| For 'Magic Mike' cast, stripping exposes insight into women Jun 30th 2012, 22:27 By Sandy Cohen, Associated PressAssociated PressPosted: 06/30/2012 02:16:24 PM PDTJune 30, 2012 9:19 PM GMTUpdated: 06/30/2012 02:17:37 PM PDT Adam Rodriguez, left, Kevin Nash, Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer and Joe Manganiello in "Magic Mike." The waxing, the thongs, the perils of topless typecasting: Playing strippers taught the men of "Magic Mike" something about women. Matthew McConaughey, Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Joe Manganiello and Matt Bomer play firemen, cops and other exaggerated versions of hyper-masculine characters in the Steven Soderbergh film and they say preparing for their parts and performing nearly nude for the dozens of female extras who populated the fake... | | Russian in Plane Crash Killing Delayed in Germany Jun 30th 2012, 22:11 Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors BERLIN (AP) — A Russian man who was convicted of killing an air traffic controller he blamed for a plane crash in which his wife and children died was held for several hours as he tried to enter Germany to mark the accident's anniversary. Vitaly Kaloyev was convicted in Switzerland in 2005 and released in 2007. German federal police spokesman Albert Poerschke said he arrived at Munich airport Saturday morning but was held because he's barred from entering Switzerland. Germany and Switzerland belong to Europe's passport-free travel zone. Kaloyev was let into... | | David Cameron 'prepared to consider EU referendum' Jun 30th 2012, 21:41 David Cameron is prepared to consider a referendum on the UK's EU relationship, but only when the time is right, he has written in the Sunday Telegraph. In the article, the prime minister said he wanted a "real choice" for voters but said that an immediate in/out referendum was not what most wanted. BBC political correspondent Carole Walker said Mr Cameron was "opening the door" to a... | | Tyler Izen: Public workers shouldn't be forced into 401(k)s Jun 30th 2012, 21:32 By Tyler Izendailynews.comPosted: 06/30/2012 01:15:25 PM PDTJune 30, 2012 8:17 PM GMTUpdated: 06/30/2012 01:16:34 PM PDT An annual interest rate of 8.4 percent should impress investors in any economy, let alone this one. Traditional... | | London Olympics rain preparation: 250,000 ponchos Jun 30th 2012, 20:39 LONDON — A quarter of a million rain ponchos, an army of volunteers equipped with umbrellas and rain jackets, and five dedicated weather forecasters -- it must be a British Olympics. Planning any outdoor event during the unpredictable British summer, renowned for its potential to throw up more rainy spells than sunshine, requires drawing up contingency plans and keeping a close eye on the weather. Multiply that challenge for several million spectators, 70,000 volunteers and 10,500 of the world's top athletes, and then you have some idea of the challenge facing organizers of the London Olympics. The United Kingdom's national weather forecaster, the Met office, has a dedicated... | | Syria conference leaves open Assad question Jun 30th 2012, 20:19 GENEVA-An international conference on Saturday accepted a U.N.-brokered peace plan for Syria, but left open the key question of whether the country's president could be part of a transitional government. The U.S. backed away from insisting that the plan explicitly exclude President Bashar Assad from any role in a new government, hoping the concession would encourage Russia to put greater pressure on its longtime ally to end the violent crackdown that the opposition says has claimed over 14,000 lives. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton insisted that Assad would still have to go, saying it is now "incumbent on Russia and China to show Assad the writing on the wall." "There is a credible... | | Yitzhak Shamir, Former Israeli Prime Minister, Dies at 96 Jun 30th 2012, 19:47 Yitzhak Shamir, who emerged from the militant wing of Israel’s prestate militia and served as prime minister longer than anyone but David Ben-Gurion, promoting a muscular Zionism and expansive settlement in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, died Saturday. He was 96. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors His death was announced by the prime minister’s office. Born in Poland, a survivor of a family wiped out in the Holocaust, Mr. Shamir was part of a group of right-wing Israeli politicians led by Menachem Begin who rose to power in the 1970s as the more left-wing Labor Party declined,... | | Richard Branson abandons English Channel kite-surf bid Jun 30th 2012, 19:17 British tycoon Richard Branson was forced to abandon his bid to set at least two world records on Saturday by kite-surfing across the English Channel. The billionaire adventurer had hoped to become the oldest person to cross the Channel by kite-surf and to be part of the fastest kite-surfing team to make the journey, along with his son, nephews and friends. But halfway across,... | | Donaldson heading for first win? Jun 30th 2012, 19:10 Jamie Donaldson has a one-stroke lead over Anthony Wall after the third round of the Irish Open while Padraig Harrington and Mark Foster are tied for third. Welshman Donaldson, still searching for his first European Tour win after 254 starts, carded a three-under par 69 to move to 12-under for the tournament while Wall shot a five-under for... | | Bailout "undemocratic and unconstitutional" Jun 30th 2012, 18:11 The Euro Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the Fiscal Pact have been approved by the German parliament. However, thousands of Germans have joined forces to take legal action against these measures to save the euro. The Euro Stability Mechanism's capital stock of 700 billion euros is intended to provide a buffer against the convulsions of the euro debt crisis. The 17 signatory states will each pay a proportional amount into the ESM - irrevocably and without restrictions - or set the money aside to be handed over, if required. Capital not yet paid in can be called on at any time by the Board of Governors, the main body of the ESM. And this Board, consisting of the respective members of governments... | | Plane Crash Remembered; One Mourner Not Welcome Jun 30th 2012, 18:05 MOSCOW — German police officers in Munich on Saturday detained a Russian man who, in 2004, fatally stabbed an air traffic controller he blamed for the death of his wife and two children, stopping the Russian man as he was on his way to a ceremony observing the 10-year anniversary of a midair collision of two planes over Germany. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors The detention of the man, which Russian consular officials are protesting, once raised again delicate questions of grief and vengeance in the unusual case. The man, Vitaly Kaloyev, a native of the North Caucasus region of Russia... | | Iceland votes in presidential election Jun 30th 2012, 17:49 Icelanders are voting to elect a new president, with incumbent Olafur Ragnar Grimsson seeking a fifth, four-year term after 16 years in office. His main challenger is seen as Thora Arnorsdottir, a journalist and mother-of-three standing as an independent. Opinion polls... | | Q&A: Iceland's presidential election Jun 30th 2012, 17:49 Controversial incumbent President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson faces five other candidates in this Saturday's presidential election in Iceland. Since the last presidential election, Iceland has seen the 2008 collapse of three of its major banks - with international repercussions - following the government's decision not to bail them out. It has also seen the steady recovery of its economy with the help of IMF funds. Mr Grimsson faces tough competition from a female journalist with no previous political experience who has suggested the country is ready for a change of leader. How much power does the president have? It is a largely ceremonial role. However, the president's signature... | | Rooms With Views: Olympic Village Ready to Go Jun 30th 2012, 17:46 LONDON (AP) — Usain Bolt can thank me anytime for helping ensure that he gets a good night's sleep at this summer's London Olympics. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors Organizers held a slumber party this weekend, opening the big glass doors and immense dining halls of the Athletes' Village to several hundred journalists, local officials and assorted others in a trial run — giving games planners a chance to work out the glitches before the Olympians arrive. I was a willing guinea pig. This wasn't a stress test really. Stress comes in just a few weeks when 16,000 athletes and officials... | | Strauss-Kahn and wife have separated: source Jun 30th 2012, 16:44 PARIS (Reuters) - Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is facing a probe into his alleged involvement with a prostitution ring in France, and his wife have separated, a source said. Anne Sinclair, a wealthy heiress who recently relaunched her media career as a news editor at the Huffington Post's French edition, and Strauss-Kahn separated about a month ago and they are living in separate residences in Paris, said the source, who is close to Strauss-Kahn. The weekly magazine Closer earlier reported... | | UK Police: Wimbledon Anti-Pigeon Hawk Stolen Jun 30th 2012, 16:24 Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors LONDON (AP) — Police say a hawk being used to patrol skies and deter pigeons from the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships has been stolen. London police said Saturday that Rufus, the Harrier hawk, was stolen with its cage between Thursday night and Friday morning from a car parked on a private driveway in the southeastern suburb of Wimbledon. The company that owns the hawk had left a rear window of the car open for ventilation, police say. The hawk, a family pet, flies above the tennis lawns every day, scaring away smaller birds such as pigeons that could... | | Secret Rehearsal for Olympics Opening Ceremony Jun 30th 2012, 16:07 Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors LONDON (AP) — An arts worker at London's Olympic Park says at least 2,000 performers are expected Saturday night for a secret rehearsal of the July 27 opening ceremony. She told The Associated Press that the opening ceremony, which is being directed by Danny Boyle, will involve 10,000 performers in all. She spoke to the AP as she escorted a lost reporter away from Olympic Stadium on Saturday afternoon and toward the Olympic Park's main press center. She spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not allowed to speak to the press. En route, she also... | | British justice minister calls for banker prosecutions Jun 30th 2012, 15:03 Britain's justice minister called Saturday for criminal prosecutions of bankers and stronger financial regulation after scandals erupted over rate manipulation and mis-selling by major lenders. "We are very bad at prosecuting financial crime in this country," Justice Secretary Ken Clarke told BBC radio. "I suspect financial crime is easier to get away with in this country than practically any other sort of crime. "This is still being investigated, no doubt, but once these investigations are complete, if they have committed criminal offences they should be brought to trial." Clarke said the mis-selling of interest rate hedging products, which... | | Kenzo Treks to the Vivid Asian Jungle Jun 30th 2012, 14:38 PARIS (AP) — Kenzo understands color. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors For spring-summer 2013, the French house founded by a Japanese designer travelled to the South Asian jungle — to return with one of the strongest and subtly vivid menswear collections of the season. "We were inspired by a trip to Thailand last year," said one half of the design duo, Humberto Leon. Down the catwalk trekked bright camouflage prints, deer-stalker hats and even canteens with a harness to stay hydrated. "I wanted to give people a survival kit: everything they might need if they were... | | Journalist faces off against veteran president in poll Jun 30th 2012, 14:25 AFP - Icelanders began voting Saturday to elect a new president, with a 37-year-old mother with a newborn and no political experience challenging Olafur Ragnar Grimsson as he seeks a fifth straight term. Some 236,000 people are eligible to vote, with opinion polls in the final days of the campaign suggesting the 69-year-old Grimsson was headed for a comfortable victory. Thora Arnorsdottir, a respected 37-year-old journalist with no political affiliation who interrupted her campaign briefly in May to give birth to her third child, has called for a change after Grimsson's 16 years in... | | UK Politicians: Banking System Is Corruption Jun 30th 2012, 14:23 Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors LONDON (AP) — British politicians were harshly criticizing the country's banking system after British bank Barclays was fined for manipulating data to make its financial position appear stronger. Ed Miliband, leader of the opposition Labour party said in an interview published Saturday in the Times of London that the country's financial system was "institutionally corrupt" and called for an independent inquiry "to find out what is going on in the dark corners of the bank." Business Secretary Vince Cable describes the country's financial... | | Mood pessimistic on Syria peace plans Jun 30th 2012, 14:10 GENEVA (AP) — A conference called by special envoy Kofi Annan to end the Syria crisis appeared on the brink of failure as it opened Saturday, with the U.S. and Russia still divided over a role for President Bashar Assad in a transition government. Annan seemed confident of his plan a few days ago, but Russia has refused to back a provision that would call for Assad to step down to make way for a unity government, a stance that could scuttle the entire deal. The envoy warned the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — that if they fail to act at the talks hosted by the United Nations at its European headquarters in Geneva they... | | German Opponents Challenge Budget Pact, Euro Fund Jun 30th 2012, 13:16 Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors BERLIN (AP) — Opponents of Europe's new budget-discipline pact and the eurozone's permanent rescue fund are asking Germany's highest court to issue injunctions blocking the plans. Germany's Parliament approved both the so-called fiscal compact — a cherished project of Chancellor Angela Merkel — and the €500 billion ($623 billion) European Stability Mechanism by a wide majority Friday. Various opponents applied Saturday to the Federal Constitutional Court for injunctions blocking the plans while judges consider whether they're in line with... | | Annan warns of severe Syrian crisis Jun 30th 2012, 12:57 GENEVA (AP) — Syria envoy Kofi Annan has warned that if nations trying to end the country's violence fail to act they face an... | | Latvia midsummer: Songs, flowers and running around naked Jun 30th 2012, 12:18 Latvia's most important national holiday is arguably not Christmas but the summer solstice celebrations of Ligo (pronounced "leegwa") - a pagan tradition when Latvians celebrate the shortnest night by staying up to greet the rising sun. As the sun slowly sets about an hour and a half before midnight, it peeks out briefly from behind the clouds. We all run out excitedly. Five minutes later, it is gone. For a festival which is all about celebrating the sun, the sun itself is being remarkably coy. The weather has been poor all day but this is a beautiful, if fleeting, moment. In this far northern land, winters are long, dark and snowy, with the temperature regularly falling below... | | EU ends police mission in Bosnia after a decade Jun 30th 2012, 11:42 SARAJEVO (Reuters) - A European Union police mission in Bosnia ended on Saturday after a decade of training local police forces and overseeing law enforcement agencies that were rebuilt almost from scratch after the 1992-95 war. The pullout of some 130 European Union Police Mission (EUPM) officials came as... | | Nations start formal talks on Syria Jun 30th 2012, 11:28 GENEVA (AP) — Russia, the U.S. and other major powers have begun closed-door talks aimed at finding a political solution for... | | McClaren issues De Jong warning June 30, 2012 Jun 30th 2012, 11:22 FC Twente boss Steve McClaren has warned that it will take an "absurd" bid to prise striker Luuk de Jong from the club amid reports Newcastle United are negotiating a deal.... | | Hague unsure of Syria deal over Russia-China dissent Jun 30th 2012, 10:34 Foreign Secretary William Hague said Saturday he was uncertain that world powers could reach a power transition deal to halt the bloodshed in Syria, as Russia and China remain opposed. "We haven't reached agreement in advance with Russia and China. That remains very difficult and whether it will be possible, I don't know if this will be possible," he told... | | Russia, US key to last-ditch Syria talks in Geneva Jun 30th 2012, 09:11 GENEVA-Russia's determination to preserve its last remaining ally in the Middle East collides head-on with U.S. desire to replace President Bashar Assad with a democracy at Saturday's pivotal U.N.-brokered conference seeking a political solution to the violence in Syria. Efforts at bridging the Russia-United States divide hold the key to international envoy Kofi Annan's plan for easing power from Assad's grip, and ending 16 months of violence in the country before it erupts into full-blown civil war. Without agreement among the major powers on how to form a transitional government for the country, Assad's regime -- Iran's closest ally -- would be emboldened to try to remain in power... | | Unheralded Felibert shoots into lead Jun 30th 2012, 09:00 Veronica Felibert shot a six-under par 65 to claim a one stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA NW Arkansas Championship. The Venezuelan is playing in only her fifth official... | | 2 ETA members detained in London Jun 30th 2012, 08:41 MADRID - Two members of the Basque separatist organization ETA were detained Friday in London, Spanish Interior Ministry sources said, describing the arrests as a "heavy blow" for the group. On Oct. 20, ETA declared an end to its 43-year campaign of... | | Mahan shoots into Congressional lead Jun 30th 2012, 08:23 American Hunter Mahan carded a six-under-par 65 to move to the top of the leaderboard after two rounds at the AT&T National. In a round containing seven birdies, Mahan only bogeyed once to move two shots clear of Zimbabwe's Brendon de Jonge and fellow Americans Jimmy Walker and... | | X GAMES: Aussie caps late-night Moto X drama Jun 30th 2012, 07:41 By Tony Ciniglio, Staff WriterPosted: 06/29/2012 10:46:14 PM PDTUpdated: 06/29/2012 11:27:50 PM PDT A gnarly trick, a wedding proposal and a world record. Not bad for a night of Moto X drama at Staples Center. Australian Jackson... | | Aung San Suu Kyi returns from Europe to hero's welcome in Burma Jun 30th 2012, 06:16 Burmese opposition leader is greeted by crowds at Rangoon airport after two-week trip, including visit to UK Aung San Suu Kyi collects her Nobel peace prize in Oslo during her tour of Europe. Photograph: Daniel Sannum-Lauten/AP... | | Europe's Bold Rescue Plan Still Awaiting Details Jun 30th 2012, 05:35 BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe's leaders surprised skeptics with a bold plan to pump cash into troubled banks, reduce borrowing costs for Italy and Spain and stop forcing austerity on every government that needs aid. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors Now their finance ministers have a week and a half to work out a lot of the details, and investors will be paying close attention. Financial markets liked the broad outlines of the plans that emerged Friday from a meeting of the leaders of the 27 European Union countries. Markets roared their approval after the EU leaders declared they would: —... | | Investment anxiety can be reduced Jun 30th 2012, 04:41 Questions about personal finance and investments may be sent by email to scott@scottburns.com.dailynews.comPosted: 06/29/2012 08:21:42 PM PDTJune 30, 2012 3:27 AM GMTUpdated: 06/29/2012 08:25:07 PM PDT Question: My husband and I are both retired,... | |
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