(CBS/AP) LONDON - President Barack Obama And First Lady Michelle Obama Wrapped Up Their First Day In London With An Elegant State Banquet At Buckingham Palace, As Guests Of Queen Elizabeth II
She Later Told Reporters That Selling A Heap Of Jewels For Charity Rather Than Keeping Them Unused In A Vault Felt Like One Of The Best Things She'd Ever Done In Her Life
Austerity Measures, Spending Cuts And New And Higher Taxes, All Part Of Premier Mario Monti's Plan To Save Italy From Succumbing To The Debt Crisis Roiling Greece, Have Angered Many Citizens, And Social Tensions Have Ratcheted Up
Rowling Is A Longtime Resident Of The Scottish Capital, And Began Writing The Harry Potter Books When She Was A Cash-strapped Single Mother In The City
Diplomats At The American Embassy In Beijing, Triggering A Diplomatic Standoff Days Ahead Of Unrelated High-level Talks On Global Hotspots And Economic Imbalances Led By Secretary Of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
