Yellen is currently the Fed's deputy chair and will replace Ben Bernanke in Jan, becoming the first woman ever to hold the post.

At the time Svartholm Warg was living in Cambodia but was later arrested and deported to Sweden in connection with another cyber crime.

The EU has spent 2 billion euros since 2011 on relief for refugees of the conflict, which has displaced millions of people, Van Rompuy said.

Some Shi'ite commentators in Lebanon have accused Sunni Saudi Arabia of being behind blasts earlier this week.

Kabul had asked for his release ever since he was arrested in a joint Pakistan-U.S. operation in the southern city of Karachi in 2010.

"The optimism unleashed by China's reform plan is today hammered by the reality of weaker economic data," said Wei Yao.

They threw out six drafts of the bill which would have allowed Yulia Tymoshenko to travel abroad for medical treatment.

Private NTV television reported that the man had credit card debts and wanted to draw attention to his plight.

Sechin, Russia’s former deputy prime minister and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, earned $50 million over the last year.

A descendant of Armenian parents from the Kharpert region of Historic Armenia, Ignatius is a native of Glendale, California.