Obama to tap Geithner for Treasury - Worcester Telegram & Gazette

WASHINGTON— President-elect Barack Obama intends to name Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, as his treasury secretary to confront the nation’s intense economic turmoil, senior Democratic officials said yesterday. The stock market soared on the news. Word of Geithner’s ...

Read more...

---

Tibetan exiles agree to continue following the Dalai Lama's 'middle path' approach to autonomy - Minneapolis Star Tribune

DHARMSALA, India - Delegates say that exiled Tibetan leaders meeting on how to advance their struggle for freedom have agreed to keep following the Dalai Lama's path of compromise with China. Tenzin Tsundue, 33, a poet and participant in the meeting says, "we are going to go ahead with middle path ...

Read more...

---

Annan and Carter barred from Zimbabwe - The Independent

Former US President Jimmy Carter, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Nelson Mandela's wife Mrs Graca Machel of Mozambique Zimbabwe has barred former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, former US President Jimmy Carter and other prominent figures from visiting the country to assess the ...

Read more...

---

Cuttino Mobley - Newsday

Mission 2010 is officially under way. In one of the most dramatic trade days in franchise history, Donnie Walsh stuck his shovel in the dirt Friday and began the process of digging out from under the mountainous Knicks payroll, trading away his team's... The New York Knicks made two big trades ...

Read more...

---

AUBRY WINS TIGHT RACE TO LEAD FRANCE'S FRACTIOUS SOCIALISTS - Tocqueville Connection

P ARIS, Nov 22, 2008 (AFP) - Martine Aubry, who gave France the 35-hour work week, edged out ex-presidential candidate Segolene Royal on Saturday to win the leadership of the opposition Socialist Party by a few dozen votes.     But Royal, who lost to right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy in last year's ...

Read more...

---

It's decided: Barack Obama picks Hillary Clinton for secretary of State - Los Angeles Times

Reporting from Washington -- President-elect Barack Obama has settled on former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton to be secretary of State, following a high-stakes courtship that is expected to lead to a formal announcement after the Thanksgiving holiday, aides to both said. After an extensive ...

Read more...

---

China relying on 'charm offensive' to win friends: US Report - Hindustan Times

China is looking for every way to turn on its "charm offensive" to win friends around the world, but its leadership does not hesitate to use its influence to "push back" potential adversaries, according to a review commission's report submitted to the US Congress. Beijing at times supports ...

Read more...

---