IBT Staff Reporter

China needs to slow down its economy enough to cool inflation at home without putting a drag on growth in the rest of the world.

A German tourist has been killed by a shark at Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Iran has delivered the first consignment of locally produced raw uranium making its nuclear program self-sufficient, the country's top nuclear boss said on Sunday. The announcement came just a day before the Islamic republic is to resume the stalled nuclear talks with Germany and the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council on Monday and Tuesday in Geneva.

The Indian government is talking to companies using Research in Motion's's BlackBerry to gain access to their employees' secure communications when it is deemed necessary, an official told the Wall Street Journal.

Iceland is within days of reaching a deal with Britain and the Netherlands on repaying the more than $5 billion paid to Landsbanki Icesave accounts holders after the bank collapsed, according to a report late on Saturday.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is 40 years old this week. It may have been born later, or it may not have been born at all, if not for a dedicated U.S. lawmaker and a burning river.

The 24-hour strike by Spanish air traffic controllers has cost the tourist and airline sectors hundreds of millions of euros and the political cost for an already unpopular government could be much higher.

Europe's sovereign debt crisis will still hang over global markets this week, but on Wall Street, investors will not be afraid to bet on stocks.

A day after both candidates claimed Presidency in Ivory Coast, African Union said it would dispatch former South African premier Thabo Mbeki for mediations. Local media has reported of at least a dozen people killed in post-election violence in the former capital of Abijdan.

Ford Motors will complete the installation of rear view cameras on all Ford Lincoln models by the end of 2011 to eliminate the fatal blind zones, the car maker said in a statement.

Brazil has sought to buy French Rafale jets and acquire the technology to build them at home for export to other Latin American countries by 2030, the daily Le Monde reported on Sunday, citing leaked U.S. diplomatic cables.

Jeremy Irons will play a sex therapist in Law and Order television serial.

He is eager to lend his shoulder to the hurt actress, but Eva is in no mood.

Euro zone governments faced pressure at the weekend to increase the size of their rescue fund for crisis-hit member states and avert a new bout of market turmoil that could threaten the stability of the currency bloc.

Being famous makes Jason Segal sweat. He says that he still finds himself freezing when famous stars like Jolie and Pitt approach him.

Ford Motors on Saturday said its China auto sales in November rose 35 percent compared to the sales recorded last year, led by sales in mid-sized car segment, such as Ford Fiesta and Focus model.

Toyota Motors has reduced its internal global production by 200,000 units to 7.8 million vehicles due to weakening demand in US, Asahi Shimbun reported.

At least two people were killed and 40 others were injured when a passenger plane skidded off the runway during an emergency landing in Russia.

Despite international outcry, Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent President, Laurent Gbagbo was on Saturday sworn in for a new term.

Six people were killed and 38 others injured in an explosion at an Internet cafe in southwest China, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday.

China's inflation is unlikely to reach the heady levels seen in 2006-2008 because the economy is showing no signs of overheating, prominent economist Fan Gang said in comments published on Sunday.

The International Monetary Fund's chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Saturday the global economic outlook was not that bad but uncertainties remained in the United States and Europe.

Greece must try to cut deficits and pursue economic reforms at a faster pace to persuade markets of its ability to dig out of its debt crisis, its central banker said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday.

The hacking of Google Inc that led the Internet company to briefly pull out of China was orchestrated by two members of China's top ruling body, according to U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks and cited by The New York Times on Saturday.

Gold rose almost 2 percent on Friday, ending the week on $1,414 an ounce just a few dollars below the all-time record, as the dollar tumbled after disappointing jobs data cast doubt on the strength of the U.S. economic recovery.

A late Beckford strike denied Chelsea victory against Everton as the game ended 1-1, extending Chelsea's winless record to four games in the English Premier League.

LimeWire -- one of the world's biggest outlets for people to share music, movies and TV shows free of charge over the Internet -- said it would be shutting down by the end of the year and closing its sole office in New York.

Blackstone Group's high-profile chief executive and co-founder Stephen Schwarzman is temporarily moving to Paris, a source familiar with the situation said on Saturday.

The European Union's permanent rescue fund should be larger than the money available currently and the increase could be made before 2013, Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders said on Saturday.