BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina is on track to end 2012 with a primary budget deficit for the first time since the country started recovering from its sovereign debt default a decade ago, government data suggest. If government spending keeps the pace it has set so far this year, the primary balance will be pushed [...]

Luther “L.A.” Garrett, Jr., age 70, of Lawrenceburg, TN passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, TN. Mr. Garrett was a native of Louisville, GA, a graduate of Louisville Academy and earned a Ceramic Engineering degree from Georgia Tech. He was retired from Union Carbide, having spent time in [...]

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptians, choosing their leader freely for the first time in their history, voted for a second day on Thursday in what appears to be a fraught contest between Islamists and former officials of ousted President Hosni Mubarak. After six decades under authoritarian, military-backed rule, Egypt's 50 million voters may decide to entrust [...]

GENEVA/BEIRUT (Reuters) – A United Nations investigation said Syrian government forces and rebels trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad had both committed serious human rights abuses despite an attempted ceasefire in the conflict and opposition activists reported fighting in several regions on Thursday. The investigators' report said government forces had killed entire families, and their [...]

LONDON (Reuters) – Citizens from Germany to Greece would vote to keep the euro if their countries held a referendum tomorrow, according to a poll centered on the key national players in the euro zone debt crisis. Six out of 10 voters who expressed a preference from Greece, Germany, France, Italy and Spain said they [...]