World rings in 2012 and bids adieu to a tough year
WN Philippines Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:05 PM PST
PARIS â€" With glittering fireworks and celebrations from New Zealand to Times Square, the world eagerly welcomed a new year and hope for a better future Saturday, saying goodbye to a year of hurricanes, tsunamis and economic turmoil that many would rather forget. Revelers in Australia, Asia, Europe and the South Pacific island nation of Samoa, which jumped across the international dateline to be ... |
No Fireworks for Euro as It Reaches the 10-Year Mark
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:55 PM PST
BERLIN -- When the euro was introduced just after midnight on Jan. 1, 2002, celebratory fireworks exploded above the European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt. The historic bridge the Pont Neuf in Paris was lit up in European Union blue with 12 rays of light to symbolize the 12 nations circulating the euro -- as people in those countries lined up at A.T.M.'s to get their hands on new bills ... |
Paris in the winter offers some of world's best shopping
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:20 PM PST
PARIS -- Shopping in Paris, the City of Light and Love, can be overwhelming. Think New York City on steroids. My friend and I -- first-time visitors with an embarrassingly inadequate grasp of the language -- took a whirlwind shopping excursion last month. The city glitters in December with holiday lights, and harried shoppers jam the sidewalks and stores. |
Insider Travel Tips From Campaign Reporters
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:19 PM PST
TRAVEL is one of the great perks of being a journalist -- over the years, my job has taken me to places like Los Angeles, Paris and Saudi Arabia. But when I began covering Mitt Romney's presidential bid five months ago as a member of The New York Times political team, I suddenly found myself shuffling through airport security several times a week. |
Goodbye 2011; hello new year
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:15 PM PST
PARIS - Fireworks glittered and boomed Sunday as revelers in Australia and Asia welcomed 2012 and others around the world looked forward to bidding adieu to a year marred by natural disasters and economic turmoil. |
Ancelotti in at PSG
Morning Star Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:58 PM PST
FOOTBALL: Carlo Ancelotti was confirmed as the new coach of oil-rich Paris St Germain today in a press conference held at the Parc des Princes. |
Euro could become world's leading currency - Noyer
Reuters via Yahoo! India News Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:29 PM PST
PARIS (Reuters) - The euro could become the world's leading currency in the next decade if leaders of the single-currency bloc succeed in tightening fiscal integration, European Central Bank policymaker Christian Noyer said in an article to be published in the Journal du Dimanche. European leaders struck a historic deal at an emergency summit in Brussels on December 9 to draft a new treaty for ... |
Sarkozy vows reforms in austere New Year's speech
Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:27 PM PST
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged in a grave New Year's message to find ways to pull the economy out of stagnation in the four months left before a presidential election and vowed no further public spending cuts. Sarkozy told the nation that the worst economic crisis since World War Two would continue to hurt households in 2012 and urged people to be stoical. He said he ... |
WAR: What is it good for?
New York Post Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:59 PM PST
Sex, Bombs and Burgers How War, Pornography and Fast Food Have Shaped Modern Technology By Peter Nowak Lyons Press Thanks to the military, we’ll always have Paris. Yes, our troops are responsible for the rise of the reality television star, a new book claims. It all stems back to... |
Lana Del Rey, music buzz of 2011 â€" but is she ‘real’?
The Malaysian Insider Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:44 PM PST
PARIS, Jan 1 â€" Honeyed vocals, a cinematic pout and a haunting, David Lynch-inspired video clip posted on YouTube was all it took to propel Lana Del Rey to global stardom, hailed as the musical revelation of 2011. But a just-as-swift backlash has threatened to bring down the New York singer before her first album even hits the shelves next month, ... |
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