Los Cabos, Mexico, Monday, hoping to get some assurances at the G-20 summit that European governments are getting control of their financial problems before they become a further drag on the global economy. While the Pacific Ocean beckons from the Mexican resort at the southern tip
Enlarge Mario Tama/Getty Images Occupy Wall Street protesters joined with unions in New York on May 1, a traditional day of global protests in sympathy with unions and leftist politics. Mario Tama/Getty Images Occupy Wall Street protesters joined with unions in New York on May 1, a traditional day of global protests in sympathy with
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says the Nobel Peace Prize she won while under house arrest 21 years ago helped to shatter her sense of isolation and ensured that the world would demand democracy in her military-controlled homeland. Suu Kyi was speaking Saturday at the start of her long-delayed acceptance speech to the