Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:50:03 +0100 (AP) - Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) officers watch a monitor showing the stock exchange index in Milan, Italy, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. Italy's borrowing costs eased in a bond auction Monday, but worries about the country's ability to manage its debt and enforce spending cuts persisted as unions called a strike against the new government's austerity measures. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Carabinieri police stand guard in front of La Scala opera house ...
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:40:08 +0100 (Reuters) - Carabinieri police stand guard in front of La Scala opera house in Milan December 7, 2011. Mozart's "Don Giovanni", conducted by director Daniel Barenboim , will open for the 2011 opera season at the La Scala opera house. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo (ITALY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY)
Singer Ayo (L) and French actress Virginie Ledoyen pose before ...
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:50:06 +0100 (Reuters) - Singer Ayo (L) and French actress Virginie Ledoyen pose before the Bombay-Paris theme Metiers D'Art Show by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for French fashion house Chanel in Paris December 6, 2011. The show, which exists since 2003, is an homage to Chanel workshops. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT FASHION)
British rapper Tinie Tempah performs during the BRIT music awards ...
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:10:08 +0100 (Reuters) - British rapper Tinie Tempah performs during the BRIT music awards at the O2 Arena in London in this February 15, 2011 file photo. At the age of 23, British rapper Tinie Tempah has already sold a million records with his debut album "Disc-Overy." Now he's hoping to conquer the United States with a new breed of hip-hop music through the release this week of his drum and bass hit British single "Pass Out" and a performance on TV singing contest "The X Factor". REUTERS/Luke Macgregor/Files (BRITAIN - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)
Rapper Tinie Tempah's big ambition for U.S. "Disc-Overy"
Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:30:11 +0100 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At the age of 23, British rapper Tinie Tempah has already sold a million records with his debut album "Disc-Overy." Now he's hoping to conquer the United States with a new breed of hip-hop music through the release this week of his drum and bass hit British single "Pass Out" and a performance on TV singing contest "The X Factor". Reuters spoke with Tinie Tempah about his career so far and British influences on the U.S. rap music scene. Q: Your music is at the core of a new wave of hip-hop coming out of London. ... (Source: Reuters)