The New York Times A Subdued Trading Day in Asia and Europe | Asian shares closed mixed and European shares were essentially flat Friday after unemployment reports released the day before reinforced the idea that a recovery was still a ways off. | Friday's dec... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin)
Asia Times A moment of truth for Obama in Moscow | By M K Bhadrakumar | In the annals of Russian-American summitry, Moscow has never before choreographed a welcoming ceremony for the visiting United States president in this fashion. The dramatic run... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel)
Knox News Knox gas prices down, oil slips | Knoxville area gasoline prices dropped for the second straight day on Friday, while oil prices hovered above $66 a barrel in light holiday trading a day after grim unemployment numbers from t... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan) GallonHolidayOilPhotosPrices
Business Report Rogue trader puts heat on oil market | London - Oil market officials here have launched a probe into an alleged rogue trader who this week helped push prices to eight-month peaks, costing his company nearly $10 million. | ICE Futures Eur... (photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis) CompanyLondonOilPhotosTrader
Al Jazeera Japan welcomes new IAEA chief | Japan has welcomed the appointment of one of its diplomats as head of the UN nuclear watchdog. | Yukiya Amano will take over as director-general of the International At... (photo: AP / Hans Punz) BusinessEnergyIaeaJapanPhotos
The Independent Troops gather on Georgian border | It's easy to see how things could spiral out of control: the two sides are braced for combat. At Ergneti on Georgia's border with South Ossetia, Georgian military polic... (photo: AP / Irakli Gedenidze) DefenceGeorgiaPhotosPoliticsRussiaWar
Wall Street Journal Europe's Fiscal Woes | From today's Wall Street Journal Europe. | To the casual observer, it might look like fiscal discipline is making a comeback in Europe. Governments in Ireland, the Czec... (photo: AP / Denis Sarkic) EuropeFinanceMoneyPhotosToday
BBC News Medvedev upbeat on Obama summit | Russia's president says he is hopeful of finding new ways to co-operate with the US during the visit of President Barack Obama to Moscow next week. | Dmitry Medvedev sa... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office ) DefencePeacePhotosPoliticsRussiaUS
