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• ANSA: Fitch migliora prospettive Irlanda
• ANSA: Tesoro: S&P conferma rating Cdp a 'BBB+'
• ANSA: Telefonica, non vendiamo quota Telco
• ANSA: Petrolio: Ny,chiude in rialzo a 86,3 dlr
• Aljazeera: Myanmar announces amnesty for prisoners
• Financial Times: TNT Express lines up sale of airline division
• Aljazeera: Tibetan self-immolations continue in China
• Aljazeera: Japan parliament makes way for elections
• Financial Times: Hostess Brands to liquidate business
• Financial Times: Croat generals’ convictions overturned
• Financial Times: Ireland lifts eurozone debt crisis gloom
• Aljazeera: Deadly oil platform fire in Gulf of Mexico
• Huffington Post: Jose Mujica, President Of Uruguay, Donates 90 Percent Of Salary To Charity
• Huffington Post: Westland/Hallmark Meat Settlement Reached After Major Meat Recall
• Huffington Post: Conan Tours Guinness Brewery, But Really Just Wants Free Beer (VIDEO)
• Huffington Post: Son's Search Reunites WWII Soldiers

ANSA: Fitch migliora prospettive Irlanda Posted: 14 Nov 2012 10:54 AM PST Merito credito resta a 'BBB+'

ANSA: Tesoro: S&P conferma rating Cdp a 'BBB+' Posted: 14 Nov 2012 10:56 AM PST Prospettive restano negative

ANSA: Telefonica, non vendiamo quota Telco Posted: 14 Nov 2012 10:57 AM PST Nessuna necessita' di aumento capitale

ANSA: Petrolio: Ny,chiude in rialzo a 86,3 dlr Posted: 14 Nov 2012 11:37 AM PST Quotazioni salgono di 94 cent

Aljazeera: Myanmar announces amnesty for prisoners Posted: 15 Nov 2012 08:22 AM PST Release of 452 jail inmates, in advance of Obama's visit, criticised for leaving fate of political detainees unclear.

Financial Times: TNT Express lines up sale of airline division Posted: 16 Nov 2012 02:21 AM PST The proposed sale of TNT Airways and Pan Air Lineas Aeréas to ASL Aviation fulfils one of the conditions of UPS's €5.2bn acquisition of the Dutch delivery company

Aljazeera: Tibetan self-immolations continue in China Posted: 16 Nov 2012 03:20 AM PST Human rights groups report 12 such cases in the last 10 days, co-inciding with Communist Party Congress in Beijing.

Aljazeera: Japan parliament makes way for elections Posted: 16 Nov 2012 04:45 AM PST Lower house is dissolved as parliament prepares for December 16 poll when prime minister's party could see heavy losses.

Financial Times: Hostess Brands to liquidate business Posted: 16 Nov 2012 06:12 AM PST US baker of Twinkies says it will close its business, with the loss of 18,000 jobs, after failing to reach a pay deal with striking workers

Financial Times: Croat generals’ convictions overturned Posted: 16 Nov 2012 06:21 AM PST Tribunal in The Hague frees Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač, Croat generals convicted of crimes against humanity in 1995 during the war with Serbia

Financial Times: Ireland lifts eurozone debt crisis gloom Posted: 16 Nov 2012 09:27 AM PST First EU nation to enjoy a positive rating action by one of the big three US ratings agencies since the region's debt crisis erupted in late 2009

Aljazeera: Deadly oil platform fire in Gulf of Mexico Posted: 16 Nov 2012 09:38 AM PST Two people killed when an oil rig burst into flames, and several others remain missing.

Huffington Post: Jose Mujica, President Of Uruguay, Donates 90 Percent Of Salary To Charity Posted: 16 Nov 2012 10:50 AM PST Uruguay has an impressive GDP considering it's the second-smallest nation in South America, but its president lives more like a pauper –- on purpose. Jose Mujica, 77, was elected in 2009, but he has no interest in taking on the grand presidential lifestyle. According to the BBC, Mujica donates 90 percent of his salary to charity and lives in a farmhouse off a dirt road where he and his wife work the land themselves. The austere leader earns $12,500 a month, but only keeps $1,250 for himself, he told the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, according to a translation by Univision. Read More... More on Charity

Huffington Post: Westland/Hallmark Meat Settlement Reached After Major Meat Recall Posted: 16 Nov 2012 10:51 AM PST FRESNO, Calif. -- A landmark $500 million agreement was reached to settle a slaughterhouse abuse case in California that led to the biggest meat recall in U.S. history in 2008, an animal welfare group announced Friday. The civil settlement with the owners of Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. is the largest-ever penalty for an animal abuse case, and the first time federal fraud statutes have been used, according to the Humane Society of the United States, the lead plaintiff. Read More... More on Video

Huffington Post: Conan Tours Guinness Brewery, But Really Just Wants Free Beer (VIDEO) Posted: 16 Nov 2012 10:52 AM PST Conan O'Brien was in his ancestors' home country of Ireland recently, and what else is he supposed to do there if not go to the the brewery where they make his favorite beer and get some free Guinness? After all, Barack Obama and even Paul Rudd got some, so why shouldn't Conan? Why shouldn't Conan? After watching this, we have to say: Guinness, if you feel at all compelled to ship a case of your fine product to HuffPost Comedy, don't be shy. Read More... More on Conan O'Brien

Huffington Post: Son's Search Reunites WWII Soldiers Posted: 16 Nov 2012 10:57 AM PST PHOENIX — Peter Huegel's photograph from 1944 shows Tony "Shine Boy" Rossetti in Belgium, holding a rifle and leaning against his jeep with his Army buddies, including Gregorio "Goyo" Basurto, a Tucson kid a long way from home. The soldiers, including Huegel behind the camera, served together in the 502nd Quartermaster Car Company, which landed at Normandy a few weeks after D-Day and later made its way across the continent with the Third Army led by Gen. George Patton. Read More... More on Veterans

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