<![CDATA[The Cowl - World RSS]]> http://www.thecowl.com/se/the-cowl-world-rss-1.979469 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:15:21 -0400 en <![CDATA[Goldman Sacked With Fraud Charge]]> http://www.thecowl.com/world/goldman-sacked-with-fraud-charge-1.1434310

By: Victoria Ngare ’12 / World Staff


On Friday, April 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil fraud charges against Goldman Sachs, a global investment banking and securities firm....

]]> 1.1434310 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:36:53 -0400 <![CDATA[Deadly Bombings Prove Devastating ]]> http://www.thecowl.com/world/deadly-bombings-prove-devastating-1.1434302

By: Kevin Cassidy ’11 / World Staff


A series of car bombs exploded outside Shiite mosques in Baghdad on Friday, April 23, killing at least 61 people and wounding more than 100, according to The Washington Post. Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his militia to protect the worshippers hours afte...

]]> 1.1434302 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:34:36 -0400 <![CDATA[First Full Face Transplant]]> http://www.thecowl.com/world/first-full-face-transplant-1.1434292

By: Molly Driessen ’12 / World Staff


On Saturday, March 20, a group of 30 Spanish doctors in Barcelona took 22 hours to conduct the first full-face transplant in the world. While the operation took place over a month ago, details of the operation were just released this week. The patient&rsq...

]]> 1.1434292 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:31:50 -0400 <![CDATA[Greece Requests Emergency Aid]]> http://www.thecowl.com/world/greece-requests-emergency-aid-1.1434290

By: Mackenzie Mango ’10 / World Staff


According to The Washington Post, the Prime Minister of Greece, George Papandreou formally requested about $53 billion in financial aid from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. Papandreou, in a letter to the European Central Bank, &ldq...

]]> 1.1434290 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:30:06 -0400 <![CDATA[Burqas in France: The Veil is Lifted ]]> http://www.thecowl.com/world/burqas-in-france-the-veil-is-lifted-1.1434281

By: Tommy Cody ’13 / World Staff



According to CNN, President Nicolas Sarkozy emphatically spoke out Wednesday, April 21, supporting a proposed bill that would ban all Muslim women from wearing face- covering Islamic veils, called a burqa, in France....

]]> 1.1434281 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:28:16 -0400 <![CDATA[Immigration Law Passed, But Will It Last?]]> http://www.thecowl.com/world/immigration-law-passed-but-will-it-last-1.1434263

By: Sarah Laperriere ’11 / World Editor



Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer signed the country’s harshest immigration law into effect on Friday, April 23. Arizona’s Republican-controlled state senate passed the immigration law requiring police officers to determine whether any pe...

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