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| 2012 MAY
May 24, 2012
Eurozone's Possible 'Lehman Moment': What it Means for U.S.
As the U.S. election season heats up amid rising debt, Europe's woes, expiring Bush-era tax cuts and a scheduled round of spending cuts, the Congressional Budget Office warned the economy could head back into recession. Judy Woodruff speaks with Harvard University's Ken Rogoff and Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute.
   
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| May 24, 2012
Fate of Eurozone: Back on the Brink?
Economic divisions between France and Germany were reinforced Wednesday at a summit on Europe's debt crisis with austerity, promises of economic growth and a potential euro exit by Greece among the topics of open and vocal debate. Jeffrey Brown and The Economist's Zanny Minton discuss what's ahead for the eurozone.
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| May 24, 2012
In Europe, Balancing Germany's Austerity Push With Hopes for Growth
After an inconclusive meeting of European leaders in Brussels ended Wednesday, new data showed a worsening economic contraction throughout the continent. Jeffrey Brown reports.
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| May 23, 2012
Greece, Spain Deeply Uncertain About Economic Futures
As the eurozone's economic woes worsened Wednesday, European leaders gathered in Brussels -- bracing for the possibility that Greece will drop the euro. Spain is also on the brink of sliding from a recession into a depression. Jonathan Rugman and Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News report.
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| May 23, 2012
The Daily Frame
A family picnics next to a sculpture of a crashed flying saucer. "Vex" by artist Dinu Li is part of the Tatton Park Biennial in Knutsford, England. This year's exhibition, which runs until September, explores "Flights of Fancy" and includes the work of more than 20 artists.
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| May 21, 2012
Remembering Opera Singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
German opera singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who died Friday at age 86, was a master of the Lieder, a form of German song that he helped make popular in the 20th century. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Anne Midgette, a classical music critic for The Washington Post, about Fischer-Dieskau's legacy.
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| May 21, 2012
NATO Tensions: Inside and Outside
As world leaders struggle to work out details of an exit strategy from Afghanistan, police pushed back hundreds of protesters who were trying to reach the site of the NATO summit in Chicago this week.
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| May 18, 2012
News Wrap: Greece Uncertainty, Austerity Top Agenda at G-8 Summit
In other news Friday, leaders of some of the world's largest economies began gathering at Camp David in Maryland for the G-8 summit. Also, German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested Greece hold a referendum on staying in the eurozone, according to a spokesman for Greece's caretaker government.
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| May 17, 2012
News Wrap: Future of Eurozone Uncertain as Greek Credit Rating Drops
In other news Thursday, questions kept coming about the future of the eurozone. By all accounts, money was flowing out of Greece where far-left leaders are agitating to break a bailout agreement and end austerity measures. Also, a fight over solar panels flared into the open between the U.S. and China.
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| May 17, 2012
The Daily Frame
A group of 333 bagpipers in Sofia, Bulgaria, set the Guinness world record for the largest bagpipe performance on Wednesday.
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| May 16, 2012
As Mladic Stands Trial, 'In One Sense, the War Criminals Won'
Facing 11 counts of genocide and crimes against humanity, Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic finally went before an international court Wednesday after more than 15 years on the run. Jeffrey Brown and Michael Dobbs of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum discuss the case and Mladic's war crimes charges tied to the Bosnian civil war.
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| May 16, 2012
Bosnia's Ratko Mladic Stands Trial on Genocide, War Crimes Charges
After more than 15 years on the run, Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic -- once one of the world's most-wanted fugitives -- finally went on trial before an international court Wednesday. Mladic faces 11 charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes tied to the Bosnian Civil War in the 1990s. Jeffrey Brown reports.
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| May 16, 2012
News Wrap: Greece Appoints Interim Government Amid Fears of Euro Exit
In other news Wednesday, Greece appointed an interim government as it struggled to escape a deepening political crisis. The country faces new elections on June 17. Also, former Liberian President Charles Taylor offered no apologies at a U.N. tribunal for fomenting civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone in the late 1990s.
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| May 16, 2012
In Moscow, Writers Lead Anti-Putin Protest
From Aleksandr Pushkin to Aleksandr Griboyedov, there is a long history in Russia of writers confronting government authority. Last weekend, the tradition continued when a group of 12 well-known authors drew a crowd of around 10,000 to follow them on a "controlled walk" between statues of the two Aleksandrs in downtown Moscow.
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| May 16, 2012
The Daily Frame
A woman walks past "Living together" by Chinese artist Xu Jiang at the Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau museum in Dresden, Germany, on Tuesday. The show, "Xu Jiang: Re-Generation," runs from May 17 through August 18.
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| May 15, 2012
How Europe's Turmoil Rattles World Markets
Greece's political turmoil intensified Tuesday amid calls for fresh elections. Ray Suarez gets the latest from reporter John Psaropoulos. He then turns to Fred Bergsten of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Nicholas Burns of Harvard Kennedy School for more analysis on the economic impact worldwide.
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| May 15, 2012
On the Brink of Insolvency, Greece to Hold Fresh Elections
Nine days after voters divided sharply over drastic austerity measures, Greece teetered toward insolvency and the prospect of yet another round of elections. Other European nations braced for the fallout and worried yet again about the future of their common currency. Ray Suarez reports.
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| May 15, 2012
5 Things to Look for at Upcoming NATO and G8 Summits
When world leaders gather this weekend at the NATO and Group of Eight summits, they have two major items on the table -- wrapping up the Afghan war and handling Europe's financial crisis. So what are the signs that they will make any progress?
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| May 14, 2012
The Daily Frame
A puppet of Queen Elizabeth II features in a Punch & Judy show Sunday during a weekend of performances in London to celebrate 350 years since the first performance in England.
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| May 11, 2012
'Crossing the Borders of Time': a Tale of Reclaimed Love Lost Amid WWII
Author Leslie Maitland speaks with Margaret Warner about her new book, "Crossing the Borders of Time," which chronicles the story of a 15-year-old Jewish girl raised in Germany as the Nazis came to power and her star-crossed romance with an older French Catholic man.
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| May 11, 2012
The Daily Frame
Moscow subway passengers ride a special exhibition car containing reproductions of watercolors from the State Tretyakov Gallery on Friday.
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| May 10, 2012
News Wrap: House GOP Looks for Spending Cuts; Greece Struggles with Government
In other news Thursday, House Republicans pushed through a bill to prevent a 10 percent cut in the U.S. defense budget by cutting $300 billion in food stamps, health care and federal pensions, over 10 years. Also, Greece's struggle to form a new government entered a third round.
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| May 10, 2012
The Daily Frame
A man looks at Czech artist Alfons Mucha's "Slav Epic," a cycle of 20 allegories tracing the history of the Slavic people and inspired in part by mythology, at the National Gallery in Prague on Thursday
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| May 8, 2012
Norway's Moms Have It Good
Norway is the best country in the world to be a mother, according to a new report from the international nonprofit Save the Children.
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| May 7, 2012
What Hollande's Win, Sarkozy's Defeat Mean for Future of Europe's Economy
French voters on Sunday elected Socialist candidate Francois Hollande to the presidency -- rebuking sitting leader Nicholas Sarkozy and austerity measures. Jeffrey Brown, The New York Times' Elaine Sciolino, Georgetown University's Charles Kupchan and The Globalist's Stephan Richter discuss the prospects of major policy shifts.
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| May 7, 2012
Sarkozy, Austerity Rejected by French Voters
In a firm rebuke to France's Nicolas Sarkozy and the fiscal austerity measures he advocated, a beaming Francois Hollande -- the country's Socialist Party president-elect -- promised a "new direction" for his nation and Europe. Jeffrey Brown reports.
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| May 7, 2012
The Daily Frame
Sculptures of blue sheep flock in Schwerin, Germany, on Friday.
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| May 4, 2012
The Daily Frame
A woman passes a large print of an original Bauhaus poster on the wall of the Barbican in London. "Bauhaus: Art as Life" is the largest British exhibition in over 40 years of the Bauhaus school of art, includes more than over 400 pieces, and will be on display through Aug. 12.
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| APRIL
April 27, 2012
Troubling New Signs Plague European, U.S. Economies
Even as British Prime Minister David Cameron defended the notion of austerity, governments across Europe were toppling or falling back into recession. Ray Suarez and George Washington University's Scheherazade Rehman discuss problems and potential solutions, both in the U.S. and overseas.
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| April 27, 2012
Renewed Recessions Rock Europe Amid Slower Growth in U.S.
Romania's government fell in a no-confidence vote Friday while the Czech Republic's government moved to the brink of collapse before surviving a no-confidence vote. The Dutch government collapsed Monday and Spain -- Europe's fourth-largest economy -- fell back into recession. Ray Suarez reports on renewed worries across Europe.
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| April 26, 2012
For Murdoch, Concerns His Great Empire Is 'Under Serious Threat'
When Rupert Murdoch took the stand Thursday in the second day of a U.K. media ethics inquiry, he coupled an apology for News of the World's "blot" on his News Corp record with accusations that journalists had covered up the phone-hacking. Ray Suarez and The New York Times' John Burns discuss the media mogul's testimony.
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| April 26, 2012
'I Failed,' Murdoch Says of Tabloid Scandal While Denying Part in Wrongdoing
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch took the stand Thursday in a British media ethics inquiry, describing his News of the World tabloid as a "serious blot" on his News Corp reputation. Murdoch also said he wished the paper behind the phone hacking and cover-up had been shuttered sooner. Paul Davies of Independent Television News reports.
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| April 26, 2012
The Daily Frame
Local volunteers on Wednesday place some of the 40,000 clay figures that will make up part of Antony Gormley's "Field for the British Isles" installed in Barrington Court near Ilminster, England.
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| April 25, 2012
News Wrap: Murdoch Downplays Political Sway in Media Ethics Inquiry
In other news Wednesday, News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch appeared before a British inquiry panel to refute charges he had too cozy a relationship with Britain's top politicians, among them former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Also, the U.S. Senate voted to slow down service cuts to the ailing U.S. Postal Service.
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| April 24, 2012
The Daily Frame
Fans watch the band We Are the In Crowd perform Sunday at the Hit The Deck 2012 Festival at Rock City in Nottingham, England.
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| April 23, 2012
How Economic Austerity Is Driving Voter Discontent in Europe
President Nicolas Sarkozy took second to socialist candidate Francois Hollande in France's first-round elections Sunday. Ray Suarez and the Brookings Institution's Justin Vaisse discuss Sarkozy's uphill fight and the wider reaction against economic austerity measures in Europe as the Dutch governing coalition collapsed Monday.
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| April 23, 2012
France's Sarkozy Faces Uphill Fight in May Runoff Election
Handing incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy a narrow defeat in Sunday's first-round election, French voters raised the prospects of Socialist candidate Francois Hollande becoming the nation's next leader after a May 6 runoff. Ray Suarez reports on voters voicing their discontent and how the markets reacted.
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| April 23, 2012
The Daily Frame
Jeremy Deller bounces on his new work "Sacrilege," a full-scale inflatable replica of Stonehenge and part of the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Arts.
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| April 20, 2012
IMF's Lagarde: Global Economy Sees 'Dark Clouds on the Horizon'
As questions grow about the stability of the worldwide economy now that there are more troubling signs in Europe and mixed reports in the United States, the International Monetary Fund announced the 20 leading industrial and emerging nations have pledged $430 billion to help deal with Europe's problems. Judy Woodruff reports.
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| April 19, 2012
The Daily Frame
A visitor inspects a light installation by artist Anthony McCall during a preview of the exhibition "Five Minutes of Pure Sculpture" at the Hamburger Bahnhof museum in Berlin on Thuraday. The exhibition on McCall's projections, which he has been developing since the 1970s, opens Friday and runs through August 12.
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| April 17, 2012
Norway Massacre: What's Ahead for Admitted Mass Killer Breivik?
On trial for allegedly killing 77 people in last year's massacre in Norway, Anders Behring Breivik concluded a day of chilling testimony by telling the court "I would have done it again." Margaret Warner discusses the unique trial with Anders Tvegard, the U.S. correspondent for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
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| April 17, 2012
Admitted Norway Killer Breivik: 'I Would Have Done it Again'
When Anders Behring Breivik, the defendant in last year's Norway's massacre who is accused of killing 77 people, took the witness stand Tuesday, he described the killings as "the most spectacular, sophisticated political act in Europe since the Second World War." Martin Geissler of Independent Television News reports from Oslo.
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| April 17, 2012
The Daily Frame
"Drift" by artist Ron Mueck is hung by gallery technicians at the Hauser & Wirth gallery on Monday in London. The sculpture is part of Mueck's first major solo exhibition in over a decade, on display Thursday through May 26.
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| April 16, 2012
News Wrap: 6 U.N. Observers Arrive in Syria to Monitor Cease-Fire
In other news Monday, an advance team of six U.N. observers arrived in Syria overnight to monitor a fading cease-fire. The Syrian army shelled several districts in Homs and at least 14 were killed in blasts, according to activists. Also, the man accused in last July's attacks in Norway pleaded not guilty.
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| April 13, 2012
The Daily Frame
A security guard stands near a candle sculpture by Urs Fischer during Friday's press preview of the Swiss artist's upcoming solo show at Palazzo Grassi in Venice, Italy.
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| April 11, 2012
The Daily Frame
Visitors look at masks and garments on display at "The Masters of Disorder," an exhibit about shamanism, at the Quai Branly Museum Tuesday in Paris.
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| April 6, 2012
The Daily Frame
The Museum of British Surfing in Braunton, England undergoes last minute preparations Thursday before its opening Friday.
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| April 5, 2012
The Daily Frame
Restorers work on the painting of a ceiling of the Farmacia di Santa Maria Novella on Wednesday in Florence, Italy.
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| MARCH
March 29, 2012
The Daily Frame
A man looks at sculptures made by Dutch sculptor Nikolaus Gerhaert van Leyden (1420-1473) on Friday at the Notre-Dame Museum in Strasbourg, France, as part of an exhibition dedicated to his work.
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| March 28, 2012
The Daily Frame
A woman looks at "My Soul" by Katharine Dowson, a laser-etched, lead-crystal glass sculpture in the shape of a brain created using the artist's own MRI scan. The piece is part of an exhibition called "Brains: The mind as matter" at the Wellcome Collection in London.
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