- Convicted terrorist "Carlos The Jackal" is back on trial this week in a French court for a series of bombings near Paris in the 1980s.
- A four-hour general strike in Israel was called Monday as talks between trade unions and the finance ministry broke down over the weekend.
- Several thousand protesters surrounded the White House Sunday in an effort to convince President Obama to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline from being built from Canada to Texas.
- In the wake of Greece's government collapse, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi is finding himself in much the same situation, facing calls for resignation before a tough austerity budget vote.
- Wednesday represents the first test of the country's new Emergency Alert System as every radio, TV, and satellite channel in the country will participate at 2 PM EST.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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