NEWS Algerian security forces combing the scene of a bloody four-day hostage siege discovered “a good 20 bodies,†some badly burned, at a gas-production complex deep in the Sahara. Adam Nossiter reports from Bamako, Mali.
With only his family beside him, Barack Hussein Obama was sworn into office for a second term on Sunday in advance of Monday’s public pomp, facing a bitterly divided government at home and persistent threats abroad that inhibit his effort to redefine America’s use of power. Jackie Calmes reports from Washington.
Greece has been dealing with an outbreak of violence in recent weeks, following several months in which such activity seemed to have calmed. On Sunday, a crude bomb exploded at the country’s largest shopping mall in a middle-clss suburb of Athens, injuring two security guards and escalating a wave of attacks that have gripped the nation’s attention. No immediate claim of responsibility was made. Liz Alderman reports from Athens.
France, seeking fresh ways to raise funds and frustrated that American technology companies that dominate its digital economy are largely beyond the reach of French fiscal authorities, has proposed a new levy: an Internet tax on the collection of personal data. Eric Pfanner reports from Paris.
Austria may have few enemies and no wars to fight, but a majority of its citizens believe that their country is better served by a military filled with conscripts, instead of a smaller, more mobile professional force, according to the initial results of a referendum held Sunday.
Two years ago, Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, told an audience in Davos that people should stop picking on bankers. Mr. Dimon is still waiting for his wish to come true. Bankers, always a big presence at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss city of Davos, arrive this year under less regulatory pressure and with better profits than in past years. But they are still on the defensive. Jack Ewing reports from Frankfurt.
ARTS Across Europe, music is once again fueling protests, strikes and sit-ins. In a twist on the 1960s, it is the music sellers, rather than the listeners, who are up in arms. Eric Pfanner eports from Paris.
Improbable though it seems to us in an age when we can shoot and screen not only slide shows, but mini-movies on our phones, the real Carousel was hailed as a dazzling innovation when Kodak introduced it in the early 1960s. Alice Rawsthorn on design.
EDUCATION Last July, Regent’s College was granted degree-awarding powers by the British government. Next month, the school, which has about 3,700 full-time students, expects to receive university status, which would make it only the second private university in Britain. The focus An American-style liberal arts education. D.D. Guttenplan reports from London.
FASHION As the men’s season ends, shows continue to emphasis the change in male clothing. “It is ! about the! metamorphosis of tailoring â€" created from the roots,†said the Berluti designer Alessandro Sartori, standing in the vast Great Gallery of Evolution at the Museum of Natural History. Suzy Menkes writes from Paris.
SPORTS If Novak Djokovic stumbles in his quest for a third straight Australian Open title, he will still have another adrenaline rush to savor after a marathon victory against Stanislas Wawrinka. Christopher Clarey reports from Melbourne.
Svetlana Kuznetsova is ranked No. 75 in the world, but she has earned a date with No. 1 Victoria Azarenka after each won Monday. Christopher Clarey on tennis.
Anyone who has been followin the sports news in recent days might despair of the ethics, or lack of them, espoused by a certain cyclist from Texas. On Sunday, however, we were reminded that, in soccer anyway, the same state has produced Clint Dempsey. Time after time, Dempsey has scored priceless goals for club or country. His decent, honest opportunism may be old-fashioned, but it was again a match-saving quality Sunday. Rob Hughes on soccer.
