Syrian forces fire on anti-Assad crowd in capital
AMMAN/BEIRUT - Syrian security forces fired live ammunition to break up a protest against President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Saturday, killing at least one person, opposition activists said. | Video
Greek cabinet tackles austerity, rescue hopes rise
ATHENS - Greece's cabinet tackled on Saturday how to implement austerity demanded by the EU and IMF as a 130-billion-euro ($171-billion) rescue seemed within reach, while the euro zone considered modifying a deal with private creditors to help Athens reduce its huge debts. | Video
Hackers target Putin's vote-monitoring system
NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia - Hackers have tried to crash a vast network of web cameras which Vladimir Putin has ordered to allay fears of vote-rigging in the March presidential election, a deputy minister said. Full Article
Money flows into Wisconsin governor recall fight
MILWAUKEE - Political money has poured into Wisconsin in recent months -- not for the presidential or Senate races but for a state vote getting national billing as a battle for the interests of the middle class. Full Article
Computers taught to assess psychiatric risk
LONDON - Computer programs can be taught to select between brain scans of healthy young people and scans showing adolescents who are at higher risk of developing mental disorders such as anxiety and depression, scientists said. Full Article
"National shame" of child poverty plagues India
SHIVPURI, India - Almost as shocking as India's prevalence of child malnutrition is the country's failure to reduce it, despite the economy tripling between 1990 and 2005 to become Asia's third largest. Full Article
Suu Kyi campaigns in Myanmar delta
Feb 18 - Myanmar democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi campaigns in the Irawaddy Delta farming area, promising better agriculture policies. Sunita Rappai reports.
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The rich shouldn’t have to pay taxes, Santorum backer says
I interviewed Foster Friess a few days ago, before he made his headline-grabbing remark about women and contraceptives. Friess’s most striking observation was about the value of what he called “self-taxation,” as opposed to taxes levied by the state. Commentary
Romney’s misguided attack on the auto bailout
Romney has found himself in the shaky position of defending Romneycare, the government-financed healthcare plan in Massachusetts, while criticizing the government-finance rescue of GM and Chrysler. It’s hard to see a consistent political philosophy in this. Commentary
What job creation looks like outside Washington
Two men running businesses in Raleigh, North Carolina are on-the-ground examples of the broad economic challenges the United States faces. Ask them what's needed to create jobs, and you'll hear answers that differ from the worldview of either Republicans or Democrats. Commentary
Who’s the poorest of the presidential candidates?
The release of Rick Santorum's tax returns this week confirmed that, even though Mitt Romney's wealth sets him apart, none of the leading presidential candidates fits into the 99 percent as defined by Occupy Wall Street. Commentary
What if the Israeli doves are wrong?
Those who know Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, say he likes to test his opinions against robust argument, often at length. This column is an account of one such -- imagined -- conversation and a perspective on Netanyahu's existential dilemma. Commentary
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Alan Simpson: Financial markets will turn on U.S.
In part four of Reuters’ interview with Alan Simpson, the former senator says the U.S. debt load cannot be ignored, and eventually financial markets and investors will turn on America. Video
Romney's struggles fuel talk of brokered convention
WASHINGTON - Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's struggles in Michigan are fueling speculation that Republicans might have to resort to a doomsday scenario and launch a frantic search for a 2012 savior at their nominating convention in late August.
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