USA - Verizon Wireless to Charge $2 to Pay Some Bills

Published on Dec 30, 2011 by AssociatedPress

Verizon Wireless, the country's largest cellphone company, says it will start charging $2 for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit cards. (Dec. 30)

USA - Newt Gingrich: I'm Going to Make Washington Uncomfortable

Published on Dec 30, 2011 by AssociatedPress

Lagging in the polls in the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich told an audience in Des Moines that he would make both Republicans and Democrats uncomfortable with the level of change needed. (Dec. 30)

USA - Police: Arsonist torched car after car early today in Hollywood

Published on Dec 30, 2011 by AssociatedPress

An arsonist torched car after car early Friday, sending firefighters scrambling to put out more than a dozen fires in Hollywood and neighboring West Hollywood. (Dec. 30)

Serbia - President Boris Tadic has spoken against Kosovan-Serb referendum

Published on Dec 30, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Serbia's president Boris Tadic has spoken against a referendum planned by north Kosovan Serbs to decide whether to recognise the Kosovo Albanian-dominated government.

Talks brokered by the European Union resulted in improved relations between Pristina and Belgrade, but Kosovo's 10 percent of ethnic Serbs may jeopardise the relationship with the referendum.