News Headlines - 07 May 2012

▽French and Greek elections renew fears for euro's future - The Guardian
http://news.google.co.jp/news/more?cf=all&ned=uk&ncl=dwaOURBIFHAFbYMIRKlsd85MQ5qFM&topic=h
While Angela Merkel was licking her wounds after losing a bellwether regional election in Germany, the seismic shift wrought by the French presidential and Greek parliamentary ballots renewed fears for the future of the euro.

▽Euro, stock markets fall after votes in France and Greece - Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/euro-stock-markets-fall-after-votes-in-france-and-greece/2012/05/07/gIQAf1YW7T_story.html
Investors nervous about the changing political winds in Europe drove down the euro and sent stock markets falling across the region on Monday while driving up borrowing costs in a number of heavily indebted nations.

▽Vladimir Putin sworn in as Russian president amid protests - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/07/vladimir-putin-russia-president
Putin was president from 2000 to 2008 and then prime minister for the past four years. The new, six-year term will keep him in power until 2018 – with the option of running for a fourth term.

▽Disney Research's Touché will bring touch control to body parts and objects - Herald Sun
http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/07/disney-research-touche-touch-system/
NEXT-gen touch sensor technology will allow people to control devices by touching parts of their body, according to Disney.
The team that bought us Mickey Mouse has demonstrated a new technology that can sense hand gestures on the human body, everyday objects and even liquids.

▽Losing Premier League crown to Man City on goal difference would be agony, says Young - Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2140664/Losing-Premier-League-title-Man-City-goal-difference-agony-says-Ashley-Young.html
Roberto Mancini's side are on course to land their first championship since 1968 after Yaya Toure's brace earned an impressive 2-0 win at St James' Park.
And although United beat Swansea 2-0 at Old Trafford they need a miracle - a QPR win or draw at the Etihad Stadium - to retain the Barclays Premier League crown.