President Barack Obama has a personal stake in the outcome of Monday’s meeting in Vienna between Western and Iranian nuclear experts on the future of Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium.
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World Cup hosts South Africa sack coach Santana
World Cup hosts South Africa have sacked coach Joel Santana after a miserable run of eight losses in nine friendly internationals.
China only trails U.S. in billionaires
China ranks second only to the United States in the number of billionaires, according to an annual report of the 1,000 richest people in the country. The Hurun Rich List counted 130 billionaires in China this year, up from 101 a year ago and none in 2003.
Image experts help job hunters dress to impress
Job seekers struggling with a cutthroat job market are turning to image consultants to give them an edge at interviews. Amanda Sanders, image specialist with New York Image Consultant, told CNN that her clients used to be mostly divorcees or single people wanting to update their look.
Cuba won’t let blogger travel to New York to accept award
A Cuban blogger who has criticized her government has been denied permission to travel to New York to pick up a prestigious journalism award Wednesday. Yoani Sanchez writes a blog that gets more than 1 million hits from around the globe every month, and Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world last year
Crush of cancer, medical bills snares family
Leslie Elder’s eyelids fluttered open, and through the fog of pain medication, she saw the emergency room doctors pull back the curtain in her room. She could tell that the news was bad
Fuming Cannavaro cleared of doping
The captain of the Italian national football team, Fabio Cannavaro, has hit out at his treatment at the hands of the world’s media after being cleared of doping by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI). The Juventus defender, who led his country to World Cup victory in 2006, failed a drugs test two days after treating a wasp sting with a cream containing cortisone on 28 August
Massa gets green light from medics to test Ferrari
Felipe Massa has been cleared to return to the wheel of a Ferrari following medical tests in Paris which confirmed his continuing successful recovery from a serious skull injury.
Some credit card companies rush to act before new law
If you hold a Discover credit card, you’re in luck — the company has decided to freeze interest-rate hikes until a new credit card consumer protection bill takes effect in February. Bank of America was the first company to freeze its rates.
Waris Dirie: supermodel survivor
Somalian supermodel Waris Dirie has graced the pages of glossy magazines and starred opposite 007 as a Bond Girl. But her glamorous appearances on catwalks and in magazines and films belies the personal battles Dirie has had to overcome.