New York TimesMarch 15, 2009 European countries that have offered to help the Obama administration close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have begun raising questions about the security risks and requirements if they accept prisoners described by the Bush administration as “the worst of the worst,” according to diplomats and other officials. more
European VoiceMarch 15, 2009 Finance ministers from the world’s major economies yesterday (14 March) reached a measure of agreement on how to pull the world out of the economic crisis. more
International Herald TribuneMarch 15, 2009 The protracted wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are forcing the administration of President Barack Obama to rethink what for more than two decades has been a central premise of American strategy: that the nation need only prepare to fight two major wars at a time. more
The IndependentMarch 15, 2009 Gordon Brown’s grand plan to save the global economy was in crisis last night when the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, refused to commit to a new global fiscal stimulus package to steer the world out of recession. more
International Herald TribuneMarch 14, 2009 Restoring the confidence of consumers and institutions should be one of the priorities of countries in trying to resolve the global financial crisis, said British Chancellor Alistair Darling at the conclusion of G-20 leaders in London. more