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Christine Lagarde, Head of IMF, In Court Facing Questions on Embezzlement and Fraud

Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, is in court today addressing her role in a $366 million payout to Bernard Tapie, a close friend of former president Nicolas Sarkozy who was also Lagarde's boss at the time. Lagarde was Sarkozy's finance...Show More Summary

IMF's Lagarde to be quizzed in French arbitration case

IMF chief Christine Lagarde will be questioned by a French magistrate on Thursday over her role in a 285-million-euro ($366 million) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy.Lagarde risks being placed...Show More Summary

Shocker: French Socialism Drives Young Frogs Abroad

So how is France's lurch to the left working out since the election last year of Socialist Party President François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande? Well, as readers of Reason's great 24-7 newsfeed know, French unemployment last month...Show More Summary

Nicolas B. Aziz: Obama's Morehouse Commencement Speech: Welcome to the Brotherhood

President Obama impeccably and eloquently made the connection between the role Morehouse has played in shaping today's world and the role it will play in shaping the future.

WATCH: David Beckham Tears Up At Final Home Game

The storied midfielder walked off the pitch as fans — and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy — chanted his name.

Venezuela Runs Out of Toilet Paper

It seems as if Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his 'Chavistas' have served up so much political excriment that may have just 'hit the fan,' as the country has run out of toilet paper. That is correct, Venezuela has run out of toilet paper. Show More Summary

Daily Headlines: May 14, 2013

Venezuela: President Nicolás Maduro launched the “Safe Homeland” program where over 3000 soldiers will be deployed in major cities in order to combat rampant street crime. Guatemala: One of the judges who convicted ex-dictator Efrain...Show More Summary

Venezuelan President Congratulates Russia on Victory Day

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has sent his congratulations to Russia on Victory Day.

Looney Tunes

A few weeks ago, the acting President of Venezuela - Nicolas Maduro - told the world that the former President of Venezuela - Hugo Chavez - had appeared to him during the presidential election campaign in the form of a little bird. Now...Show More Summary

Venezuelan politicians brawl as election dispute lingers

WASHINGTON – Think Nicolas Maduro, former socialist President Hugo Chavez’s appointed heir, rightly won the recent presidential election? Think again. During a parliament session, opposition and pro-Maduro lawmakers came to blows over the election results and the dispute over who actually won the presidency. Video footage released last week [...]

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro blasts ‘devil’ Obama

Columbia’s Uribe dimisses Maduro’s accusation as “immature”

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused former Colombian leader Alvaro Uribe of plotting to assassinate him. Mr Maduro said he had evidence that right-wing Venezuelan poluticians had been involved in the plot. He has alleged conspiracies against him since taking over from the late President Hugo Chavez and winning disputed elections last month. Mr Uribe [...]

Obama says U.S. watching ‘crackdowns’ on Venezuela opposition

(Reuters) - The United States is watching "crackdowns on the opposition" in Venezuela, President Barack Obama said in a television interview aired on Friday when asked if he considered newly elected Nicolas Maduro to be the country's legitimate preside...

Hollande has failed his Voters

Almost one year after ousting Nicolas Sarkozy, things are not going too well for President François Hollande. We asked a selection of French people, from senators to academics and members of the public, to pass judgement on Hollande's first year. Show More Summary

Carla Bruni on why she wore that pantsuit

  “Not at all. Those were the only pants I could get into!” – Carla Bruni-Sarkozy when asked by Vanity Fair if the sloppy pantsuit/t-shirt combo she wore last year, as she and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy handed over … Continue reading ?

The French Implosion

One year later, the man who had billed himself as the “normal president” during his victorious campaign against Nicolas Sarkozy is breaking records for unpopularity. With 75 per cent against him, Hollande is scoring the lowest approval ratings of any president of the Fifth Republic since the country started conducting polls. Show More Summary

‘She’s Fat!’ Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Reveals ‘Nasty’ Baby Weight Bullying While First Lady Of France

Being the First Lady of France didn’t get Carla Bruni-Sarkozy immunity from bullying. The musician/model turned wife of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy opens up to Vanity Fair in… READ ON

Sarkozy Gave Obama $9,400 in Luxury Golf Gifts

President Barack Obama's status as an avid golfer is apparently internationally known. Newly released documents by the State Department show that former French President Nicolas Sarkozy gave President Barack Obama almost $40,000 in luxury...Show More Summary

Venezuela arrests U.S. filmmaker Timothy Tracy

Timothy Tracy went to Venezuela to make a documentary about the political division gripping the country.Now he's in the spotlight after being arrested on allegations of funding opponents of newly elected President Nicolas Maduro, successor...Show More Summary

Samsung Electronics' Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (SSNGY.OB) Q1 2013 Earnings Call April 26, 2013 8:30 a.m. ET Executives Robert Yi - Senior Vice President and Head of Investor Relations Hyun Joon Kim - Vice President of Mobile Planning Analysts Nicolas...Show More Summary