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- Scenic Cartagena benefits – and suffers – as Colombia tourism takes off
- What's next in the Eurozone financial crisis
- South Korea wraps up military exercises, ponders possible nuclear test next year by the North
- More severe weather adds to travel woes in Europe
- New START treaty gets preliminary OK in Russia parliament
- South Korea ends three days of military drills
| Scenic Cartagena benefits – and suffers – as Colombia tourism takes off Posted: 24 Dec 2010 03:33 PM PST The nation's improved security, booming economy and rapidly expanding tourism industry have put Colombia on many itineraries, bucking international tourism trends but causing friction in the old city. It wasn't so long ago that Colombia was synonymous with "narco-state" to many foreigners, and just about the only international visitors were "backpackers and thrill seekers," as a former U.S. ambassador put it.  |
| What's next in the Eurozone financial crisis Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST Is too much austerity also a recipe for disaster? Can Germany continue to run up big trade surpluses while refusing to stimulate consumption at home? A European economist takes a look at the new year. For a year now, the once-mighty euro has lurched from crisis to crisis as debt-ridden Greece and then Ireland were forced to ask their neighbors to bail them out of financial trouble.  |
| South Korea wraps up military exercises, ponders possible nuclear test next year by the North Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST Three days of intense land and sea exercises are concluded by the South Korean military. A report saying the North could conduct a third nuclear test as early as next year only adds to growing unease. South Korea's military Friday wrapped up three days of intense land and sea exercises as officials tried to decipher what a third nuclear test by North Korea predicted for next year would mean to already brittle relations between the two nations.  |
| More severe weather adds to travel woes in Europe Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST At Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport, 650 flights are canceled. Freezing rain in parts of Germany hampers road travel. Six inches of snow and icy winds bring trains in the southern region of Denmark to a halt. Christmas plans were canceled Friday for thousands of travelers unable to make it home for the holidays after heavy snow caused fresh transportation chaos across parts of Europe.  |
| New START treaty gets preliminary OK in Russia parliament Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST Lawmakers in Russia's State Duma vote 350-59 to approve the New START treaty on its first reading. Two more votes in the lower house and balloting in the upper house are put off until January. The measure is expected to pass easily. After just a few hours of debate, the lower house of Russia's parliament on Friday gave overwhelming preliminary approval to the New START nuclear arms treaty with the United States. The vote set the stage for the pact's likely easy approval in the new year.  |
| South Korea ends three days of military drills Posted: 24 Dec 2010 03:05 AM PST The land and sea exercises in the wake of an artillery attack come as another nuclear test by North Korea is predicted. The South Korean military on Friday wrapped up three days of intense land and sea exercises as officials tried to decipher what a third North Korean nuclear test, predicted for next year, would mean for the contentious relationship between the two Koreas.  |
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