NEWS The Greek police arrested and then released the editor of an investigative magazine on Sunday after he published a list of more than 2,000 Greeks who were said to have accounts at a bank in Switzerland, throwing new controversy into a scandal over whether the government is pursuing suspected tax cheats. The moves, which tens of thousands of Greeks were following on the Internet, came days before Greece's European partners were to meet to decide whether to grant new aid to the struggling nation. Liz Alderman reports from Athens.
The sexual abuse scandal surrounding the television host Jimmy Savile widened Sunday after an arrest in connection with the case. British police arrested Paul Gadd, better known as Gary Glitter from the 1970s heyday of glam rock, who is a convicted pedophile. Nicholas Kulish reports from London.
The data collection practices of app makers like Rovio, maker of Angry Birds, are loosely regulated, but the European Union is working on proposals to get explicit consent from consumers to cull their personal information. Kevin O'Brien reports from Berlin.
EDUCATION The United Arab Emirates decided on a massive initiative to turn a product that was already popular with students into an academic tool, handing out 14,000 iPads to college students. Sara Hamdan reports from Dubai.
ARTS La Triennale Design Museum in Milan is celebrating the centenary of the lighting designer Gino Sarfatti's birth by exhibiting 200 of his “light fittings,†including some that he used in his home. Alice Rawsthorn writes from Milan.
SPORTS A high-level inquiry by auditors was ordered for a St. Petersburg construction project that has reached an estimate of $1.4 billion after a predicted $210 million cost. Anna Kordunsky reports from Moscow.
Now that Silvio Berlusconi has been convicted of tax fraud, his soccer team, A.C. Milan, struggles to holds its head above water in the Italian league. Rob Hughes o n soccer.
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