Read more Luxembourg stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4498/luxembourg.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 05:09:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/130596/belgium-bails-out-failing-dexia.htmlMatt Cantor<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=844887&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20111010090129' border='0' />Leading Franco-Belgian bank Dexia has agreed to a government rescue plan—making it "the biggest euro zone bank failure in quite some time," one analyst tells the New York Times . The plan will nationalize Dexia's Belgian banking division in a $5.4 billion government buyout; meanwhile, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg...The Dexia logo is seen on the top of a building from the Dexia bank headquarters in Brussels on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011.http://www.newser.com/story/130596/belgium-bails-out-failing-dexia.htmlMon, 10 Oct 2011 09:01:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/111320/obama-donor-was-abysmal-ambassador-report.htmlKevin Spak<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=794370&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331173908' border='0' />Believe it or not, it turns out being a mega-campaign donor does not necessarily make you an awesome ambassador! A State Department report released yesterday absolutely savages Cynthia Stroum, a wealthy Seattle businesswoman whose prodigious campaign contributions landed her the post of ambassador to Luxembourg. She resigned less than a...In this Nov. 11, 2010, then-US Ambassador to Luxembourg Cynthia Stroum speaks to the crowd during the Veteran’s Day ceremony at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial.http://www.newser.com/story/111320/obama-donor-was-abysmal-ambassador-report.htmlFri, 04 Feb 2011 10:44:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/81938/rogue-iceberg-may-alter-global-circulation.htmlWill McCahill<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=332335&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331203402' border='0' />An iceberg the size of Luxembourg is floating free in the waters north of Antarctica, jarred loose by the impact of another iceberg—and it’s so big it could change the water movements at the root of global weather patterns. The area around the Mertz Glacier generates much dense, salty...A 60-mile long iceberg known as B9B, right, crashes into the Mertz Glacier Tongue, left, in the Australian Antarctic Territory, creating a new 48-mile-long iceberg.http://www.newser.com/story/81938/rogue-iceberg-may-alter-global-circulation.htmlFri, 26 Feb 2010 19:37:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/6862/us-laborers-work-hard-for-the-money.htmlWesley Oliver<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=24302&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401032536' border='0' />Labor Day is a well-deserved rest for Americans, as a new UN report shows US laborers work longer, harder, and get more done than their counterparts worldwide. The average US worker produces the most wealth, raking in $63,885 yearly, followed by Irish laborers at $55,986. Only Norway beat...Workers pour concrete at a construction site on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago's South Side Wednesday, June 6, 2007. The productivity of American workers slowed sharply in the first three months of this year but wage pressures eased as well, providing evidence that inflation is being restrained. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)http://www.newser.com/story/6862/us-laborers-work-hard-for-the-money.htmlMon, 03 Sep 2007 13:55:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3909/charges-loom-for-former-french-pm.htmlWesley Oliver<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=10503&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401034246' border='0' />Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin is expected to face criminal conspiracy charges following the discovery of new evidence linking him to a dirty tricks campaign against President Nicolas Sarkozy, the Times of London reports. Police yesterday searched his Paris home after investigators found computer data suggesting he directed...French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin answers reporters questions after his last weekly cabinet meeting as President Jacques Chirac was holding his final Cabinet meeting in Paris, Wednesday, May 9, 2007. Outgoing President Chirac is to turn over power to President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy on May 16 after 12 years in office. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)http://www.newser.com/story/3909/charges-loom-for-former-french-pm.htmlFri, 06 Jul 2007 04:29:47 CDT