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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

WWII pilot from Orange County makes his last journey home

California | Local | By Mike Anton | November 11, 2008
Two weeks after he left Orange County for World War II, Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Read more
 

Monday, November 10, 2008

Prudence pays in Spain, Italy

World | By Sebastian Rotella | November 10, 2008
Months before the global financial meltdown this fall, the talk in the boisterous cafes of Rome and Madrid had turned from sports and politics to economic woes. Read more
 

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Hearing echoes of glory

Travel | By Susan Spano | November 9, 2008
On Veterans Day, Americans are asked to do something for the country besides voting and paying taxes: We are enjoined to think of those who fought in faraway places – the Philippines, North Africa, Europe, Vietnam and Iraq. Read more
 

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Sweeping bank bailouts unite Europe

Business | By Henry Chu and Christian Retzlaff | October 14, 2008
Like soldiers falling into step, governments across Europe offered up a series of sweeping bailout plans for their banking systems Monday, pushing past $2 trillion the amount of taxpayer money that has been pledged to shore up the continent’s floundering financial sector. Read more
 

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Losses mount in Europe

Business | By Henry Chu | October 11, 2008
The tsunami of global stock sell-offs swept through Europe on Friday as shareholders deserted the markets in droves, pushing down stock prices in a frenzy some dubbed Red October. Read more
 

Dealing with the crisis on the Continent

Business | By Henry Chu | October 11, 2008
Charles Goodhart is professor emeritus of banking and finance at the London School of Economics and an expert on European monetary policy. Read more
 

Monday, October 6, 2008

European banks struggle to limit turmoil

Business | By Tom Petruno | October 6, 2008
As the $700-billion U.S. financial system bailout gets underway, Europe is struggling to contain its own banking turmoil. Read more
 

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Europe takes aim at CEO bonuses

World | By Sebastian Rotella and Achrene Sicakyuz | October 4, 2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has declared war on corporate barons who fire thousands of employees, drive firms into the ground and walk away from the ruins with multimillion-dollar bonuses. Read more
 

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Europeans on left and right ridicule U.S. money meltdown

Business | By Sebastian Rotella and Janet Stobart | September 20, 2008
LONDON – It’s a rare day when finance officials, leftist intellectuals and ordinary salespeople can agree on something. Read more
 

Monday, August 25, 2008

Russia sees Georgia outcome as proof of its dominance, analysts say

World | By Megan K. Stack | August 25, 2008
In this historic hub of expansion and empire, Russia’s military victory over U.S.-backed Georgia was cheered as evidence that Moscow has regained its global dominance – and proof that the rest of the world can’t risk standing in its way. Read more
 

End of the West?’ Maybe not, thanks to Moscow

World | By Sebastian Rotella | August 25, 2008
Three years ago, an influential French academic named Francois Heisbourg made a splash with a book with a provocative question as its title: “The End of the West?” Read more
 

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Obama’s appeal as anti-Bush is telling

National | By Paul Richter | July 26, 2008
Barack Obama’s electoral rival is John McCain, but Obama’s overseas trip this week has given heartburn to another Republican – President Bush. Read more
 

Saturday, July 19, 2008

A trip full of opportunity and risk

National | By Michael Finnegan | July 19, 2008
On his trip to the Middle East and Europe, Barack Obama hopes to reassure Americans that he has the foreign-policy expertise to keep the nation safe. Read more
 

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Network anchors aweigh

National | July 17, 2008
Barack Obama’s trip to Europe and the Middle East, seen as crucial to burnish his foreign policy bona fides, will play out before big audiences. Read more
 

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

One big drug test for L.A.: sewage analysis

California | Local | By Marla Cone | June 24, 2008
Which city uses more cocaine: Los Angeles or London? Read more
 

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Continent, on cruise control

Travel | By Susan Spano | June 15, 2008
Part joy ride, part soul quest, the road trip is part of the American character. Read more
 

Monday, June 9, 2008

Italians, Dutch set to match up

Sports | By Grahame L. Jones | June 9, 2008
World champion Italy and 2006 World Cup runner-up France launch their European Championship quests today when they play the Netherlands and Romania, respectively. Read more
 

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Calls at 30,000 feet: EU lets it fly

Business | By Geraldine Baum | April 17, 2008
For a decade, the French author and comic Phil Marso has been fighting a losing battle against the ubiquity of jangling mobile phones. Read more
 

Monday, April 7, 2008

Putin sees dispute, Bush a ‘breakthrough’

World | By James Gerstenzang | April 7, 2008
President Bush and Russian President Vladimir V. Putin failed Sunday to overcome their greatest conflicts on a missile defense system the United States plans to build in Central Europe but narrowed difference over one key element. Read more
 

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Prices pinch, but appetites flourish

World | By Tracy Wilkinson and Geraldine Baum | April 1, 2008
In a land where food is art and passion, not merely sustenance, consumers are feeling the pinch of rising prices. Read more
 
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