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John C Tsang, the Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, will leave for Beijing on Sunday for the opening ceremony and summit forum of the China (Beijing) International Fair for Trade in Services to be held on Monday.

Undeterred by the deaths of four climbers last weekend, another 200 will soon attempt the summit of Mount Everest, their very numbers adding to the danger. Led by Sherpa guides on routes that require little technical skill, they will risk their own lives in pursuit of a dream that increasingly seems unworthy of the price

An Israeli who rescued a distressed climber on Mount Everest instead of pushing onward to the summit said on Friday that the man he helped, an American of Turkish origin, is like a brother to him.

AS Prime Minister Julia Gillard hobnobbed with US President Barack Obama and other world leaders at the Chicago Summit, a junior air force officer represented Australia at a nearby gathering of up and coming young global leaders.

BONN  - Less than six months after the world agreed to craft a new global climate pact by 2015, talks stumbled at a crucial preparatory phase Friday as rich and poorer countries butted heads. With the mood still strained by the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit, negotiations in Bonn showed developed and developing nations split on apportioning responsibility for tackling global ...

LAS VEGAS -- Frank Mir doesn't want to have to break UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos's arm this Saturday night. So he says. So he would have us believe. He finds such endings to fights distasteful, a little aggravating. Apparently, that's not reason enough for him to stop talking about the last time he did it, at UFC 140 in Toronto. Though, in fairness, those of us in the media won't...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Earlier this week, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker confirmed that he would be stepping down from his post at some point this summer.The official cause was "health reasons," but it is no small matter that Crocker's departure almost immediately follows the final approval of an international military drawdown plan at last weekend's NATO summit in Chicago, and the ...

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- The oldest woman to climb Mount Everest said Friday she finally felt she had gotten old when she scaled the world's highest peak last weekend....

British mountaineer Kenton Cool takes a gold medal from the 1924 Winter Olympics to the summit of Mount Everest.

As Leanna Shuttleworth, from Buckinghamshire, ascended the world's highest summit, she had to walk around dead and dying climbers - some of whom were still attached to the fixed mountaineering lines.

Celebrated British climber Kenton Cool fulfils 88-year pledge to take 1924 Olympic medal to the top of the world.

More than 200 mountaineers are set to head for the summit of Mount Everest on Friday and Saturday, risking perilous overcrowding.

Russia has rejected a NATO request to allocate $10 million for the support of the Afghan Army, the Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan said following the alliance's summit in Chicago.

Surprise, surprise! It's official! Lionsgate is changing the name of Catching Fire to…. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Now everyone will know Catching Fire is part of the Hunger Games series — and not a documentary about Chlamydia! LOL! As Twi-hards will remember, Summit did the same rebranding with the Twilight films. Each one starts with The [...]

Australia will back China in using next month's G-20 summit to push for Europe's struggling economies to change direction and focus on growth instead of austerity, said Foreign Minister Bob Carr.

With continued Greek uncertainty there was an air of unreality at the end of EU summit No 18, writesDEREK SCALLY

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Anthony Hopkins will join the cast of Summit Entertainment's "Red 2" - if a Norse god permits. Hopkins and Summit are talking about the "Amistad" actor playing a villain opposite Helen Mirren, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich in this action comedy. Other newcomers to the cast include Catherine Zeta-Jones and Byung Hun-Li. However, Hopkins is committed to ...

Anthony Hopkins is looking to get back into some bad company. The Oscar winner is being courted to play the villain in Summit Entertainment's Red 2—that is, as long as it...

Once again Europe's leaders have swooped into Brussels and vanished hours later without offering any clear way out of the pulsating crisis at hand.

President Obama surprised contestants at the 2012 National Geographic Bee by asking them a question on the location of a recent nuclear summit. "Before I give you my answer, I want to congratulate all the students who are participating in this competition," Obama said in a video appearance to the ten student competitors before asking the question. "The study of geography is about more than jus...

A European economic summit delivers no concrete solutions for the region's debt troubles.

The lack of any concrete conclusions from a euro-zone leaders meeting doesn't signify how the bloc's crisis will play out. That will be determined by the outcome of Greek elections on June 17 and a summit on June 30.

Turkey's efforts to have Israel and the EU barred from the Chicago Nato summit risk alienating the rest of the military alliance, writes Muddassar Ahmed.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks edged lower in early trading Thursday after a European economic summit delivered no concrete solutions for the region's debt troubles....

The 2012 Toronto CIO Executive Leadership Summit will witness the congregation of noteworthy personalities from the corporate arena.

Athens urged to stick to bailout terms, but leaders fail to resolve dispute between France and Germany over eurobonds.

Investor mood remains fragile after an EU summit generated no new initiatives to tackle the region's debt crisis.

Prime Minister makes clear his anger after other EU leaders try to persuade UK again to agree to a financial transactions tax, saying it will hit people's pensions and lose "many, many jobs".

EU leaders wrapped up six hours of talks on the debt crisis early this morning with the German and French leaders acknowledging a deepening schism over the contentious question of jointly issued euro bonds.

France's President Francois Hollande has marked his Brussels debut by challenging Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel over the eurozone bailout.

European leaders put off any decisions on shoring up the region's banks at a late-night summit on Wednesday despite rising concerns that instability in Greece was undermining confidence in the eurozone's financial sector.

BRUSSELS — European leaders expressed determination to keep Greece in the euro zone early Thursday and said that, despite a deep divide between France and Germany, they would seek a new European Union “growth pact” designed to stimulate their sagging economies. Read full article >>

Plans for June summit could include a path towards Europe-wide deposit guarantee scheme and, in longer term, eurozone bonds

Twenty ambitious young women from 20 countries gather to discuss their lofty plans and how to realize them

EU leaders attend summit overshadowed by fears on Greece, as officials behind the scenes consider doomsday scenario of an exit.

EU leaders have started summit talks in Brussels with Germany resisting pressure to launch eurobonds as a way to ease the eurozone crisis.

Iran traded proposals with six world powers, including the United States, Wednesday in a new round of talks aimed at persuading Tehran to curb its nuclear program and ease concerns it wants to make atomic weapons

The last minute invitation to President Zardari to attend the Chicago Nato summit has not generated the expected warmth from member countries especially from the US President. US officials are quoted that it is due to the closure of the Nato supply route through Pakistan and the US used a ‘no meeting with Obama’ pressure in an attempt to force Pakistan to re-open the routes. Secretary ...

The last minute invitation to President Zardari to attend the Chicago Nato summit has not generated the expected warmth from member countries especially from the US President. US officials are quoted that it is due to the closure of the Nato supply route through Pakistan and the US used a ‘no meeting with Obama’ pressure in an attempt to force Pakistan to re-open the routes. Secretary ...

European leaders will try to breathe life into their stricken economies at a summit late on Wednesday, but disagreement over a plan for mutual bond issuance and other measures to alleviate two years of debt turmoil has already been laid bare.

Iran traded proposals with six world powers, including the United States, Wednesday in a new round of talks

Should have held it on the Napa Valley Wine Train.

Copper futures fell as investors doubted the European Union summit would deliver new measures to stem the region's debt problems.

Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a statement to the House of Commons regarding G8 and NATO Summit on 23rd May 2012

Lo statunitense del Chievo diventa l'obiettivo numero uno per rinforzare il reparto centrale. Intanto al summit svoltosi lunedì in società era presente anche Sannino.

Had he chosen to continue climbing, Ben-Yehuda would have been the youngest Israeli ever to make it to Everest’s summit.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The NATO summit ended without major violence between police and protesters, winning praise for Chicago Police Chief Garry McCarthy and helping erase bad memories of the bloody street battles here during the 1968 Democratic convention.

US stocks erased gains to close flat overnight as worries resurfaced in late trading about potential European instability.

As a team of climbers inch toward the summit of Mount Everest, body sensors will monitor them day and night, collecting data to help researchers understand chronic illnesses like heart disease.

BERLIN — European leaders are set to descend on Brussels on Wednesday for a showdown over suggested drastic remedies for the region’s debt crisis, even as fresh signs emerge that Europe’s escalating woes could plunge the region into a recession capable of undercutting the global economic recovery. Read full article >>

BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - Germany dismissed a French-led call for euro zone nations to issue common bonds, a day before a European Union leaders' summit which investors are looking to for new measures to counter the bloc's debt crisis.

A British student has become the youngest woman ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

CHICAGO (AP) -- A city and police force dogged by the memory of violent clashes at the 1968 Democratic National Convention are claiming a burnished reputation in the wake of this weekend's NATO summit protests....

Climbers from China, Germany, Canada and South Korea have been killed as hundreds made a bid to summit Mount Everest at the weekend.

Chicago was oddly quiet on the final day of the NATO summit meeting, a contrast with the confrontations between the police and protesters on Sunday night.

As NATO summit wraps, President Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney trade attacks.

South Building Chicago, Illinois 3:26 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Let me begin by saying thank you to my great friend, Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of the city of Chicago and to all my neighbors and friends, the people of the city of Chicago for their extraordinary hospitality and for everything that they’ve done to make this summit such a success.  I could not be pro...

THERE’S A Groundhog Day quality to watching European summits: a repetition, it seems, almost word for word of previous declarations and unchanging orthodox economic mantras, a sense of glacial progress, endless talk of “last ditch” efforts, of German obstacles, and if any movement, “just enough, just in time”.

ALEXANDER BOOT: The stories of Dave 'chillaxing' during the G8 Summit were heart-warming. That is, until I looked at the pictures accompanying the stories, and they were indeed worth a thousand words.

The summit in Chicago draws a colorful cast of causes to the Windy City.

The G8 admits that austerity cannot be the sole solution but is making no concrete commitments

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Asif Ali Zardari, who flew to Chicago with hopes of lifting his stature with a meeting with Barack Obama, was preparing to leave empty-handed.

France will press Germany at a European summit this week to back jointly issued eurobonds in a drastic bid to assert control over the expanding debt crisis.

THREE climbers have died while returning from the summit of Mt Everest

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today discussed various issues of global concern with President François Hollande of France, including the situation in Syria and the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next month.

An antiwar march turned ugly here Sunday when a group of anarchist protesters charged a line of riot police blocking the road to the NATO summit.

CHICAGO —NATO leaders began a two-day summit here Sunday that will finalize plans to turn control of Afghanistan over to its own security forces by the middle of next year, a milestone on the way to concluding the alliance’s combat role by the end of 2014. Read full article >>

Bayern Munich 1 Chelsea 1, Chelsea win 4-3 on penalties:THERE ARE times, as Didier Drogba said, when there are barely enough words to do justice to the ecstasies and agonies that sport can conjure up.

The Chicago Police Department website is down, and “hactivists” from the group Anonymous are taking credit. It’s part of a pro…

Strong police presence on hand to maintain control as thousands protest two-day NATO summit meeting in Chicago.

Millions of football fans around the world watched Chelsea's dramatic Champions League triumph over Bayern Munich on Saturday night, including world leaders gathered for the G8 Summit at Camp David.

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THOUSANDS of kilometres away from the drama to unfold in Canberra, Julia Gillard arrived at the biggest NATO summit with Afghanistan a priority.

Nato leaders gather in Chicago today for a summit that will chart a path out of Afghanistan, as Western nations seek to fend off fissures in their alliance and ensure Afghanistan can hold a still-potent Taliban at bay when foreign troops withdraw.

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The alliance doesn’t have a lot of time to prepare Afghans to stand on their own. There is much to cover at the summit meeting in Chicago.

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The first NATO summit meeting to be held in the United States outside of Washington will amount to a significant trial for Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Los negocios de Iñaki Urdangarin y Diego Torres en Valencia, donde recibieron 3,4 millones en contratos públicos, se llevó ayer por delante a sus primeras víctimas políticas: Jorge Vela, director del Instituto Valenciano de Finanzas, y Luis Lobón, secretario de Turismo. Ambos están imputados en el 'caso Nóos' por las presuntas irregularidades en los contratos firmados con el yerno del Rey para ...

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has discussed progress in Afghanistan with US President Barack Obama ahead of a major NATO summit he will host in his hometown Chicago next week.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Biodiversity has decreased by an average of 28 percent globally since 1970 and the world would have to be 50 percent bigger to have enough land and forests to provide for current levels of consumption and carbon emissions, conservation group WWF said on Tuesday.

Auf dem Ubuntu Developer Summit hat HP-Partner Calxeda erstmals seine ARM-Server-SoCs im laufenden Linux-Betrieb vorgeführt und Anwendungsszenarien präzisiert.

After capturing the Madrid Open title and knowing he will climb back above Rafa Nadal to number two in the world, Roger Federer has set his sights on reclaiming the top ranking.

At this week's G8 summit, leaders have a great opportunity to take the lead in tackling poverty.

A last-minute lunge for the line at the Rocca di Cambio summit finish earned Italian climber Paolo Tiralongo a narrow victory over compatriot Michele Scarponi on the seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia.

Sir Alex Ferguson does not expect Manchester City to encounter the same problems staying at the Premier League summit as Newcastle did under Kevin Keegan.

I have been active in the field of gamification for the past couple of years, working with companies like Badgeville, HealthTap, Gigya, Basis and others on leveraging game mechanics for end user behavior measurement, scoring and shaping. Last week, I participated on an investor panel of at VatorSplash’s Gamification Summit and the group shared several noteworthy points:

La red hidroeléctrica de Brasil recibirá US$56.000mn en nuevas inversiones hacia el 2022, según un estudio de la consultora local Vario ECP. Durante la segunda versión de la Hydro Power Summit de B...

Brazil's hydroelectric power grid will receive US$56bn in new investments by 2022, according to a study by local consultancy firm Vario ECP. Speaking during the 2nd BNamericas Hydro Power Summit in...

Russia’s newly inaugurated president, Vladimir V. Putin, will not attend a summit meeting of world leaders next week, the White House said on Wednesday.

Dubai, Vae (ots/PRNewswire) - Seine Exzellenz Dr. Mugheer Khamis Al-Khaili, Direktor der ADEC, und Gordon Brown, ehemaliger Premierminister von Grossbritannien, werden bei der Auftaktveranstaltung sprechen. Der Bildungsrat von Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi Education Council, ADEC) …

Seit dem Pisa-Debakel geht es mit Deutschlands Bildungssystem langsam aufwärts. Doch noch immer gibt es große Leistungsunterschiede zwischen Schülern. Auf dem Munich Economic Summit forderten Experten ein Umdenken.

Robert Hight qualified No. 1 in Funny Car on Saturday at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway.

We want to hear your memories from the momentous 1972 game

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has invited four African leaders to join the G8 leaders' summit at Camp David later this month for a session on food security, the White House said on Thursday.

Decades of protecting presidential dalliances should have taught the agency a little discretion.The great irony of the Secret Service sex scandal is that for many decades its agents had protected presidents and senior officials from scandal over sexual trysts and romantic affairs — indeed, often discreetly facilitating them — only to embarrass itself in a hotel in Cartagena, Colombia. The 12 Se...

München/ London (ots) - Constantin Film und David Garrett, Mitbegründer von Summit Entertainment und ehemaliger President von Summit International, gründen gemeinsam "Mister Smith Entertainment", einen internationalen Weltvertrieb, der noch auf dem diesjährigen Filmmarkt in Cannes an den …

Les bonnes actions ne passent pas inaperçues. L'acteur oscarisé Sean Penn est devenu le lauréat du Peace Summit Award 2012 mercredi dernier à Chicago pour son...

Acting on a tip, dozens of San Bernardino County deputy sheriffs raided a barn in Hesperia over the weekend and broke up a large cock-fighting ring, arresting 68 people from across Southern California.

THE Fiji conference of the Pacific Islands News Association has avoided the dramas  of three years ago.

The Frenchman's second-half brace ensured that Los Blancos survived a few scares to secured three vital points over the inconsistent Rojiblancos.

It seems apt that Robert Downey Jr. would moderate the news conference being held in Los Angeles to promote Marvel Studios’ all-star superhero movie The Avengers

League chairmen will meet to explore possibility of an independent governing body.

Siachen – the world’s highest battlefield at an average altitude of some 20,000 feet above sea level – both literally and metaphorically represents the height of human folly. In the ice fields of Siachen, war is not just hell; it is hell frozen over. The high altitude and sub-zero temperatures of that bleak landscape will not permit any form of life to exist there except the seemingly expendabl...

Sometime after October, violent winds over Colorado’s Front Range blew the 15-year-old Myer-Womble Observatory’s dome to pieces.

Pat Summitt, who received a diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s last year, will take the title of head coach emeritus; her longtime assistant Holly Warlick will replace her.

Pat Summitt is stepping aside as Tennessee's women's basketball coach. Long-time assistant Holly Warlick will take over.

The sixth annual Counter-eCrime Operations Summit (CeCOS VI) will engage questions of operational challenges and the development of common resources for the first responders and forensic professionals who protect consumers and enterprises from the ecrime threat every day. This year's meeting will focus on the shifting nature of cybercrime and the attendant challenges of managing that dynamic th...

The U.S. Secretary of State is seen chugging beer and dancing after the VI Summit of the Americas

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is returning to his familiar agenda of righting the U.S. economy and winning a second term, wrapping up three days of Latin American summitry that yielded mixed results and were clouded by a Secret Service scandal....

El exdirector general de la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias valenciana Jorge Vela aseguró ayer ante el juez que el contrato con el Instituto Nóos para organizar los foros sobre turismo Valencia Summit y sospechoso de servir para desviar fondos públicos fue firmado por su antecesor, José Manuel Aguilar, y él se limitó a prorrogarlo. Explicó que asumió el cargo en marzo de 2005, cuando ya se h...

Pour la quatrième fois de l'histoire de l'épreuve (15 éditions), la...

STEVEN HOWARD on the task facing Chelsea in the Champions League semi-final

STEVEN HOWARD on the task facing Chelsea in the Champions League semi-final

UN ambassador Prosor says there must be "comprehensive peace" in region before Israel joins nuclear weapon free zone.

China on Thursday termed the fourth BRICS summit here as "successful", saying leaders of the five countries have reached a consensus on a number of key issues including the proposal for setting up of a development bank on the lines of global financial institutions.

Morning newspaper round-up: Brics summit concludes and President Hu Jintao heads for Cambodia.

A number of explosions hit the center of Baghdad as the Arab League summit meeting began on Thursday morning, despite increased security measures. Two of the bombings were near the Iranian embassy according to witnesses, and there are unconfirmed reports of a third blast of an improvised explosive device (IED) near the secure Green Zone. Only 10 of the 22 Arab League leaders are in attendance...

Utl.: Frauenministerin beim Wienerin Summit zum Thema "Frau.Macht.Wandel" = Wien (OTS) - "Die berufliche Gleichstellung von Frauen hat einen hohen ökonomischen Nutzen. Studien zeigen, dass Unternehmen, in denen Frauen gefördert werden, wesentlich höhere Gewinne erzielen. …

Le grand espoir du basket français Evan Fournier a annoncé mercredi qu'il...

THE Los Cabos summit can make its mark.

"Someday this little computer," she heard her husband say, "will be my best friend." Steve Wozniak had just pulled his iPhone out of his pocket when he told a group of Apple (AAPL) investors in Los Angeles Friday that the device -- or one of its successors -- would someday be his closest companion. Sitting in the audience two rows back, his wife, Janet Hill, whispered under her breath: "I'm in...

By Lisa Baertlein and Ernest ScheyderCHICAGO (Reuters) - Cleaning your plate may not help feed starving children today, but the time-worn advice of mothers everywhere may help reduce food waste from the farm to the fork, help the environment and make it easier to feed the world's growing population.Hard data is still being collected, but experts at the Reuters Food and Agriculture Summit in Chi...

A UN analysis sets out global water-management concerns ahead of Earth Summit.

ARE, Sweden (AP) -- Lindsey Vonn is back at the summit of Alpine skiing, and standing alone as the most successful American skier....

ANGELINA Jolie wears black and white trouser at 3rd annual Women In The World Summit

Tottenham 1 Manchester United 3:Manchester United moved two points from the Premier League summit after condemning Tottenham to their first home defeat since August with a brutal display of clinical finishing.

A woeful India out of the equation, Australia and Sri Lanka will battle it out in best-of-three finals with the spirited islanders well-equipped to upstage the hosts in the summit clashes starting tomorrow.

Petr Necas preps for EU summit by bouncing ideas for financial stability and economic growth off a youthful and receptive audience at the London School of Economics. A different crowd awaited him in Brussels.

THE 70-country “Friends of Syria” gathering in Tunis yesterday proposed a UN peacekeeping mission for Syria after a possible end of hostilities between government and rebels.

Speaking at the annual Landmark Ventures Israel Dealmakers Summit, finance minister says Israel will suffer from global uncertainty.

Arriving at a summit to rescue his NHS reforms, Andrew Lansley was berated by 75-year-old June Hautot for 'privatising' the health service (pictured).

Proteas looking to have another crack at the Test rank summit.

Zimbabwean state media is reporting that President Robert Mugabe has condemned the continent-wide AU for recognising Libya's NTC at a recent summit.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting of external affairs minister S M Krishna and commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma this week ahead of the India-EU Summit on February 10.

Stock futures fell early Monday as investors renewed their concerned about Greece ahead of an EU summit later in the day. In addition, a weak Portuguese bond sale and widening German bond spreads helped put a damper on the market, the FT noted. In the U.S., data released on Monday showed personal spending was flat [...]

Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will run again for the position of African Union Commission chair at the next AU Summit in June.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges African leaders to respect gay rights in his opening address at the African Union summit.

Blog post by SayantiniLatitude 28 brings forth an eclectic mix of new media art at India Art Fair, 2012New Delhi: As the much awaited India Art Fair (formerly India Art Summit) comes up with its 4th Edition slated from January 25, 2012 to January 29, 2012 at a brand new venue at NSIC Exhibition Grounds in New Delhi, art curator, gallerist and magazine editor Bhavna Kakar brings forth an eclecti...

One could argue that the job of ambassador has been made obsolete by macrotrends in technology and politics.  Oh, sure, maybe traditional envoys from great powers still play an important role in smaller countries that don't normally capture much attention in major capitals.  Among the great powers, however, one  could posit that ambassadors are superfluous.  In a world in which heads of govern...

THE entire Labor caucus has been ordered to an unprecedented brainstorming session before parliament resumes, as the PM triesto keep her party on side.  

M6 cède sa participation de 9,1% dans Summit Entertainment, une société...

BRUSSELS  - Two weeks before a new summit, European leaders are under pressure to deliver a credible solution to the debt crisis after Standard & Poor's punished their policies with stinging credit downgrades. Eurozone governments face an uphill battle as they scramble to avoid a messy debt default in Greece, boost a bailout fund considered too small to save bigger countries and seal a ... ...

Lions Gate Entertainment has agreed to acquire Summit Entertainment for $412.5 million in cash and stock.Lions Gate Entertainment has agreed to acquire Summit Entertainment for $412.5 million in cash and stock.

Movie studio acquires maker of Twilight series for $412.5-million in shares and cash

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lions Gate Entertainment Corp is nearing a deal to buy "Twilight" movie producer Summit Entertainment for about $400 million, two people familiar with the matter said on...

Whether the market will bear new bond issues is down to politicians

In June, scientists, politicians and campaigners of all stripes will flock to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the United Nations' fourth Earth summit, devoted to sustainable development and the green economy. The conference--undoubtedly the major environmental meeting of 2012--comes 20 years after the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was signed at the first UN Earth summit, also in Rio...f...

Forty years onward NBC will tell the story of the 1972 Summit Series between the Soviet Union and Canada during Monday’s Winter Classic broadcast

In a bit of gutsy counterprogramming, Summit Entertainment is opening the sci-fi film against Oscar bait and family fare.

Headline Title:  EU must press Ukraine to stop police abuses 16 December 2011 Endemic abuse by Ukraine’s police force needs to be strongly challenged during the EU-Ukraine summit on 19 December, Amnesty International said today.Monday’s planned summit in Kyiv has been a sourc...

EUROPEAN shares have closed sharply lower and the euro tumbled to near one-year dollar lows on fresh concerns the measures trumpeted at last week's EU summit will not solve the eurozone debt crisis.

Finance Minister expected to press tough-love agenda as the only foreign finance minister at gathering in June

EUROPEAN leaders have started a crunch summit, hoping to find a solution to a debt crisis threatening to break up the eurozone.

Many types of fudge are possible to overcome the problem temporarily, but no lasting solution is in sight.

ROCHESTER, Mich. — Travis Bader made eight 3-pointers in scoring 28 points and Oakland, Mich., defeated South Dakota 101-83 Thursday night in the Summit League opener for both teams. Bader was 8 of 13 from 3-point range and 10 for 16 overall. He made three 3-pointers in the first two minutes and the Golden Grizzlies (5-2) quickly opened up a double-digit lead, which they kept after the first fo...

After Fed-led swaps rate cut and moves by China and Brazil, focus shifts to key EU summit.

The latest Twilight film has now made more than $500 million (£321m) at the worldwide box office, its distributor Summit Entertainment says.

Jewish National Fund event to focus on adapting forest practices to the effects of climate change in climate summit.

U.N. climate summit seeks a grand bargain in which 194 nations commit to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

Speaking at the Pitch CMO Summit 2011, Nigel Wark, Executive Director, Marketing, Sales and Service, Ford India, stressed on the need of co-creation for bands to be a success

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Four Himalayan nations facing the threat of weather changes have agreed to collaborate on ways to adapt to climate change after a two-day summit in Bhutan....

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution which criticizes domain name seizures of “infringing” websites by US authorities and seems to opposes the passage of the Stop Online Piracy Act. According to the resolution these measures need to be countered as they endanger “the integrity of the global internet and freedom of communication.” “”In preparation [...]

From social media IPOs to natural gas plays to cloud computing launches, it's been a tumultuous year at the summit of the business world. Top honors go to a leader who has combined record returns with political activism.

KARACHI (APP) - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said the bilateral talks between Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani and his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of 17th SAARC Summit, was an important milestone to promote peace and prosperity in the region.She was talking to media after her arrival from the Federal Capital at Jinn...

ADDU (APP) - The 17th Saarc Summit concluded here on Friday adopting a very promising 20-point agenda reaffirming its commitment to peace, confidence building, liberty, dignity, democracy, mutual respect, good governance and protection of human rights. The summit, which was attended by eight member countries and nine representatives from observer states, also renewed its firm commitment to alle...

ADDU (APP) - The 17th Saarc Summit concluded here on Friday adopting a very promising 20-point agenda reaffirming its commitment to peace, confidence building, liberty, dignity, democracy, mutual respect, good governance and protection of human rights. The summit, which was attended by eight member countries and nine representatives from observer states, also renewed its firm commitment to alle...

COPENHAGEN--The controversy at this climate summit revolves around two simple issues: Who cuts? Who pays? Of course, climate change does not distinguish between a ton of carbon dioxide emitted from cutting down a peat forest in Indonesia versus a ton emitted as a result of burning coal in Germany. Therefore, a relatively new term is beginning to stir some controversy here in the Danish capit...

Marking its 60th Anniversary Summit, NATO will spotlight Allied efforts in Afghanistan through a campaign in the capital where the North Atlantic Treaty was signed to found the organization.

By Yi-Wyn Yen At the Web 2.0 Summit two weeks ago, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang was asked if he was the right guy to lead the battered Internet portal. Yang dodged the question by defending his passion for the company he co-founded 13 years ago. "I didn't make the decision of being the CEO lightly," he said. "I wanted to make a change at Yahoo that I believe I can make....That's MORE