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Cupid targets the Fed with early Valentine tweets
By Jennifer Ablan Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:35pm EST (Reuters) – It isn’t often you see the words “love”, “romance”, and “Federal Reserve” in the same sentence. But on Friday, the central bank and many economists who spend countless hours monitoring its decisions began their Valentine’s Day flirtations a bit early. It started with Justin [...]
World is a happier place than 2007: poll
NEW YORK | Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:03pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Despite economic woes, wars, conflicts and natural disasters the world is a happier place today than it was four years ago and Indonesians, Indians and Mexicans seem to be the most contented people on the planet. More than three-quarters of people around [...]
Freed Morocco Islamists say owe release to Arab Spring
By Zakia Abdennebi RABAT | Thu Feb 9, 2012 12:41pm EST RABAT (Reuters) – The leaders of a Moroccan Islamist group, who were jailed over what campaigners say were trumped-up charges and then released last week, said on Thursday they owed their freedom to the “Arab Spring” and called for other captives to be freed. [...]
New Pentagon rules could put women closer to combat
By David Alexander WASHINGTON | Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:42pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon unveiled a new policy on Thursday that will expand job opportunities for women in the military but shift them closer to the fighting, rekindling the issue of women in combat. The move is part of a Pentagon effort to [...]
Family, fashion dominate the days of Carolina Herrera
By Jan Paschal NEW YORK | Wed Feb 8, 2012 7:38pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Designer Carolina Herrera didn’t grow up dreaming of a fashion career. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, she spent her childhood riding horses and pursuing favorite pastimes on the family estate. But fashion became her calling and after a lifetime of [...]
