IBT Staff Reporter

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.

Match Game: Chelsea vs. Everton 10:00 ET, December 4, 2010. Stamford Bridge, England

Online payment service PayPal said it has suspended the WikiLeaks' account that the organization used to collect donations.

Top leaders of the U.S. armed forces agreed on Friday that if ordered to, they could implement a repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy banning openly gay service members, although some recommended it not take place at this time.

Disgraced Rep. Charles Bernard Rangel (D-N.Y.) has been censured by the U.S. House of Representatives for ethics violation but narrowly escaped expulsion.

After Facebook now social news site Digg has added a new notifications feature to its service, according to Digg’s blog.