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 10 Things to Know for Tuesday  Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:54:11Z Spain teachers, students strike over spending cuts  Teachers and students at all levels of Spain's education system went on strike Tuesday to protest wide-ranging government spending cuts, chanting and erecting makeshift tombs at university campuses to symbolize what they claim will be the death of the country's schooling system.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:53:37Z Five killed in restaurant blast in Syrian capital BEIRUT (Reuters) - Five people were killed when an explosive device detonated at a restaurant in the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday, Syrian state media and activists said. The northern Damascus neighborhood of Qaboun where the bomb went off has been a centre of protests demanding the end of President Bashar al-Assad's rule and has also seen fighting between Assad loyalists and rebels. State television blamed the explosion on "terrorists," a term the Syrian government uses when referring to the armed opposition. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:47:38Z IMF calls on UK to do more to boost economy The International Monetary Fund has issued a tough assessment of U.K. economic policy, urging the coalition government and Bank of England to do more to boost demand in the economy. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:44:55Z UK awards deals to design new Trident submarines LONDON (Reuters) - Britain awarded contracts to design its next generation of nuclear deterrent submarines on Tuesday, bringing renewal of the controversial and costly Trident weapons system a step closer. Debate has raged in cash-strapped Britain on whether to renew the Trident nuclear deterrent - which currently consists of four submarines carrying Trident warheads - at an estimated cost of some 20 billion pounds ($31.5 billion). ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:58:18Z OECD sees euro crisis threatening world recovery  PARIS (Reuters) - The United States and Japan are leading a fragile economic recovery among developed countries that could yet be blown off course if the euro zone fails to contain the damage from its problem debtor states, the OECD said on Tuesday. In its twice-yearly economic outlook, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development forecast that global growth would ease to 3.4 percent this year from 3.6 percent in 2011, before accelerating to 4.2 percent in 2013, in line with its last estimates from late November. ...Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:40:21Z Brandon Cronenberg is a chip off the bloody block  You wait years for a new Cronenberg movie at Cannes, and then two come along at once.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:49:48Z Joplin commemorates anniversary of deadly tornado  A day of solemn remembrances and forward-looking celebrations is planned Tuesday as Joplin commemorates the anniversary of a tornado that ripped the city in half.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:01:23Z |