Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday, 13 December 2010


The Global Edition of The New York Times
 
Monday, December 13, 2010 - Last Update: 10:38 AM ET (15:38 GMT)

One of the Sweden Bombs Exploded Prematurely

STOCKHOLM — The attack could have been devastating, Swedish police said, who also appeared to confirm the bomber’s identity.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Is Abruptly Fired While Abroad

TEHRAN — The move was a victory for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who had in the past been prevented by Iran’s Supreme Leader from dismissing the minister.

Medvedev Warns Against Ethnic Attacks

MOSCOW — President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia Monday ordered law enforcement to crack down on race-based clashes.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi delivered an address to the Senate Monday in Rome.
Giuseppe Giglia/European Pressphoto Agency

Berlusconi Delivers Appeal Ahead of Vote

ROME — The Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi, center, urged lawmakers to support him in looming no-confidence votes, saying removing his government would be “folly.”
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK
Laying Out Cities, Saudis See Window to Modernity
The entrance to King Abdullah Economic City, a development near the Red Sea that is envisioned as an island of relative openness.
JIDDA, Saudi Arabia — The idea is to create areas of Western-style modernity that would bring change slowly without antagonizing conservative forces.
More Christians Are Fleeing Iraq After New Violence
QOSH, Iraq — A new wave of Iraqi Christians has fled to northern Iraq or abroad amid a campaign of violence against them.
The car culture makes encounters with the homeless less frequent in Los Angeles than in some cities, despite their numbers.
Los Angeles Confronts Homelessness Reputation
LOS ANGELES — A new task force hopes to combat the image of Los Angeles as the nation’s capital of homelessness.
LATEST U.S. NEWS

READERS’ COMMENTS »

WikiLeaks Taps Power of the Press
“This thing is so multifaceted, I believe it will be some time before we know how it shakes out,”writes Peter B. Reiner in Vancouver, BC.
“While our rulers like to think we are children who need to be kept from the truth, I trust free people everywhere over our state and corporate ‘leaders,’”writes D. Hall in Canada.