FSA tells banks to display deposit protection rules - Reuters UK
28 May 2012, 4:12 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's banks must post information in branches and on websites by September spelling out clearly who will reimburse customer deposits if the lender goes bust, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) said on Monday.

Lady Gaga tells Indonesian fans she's 'devastated' after canceling show over security concerns - Minneapolis Star Tribune
28 May 2012, 12:44 am
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Lady Gaga told fans she was "devastated" at having to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia following threats by Islamic hard-liners, who called her a "devil worshipper." Controversy over the concert is a blow to the ...

Sol tells fans to avoid Euro 2012 - ITV
27 May 2012, 7:44 pm
Former Arsenal defender Sol Campbell has warned England fans to avoid travelling to Euro 2012 because of the threat of racism and violence. I think increasingly the positive thing about English football is that increasingly black and Asian fans ...

Simon Cowell tells X Factor rejects: Try The Voice - News.com.au
27 May 2012, 7:44 pm
WHETHER he said it or not, this is just the sort of jibe Simon Cowell knows gets headlines. X Factor judge L.A. Reid was overheard on set telling one such wannabe: "If you decide to try out again, please do it on another show." To which Simon added: "Yes ...

Carey tells Cloke to sign - The Canberra Times
27 May 2012, 5:06 pm
NORTH Melbourne great Wayne Carey says Collingwood can't win the flag this year unless Travis Cloke puts an end to the uncertainty over his playing future and re-signs with the Magpies. Carey, who led the Kangaroos to premierships in 1996 and '99, says it ...

Simpson tells GOP: ‘For heaven’s sake, Norquist can’t murder you’ - Raw Story
27 May 2012, 11:51 am
Former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson (R) offered another colorful perspective from his cantankerous mind Sunday morning, urging Congressional Republicans once again to not be scared of anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist’s pledge of never raising ...

Alan Simpson tells Seniors Battling Social Security Cuts ‘Why Don’t You Help Me?’ - ABC News
26 May 2012, 12:43 pm
Former Wyoming senator and Bowles-Simpson deficit commission co-chairman Alan Simpson took his war of words with the head of a senior’s group to a new level, defending his advice to cut Social Security as a way to tackle the long-term debt in an angry ...

Biden tells West Point graduates end to wars lets US address fresh global issues - New York Post
26 May 2012, 11:45 am
WEST POINT — Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the United States can now focus on new global challenges after a long decade of war in an election-year commencement address to jubilant graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Bin Laden was Che Guevara fan, wife tells Pakistani interrogator - DAWN Group
25 May 2012, 5:20 am
ISLAMABAD: Osama bin Laden’s three wives were fiercely loyal to him and gave little away when they were interrogated after the al Qaeda chief was killed in a US raid over a year ago, a Pakistani intelligence agent who questioned them said.

Chinese president tells party to close ranks over Bo Xilai - The Guardian
24 May 2012, 6:57 pm
The Chinese president, Hu Jintao, has told senior Communist party officials to stifle tensions over the ousting of Bo Xilai and show unity as they prepare for a change of leadership, sources briefed on recent meetings said. Hu urged the party to ...