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  • The Huffington Post Is Hiring An Associate Editor, International

    The Huffington Post is seeking an associate editor to bring the most compelling stories from across The Huffington Post's international network to an even wider readership. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today. The Huffington Post has dramatically grown its international presence in recent years, and currently has 12 editions outside the U.S. -- with more to launch this year -- and is now publishing in nine languages.

  • Italian Parliament Elects New Leaders

    Lawmakers in the Italian Parliament elected new leaders for its lower and upper houses on Saturday, choosing for the lower chamber Laura Boldrini, a journalist and former spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as well as a frequent blogger for the Huffington Post Italy. Boldrini was elected to Parliament as part of the Left, Ecology and Freedom party and is part of the center-left coalition. Pietro Grasso, a former anti-mafia prosecutor, was elected as leader of the upper house.

  • Anne Sinclair Discusses Le HuffPost In Elle France

    Le Huffington Post Editorial Director Anne Sinclair gave an exclusive interview to ELLE France last week in which she talked about her new job, the editorial mission of the site, and how it will cover women's issues.

  • Anne Sinclair's Declaration Of Independence

    On the TV show The Good Wife, a beautiful woman in her forties swaps her housewife's garb for a lawyer’s gown when the sexual escapades of her husband – a State’s attorney – end up on the front pages. Anne Sinclair will probably not have the same destiny, but she seems to be following the same path. At 63, she has just been appointed editorial director of the Huffington Post’s French edition, launched today.

  • "Be The Change You Want To See In The World"

    Blake Mycoskie, founder and Chief Shoe Giver of TOMS Shoes, says that this Mahatma Ghandi quote is his favorite-and he even sells shoes that display those words. Fascinating business: For every pair of shoes TOMS sells, it gives a pair to a needy child. TOMS are simple $48 canvas shoes that you can find in 400 U.S. outlets, including Nordstrom (JWN), Urban Outfitters (URBN), and Whole Foods (WFMI)-TOMS' biggest customer.

  • Paul Krugman: 'It Looks As If The Economy Is Really Falling Off A Cliff'

    In 1999, economist Paul Krugman wrote a book entitled "The Return of Depression Economics," which examined the string of economic crises that plagued nations spanning from Asia to Latin America during that decade. Nine years later, "depression economics" have evidently returned once again, this time to America. Depression economics, according to Krugman, are "a state of affairs like that of the 1930s in which the usual tools of economic policy -- above all, the Federal Reserve's ability to pump up the economy by cutting interest rates -- have lost all traction.

  • Hearing Begins Over Alleged Plot To Murder Afghans

    Jeremy Morlock of Wasilla, Alaska, is among five Stryker soldiers charged with premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit premeditated murder. In interviews with Army investigators, he described a plot led by Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs to randomly kill civilians while on patrol in Kandahar Province. Morlock's attorneys are seeking to suppress the statements he made, saying they were made under the influence of muscle relaxants, sleeping pills and anti-nausea medicine prescribed for repeat concussions.

  • U.S. Walks Out On Ahmadinejad's U.N. Speech

    _ That a "powerful and complex terrorist group" penetrated U.S. intelligence and defenses. _ "That some segments within the U.S. government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy and its grips on the Middle East in order also to save the Zionist regime. Mark Kornblau, spokesman of the U.S. Mission to the world body, issued a statement within moments of Ahmadinejad's attack.

  • Palestinian President Hints At Settlement Deal, AP Reports

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has repeatedly threatened to walk away from peace talks, launched this month in Washington, if Israel resumes building in its West Bank settlements after a 10-month moratorium expires on Sunday.

  • Commonwealth Games Bridge Collapse (PHOTOS): Event In Doubt After Incident

    The accident was the latest setback to New Delhi's troubled preparations for the games, which bring together more than 7,000 athletes and officials from the 71 countries and territories in the commonwealth every four years.

  • Tropical Storm Karl Heads To Gulf Of Mexico

    In the Atlantic, Hurricane Igor spun into a dangerous Category 4 storm that could generate dangerous rip currents along the U.S. East Coast over the weekend and bring large swells to the Bahamas and Virgin Islands before that. Category 2 Hurricane Julia was not a threat to land.

  • Top Pope Adviser Calls Britain 'Third World'

    On the eve of the Pope's visit to the United Kingdom, one of his top aides has pulled out of the tour after comparing Britain to a "third world" country, the BBC reports. Cardinal Walter Kasper was scheduled to be a part of the pontiff's entourage for the four-day tour, which begins Thursday. Kasper made the remarks in an interview with the German magazine Focus.

  • WATCH: Migraine Attack Leaves UK Woman With French Accent

    Kay Russell appeared on the BBC earlier this week, speaking in a hesitant, husky voice, drawing out her vowels with an accent which sounded roughly French, or occasionally Eastern European. It wasn't exactly clear what happened to Russell in January when the migraine attack struck – a number for her could not be located and there was no immediate response to an attempt to reach her through her previous employer. In 2006 a woman from the northern England city of Newcastle reportedly swapped her Geordie accent for a Jamaican one following a stroke.

  • Europe Facing A 'Season Of Strikes'

    The protests look like the prelude to a season of strikes in Europe, from Spain to the Czech Republic, as heavily indebted governments cut costs and chip away at some cherished but costly benefits that underpin the European good life -- a scaling-back process that has gained urgency with Greece's euro110 billion ($140 billion) bailout. In France, where people poured into the streets in 220 cities, setting off flares and beating drums, a banner in the southern port city of Marseille called for Europe-wide solidarity: "Let's Refuse Austerity Plans!" The Interior Ministry said more than 1.1 million people demonstrated throughout France, while the CFDT union put the number at 2.5 million.

  • Another Powerful Quake May Hammer New Zealand, Experts Warn

    "It was as strong as the earthquake in Haiti earlier this year, which caused widespread devastation and is estimated to have killed approximately 230,000 people," Prime Minister John Key said Tuesday. More than 100 aftershocks, ranging from magnitude 3.2 to 5.4, have rocked the region since Saturday's major quake. Overnight, about 20 shocks including two of magnitude 5.4 rattled the city, and quake experts said aftershocks likely will continue for several weeks -- and the worst of them may be yet to come.

  • Pakistan Taliban Claim Suicide Bombing Killing 43 Shiite Muslims

    The assault sharply drove up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country battered by massive flooding. To the northwest in Pakistan's restive tribal regions, two suspected U.S. missile strikes killed at least seven people in an area controlled by one of the main groups battling Americans in neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistani intelligence officials said. Two other militant bombings left at least two people dead and several wounded on a day convulsed by the violence that threatens the stability of Pakistan's weak civilian government -- an essential but problematic Western ally in the fight against Islamist militants.

  • Girl In Infamous Puppy Throwing Video Found By Police

    (AP) SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Police in Bosnia say they believe they have located a young woman shown in a video throwing puppies into a river. Police in the central Bosnian town of Bugojno said Friday they have found the girl they suspect is seen on the video killing six newborn puppies by throwing them into the river one by one.

  • PHOTOS: Inside The House Where Alleged Drug Lord 'The Barbie' Was Caught

    Alleged drug lord Edgar Valdez Villarreal, better known as the 'the Barbie,' was captured this week at a ranch outside of Mexico City, bringing a yearlong pursuit to a close. Since being arrested, Valdez has told authorities that he knew Mexico's top drug lords and that he was shipping cocaine from Colombia through Panama. Born in the border city of Laredo, Texas, Valdez grew up in a middle-class subdivision popular with Border Patrol agents, police officers and firefighters.

  • Video Of Girl Throwing Puppies In River Sparks Outrage

    The video, believed to have been filmed in either Bosnia or Croatia, though no one knows for sure, shows a girl in a hooded sweatshirt lifting whimpering dogs out of a bucket and recklessly tossing them into the rapids. According to The Telegraph, a PETA spokesman in Bosnia said the organization had been notified of the incident, but offered no further details.

  • Iranian Media: Carla Bruni 'Deserves To Die'

    Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said insulting foreign dignitaries like Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is incorrect and not sanctioned by the government. In its first public comments on the affair, the French Foreign Ministry said it found the comments unacceptable and had brought the matter up with the Iranians. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today.