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Euro zone countries with a top credit rating might have a bigger say in talks to replace Jean-Claude Juncker as chairman of the bloc's finance ministers, a Greek newspaper quoted German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble as saying on Saturday.

Increased cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in Europe remained a distant prospect on Friday, after governments failed to agree a plan to let them decide individually whether to grow or ban GM plants.

Daylight Saving Time (DST) comes on Sunday, March 11. The good news is you will have a longer and warmer season, but the bad news is you will lose one hour of sleep in the morning.

GTA Motor returned triumphantly to the Geneva Motor Show 2012, where it launched what it’s calling the “definitive version” of its high performance GTA Spano supercar, which could be a significant competitor with established top-tier supercars.

The week ahead -- March 12 to March 16 -- will feature the Federal Open Market Committee meeting and three inflation reports for February: import prices, the producer price index (PPI) and the consumer price index (CPI).

The Geneva-based trade body will uphold a ruling that Boeing got billions in dollars in unfair subsidies from the U.S. government, Reuters reported.

The summit will seek to pressure Iran to halt its uranium enrichment program.

Since it exploded into the American consciousness earlier this week, Invisible Children's methodology has been much scrutinized, but ICC chief Louis Moreno Ocampo has defended has defended the campaign.

The French president's hopeful comments came as Germany's finance minister warned against overreacting to the deal, saying Greece must use its sovereign debt lifeline wisely.

French presidential candidate Francois Hollande is visiting Warsaw, Poland as part of a whirlwind political tour ahead of next month's elections, but Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has refused to meet the Socialist party leader.

German exports rose 2.3 percent in January, driven by increased activity in all sectors of the economy, the German Federal Statistics Office, Destatis, said Friday.

The world's largest cruise line operator Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) swung to a loss, as rising fuel costs and one-time write downs offset an increase in revenue, while the Costa Concordia tragedy had little effect on the bottom line.

Real men wear mantyhose. If you thought men in tights was a sartorial statement best left to medieval jesters, think again, said The Daily Mail's Daisy Dumas.

Cruise bookings for next year could remain slow until the industry manages to dispel safety concerns after the Costa Concordia capsized off the west coast of Italy in January.

The 11th annual Tribeca Film Festival has announced its 2012 film sections for the popular Spotlight and Cinemania series. The festival, which was started by Robert DeNiro after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, takes place from April 18th to April 29th.

Greece closed a bond swap offer to private creditors on Thursday after clearing the minimum threshold of acceptance to push the deal through, moving closer to unlocking funds it needs to avoid a dangerous debt default.

Greece moved closer to wrapping up its bond swap with private investors on Thursday, indicating that it had already cleared a vital threshold needed to pass a deal which will hand bondholders steep cuts in the value of their investments.

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Ahani also said that foreign powers need not fear Iran’s atomic ambitions.

Khamenei also criticized Obama for “still harboring illusions” that economic sanctions will pressure Iran to relinquish its nuclear activities.

World’s No. 1 social networking site Facebook was unavailable for almost 2 hours in Europe and parts of Asia on Wednesday morning. Facebook referred to it as “technical difficulties” and was able to fix it quickly.