Father of prisoner of war says, 'We will not leave you behind - FOX News
27 May 2012, 6:18 pm
May 27: The image of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho, who is being held captive in Afghanistan. WASHINGTON – The father of a U.S. soldier who was taken prisoner in Afghanistan thanked an annual rally of motorcycle riders on Sunday for ...

Teen says she was punished for trying to stop bullying of girl with mental disabilities - FOX News
27 May 2012, 4:09 pm
Stormy Rich, 18, says she was kicked off a Florida school bus for defending another girl from bullying.WOFL A Florida high school student who complained to officials about the bullying she witnessed on a school bus is now being labeled a bully ...

Asked to Confirm Military Is Ready for Iran Strike, Panetta says Pentagon Has Plans for Everything - ABC News
27 May 2012, 11:01 am
During an interview for “This Week,” Defense Secretary Leon Panetta assured me that the United States has readied plans to carry out a military strike on Iran to prevent the regime from obtaining nuclear weapons if diplomacy fails to dissuade the ...

Iran official says unconvinced of need for IAEA to inspect Parchin nuclear site - Haaretz.com
27 May 2012, 9:42 am
Comments reportedly made by the head of Atomic Energy Agency of Iran (AEOI) Fereidoun Abbasi came despite last week's announcement of a burgeoning deal between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), according to which the international ...

BOE'S Dale says expects euro zone uncertainty set to continue - YAHOO!
27 May 2012, 5:25 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Uncertainty in the euro zone will continue for the next few years, acting as a drag on the UK economy, Bank of England policy maker Spencer Dale was quoted as saying in a newspaper on Sunday. Britain is not a member of the single ...

Yemen says 27 al-Qaida militants, 7 soldiers killed in clashes in south - Washington Post
26 May 2012, 7:56 am
SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni military officials say fighting in two southern flashpoint towns has left 27 al-Qaida fighters and seven soldiers dead, and a top commander says the army is pushing the militants out of the area. The officials say 20 ...

Dallara says Greek Euro Exit May Exceed 1 Trillion Euros - Bloomberg
26 May 2012, 1:51 am
You need to enable Javascript to play media on Bloomberg.com The cost of Greece exiting the euro would be unmanageable and probably exceed the 1 trillion euros ($1.25 trillion) previously estimated by the Institute of International Finance, the ...

Assad says Syria 'able' to get out of crisis - Aljazeera.com
25 May 2012, 11:49 pm
Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has said that his government will be able to find a way out of the crisis currently gripping Syria. Thursday's comments came during a meeting with Reza Taqipour, Iran's communications and information ...

Asia's Richest Man Li Ka-shing Reaffirms Succession Plan, says Son Richard In Acquisition Talks - Forbes
25 May 2012, 7:46 pm
Hong Kong telecommunications billionaire Richard Li, the younger son of Asia’s richest man Li Ka-shing, is in acquisition talks with “several sizeable companies,” the elder Li said at a press conference on Friday, according to a front-page ...

Libya's PM says ex-intelligence chief knows who killed PC Yvonne Fletcher - The Guardian
25 May 2012, 11:25 am
Libya's interim prime minister says on Friday his country's former intelligence chief was "directly or indirectly involved" in the murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher and knew the identity of her killer. In an interview with the Guardian, Abdurrahim el ...