CNN:
After balking at government imposed pay restrictions, American International Group's chief executive Robert Benmosche has officially agreed to a $10.5 million non-compete contract, the company announced Tuesday.
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www.guardian.co.uk:
Millions of charity dollars are flowing into water pumps driven by children's roundabouts, but is it money down the drain?Playpumps International, which provides water pumps for African villages, sounds like a marketing dream. Children play on a merry-go-round, and as they do so water is pumped from the ground for storage i (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Premier League chairman unhappy with recent reshuffle• David Gill also believed to be on verge of quitting campaignEngland's World Cup bid is reeling from yet another blow after its vice-chairman for international relations, Sir Dave Richards, tendered his resignation this morning. Richards was only appointed to the bid s (Read More)
The Guardian:
It's time to end the counterproductive sanctions against Cuba, which have only served to strengthen its brutal regimeThis month Europe celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the iron curtain. Tribute was paid the role the US played in helping to speed the demise of totalitarian regimes. But just 90 miles of (Read More)
The Guardian:
Looking for ISO country codes? This is now the place to come. We want to make it easier to map data and keep it consistent. Take a look at our reference guide to IDs, codes and names and see how you can help make it better• Get the dataThe actual Rosetta stone is a crucially important ancient Egyptian artifact instrumental (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
This oldest of diseases, which killed the poet portrayed in Bright Star, still kills millions – consumption belongs in our historyBright Star is a beautifully sensuous film which has justifiably delighted the critics, but this portrayal of a passionate – and unconsummated – love affair might also help bring much needed atte (Read More)
The Guardian:
US president set to make official announcement on US troop levels early next weekBarack Obama said today that he intended to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, as it became clear that he is poised to announce early next week the deployment of up to 35,000 more troops to the troubled region in one of the most crucial decisions (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Hopes of a strong deal at Copenhagen summit renewed as Obama and Singh commit to 'significant mitigation actions'America and India today pledged common action to fight climate change and to build a new global clean energy economy, claiming the new "green partnership" between two of the world's biggest emitters would help pr (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Pressure for inquiry grows as torturers themselves allege British complicityThe attorney general was under intense pressure tonight to order a wider series of police investigations into British complicity in torture after one of the world's leading human rights organisations said there was clear evidence of the UK governmen (Read More)
The Guardian:
'The British know well we do not garland or honour terror suspects', says Pakistan intelligence officerThe latest evidence that British government officials have been complicit in the torture of British citizens during the so-called "war on terror" has come from the most compelling of sources: the torturers themselves.For m (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Goalkeeper willing to open talks about playing in South Africa• Manchester United also want 39-year-old to extend club careerEdwin van der Sar has been approached about coming out of international retirement to play for Holland in next year's World Cup, when he will be only four months short of his 40th birthday.At the sa (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
By midday, an air of somnolence had already settled over the first day of Sir John Chilcot's inquiry into the Iraq war, and the public seats were empty of all but a scattering of people.Perhaps it was Sir John's stern admonition that he and his colleagues did not wish to be distracted from their task by disturbances. More (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
The Commonwealth has developed a 21st-century role – as a haven for serial human rights abusersWhat's the point of the Commonwealth? Every two years the question comes around in the run-up to the Commonwealth heads of government meeting. Then everyone goes home and forgets about it until the next one.Starved of cash and pol (Read More)
The Guardian:
Premier League chairman Sir Dave Richards quits campaign board amid latest bout of infighting with Lord TriesmanEngland's troubled bid to host the 2018Â World Cup was thrown into fresh turmoil todayby the abrupt resignation of the Premier League chairman, Sir Dave Richards, from the board, highlighting a bitter power strugg (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
• UK dismissed idea in 2001 as having no basis in law• Terror attacks ended US support for 'containment'Tony Blair's government knew that prominent members of the Bush administration wanted to topple Saddam Hussein years before the invasion but initially distanced itself from the prospect knowing it would be unlawful, it wa (Read More)