(THE TELEGRAPH) — For the third time in 18 months the global financial system risks spinning out of control unless political leaders take immediate and radical action. Flow data shows an abrupt withdrawal of German and Asian capital from Club Med debt markets. The EU’s refusal to offer Greece anything beyond stern words and a [...]

(HARTFORD COURANT) — Early reports were that a natural gas leak could have caused a devastating explosion Sunday morning that killed two and injured as many as 100 at a power plant being built south of the city on the Connecticut River. Homeowners more than 10 miles away said the 11 a.m. explosion at the [...]

TEHRAN (AFP) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday ordered Iran‘s atomic chief to begin higher uranium enrichment, raising the stakes in a dispute with the West days after seeming to accept a UN-drafted nuclear deal. Defiant Ahmadinejad orders higher uranium enrichment – Yahoo! News.