This is what passes for good economic news in Europe: Spain just added 265 jobs. (via Euro Zone Leaders Hail Even Weak Economic News - NYTimes.com)
(Reuters) - President Francois Hollande’s Socialist government unveiled sharp tax hikes on business and the rich on Friday in a 2013 budget aimed at showing France has the fiscal rigor to remain at the core of the euro zone.(via France taxes rich and business to slash deficit | Reuters)
"The Latin American country demands that the Web giant take down videos denigrating political candidates, as well as the anti-Islam film that sparked protests across the Middle East."
- Brazil jails Google chief for not removing YouTube videos | Internet & Media - CNET News
"British, German and US envoys targeted as riots erupt from north Africa to south-east Asia as well as Australia"
- New attacks on embassies in wake of anti-Islamic film | World news | The Guardian
The killings of the US ambassador to Libya and three of his staff were likely to have been the result of a serious and continuing security breach, The Independent can reveal. (via Revealed: inside story of US envoy’s assassination - World Politics - World - The Independent)
Breathtaking image by Lorenzo Nessi, friend of Sheeba, taken in Nepal. http://www.lorenzonessi.blogspot.com/
