www.DEYDIRECT.com (Reuters) – The suspension of U.S. sanctions barring investment in Myanmar in response to political reforms in the poor Southeast Asian state opens the door to U.S. firms queuing to scout for business in one of the last frontier markets. U.S. firms are expected to join those from Asia and Europe that have already ...

www.DEYDIRECT.com Paris (CNN) — New French President Francois Hollande has chosen mostly moderates for his Cabinet, indicating an effort to build a broad coalition in the country. The Socialist leader selected moderates to serve as ministers of labor, economy, foreign affairs, defense and other posts. The Cabinet, announced Wednesday, also includes several leftists and at ...

www.DEYDIRECT.com (CNN) — Colombia’s largest rebel group said it plans to release French journalist Romeo Langlois some two weeks after taking him “as a prisoner of war.” Colombian rebels called for a committee composed of former Colombian Sen. Piedad Cordoba, a representative of newly elected French President Francois Hollande and the International Committee off the ...

www.DEYDIRECT.com (CNN) — A 24-year-old woman in a hospital bed fighting off flesh-eating bacteria has to be told repeatedly — each time she wakes up — what has happened, her parents told CNN on Monday. The medication Aimee Copeland is given leads her to forget each time she falls asleep. “It’s scary to her,” said ...

www.DEYDIRECT.com (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives suffered a crushing defeat on Sunday in an election in Germany’s most populous state, a result which could embolden the left opposition to step up attacks on her European austerity policies. The election in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), a western German state with a bigger population than the Netherlands ...