The eurozone really has only days to avoid collapse  —  In virtually all the debates about the eurozone I have been engaged in, someone usually makes the point that it is only when things get bad enough, the politicians finally act - eurobond, debt monetisation, quantitative easing, whatever.

Secret Fed Loans Gave U.S. Banks Undisclosed $13B  —  The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret.  Now, the rest of the world can see what it was missing.  —  The Fed didn't tell anyone which banks …

Canada to pull out of Kyoto Protocol next month … Date: Sun.  —  Canada will announce next month that it will formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, CTV News has learned.  —  The Harper government has tentatively planned an announcement for a few days before Christmas, CTV's Roger Smith reported Sunday evening.

Teen tweeter won't apologize to Sam Brownback  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback said Sunday that she is rejecting her high school principal's demand for a written apology.  —  Emma Sullivan, 18, of the Kansas City suburb of Fairway …

Things to Tax  —  The supercommittee was a superdud — and we should be glad.  Nonetheless, at some point we'll have to rein in budget deficits.  And when we do, here's a thought: How about making increased revenue an important part of the deal?  —  And I don't just mean a return to Clinton-era tax rates.

Christian worker loses her job after being ‘targeted’ by Islamic extremists  —  A Christian worker has launched a landmark legal action after she lost her job when she blew the whistle on what she says was a campaign of “race hate” by fundmentalist Muslims.  —  Nohad Halaoui is claiming …

Romney calls on Obama to block $600B in defense cuts  —  Mitt Romney on Sunday called for President Obama to halt the $600 billion in automatic cuts aimed at the Defense department as a consequence of the failed debt supercommittee.  —  “I'm calling on the president to say no way for those cuts …

Strike: BBC poll suggests strong support  —  An opinion poll commissioned by BBC News suggests 61% of people believe public sector workers are justified in going on strike over pension changes.  —  More than two million people are due to walk out on Wednesday.

Help Wanted: In Unexpected Twist, Some Skilled Jobs Go Begging  —  DENVER—Ferrie Bailey's job should be easy: hiring workers amid the worst stretch of unemployment since the Depression.  —  A recruiter for Union Pacific Corp., she has openings to fill, the kind that sometimes seem to have all but vanished …

Pakistanis burn Obama effigy and US flag  —  Video for this article is not available as your browser either does not support JavaScript and/or Flash Player 9+ or they are currently disabled in your browser settings.  —  Hundreds of enraged Pakistanis have taken to the streets across the country …

CNN Prank Caller Poses As Student Arrested In Cairo, Thanks 'Baba Booey's Monkey Nuts' For Freedom  —  CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield got a bit of an unwelcome surprise this evening as an interview with who she thought was Gregory Porter, an American student recently arrested and released in Cairo, went awry.

In the Republican race, it's Romney, Huntsman or bust  —  Yesterday, 11 National Post contributors named their preferred Republican nominee in less than 250 words.  —  Being more indecisive and longer-winded, I needed 24 extra hours and 500 more words.  —  I'm looking for two chief things in a candidate for 2012: