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Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan to serve as special envoy on Syrian crsis

UN's Kofi Annan Bids For New Mission In Syria

Speaking before the Security Council, the former UN Secretary-General renewed calls for an end to the fighting between President Bashar al-Assad and opposition forces, as he laid out plans to try re-establish an international presence in the country.
People walk behind the logo of Swiss bank UBS in Zurich

China's Cinda Gets $1.6B From UBS, 3 Other Investors

China's Cinda Asset Management Corp., which was formed in 1999 to buy bad loans from Chinese banks, received 10.4 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) from four institutional investors as the state-controlled company prepares for an IPO.
Google homepage logos are seen on a wall at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California January 13, 2012.

Ex-Googler Does His Best Ex-Goldman Sachs Executive Impression – Says Google+ Destroying Company

James Whittaker, a Microsoft executive who recently left Google after about three years, posted his Why I Left Google tell-all on a Microsoft blog a day before Greg Smith had his scathing Goldman Sachs op-ed posted in the New York Times. The Smith op-ed has taken the Internet and news world by storm in the first 24 hours since being posted. A London based executive director for the investment banking giant Goldman Sachs, Smith fired off a searing report March 14 on the company's toxic and des...
SXSW Music 2012 Day Two: On the Street And In The Clubs at the Festival [PHOTOS]

SXSW Music 2012 Day Two: On the Street And In The Clubs at the Festival [PHOTOS]

Scroll through for photos of fires, lasers, smoke, a camel under a pyramid, marimba/conga hybrid bands, dueling tap dancers, the canal at the bottom, found street eats, and shots of Little War Twins, Thelophilus London, Le Fleur, Danny Brown, Two Chainz, Mr. Dream, The Men, Oberhofer, Finn Riggins, Brett Netson and every street performer who caught the eye.
Chancellor George Osborne handles newly minted one pound coins during a visit to the Royal Mint in Cardiff

Before Key Political Development, Fitch Issues Warning On UK Credit

Paris-based credit rating agency Fitch warned the government of the United Kingdom Thursday that the country still stood to lose its sterling AAA rating were the economic situation in Europe to deteriorate further. The action came at a politically sensitive time for Britain.
Samantha Cameron, Michelle Obama Dazzle at the White House State Dinner

Samantha Cameron, Michelle Obama at Their Elegant Best at White House State Dinner (PHOTOS)

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a big state dinner for the British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha, Wednesday night at the White House. Here are some pictures of the Belles in Blue, Michelle Obama and Samantha Cameron, in color-coordinated gowns, at their elegant best at the White House State Dinner, honoring the British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma Assad

Syria: Leaked Emails Show Assad Joking About Reforms

Despite an extended revolution against his regime leading up to a bloodbath, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad seems to be relaxed and apparently in a joking mood about bringing in political reforms to his country.The trove of emails leaked from the personal accounts of Assad and his British-born wife shows that the President had taken advice from Iran on countering the uprising with violent crackdown, and that his family remains insulated from revolution which many fear may soon turn into a civi...

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