World's Most Powerful Women

On Oct. 12, 2003, the Star Tribune published an op-ed I wrote responding to a speech in the Twin Cities by U.S. Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft in which he boasted on his "Patriot Act Victory Tour" that Americans were "freer today than at any time in the ...  

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Friday that she has no reason not to believe that the U.S. is backing a strong-dollar policy. “I am happy with U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner . I have no reason to believe that Geithner is making ...  

France will meet the European Union's public deficit limit of 3 per cent of gross domestic product by 2014, economy minister Christine Lagarde said today. "We can't cut the deficit and at the same time continue the recovery plan," Ms Lagarde told ...  

far suggested for Ms. Rice. So bring your good questions, anti-torture signs, your candles (for the concluding candlelight vigil for all victims of torture) or flashlights, and if you have them, wear your orange “Close-Gitmo” jumpsuit! or wear an ...  

In a slightly altered form, the following opinion piece appeared last week in the University of Minnesota student newspaper, the Minnesota Daily. We hope a campus torture accountability group forms as a result of the Condi Rice appearance. We intend ...  

Sir Philip Hampton, chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland, is being lined up to join the board of Anglo American. An announcement could be made as early as tomorrow. The appointment is the latest in a series of senior changes at the mining group since ...  

FORT HOOD, TEX . -- Military and federal officials investigating Thursday's mass shooting at this sprawling Army post spent the weekend poring over evidence they seized from the apartment of the alleged shooter, Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, including his computer and multiple e-mail accounts he may ...  

CANCUN, Mexico, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Hurricane Ida strengthened off the Mexican resort city of Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday as the storm's heavy rains killed at least 42 people in El Salvador. El Salvador's interior minister said more victims were expected to be found as rescue workers ...  

LOS ANGELES - Jim Carrey's Scrooge is collecting holiday donations from movie fans with a $31 million opening weekend to take the No. 1 spot with his new take on "A Christmas Carol." The Disney animated version of the Charles Dickens classic features Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge and as all three ...  

WASHINGTON -- A comparison of the three health care bills before Congress, including one by House Democrats and an alternative by House Republicans. In the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is finalizing legislation merging the work of two committees and making other changes. The Senate ...  

BAGHDAD -- Iraq's parliament is voting on a much-delayed election law needed to carry out the nation-wide vote in January. The evening voting session Sunday, which was televised live on Iraq state TV, comes after intense behind-the-scenes negotiating throughout the day, and marked the first time the ...  

PARIS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - French nuclear reactor builder Areva is to decide the buyer for its transmission and distribution (T) business mid-November, with bidders sending in final offers this Monday. But the sale worth several billions of euros ...  

As the G20 countries start to come out of recession world leaders are focusing on the recovery, but what kind of recovery do we want? There is global agreement that a co-ordinated effort is needed to create more responsible banks with tighter ...  

After more than a decade of lectures from Gordon Brown about the need to let markets rip, it is little wonder that the French are having the last laugh. As she relaxed in her room in the Dorchester in London ahead of Saturday's G20 meeting in ...  

Owen “Hankie” Norris cut wood from the time he was 6 years old until he was 26. “I told my father when I get outta here, I’ll never cut wood again,” he said during an interview for the Carroll County History Project. His recollections ...