Egypt government dissolves Brotherhood NGO – report
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt‘s army-backed government has dissolved the Muslim Brotherhood as a registered non-governmental organization, the state-run Al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Friday, pressing a crackdown on deposed…
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Kenya moves to leave international court
TOM ODULA Associated Press= NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) â?? Kenya’s parliament on Thursday passed a motion to withdraw from the International Criminal Court just before the country’s president and deputy president face trial at The Hague for allegedly…
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Cyprus lawmakers reject key term for EU/IMF bailout
Cypriot MPs have rejected legislation demanded by international creditors in return for the second instalment of a 10bn-euro (£8.7bn) EU/IMF bailout. Lawmakers voted 23 to 21 against two bills bringing co-operative banks under the central bank’s…
photo: AP / Petros Karadjias
Rumsfeld concedes Iraq War influences Syria debate
Posted by CNN‘s Leigh Ann Caldwell Updated 9/5/13 12:00 p.m. ET (CNN) – While sharply criticizing President Barack Obama as an ineffective leader on Syria, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld conceded that faulty intelligence in the lead…
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Syria strike set to overshadow G20 summit
World leaders from G20 are meeting in St Petersburg, Russia, amid sharp differences over possible US military action against Syria, in response to what theUS administration calls a deadly chemical weapons attack by the Syrian government….
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Egypt: Interior minister survives bombing
CAIRO (AP) — An explosion on Thursday targeted the convoy of Egypt‘s interior minister in Cairo‘s eastern Nasr City district, security officials and state television said. The minister, Mohammed Ibrahim, survived the attack. The officials said it…
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Fukushima crisis: ‘Ice wall’ test to begin soon
Tweet Tokyo, Sep 5 (IANS) The Japanese government will soon begin a test to surround the leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant with an ‘ice wall’ to arrest the flow of contaminated groundwater, government officials confirmed Thursday. The…
Obama and Putin bring chill wind to St Petersburg as spectre of Syria crisis looms over G20 summit
05 Sep 2013
American president Barack Obama has touched in St Petersburg, Russia, ahead of the G20 summit. Mr Obama arrived today from Sweden, the first stop on his three-day overseas trip. The Stockholm visit was added after Mr Obama cancelled plans to hold talks ahead of the G20 with Russian presidentVladimir Putin in Moscow, in retaliation for Russia…
Egypt: Interior minister survives bombing
CAIRO (AP) — An explosion on Thursday targeted the convoy of Egypt‘s interior minister in Cairo‘s eastern Nasr City district, security officials and state television said. The minister, Mohammed Ibrahim, survived the attack. The officials said it…
photo: AP / Amr Nabil
Fukushima crisis: ‘Ice wall’ test to begin soon
Tweet Tokyo, Sep 5 (IANS) The Japanese government will soon begin a test to surround the leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant with an ‘ice wall’ to arrest the flow of contaminated groundwater, government officials confirmed Thursday. The…
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Ready for war? Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin set to lock horns over Syria at …
Vladimir Putin welcomes President Barack Obama and the other heads of the world’s leading and emerging nations to a G20 summit in St Petersburg tomorrow morning. The event will crackle with tensions over the case for punitive strikes against Syria…
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Kerry makes case to House for action in Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry says that when chemical weapons were used inSyria last spring, President Obama did not have a “compelling” enough case to push for a U.S. military response. Testifying to the House Foreign Affairs Committee today, Kerry…
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New Malian President Keita promises unity and peace
Mali’s newly sworn in leader Ibrahim Boubacar Keita pledged on Wednesday (03.09.2013) to unite the deeply divided West African nation. Keita’s inauguration marks a return to civilian rule following a coup in March, 2012. ‘IBK’ as he is popularly…
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Attacks on security forces kill 12 in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombings and shootings targeting security forces across Iraqkilled at least 12 people Wednesday, officials said, as authorities found the bodies of 16 people killed in an attack overnight on two Shiite families south of Baghdad. The…
photo: AP / Hadi Mizban
Egypt interim govt committed to poll timetable
CAIRO – Egypt‘s interim president Adly Mansour on Tuesday vowed his government will stick to a timetable for elections next year and hoped to lift a state of emergency in mid-September. Mansour, in his first television interview since the military…
photo: AP / Amr Nabil
Ariel Castro Reportedly Found Hanging in Prison Cell
04 Sep 2013
Attacks on security forces kill 12 in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombings and shootings targeting security forces across Iraqkilled at least 12 people Wednesday, officials said, as authorities found the bodies of 16 people killed in an attack overnight on two Shiite families south of Baghdad. The…
photo: AP / Hadi Mizban
Egypt interim govt committed to poll timetable
CAIRO – Egypt‘s interim president Adly Mansour on Tuesday vowed his government will stick to a timetable for elections next year and hoped to lift a state of emergency in mid-September. Mansour, in his first television interview since the military…
photo: AP / Amr Nabil
Putin warns US against one-sided Syria action
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has warned the US against taking one-sided action in Syria, but has also said that Russia “doesn’t exclude” the possibility of supporting a UN resolution authorising military strikes. He says that such an…
photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko
Strong Quake Shakes Tokyo Area; No Damage Seen
TOKYO — A strong earthquake has shaken the Tokyo area and eastern Japan, though no injuries or damage was immediately reported. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake early Wednesday registered a magnitude of6.9 but was centered offshore…
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Fort Hood Shooter Forcibly Shaved in Prison
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — The Army psychiatrist sentenced to death for theFort Hood shooting rampage has been forcibly shaved. Maj. Nidal Hasan began growing a beard in the years after the November 2009 shooting that left 13 dead and 30 wounded. The…
photo: AP / LM Otero
Americans want to bring Princess Di back to life
Princess Diana is the deceased celebrity many Americans would want to bring back to life while most men would prefer to die before their spouses, according to a new survey about mortality released on Tuesday. The majority of Americans questioned in…
photo: AP / Akira Suemori
Sudan: Oil Will Keep Flowing
After meeting on Tuesday with President Salva Kiir of South Sudan, PresidentOmar al-Bashir of Sudan said oil from South Sudan would continue to flow through his country’s pipelines. Although Mr. Bashir had ordered the pipelines closed and accused…
photo: UN / Isaac Billy
Japan to fund ice wall to stop reactor leaks
03 Sep 2013
TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese government announced Tuesday that it is funding a costly, untested subterranean ice wall in a desperate step to stop leaks of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant after repeated failures by the plant’s operator. The decision is widely seen as a safety appeal just days before the International Olympic…
Australia ready for gay marriage, says Kevin Rudd
Prime minister, a practising Christian, hits back at religious right by saying Biblepreaches universal love among all people Kevin Rudd pledges to legalise gay marriage within 100 days if Labor is re-elected. Photograph: Stefan Postles/Getty Images…
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Verizon and Vodafone strike record deal
Verizon Communications has agreed to pay $130 billion to buy Vodafone out of its US wireless business. The deal marks the third biggest corporate takeover in history. US telecom giant Verizon and Vodafone announced Monday that the…
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Egypt’s deposed president Mohammed Morsi to stand trial over Cairo protest deaths
Egypt’s deposed President Mohammed Morsi is to go on trial for allegedly inciting his supporters to kill protesters demonstrating outside his palace while he was in power, it was reported….
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
Obama seeks Syria support from former foe McCain
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is inviting Sen. John McCain to the White House, hoping his foe in the 2008 presidential election will help sell the idea of aUS military intervention in Syria to a nation deeply scarred by more than a decade of…
photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon
Asia stocks gains as China manufacturing improves
BANGKOK (AP) Asian stock markets were mostly higher Monday after manufacturing surveys suggested China’s economic slowdown is plateauing. The region’s gains came despite subdued growth in U.S. incomes and consumer spending that put a dampener on Wall…
photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi
Opinion: Merkel wins debate with the facts
During the televised debate between the chancellor and her main opponent, the presenters were very careful to ensure that speaking times were equal for both participants. But throughout much of the 90-minute duel between the Christian Democrat‘s…
photo: AP / WDR, Max Kohr
George Bush mistakenly announces Nelson Mandela’s death
Though he remains in critical condition, former South African President Nelson Mandela was discharged from the Pretoria, South Africa hospital he has received treatment in since June, to continue his recovery at home. When the news broke that Mandela…
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Syria asks UN to stop ‘any aggression’
02 Sep 2013
Syria has asked the UN to prevent “any aggression” against Syria following a call over the weekend by US President Barack Obama for punitive strikes against the Syrian military for last month’s alleged chemical-weapons attack.US military action will be put to a vote in Congress, which ends its summer recess on September 9, giving Syrian…
Egypt’s deposed president Mohammed Morsi to stand trial over Cairo protest deaths
Egypt’s deposed President Mohammed Morsi is to go on trial for allegedly inciting his supporters to kill protesters demonstrating outside his palace while he was in power, it was reported….
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
Obama seeks Syria support from former foe McCain
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is inviting Sen. John McCain to the White House, hoping his foe in the 2008 presidential election will help sell the idea of aUS military intervention in Syria to a nation deeply scarred by more than a decade of…
photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon
During the televised debate between the chancellor and her main opponent, the presenters were very careful to ensure that speaking times were equal for both participants. But throughout much of the 90-minute duel between the Christian Democrat‘s…
photo: AP / WDR, Max Kohr
George Bush mistakenly announces Nelson Mandela’s death
Though he remains in critical condition, former South African President Nelson Mandela was discharged from the Pretoria, South Africa hospital he has received treatment in since June, to continue his recovery at home. When the news broke that Mandela…
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Veteran broadcaster David Frost dies
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Sir David Frost, the journalist and broadcaster whose lengthy career covered everything from cutting-edge 60s satire to heavyweight interviews and celebrity gameshows, has died of a heart attack on a cruise ship, his family said. The 74-year-old,…
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Senegal’s Macky Sall appoints new prime minister
Senegalese President Macky Sall appointed Justice Minister Aminata Touré(pictured) as the country’s new prime minister on Sunday after sacking the previous government, Touré told state radio By News Wires (text) President Macky Sall of…
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Seamus Heaney 1995 Nobel Prize winner literature dies
The winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for literature has died. Seamus Heaney ofNorthern Ireland passed away on Friday, August 30, 2013. He has been described as one of the English language’s leading poets. He passed away in a Dublinhospital after a…
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Tunisia opposition stages protest as crisis deepens
01 Sep 2013
Obama asks Congress to approve Syria strike
US president Barack Obama stepped back from the brink on Saturday and delayed an imminent military strike against Syria to seek approval from the US Congress in a gamble that will test his ability to project American strength abroad and deploy his…
photo: White House / Pete Souza
Merkel and Steinbrück prepare for German TV election debate
Three weeks before Germans go to the polls, the top candidates for chancellor,Angela Merkel and Peer Steinbrück, are to lock horns on TV. It’s the only such debate ahead of the vote, although the opposition wanted two. Chancellor Angela Merkel and…
photo: AP / Michael Probst
Many see Pope Francis I as an agent of change; others as one of prophecy
“As you know, the duty of the conclave was to appoint a bishop of Rome, and it seems to me that my brother cardinals went to fetch him at the end of the world. But here I am.” Those were the words of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio ofArgentina, who…
photo: WN / Marzena J.
At Alpbach, UN chief urges greater action to meet anti-poverty, sustainability goals
Print 31 August 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged participants at the European Forum Alpbach to boost action towards achieving the anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to shape a shared vision…
photo: UN / /Evan Schneider
UN weapons inspectors return from Syria as clock ticks
Ban Ki-Moon promises to expedite analysis amid pressure on team to report findings before any US air strikes are launched UN weapons inspector collects samples in Syria. The tests are being carried out in two unidentified laboratories inEurope….
Always consider what follows the ‘quick strike’
31 Aug 2013
So the U.S. launches a military strike. Then what? As the Obama administration and the U.S. military plot military action against Syria, they should be spending just as much time — and arguably more — considering what happens next. Once Washington crosses the threshold of action, there’s no retreating from blame for anything that follows, whether…
Amid crackdown, Egypt’s protesters shift tactics
CAIRO – Reeling from a fierce security crackdown, the Muslim Brotherhood brought out mostly scattered, small crowds Friday in its latest protests of Egypt‘s military coup. While the remnants of the Brotherhood‘s leadership are still able to exhibit…
photo: AP / Khalil Hamra
DR Congo rebels retreat from eastern frontline
Rebels fighters declared a ceasefire “to give peace a chance” and retreated from strategic hills in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo Friday. But Rwanda, accused of supporting the rebels, reportedly moved troops towards the border. ByJosh…
photo: AP / Jerome Delay
US plans ‘limited act’ against Syria over chemical claim
President Barack Obama has said the US is considering a “limited narrow act” in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian army. Mr Obamastressed that no “final decision” had been made, but ruled out putting…
photo: White House / Pete Souza
Bosnia: Convicted War Criminal Welcomed as a Hero
Singing Serbian national songs and waving flags, more than 2,000 people on Friday welcomed home as a national hero a convicted war criminal, Momcilo Krajisnik. Mr. Krajisnik, 68, was arrested in 2000 and convicted by the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal…
photo: AP / Bas Czerwinski, Pool
UNASUR Summit in Suriname Welcomes Back Paraguay
PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Paraguay is being welcomed back into a group ofSouth American nations known as UNASUR. The country was officially reinstated during a yearly summit held Friday in Suriname. UNASUR had temporarily suspended Paraguay after it…
photo: AP / Edward Troon
Portugal asks for 2 more planes to fight wildfires
LISBON, Portugal – Wildfires are scorching large areas of forest in Portugal and the country has asked other European nations to send two more water-dropping aircraft to help battle the blazes. Jorge Dias, spokesman for Portugal’s NationalCivil…
photo: Creative Commons / Paulo Fernandes
France backs action on Syria as US seeks coalition, UK rejects move
30 Aug 2013
DAMASCUS: French President Francois Hollande gave a boost Friday to US hopes of forging an international coalition for possible strikes against Syriaafter British lawmakers rejected any involvement in military action. The White House had signalled on Thursday that US President Barack Obama, guided by the “best interests” of the United States, was…
France says military strike against Syria possible by Wednesday
PARIS: French President Francois Hollande said a military strike on Syria could come by Wednesday and that Britain’s surprise rejection of armed intervention would not affect his government’s stand. “France wants firm and proportionate…
photo: AP / Jerome Delay
DR Congo rebels announce troop withdrawal
The M23 rebel movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be withdrawing troops from the frontline of fighting with Congolese and UN forces, according to the group’s chief. Bertrand Bisimwa, the civilian president of M23, told Al Jazeera on…
photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti
Colombia braced for nationwide protests
Colombia‘s largest cities were braced on Thursday for marches by students and labour unions in support of a growing nationwide strike by miners, truckers, coffee growers, milk producers and potato farmers protesting against everything from high fuel…
photo: AP / Fernando Vergara
Philippines and China Dispute Visit
MANILA — The Philippines and China, already locked in a territorial dispute, engaged in a diplomatic tussle on Thursday. The Philippine president canceled a visit to a trade fair in China after being told to stay away, while China insisted that it…
photo: AP / Andy Wong
$59 billion black budget: US spying detailed in secret report
US spy agencies have built an intelligence-gathering colossus since the attacks ofSeptember 11, 2001, but remain unable to provide critical information on a range of national security threats, according…
photo: AP / Shiho Fukada
India’s first defence satellite GSAT-7 launched successfully
August 29: India‘s first exclusive defence satellite GSAT-7 was successfully launched by European space consortium Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket fromKourou spaceport in French Guiana today, giving a major push to the country’s maritime security….
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‘Mega-canyon’ discovered under ice in Greenland
Hidden beneath Greenland‘s ice sheet is a massive canyon that’s more than 460 miles long and up to 2,600 feet deep at points. by A 3D computer rendering of the subglacial canyon, looking northwest from central Greenland. (Credit: J. Bamber/University…
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Obama advocates limited strikes in Syria
29 Aug 2013
US President Barack Obama says the United States has “concluded” that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against civilians, and advocated the use of a “tailored, limited” military strike in response. Obamawas referring to an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta last week that aid agencies say killed at…
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster
Tropical storm floods western cities in Taiwan
Tropical Storm Kong-Rey battered Taiwan on Thursday, dumping more than 500millimetres (19 inches) of rain on the heavily populated west coast and causing…
photo: AP
Obama says no decision made on Syria
Washington, August 29: US President Barack Obama Wednesday said that he has not made a decision about how to respond to the use of chemical weapons inSyria‘s internal conflict, media reported. “I have not made a decision,” the president said in an…
photo: White House / Pete Souza
UN pressure to delay intervention in Syria
Britain and the US were under pressure last night to delay military action in Syriauntil the United Nations completes its investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime. With an impending military attack now all…
photo: UN / Mark Garten
Latin America, UN remain supportive of Haiti peacekeepers
UNITED NATIONS — Countries participating in a UN-led stabilization mission inHaiti on Wednesday pledged their continued support, citing encouraging signs the government is taking calls for electoral reform seriously. But during a Security Council…
photo: UN / JC McIlwaine
Fort Hood killer Hasan sentenced to death
Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan has been sentenced to death for the killing of 13 people in 2009 at a Texas military base. The jury took just over two hours on Wednesday to decide on the former army psychiatrist’s fate. Prosecutors had called for the…
photo: AP
Iraq bombings, shooting claim at least 66 lives
Baghdad area residents awoke to a coordinated wave of bombings mainly targeting Shiite areas, and seven members of a single family were killed as they slept in an apparently sectarian attack in Iraq on Wednesday. At least 66 were killed and many more…
photo: AP / Rebels Gathering of Hawija
At least 26 killed in flurry of bombings across Afghanistan
Six people were killed in a bomb attack on a base operated by Polish and Afghan forces in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni on Wednesday, local officials and a Reuters witness said. Another 20 people – including at least nine soldiers – died in a…
photo: AP / Ahmad Jamshid
Western intervention looms after reported Syrian chemical weapons attacks
28 Aug 2013
August 28, 2013 — Updated 0730 GMT (1530 HKT) (CNN) — Warships armed with cruise missiles plow the waters of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Cabinet-level officials hold a National Security Council meeting at the White House Tuesday night. And U.S. officials all but tell U.N. inspectors in Syria to get out of the way. For almost two years, Obama…
photo: US Navy / MCS3 Jamie Cosby
Attacks kill at least 58 people in Iraq: Officials
BAGHDAD: A coordinated wave of bombings tore through Shia Muslim areas in and around the Iraqi capital early Wednesday, killing at least 58 and wounding many more, officials said. The blasts, which came in quick succession, targeted residents out…
photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed
Pakistan court drops charges against Khan
Pakistan’s top court on Wednesday dropped contempt charges against cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, accepting his explanation that he never intended to bring senior judges into disrepute. Khan, the head of Pakistan’s third largest…
photo: AP / Anjum Naveed
When to strike: Tense decisions for Obama on Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — Preparations for a highly anticipated strike on Syria could lead to an awkward decision on timing. Few doubt that President Barack Obama is preparing for a U.S.-led military action to retaliate for what the U.S. and its allies say…
photo: AP / Aleppo Media Center AMC
US sends envoy to North Korea to seek Kenneth Bae release
The US is to send a senior official to North Korea to request the release of a US man jailed in the communist state. Robert King, the US special envoy for North Korean rights, will arrive in Pyongyang on Friday, the state department said. He will…
photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon
Herder dies of bubonic plague in Kyrgyzstan after being bitten by flea
A 15-year-old Kyrgyzstani herder has died of bubonic plague after being bitten by a flea – the first case of Black Death in the country for over 30 years. In an effort to calm fears of an epidemic, an emergency quarantine zone has been set-up to…
photo: Creative Commons / Christopher Fynn
Taliban kill 12 Afghan civilians, aid workers
August 27: Insurgents shot and killed 12 civilians in two separate incidents over the weekend, including six aid workers employed on government projects, officials said today. The bodies of six victims were found in the Gulran district of western…
photo: AP / Ahmad Jamshid
Zimbabwe Announces Plans For A $300 Million ‘Disneyland In Africa’
Zimbabwe‘s Victoria Falls There’s no Disneyland in Africa, but if comments from Zimbabwe’s tourism and hospitality minister are any indication, a big-time theme park along those lines may be in the works for an area near the iconic Victoria Falls….
photo: European Community / John Walker
Russia’s warning falls on deaf ears as Britain and US prepare to bomb
27 Aug 2013
Russia warned Britain and America yesterday that they would be in “grave violation of international law” if they carried out air strikes against the Syrianregime without the approval of the United Nations. Amid growing concern athome and abroad about the legitimacy and wisdom of the UK participating in an attack on the Assad regime without UN…
Kerry: Chemical arms use in Syria has consequences
Secretary of State John Kerry says there is “undeniable” evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack in Syria, with intelligence strongly pointing to Bashar Assad‘s government, and “this international norm cannot be violated without…
photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta
Deadly raid could derail Israeli-Palestinian talks
JERUSALEM — Palestinians warned Monday that newly restarted peace talks could be derailed after a deadly clash between Palestinian refugees and Israeli security forces. Three Palestinians were shot and killed at the Kalandia refugee camp near…
photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed
Summary Box: Stocks Sag After Kerry’s Remarks
SYRIA: The stock market sagged Monday after the Obama administrationratcheted up pressure against Syria. Secretary of State John Kerry said there was “undeniable” evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack in Syria last week, and suggested…
photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin
How the Dow Jones Industrial Average Fared Monday
The stock market sagged Monday after the Obama administration ratcheted up pressure against Syria. Secretary of State John Kerry said there was “undeniable” evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack in Syria last week, and suggested the…
photo: AP / Richard Drew
U.N. results could be deliberately misinterpreted, says Assad
As war rhetoric escalates, Syria’s President, Bashar Al-Assad has mounted a robust counterattack — rejecting that his forces used chemical weapons and warning that the U.S. will suffer a historic defeat in case it launches a military…
photo: AP / SANA
Even as U.S. hands over fight to Afghans, some troops still take fire
COMBAT OUTPOST WILDERNESS, Afghanistan — For weeks, the fierce duel playing out in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan between U.S. and insurgent artillery crews had been decidedly one-sided – deadly only for the Taliban. With better…
photo: USMC / Anthony L. Ortiz
Kerry To Make Syria Statement At 2 P.M.
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver a statement Monday on the situation in Syria as the Obama administration toughens its rhetoric over the alleged use of chemical weapons by Syrian President Bashar Assad‘s regime.The State…
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SHOTS FIRED AT UN
Snipers Target Inspectors In Syria… List Of Possible Military Targets Circulating In White House…
Karzai arrives in Pakistan for talks
26 Aug 2013
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has arrived in Islamabad for talks with thePakistani officials on restarting peace process with the Taliban. It will beKarzai‘s first meeting with Nawaz Sharif, who took office…
photo: AP / Ahmad Jamshid
Iraq bombings: at least 47 killed in day of terror
Car bombs, roadside bombs and shootings killed at least 47 people in Iraq on Sunday, police and medical sources said, as tensions intensified between Sunniand Shi’ite Muslims across the Middle East. Sunni Muslim insurgents and the…
photo: AP / Hadi Mizban
Hague hints at Syria military move
The Foreign Secretary declined to be drawn on the options being considered byWestern allies but would not rule out the possibility of air strikes or other measures being taken within days. And he told MPs demanding the recall of parliament from its…
photo: AP / Hassan Ammar
Myanmar village rocked by sectarian violence
Htan Gone, Myanmar – Members of a 1 000-strong Buddhist mob torched dozens of homes and shops in north-western Myanmar following rumours that a Muslim man tried to sexually assault a young woman, officials and witnesses said, as the country was once…
photo: AP / Khin Maung Win
Of 6 weekend wildfires, firefighters contain only 2
Six wildfires burned across the region this weekend, according to the CaliforniaDepartment of Fire and Forestry. Four of the fires were still burning Sunday evening, but…
photo: US Army / Richard Goldenberg
Italy will continue to support Afghanistan after 2014, PM says
Kabul – Italy will continue to support war-torn Afghanistan in both the military and civilian realms after NATO troops withdraw in 2014, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta assured Afghan leaders Sunday in Kabul. Letta, who assumed office in April,…
photo: USMC / Justin A. Moeller
Egypt courts hear cases against Mubarak, Islamists
Comment () Tweet CAIRO (AP) — Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is being taken by helicopter to a Cairo courthouse to face retrial in connection with the killings of protesters in 2011, the same day as a separate court is to begin…
photo: AP / Amr Nabil
12 Yemeni air force cadets die in Al Qaeda attack
Tweet Sanaa, Aug 25 (IANS) Al Qaeda affiliates Sunday launched a bomb attack on a bus near the air force base in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, killing 12 air force cadets, officials and witnesses said. “A bus carrying 24 air force…
photo: AP / Hani Mohammed
Aid group details signs of chemical attack in Syria
25 Aug 2013
12 Yemeni air force cadets die in Al Qaeda attack
Tweet Sanaa, Aug 25 (IANS) Al Qaeda affiliates Sunday launched a bomb attack on a bus near the air force base in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, killing 12 air force cadets, officials and witnesses said. “A bus carrying 24 air force…
photo: AP / Hani Mohammed
Arrests in Egypt go beyond Islamists
CAIRO – Having crushed the Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian authorities have begun cracking down on other dissenters, sometimes labeling even liberal activists or labor organizers as dangerous Islamists. Ten days ago, the police arrested two…
photo: AP / Khalil Hamra
Australia’s opposition leader pledges stronger economy if elected PM
By James Grubel CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia’s conservative opposition leader Tony Abbott, favorite to win September 7 elections, launched his campaign on Sunday promising to build a stronger economy, putting bulldozers on the ground and cranes in…
photo: AP / Tertius Pickard
March On Washington 50th Anniversary
Prof Jeffrey Sachs‘ remarks at the March on Washington 50th Anniversary.Delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial: “If the arc of the moral universe bends towards justice, as Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us, it is because righteous souls in…
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Health Fears Grow In Damascus With Reported Chemical Attack
The writer is a Syrian citizen living in Damascus who is not being further identified out of safety concerns. Damascenes are shedding tears for the fallen and expressing fear and confusion in the aftermath of what could prove to be one of the worst…
photo: AP / Aleppo Revolution Against Assad Regime
US, PH vow freedom of navigation in SEA
THE United States and the Philippines have vowed to maintain freedom of navigation in Southeast Asia increasingly beset by maritime territorial rows, the two military allies said. The military chiefs of the two countries made the pledge in the United…
photo: US DoD / Sean K. Harp
Djokovic serves up speech at UN
NEW YORK CITY — World number one Novak Djokovic took a break from his US Open preparations on Friday to address the United Nations, where he encouraged youngsters to follow his path to global stardom….
photo: UN / Mark Garten
Fear Spreads Through Palestinian Camps in Syria
24 Aug 2013
Close to 50,000 children from Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Syria have fled Syria, being among the more than one million other children according toPalestinian Popular Committees in the Damascus-Homs area and head ofU.N. children’s agency UNICEF, Anthony Lake, said in a statement. Roughly 75% of the Palestinian youngsters fleeing Syria are…
Huge Calif. wildfire reverberates in 2 states
FRESNO, Calif. – After burning for nearly a week on the edges of California’sYosemite National Park, a massive wildfire of nearly 200 square miles has now crossed into it, and firefighters have barely begun to contain it. Enlarge In this undated…
photo: US Army / Richard Goldenberg
UN demands prompt probe of Syria chemical claims
Damascus: A top UN official was to visit Syria Saturday for talks as demands grew for a prompt probe into opposition claims the regime unleashed a chemical attack that killed hundreds. US President Barack Obama said the alleged use of chemical…
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
Cruise lines expand their horizons, add new ports of call
It’s an ever-changing panoply: Every year, cruise lines tinker with ship itineraries. They find new ports to visit, adjust cruise durations, stay longer in interesting destinations, conceive new experiences onboard and ashore. It’s all…
photo: WN / Marzena J.
Gibraltar criticises Spanish police dive
Gibraltar has strongly criticised Spanish police for sending divers to inspect an artificial reef in waters claimed by the British territory. Governor Sir Adrian Johnssaid the action constituted a serious violation of UK sovereignty over Gibraltar….
photo: WN / Marzena
One foreign soldier killed in Afghan explosion
KABUL, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) — One foreign soldier was killed Saturday morning in an explosion in eastern Afghanistan. “One International Security Assistance Force(ISAF) service member died following an improvised explosive device attack in eastern…
photo: US Army / Justin A. Moeller
Military jury convicts soldier in Fort Hood attack
FORT HOOD, TEXAS: A military jury on Friday convicted Maj. Nidal Hasan in the deadly 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, making the Army psychiatrist eligible for the death penalty in the shocking assault against American troops by one of their own…
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UN urges Khartoum against oil shutdown
The UN Security Council urged Khartoum on Friday to halt its threat to close the economically vital pipeline network carrying South Sudanese oil. In a unanimous declaration, the 15 council members welcomed South Sudan President Salva Kiir‘s…
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UN says Syrian child refugees tops one million mark
23 Aug 2013
The number of registered child refugees fleeing Syria’s violence has topped the one million mark in another grim milestone of the deepening conflict, twoUN agencies said Friday. Roughly half of all the nearly two million registered refugees from Syria are children, and some 740,000 of those…
Fukushima inspectors ‘careless’, Japan agency says, as nuclear crisis grows
23 Aug 2013
Reuters August 23, 2013 – 09:24 HIRONO, Japan (Reuters) – The operator of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant was careless in monitoring tanks storing dangerously radioactive water, the nuclear regulator said on Friday, the latest development in a crisis no one seems to know how to contain.Tokyo Electric Power Co. also failed to keep…
Israel hits Lebanon after rocket attack
JERUSALEM – The Israeli air force struck a Palestinian group in Lebanon on Friday, officials said, hours after a different organisation said it fired four rockets at the Jewish state from Lebanon. Israeli aircraft “targeted a terror site located…
photo: AP / Hussein Malla, File
Ban Ki-moon pushes Syria to allow for chemical attack probe
BEIRUT/SEOUL: UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on Friday renewed his push for Syria to allow UN inspectors immediate access to investigate allegations that the government carried out a deadly chemical weapons attack on the outskirts ofDamascus. “I…
photo: UN / Mark Garten
Pakistani Taliban commander welcomes talks offer
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: A senior Pakistani Taliban commander welcomed the government’s recent offer to hold peace talks, raising the possibility the militant group has changed its stance after shunning negotiations earlier this year. Asmatullah…
photo: AP / Ishtiaq Mahsud
Staff Sgt. Bales apologizes for Afghan massacre
The U.S. soldier who massacred 16 Afghan civilians during pre-dawn raids last year apologized for the first time for his “act of cowardice,” but could not explain the atrocities to a military jury considering whether he should one day have a shot at…
photo: AP / Ted S. Warren
Insurgent attacks across Iraq kill at least 24
BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgent attacks across Iraq, including a suicide bombing targeting a Shiite wedding party, killed at least 24 people Thursday, authorities said. Attacks have been on the rise in Iraq since a deadly security crackdown in April on a…
photo: AP / Hadi Mizban
Striking a Conciliatory Note, Mugabe Takes Oath of Office
JOHANNESBURG — Robert G. Mugabe was sworn in as president of Zimbabweon Thursday in a pomp-filled ceremony in the capital, Harare, that extends by five years his 33-year rule. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international…
photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi
Google Doodle celebrates influential composer Claude Debussy with Clair de lune sequence
Google has marked the 151st anniversary of the birth of French composer Claude Debussy with a musical doodle. The works of Achille-Claude Debussy were considered a seminal force in the classical music of the 20th Century. His highly influential and…
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President Robert Mugabe to be sworn in as Zimbabwe leader today
22 Aug 2013
President Robert Mugabe is due to be sworn in today for a seventh term asZimbabwe‘s leader. Thursday has been declared a public bank holiday to allow his supporters to attend the ceremony. Mr Mugabe won the election with a landslide 61 per cent of the total votes against…
Pro-Morsi alliance calls for protest against Egyptian army
Cairo, August 22: Supporters of Egypt‘s ousted president Mohamed Morsi called on the Egyptian people to protest against the army Friday. The National Alliance toSupport Legitimacy, consisting of 33 Islamic movements, including the Muslim…
photo: AP / Hassan Ammar
Egyptian court could free Mubarak as crisis deepens
CAIRO (Reuters) – Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak could be freed from jail after a court reviews his case on Wednesday, potentially stirring further unrest in a country where army-backed authorities are hunting down his Muslim Brotherhood…
photo: AP / Amr Nabil
US Air Force lacks volunteers to operate drones
August 20: The US Air Force is unable to keep up with a growing demand for pilots capable of operating drones, partly due to a shortage of volunteers, according to a new study. Despite the importance placed on the burgeoning robotic fleet, drone…
photo: AP / Ariel Schalit
Angela Merkel visits Dachau concentration camp
German president is first to enter site of Nazi centre for detention of ‘undesirables’, where more than 41,000 died German chancellor Angela Merkel (second left) withDachau survivor Max Mannheimer (second right). Photograph:Schiffmann/AFP/Getty…
photo: AP / Michaela Rehle
300 Tons of Contaminated Water Leak From Japanese Nuclear Plant
TOKYO — Three hundred tons of highly contaminated water have leaked from a storage tank at the ravaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on Japan‘sPacific Coast, its operator said on Tuesday, raising further concerns over the site’s…
photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye
Pakistani Officials Seize 100 Tons Of Bomb-Making Equipment In Major Bust In Quetta
By Gul Yousufzai QUETTA, Pakistan Aug 20 (Reuters) – Security forces seized 100tons of bomb-making material from Quetta, one of Pakistan’s most violent cities, on Tuesday night, a security official said. The material was the same type used in two…
photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary
India Heading Toward Crisis Point?
There Won’t Be a Crisis in India – Unless It Is In One Already As readers are probably aware, India’s government is trying to “fix” its own economic policy mistakes by curtailing the economic freedom of its citizens, or putting it…
photo: PIB of India
Syrian activists claim hundreds killed in poison gas attacks
21 Aug 2013
Related articles Activists accuse Assad forces of using nerve gas inDamascus attack SYRIAN opposition activists have accused PresidentBashar al-Assad’s regime of killing 635 people on Wednesday in “poisonous gas” attacks on rebel strongholds near Damascus. The Syrian governmentissued a denial and said the allegations were aimed at derailing a…
Egyptian court could free Mubarak as crisis deepens
CAIRO (Reuters) – Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak could be freed from jail after a court reviews his case on Wednesday, potentially stirring further unrest in a country where army-backed authorities are hunting down his Muslim Brotherhood…
photo: AP / Amr Nabil
US Air Force lacks volunteers to operate drones
August 20: The US Air Force is unable to keep up with a growing demand for pilots capable of operating drones, partly due to a shortage of volunteers, according to a new study. Despite the importance placed on the burgeoning robotic fleet, drone…
photo: AP / Ariel Schalit
Angela Merkel visits Dachau concentration camp
German president is first to enter site of Nazi centre for detention of ‘undesirables’, where more than 41,000 died German chancellor Angela Merkel (second left) withDachau survivor Max Mannheimer (second right). Photograph:Schiffmann/AFP/Getty…
photo: AP / Michaela Rehle
300 Tons of Contaminated Water Leak From Japanese Nuclear Plant
TOKYO — Three hundred tons of highly contaminated water have leaked from a storage tank at the ravaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on Japan‘sPacific Coast, its operator said on Tuesday, raising further concerns over the site’s…
photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye
Pakistani Officials Seize 100 Tons Of Bomb-Making Equipment In Major Bust In Quetta
By Gul Yousufzai QUETTA, Pakistan Aug 20 (Reuters) – Security forces seized 100tons of bomb-making material from Quetta, one of Pakistan’s most violent cities, on Tuesday night, a security official said. The material was the same type used in two…
photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary
India Heading Toward Crisis Point?
There Won’t Be a Crisis in India – Unless It Is In One Already As readers are probably aware, India’s government is trying to “fix” its own economic policy mistakes by curtailing the economic freedom of its citizens, or putting it…
photo: PIB of India
Ex-Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf charged in assassination of Benazir Bhutto
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New Leak Found at Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant
20 Aug 2013
India Heading Toward Crisis Point?
There Won’t Be a Crisis in India – Unless It Is In One Already As readers are probably aware, India’s government is trying to “fix” its own economic policy mistakes by curtailing the economic freedom of its citizens, or putting it…
photo: PIB of India
Ex-Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf charged in assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Facebook Follow @washtimes New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation Monday outlawing “conversion” therapy for gay teenagers. Will he now change his stance on allowing gay marriage in the state? Login to Vote View results…
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Egypt presses crackdown as Muslim Brotherhood leader arrested
Egypt‘s military-backed rulers are pressing on in their crackdown against theMuslim Brotherhood with the arrest early Tuesday of the group’s spiritual leader who had been in hiding near the huge sit-in in support of the country’s ousted Islamist…
photo: AP / Egypt State TV
Fukushima nuclear plant: Radioactive water leak found
Radioactive water has leaked from a storage tank into the ground at Japan‘s Fukushima plant, its operator says. Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said the leak of at least 300 tonnes of the highly radioactive water was discovered on Monday….
photo: AP / Toshifumi Kitamura
Floods cover more than half of Philippine capital
MANILA, Philippines — Flooding caused by some of the Philippines’ heaviest rains on record submerged more than half the capital Tuesday, turning roads into rivers and trapping tens of thousands of people in homes and shelters. The government…
photo: AP / Aaron Favila
Prince William Talks Newborn Son, Admits He’s A Rascal
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent a few quiet weeks with Prince Georgeout of the limelight. With the whole world waiting to hear what the newborn is like, however, Prince William couldn’t stay silent forever. On Monday, he gave his first…
photo: AP / Michael Middleton/TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
Egyptian Authorities Arrest Muslim Brotherhood Chief
Egyptian authorities have arrested Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohammed Badie, escalating a crackdown on the group following the military&aposs ouster of president Mohamed Morsi. The 70-year-old Badie was taken into custody early Tuesday in a…
photo: AP / Nasser Nasser
Egypt in turmoil: At least 24 police officers killed in ambush
19 Aug 2013
CAIRO – At least 24 police officers were killed Monday when militants ambushed two mini-buses in the latest bloodshed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, where security forces have been battling emboldened Islamist extremists for months. Egyptian state TV reported that militants forced the off-duty police officers from the buses and shot them…
China sets date for disgraced politician Bo Xilai’s trial
The trial of the disgraced senior Chinese politician Bo Xilai will start on Thursday when he will face charges of bribery, corruption and abuse of power, according to the Xinhua state news agency. The former Communist Party secretary of the major…
photo: AP / Andy Wong
Egypt: from Anarchy to Insanity Needs Global Intervention
Egyptian military junta, historically hated and feared appears to have gained the upper hand in cold blooded massacres of the innocent civilians demonstrating against the perpetuated military brutality – a challenge to global human conscience that…
photo: UN / Evan Schneider
Additional crews arrive to help fight Idaho fire
BOISE, Idaho – Fire managers expressed optimism Sunday in their battle against a wildfire that has scorched nearly 160 square miles and forced the evacuation of 2,300 homes near the central Idaho resort communities of Ketchum and Sun Valley….
photo: USAF / Tim Chacon
Several Utah wildfires continue to burn, evacuations remain in some places
Several wildfires continued to burn across Utah on Sunday, continuing to prompt mandatory evacuations. After torching a historic lodge and some homes, forcing evacuations and cutting power to Dugway, the Patch Springs Fire — at 31,000acres, the…
photo: USAF / Tim Chacon
34 dead, dozens missing in sunken Philippine ferry
Divers plucked two more bodies from a sunken passenger ferry on Sunday and scrambled to plug an oil leak in the wreckage after a collision with a cargo ship. The accident near the central Philippine port of Cebu that has left 34 dead and more than 80…
photo: AP / Bullit Marquez
Egypt on edge after storming of protester mosque
TONY G. GABRIEL Associated Press= CAIRO (AP) â?? Egypt remained on edge Sunday after security forces stormed a Cairo mosque a day earlier and the ousted president’s Muslim Brotherhood remained poised to hold further street protests despite a possible…
photo: AP / Hussein Tallal
Egypt regime mulls ban on Muslim Brotherhood
The Egyptian Prime Minister has proposed dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. Some 250 followers of the Islamist group now face possible charges of murder and terrorism. Egyptian forces were questioning some 250…
photo: AP / Amr Nabil
Thousands of Syrian refugees begin to floods the Iraq Kurdistan border
18 Aug 2013
Thousands of refugees are pouring across the border into Iraqi Kurdistan, theUnited Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported.Syrians fleeing the on-going conflict have been streaming through Northern Iraq across a recently constructed pontoon bridge over the Tigris since Thursday, the UN has reported. As many as 10,000 may…
Mexico captures leader of cocaine-trafficking Gulf Cartel
18 Aug 2013
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican security forces on Saturday caught the leader of the cocaine-trafficking Gulf Cartel, the second major gang boss capture in just over a month as President Enrique Pena Nieto fights cartel…
34 dead, dozens missing in sunken Philippine ferry
Divers plucked two more bodies from a sunken passenger ferry on Sunday and scrambled to plug an oil leak in the wreckage after a collision with a cargo ship. The accident near the central Philippine port of Cebu that has left 34 dead and more than 80…
photo: AP / Bullit Marquez
Egypt on edge after storming of protester mosque
TONY G. GABRIEL Associated Press= CAIRO (AP) â?? Egypt remained on edge Sunday after security forces stormed a Cairo mosque a day earlier and the ousted president’s Muslim Brotherhood remained poised to hold further street protests despite a possible…
photo: AP / Hussein Tallal
Egypt regime mulls ban on Muslim Brotherhood
The Egyptian Prime Minister has proposed dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. Some 250 followers of the Islamist group now face possible charges of murder and terrorism. Egyptian forces were questioning some 250…
photo: AP / Amr Nabil
German tourist killed in water-bus accident in Venice
A German tourist has been killed on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. A collision between a gondola and a larger water bus was the cause. A 50-year-old German tourist was killed in Venice on Saturday when the gondola he was in with his family…
photo: WN / Marzena J.
Utah wildfire tally rises to 9, stretches resources
Mandatory evacuation orders and road closures remained in place in several Utahcommunities Saturday as crews battled at least nine fires that had torched almost 20 homes and were stretching firefighting resources. The latest losses came Friday, when…
photo: USAF / Tim Chacon
Crimes at sea: the dark side of cruise ships
In her deep research into sex crimes on cruise ships – and also the very particular and distinct culture on board these floating mega-liners – Dr Jill Poulston, a tourism academic, saw a…
photo: WN / Marzena J.
Philippines: 300 Feared Dead After Ferry Crash
17 Aug 2013
A ferry with over 800 passengers and crew on board has sunk after colliding with a cargo ship near the Philippine city of Cebu. The coastguard said the MV Thomas Aquinas listed after hitting the Sulpicio Express Seven Cargo vessel and the captain gave the order to abandon ship. A Navy boat guards the cargo ship that collided with the ferry Officer…
CIA acknowledges Area 51 — but not UFOs or aliens
LAS VEGAS UFO buffs and believers in space aliens are celebrating the CIA’s clearest acknowledgement of the existence of Area 51, the top-secret Cold Wartest site that has been the subject of elaborate conspiracy theories for decades. The recently…
photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite
Philippines: 17 Killed as Cargo Ship And Passenger Ferry Collide Off Coast
At least 17 people were killed when a passenger ferry carrying nearly 700 people collided with a cargo ship and sank in the central Philippines on Friday night, officials said. About 575 people were rescued by government vessels and small fishing…
photo: AP / Philippine Air Force
South Africa: Pistorius to Face New Gun Charges
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius will face new charges of recklessly firing a weapon in public when he appears in court next week for a hearing in his trial on charges of having murdered his girlfriend, South African new outlets reported on Friday. Citing…
photo: AP
Suspected Boko Haram attack in north Nigeria kills 11
Published August 16, 2013AFP Nigerian police, part of the joint forces in Bornostate, pose prior to a patrol in Maiduguri on June 5, 2013. Suspected Boko HaramIslamists have stormed a town in northeast Nigeria, opened fire on police and civilians…
photo: AP / Sunday Alamba
Zara Co-founder Rosalia Mera Dies at Age 69
Rosalia Mera, co-founder of fashion retail chain Zara, has died at the age of 69.Mera suffered a brain hemorrhage on Wednesday while on vacation with her daughter, Sandra, in Menorca and died the following day, according to Spanish…
photo: WN
South Korea Proposes Talks to Reunite Families Divided by War
SEOUL, South Korea — President Park Geun-hye of South Korea said Thursday that South and North Korea should resume arranging reunions of families separated by the Korean War six decades ago, and she renewed a proposal to build an “international…
photo: AP / Lee Jin-man
Death toll in Lebanon bombing climbs to 22
Beirut, Aug 16 (EFE). — The number of fatalities from a carbomb attack in a Shi’ite Muslim neighborhood of Beirut has reached 22, a Lebanese police source told Efe Friday. Another 228 people were injured in…
photo: AP / Ahmad Omarl
Report: NSA Broke Privacy Rules Repeatedly
16 Aug 2013
VOA News A prominent U.S. newspaper says it has obtained a National Security Agency internal audit and other top secret documents, showing that the agency “has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority, thousands of times” each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008. The Washington Post reported…
Iran appoints pragmatist Salehi to head nuclear program
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appointed outgoing Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi to head the Atomic Energy Organization on Friday, state media said, replacing a hardliner with a pragmatist to take charge of Tehran‘s nuclear…
photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq
Egypt army vows to use live ammunition to defend state buildings
Government claims actions are in spirit of 2011 revolution, as pro- and anti-Morsi marches planned after midday prayers Egyptian army soldiers take their positions on top and next to their armored vehicles while guarding an entrance to Tahrir Square,…
photo: AP / Hassan Ammar
Death toll in Lebanon bombing rises to 22
Lebanon’s interior minister says the death toll from the powerful car bomb that struck a south Beirut suburb has risen to 22. Marwan Charbel also says that officials are conducting DNA tests on Friday on body parts discovered near the vehicle…
photo: AP / Hussein Malla
Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Egypt and Syria on Ban’s Agenda
Friday, 16 August 2013, 9:47 am Press Release: Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Egyptand Syria on Agenda As UN Chief Arrives In Middle East New York, Aug 15 2013 – The deadly violence in Egypt, the ongoing Syria crisis and the Israeli-Palestinian peace…
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
We are treated as if we don’t belong to India: Omar
Srinagar, August 15: Pained by the criticism over the communal violence in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday demanded to know why Kashmiris were treated differently. After taking the salute and hoisting the tricolour…
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Ryanair Fires Pilot Who Questioned Airline’s Safety on TV
PARIS — Ryanair, the Dublin-based budget airline, confirmed Thursday that it had fired one of its most senior pilots and was pursuing legal action against him after the pilot raised safety questions about the airline’s fuel policy in a British…
photo: Creative Commons / Grobuonis
Rockefeller Impostor Sentenced for San Marino Murder
A German national and con man who posed as a member of the wealthyRockefeller family was sentenced to 27-years-to-life in prison for the 1985 murder of a man in San Marino, Calif. Christian K. Gerhartsreiter, 52, who blended into wealthy East Coast…
photo: AP / Ted Fitzgerald, Pool
WikiLeaks: Manning apologizes, admits he ‘hurt US’
15 Aug 2013
August 14: US soldier Bradley Manning offered an apology in a military court today over his disclosures to WikiLeaks and acknowledged he “hurt theUnited States.” “I’m sorry that my actions have hurt people and have hurt the United States,” he…
After hundreds killed, Egypt faces new uncertainty
CAIRO — Egypt faced a new phase of uncertainty on Thursday after the bloodiest day since its Arab Spring began, with nearly 300 people reported killed and thousands injured as police smashed two protest camps of supporters of the deposed…
photo: AP / Mohammed Abu Zeid
Egypt: VP ElBaradei resigns to protest raids
CAIRO – Egypt‘s vice president and pro-reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei has resigned to protest deadly police assaults against two sit-in protest camps by supporters of the ousted president. ElBaradei submitted his resignation Wednesday in a letter to…
photo: AP / Bernat Armangue
Broad international condemnation of killings in Egypt
Turkey has urged the UN Security Council and Arab League to act quickly to stop a “massacre” in Egypt and Iran has warned of the risk of civil war, after Egyptiansecurity forces killed dozens of Islamist demonstrators. European leaders criticised…
photo: AP / Manu Brabo
Wrapping up visit, Ban calls for strengthening bonds between UN and Pakistan
Print 14 August 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today hailed the strong partnership between the United Nations and Pakistan on a wide range of issues, and voiced his hope that the country can build on the recent achievement of its first…
photo: UN / Eskinder Deebe
Malians return to polls for 2nd round of voting
The Associated Press BAMAKO (AP)—From the ancient desert town of Timbuktu to refugee camps in neighboring countries, voters cast ballots Sunday to see who should lead Mali out of the political upheaval that left the country’s north in the hands of…
photo: UN / Blagoje Grujic
Dozens killed across Egypt as security forces, protesters clash
By Yasmine Saleh and Tom Finn CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces killed at least 29 people on Wednesday when they moved in to clear a camp of protesters demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Mursi, in a dramatic dawn swoop…
photo: AP / Hassan Ammar
MSF pulls out of Somalia due to attacks
The international medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has begun closing all its humanitarian operations in Somalia because of attacks on its staff. The withdrawal of MSF, also known as Doctors Without Borders, is a blow to the…
photo: UN / TOBIN JONES
Israel frees 26 Palestinian prisoners, who receive heroes’ welcome
14 Aug 2013
JERUSALEM — Hours before a second round of peace talks was set to resume, Israel early Wednesday released the first 26 of 104 Palestinian prisoners it agreed to set free to draw Palestinians back to the negotiating table. The prisoners were transferred to the West Bank and Gaza Strip shortly after 1 a.m., a move widely seen as timed to…
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Pfc. Manning and People of the Lie
14 Aug 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. “The failure to report a crime,” wrote Dr. M. Scott Peck in “People of the Lie: The Hope For HealingHuman Evil,” “is itself a crime.” This is the reason Pfc. Bradley Manning was arrested, court-martialed, found guilty on twenty charges, and faces a maximum sentence of 90 years in a military prison:…
Dozens killed across Egypt as security forces, protesters clash
By Yasmine Saleh and Tom Finn CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces killed at least 29 people on Wednesday when they moved in to clear a camp of protesters demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Mursi, in a dramatic dawn swoop…
photo: AP / Hassan Ammar
Eurozone climbs out of recession
The eurozone has climbed out of recession with better-than-expected growth of 0.3 percent in the second quarter led by Germany and France, the European Unionhas said. Data agency Eurostat said on Wednesday that the 18-month downturn which has cost…
photo: AP / Patrick Kovarik, Pool
Pope preaches ‘virtues of camaraderie’ to ‘bad boy’ Balotelli!
Tweet London, Aug 14 (ANI): Pope Francis has reminded international football stars including Lionel Messi and Mario Balotelli of their social responsibility and told them that there is no place for…
photo: WN / Marzena J.
Massachusetts: Two Plead Not Guilty to Aiding Marathon Bomb Defendant
Two college friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 20-year-old accused of working with his brother to place two bombs at the Boston Marathon, pleaded not guilty in federal court Tuesday to charges that they hindered the investigation into the bombings….
photo: AP / Matt Rourke
Ban Ki-moon Says Nothing New About Drones
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon apparently won applause in Pakistan for his remarks on drones. Several media outlets are running stories suggesting that he opposed all use of armed drones. But what did…
photo: UN / Mark Garten
India Gold Tax Increase, Festival Demand Seen Spurring Smuggling
The third increase in import taxes on gold this year by India, the world’s biggest user, is set to boost smuggling ahead of the festival and wedding seasons as official imports halt on central bank curbs, a trade group said. Gold premiums in India…
photo: WN / Marzena J.
DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press= BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) â?? Brazil demanded answers Tuesday from the U.S. about National Security Agency spying in the country and warned that trust between the two nations would be damaged if U.S. explanations about the…
photo: AP / Eraldo Peres
Kerry: Israeli Settlements Should Not Derail Peace Talks
13 Aug 2013
VOA News U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says new Israeli settlementactivity should not derail peace talks with the Palestinians. Kerry said during a visit to Bogota, Colombia, on Monday that “the United States of America…
Mexican President Invites Foreign Investment in Energy
MEXICO CITY — President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico on Monday, pushing one of the most sweeping economic overhauls in Mexico in the past two decades, proposed opening his country’s historically closed energy industry to foreign investment. Enlarge…
photo: AP / Alexandre Meneghini
A Malaria Vaccine Works, With Limits
A new type of malaria vaccine gave 100 percent protection against infection to a small number of volunteers in recent tests — but under conditions that would be nearly impossible to reproduce in the countries where most malaria victims live.Related…
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
Malians await outcome of crucial presidential run-off
Vote counting is underway in the second and final round of the Malian presidential election. Malians hope it will unlock foreign aid and put their country back on the road to recovery and democratic governance. Malians went to the polls in a run-off…
photo: UN / Blagoje Grujic
Veterans receive medals from South Korea
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Sacrifices made six decades ago were rewarded Sunday when Korean War veterans were presented “Ambassador for Peace” medals from the South Korean government. An estimated 550 people watched as 130 vets were presented their…
photo: US DoD / Sun L. Vega
Defence announces end to combat duties in Afghanistan
Australia’s elite special forces will help train Afghan counterparts next year but will not carry out raids against the Taliban – effectively bringing to an end Australiancombat…
photo: US Army / Vang Seng Thao
Samaras expected to make new visit to USA in September
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is planning to return to the USA in September after his three-day trip to Washington and New York last…
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
US, Afghanistan sign deal allowing foreign troops post 2014
Washington: The United States and Afghanistan have signed an agreement allowing presence of foreign troops beyond the end of 2014. The signing of the stalled…
photo: US Army / Bobby J. Yarbrough
Laszlo Csatary, Hungarian man charged with Nazi-era war crimes, dies at 98
12 Aug 2013
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Laszlo Csatary, a former police officer indicted in June by Hungarian authorities for abusing Jews and contributing to their deportation to Nazi death camps during World War II, has died. He was 98. His lawyer, Gabor Horvath B., said Csatary died Saturday of pneumonia in aBudapest hospital. Photos of the day World War…
Defence announces end to combat duties in Afghanistan
Australia’s elite special forces will help train Afghan counterparts next year but will not carry out raids against the Taliban – effectively bringing to an end Australiancombat…
photo: US Army / Vang Seng Thao
US, Afghanistan sign deal allowing foreign troops post 2014
Washington: The United States and Afghanistan have signed an agreement allowing presence of foreign troops beyond the end of 2014. The signing of the stalled…
photo: US Army / Bobby J. Yarbrough
EU hails Mali’s second round poll
BAMAKO, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) — Mali‘s second round of presidential election has some faults but they are not applicable to challenge the regularity and the sincerity of the vote, declared Louis Michel, head of the European Union‘s electoral observation…
photo: UN / Marco Dormino
In Mali’s Election, Dashes of Optimism and Realism
BAMAKO, Mali — In rain and mud, voters in Mali trickled into darkened polling stations on Sunday, hoping a vote for president will pull their country out of oneWest Africa’s deepest government collapses since the colonial era. Related In Mali, a…
photo: UN / Blagoje Grujic
Militants in Somalia seize UK-funded humanitarian aid
Department for International Development confirms al-Shabaab stole and destroyed aid worth £480,000 in winter 2011-12 An African Union Mission in Somalia hands out biscuits to Somali children. UK-funded aid was seized by al-Shabaab militants between…
photo: UN / TOBIN JONES
Iraq unrest: US condemns Eid attacks
The US has condemned Saturday’s bombings and shootings in Iraq in which more than 60 people were killed. It said those carrying out the attacks during celebrations marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan were enemies of Iraq and the…
photo: AP / Hadi Mizban
Change could aid kids with asthma
Travel Deals $79 — PA: Historic Lancaster Escape for 2 w/Breakfast See all travel deals » Posted: Sunday, August 11, 2013, 1:09 AM Dr. Floyd Malveaux is executive director of the Merck Childhood Asthma Network and a member of the…
photo: WN / Marzena J.
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Supporters of the ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi fortified their two Cairo sit-in sites as security officials said their forces will move against the entrenched protest camps within 24 hours – perhaps as early as daybreak Monday.
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At least 69 killed as deadly Baghdad bombings mark end of Ramadan
11 Aug 2013
Four killed in Ethiopian military plane crash in Mogadishu
10 Aug 2013
Mogadishu: An Ethiopian military cargo plane crash landed and burst into flames at Mogadishu airport, killing four crew members, officials with Somalisecurity and AU forces said. “It was a military cargo plane and there were six crew on board,” said one security official who asked not to be named. “Four of them died and two were…
Police chief condemns Belfast riots as ‘mindless anarchy’
Northern Ireland‘s chief constable has called violent street protests against a republican parade in Belfast “mindless anarchy and sheer thuggery”. Matt Baggottwas speaking after 26 police officers were injured during loyalist…
photo: AP / Peter Morrison
Mali election: Campaigning ends ahead of second round
Campaigning has ended across Mali ahead of Sunday’s presidential election run-off. Former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and ex-Finance MinisterSoumaila Cisse will contest the second round. The election is intended to restore democracy…
photo: UN / Blagoje Grujic
U.S. orders import ban on some Samsung mobile devices
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on Friday ordered a ban on the import and sale of some Samsung mobile devices after finding they infringed on two Apple’s patents for multitouch features and headphone jack…
photo: AP / Chiang Ying-ying
Madrid wants to include Spanish region in Gibraltar talks
Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Aug 9 (EFE). — Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoysaid here Friday that he is in favor of a fourpart dialogue Spain, Britain, Gibraltarand Spain’s Andalusia region to overcome current tensions surrounding theRock….
photo: AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza
Nagasaki marks 68th anniversary of atomic bombing
09 Aug 2013
US drones kill 12 in 3 airstrikes: Yemen official
The U.S. has sharply escalated its drone war in Yemen, with military officials in theArab country reporting 34 suspected al-Qaida militants killed in less than two weeks, including three strikes on Thursday alone in which a dozen died. The action…
photo: AP / Massoud Hossaini, Pool
Snowden link to Lavabit encrypted email service closure
An encrypted email service thought to have been used by fugitive US intelligenceleaker Edward Snowden has abruptly shut down. Ladar Levison, owner of the Texas-based Lavabit service, said legal reasons prevented him explaining his decision. But he…
photo: AP / Kin Cheung
Thein Sein faces nuclear challenge
By David Santoro Myanmar needs to honor its nonproliferation promises. This, in short, is the key finding of the US Department of State‘s 2013 Report on Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and…
photo: UN / Mark Garten
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,121
As of Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, at least 2,121 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. The…
photo: Public Domain / Bot Multichil lT
Pet store owner in shock after python kills two brothers in New Brunswick
Autopsies will be done Tuesday in Saint John on the two young brothers believed to have been strangled to death by a python that escaped from a pet store in northern New Brunswick. Connor Barthe, 5, and his brother Noah, 7, were found lifeless in an…
photo: AP / Seth Wenig
Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in Nepal to protest China’s rule
Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. Dharamshala: – ATibetan monk reportedly died early Tuesday morning after setting himself on fire near the Boudhanath shrine, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu, Nepal, to protest…
photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang
Pakistan Floods Kill At Least 80
ISLAMABAD — Heavy rains that caused flash floods and collapsed houses in different parts of Pakistan have killed 80 people and displaced more than 80,000over the past four days, a Pakistani official said Tuesday. Civil and military authorities…
photo: NASA / NASA
UN experts: Al-Qaeda affiliates remain a threat
08 Aug 2013
UNITED NATIONS — Al-Qaeda’s senior leadership has a diminished ability to direct global terror operations but the threat from loosely linked affiliates and individuals radicalized by its “infectious ideas” is becoming more sophisticated, UN experts said Wednesday. In a report to the Security Council, the panel monitoring UN sanctions against…
Thein Sein faces nuclear challenge
By David Santoro Myanmar needs to honor its nonproliferation promises. This, in short, is the key finding of the US Department of State‘s 2013 Report on Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and…
photo: UN / Mark Garten
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,121
As of Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, at least 2,121 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. The…
photo: Public Domain / Bot Multichil lT
Pet store owner in shock after python kills two brothers in New Brunswick
Autopsies will be done Tuesday in Saint John on the two young brothers believed to have been strangled to death by a python that escaped from a pet store in northern New Brunswick. Connor Barthe, 5, and his brother Noah, 7, were found lifeless in an…
photo: AP / Seth Wenig
Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in Nepal to protest China’s rule
Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. Dharamshala: – ATibetan monk reportedly died early Tuesday morning after setting himself on fire near the Boudhanath shrine, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu, Nepal, to protest…
photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang
Pakistan Floods Kill At Least 80
ISLAMABAD — Heavy rains that caused flash floods and collapsed houses in different parts of Pakistan have killed 80 people and displaced more than 80,000over the past four days, a Pakistani official said Tuesday. Civil and military authorities…
photo: NASA / NASA
Separatists kill 14 in SW Pakistan
Quetta – Rebel separatists killed 14 people, including three security personnel, after stopping vehicles at a fake checkpoint in Pakistan’s volatile southwest on Tuesday, officials said. The attack appears to have mainly targeted people originally…
photo: AP / Shakil Adil
US military evacuates embassy personnel from Yemen
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military evacuated non-essential U.S. governmentpersonnel from Yemen on Tuesday due to the high risk of attack by al-Qaida that has triggered temporary shutdowns of 19 American diplomatic posts across theMiddle East and…
photo: AP / Nasser Nasser
Why Yemen’s al-Qaeda branch is so feared by the West
07 Aug 2013
The closing of embassies in the Middle East and North Africa by the U.S. and other Western countries “due to the continued potential for terrorist attacks” has once again focused attention on the Yemen-based group, al-Qaeda in theArabian Peninsula. In May, U.S. President Barack Obama identified AQAP as the al-Qaeda branch “most active in plotting…
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,121
As of Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, at least 2,121 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. The…
photo: Public Domain / Bot Multichil lT
Pet store owner in shock after python kills two brothers in New Brunswick
Autopsies will be done Tuesday in Saint John on the two young brothers believed to have been strangled to death by a python that escaped from a pet store in northern New Brunswick. Connor Barthe, 5, and his brother Noah, 7, were found lifeless in an…
photo: AP / Seth Wenig
Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in Nepal to protest China’s rule
Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. Dharamshala: – ATibetan monk reportedly died early Tuesday morning after setting himself on fire near the Boudhanath shrine, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu, Nepal, to protest…
photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang
Pakistan Floods Kill At Least 80
ISLAMABAD — Heavy rains that caused flash floods and collapsed houses in different parts of Pakistan have killed 80 people and displaced more than 80,000over the past four days, a Pakistani official said Tuesday. Civil and military authorities…
photo: NASA / NASA
Separatists kill 14 in SW Pakistan
Quetta – Rebel separatists killed 14 people, including three security personnel, after stopping vehicles at a fake checkpoint in Pakistan’s volatile southwest on Tuesday, officials said. The attack appears to have mainly targeted people originally…
photo: AP / Shakil Adil
US military evacuates embassy personnel from Yemen
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military evacuated non-essential U.S. governmentpersonnel from Yemen on Tuesday due to the high risk of attack by al-Qaida that has triggered temporary shutdowns of 19 American diplomatic posts across theMiddle East and…
photo: AP / Nasser Nasser
Russia’s top court cuts Khodorkovsky sentence
Former Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is due to walk free in August of next year after his latest prison sentence was cut by two months. The supreme court reduced the sentences of Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev by two months at an appeal…
Troops killed six unarmed people in temple during Thai ‘Red Shirt’ protests, court rules
06 Aug 2013
A court in Thailand has ruled that six unarmed people who were killed inside aBuddhist temple were shot dead by troops using high-velocity rounds who had taken up positions on railway tracks overlooking the site. The Thai military has always denied its troops fired into the temple. In a ruling that could lead to the prosecution of the troops who…
Intercepts from Qaeda leaders sparked US global alert
By Nicolas REVISE – WASHINGTON Intercepts between Al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri and the leader of the group’s Yemen affiliate sparked the closure of US missions overseas and a global travel alert, US media reported Monday. The New York Times said…
photo: AP / B.K.Bangash
Senate Wary of New Iranian President
Senate urges White House to build action plan to wipe out Iranian nuclear program Comment () Tweet U.S. Senate leaders want the Obama administrationto test new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s stance on the country’s nuclear program. If Iran wants…
photo: AP / Vahid Salemi
White House to Announce Russia Trip Plans Soon
WASHINGTON — The White House is saying it will announce in the coming days whether President Barack Obama is going to cancel a visit to Moscow. Obama‘s plan to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin has been up in the air with Russiagranting…
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Senators Call for End to Afghan Helicopter Deal
WASHINGTON — Twelve Republican and Democratic senators are calling on thePentagon to cancel all contracts to buy helicopters for Afghan security forces from a state-run Russian arms exporter that is a top weapons supplier to the Syrian government….
photo: AP / Paul Sancya
Zimbabwe elections: Why is nobody dancing after Mugabe’s latest win?
August 5, 2013 — Updated 1727 GMT (0127 HKT) Editor’s note: Wilf Mbanga is the founder and editor of The Zimbabwean, an independent newspaper. He lives in self-imposed exile in the UK after being declared an enemy of the state by the Zimbabwean…
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Berlusconi supporters threaten ‘civil war’
Could Silvio Berlusconi‘s sentence at Italy‘s highest court on Thursday bring theItalian government to its knees? His supporters talk of “civil war” if Berlusconi is not allowed to continue practicing politics. You have to admit, Silvio Berlusconi…
photo: AP / Andrew Medichini
JOHANNESBURG — The city of Johannesburg has apologized for a mix up over a warning notice it delivered to the house of Nelson Mandela, the former South African president who is critically ill in a hospital. The city said Monday that the notice was…
photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam
Death toll rises as floods sweep Pakistan
06 Aug 2013
By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI – The death toll from monsoon rains inPakistan has risen to more than 80 in the last five days, as much of the country has been inundated, flooding many cities and towns from north to south. The National Disaster Management Authority warned on Monday that more rain than usual was expected this and next month. “At…
Assad says Syria opposition a failure
05 Aug 2013
Syria‘s President Bashar al-Assad has described the main oppositionNational Coalition as a “failure”, adding that it can have no role in ending the country’s war. Syria’s crisis will only be solved by stamping out “terror”, President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday, in reference to rebels fighting his regime. “This opposition is not reliable, it is…
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Assad regime’s ballistic missiles killing children in Syria: HRW
Beirut: Ballistic missiles used by the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assadare killing many civilians, including children, an international rights group said on Monday. These missiles “are hitting populated areas, causing large numbers of…
photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd
US official visits senior Egypt Islamist in jail
HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press= CAIRO (AP) â?? A top U.S. diplomat met early on Monday a jailed senior leader in the Muslim Brotherhood, part of mediation efforts to end the standoff between Egypt‘s military-backed government and protesters…
photo: AP / Amr Nabil
Heavy rains, floods kill 60 in Pakistan; Karachi worst-hit
Islamabad: Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods across Pakistan have killed 60 people over the past three days, with southern port city of Karachi being worst-hit, officials said on Monday. Most of the people were killed in Karachi where some areas…
photo: AP / Fareed Khan
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announces election will be held on September 7
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called an election for Sept. 7 and said Sunday that it will be fought over who can be trusted to manage the Australian economy as it transitions from a decade-old mining boom fed by Chinese industrial demand that is now…
photo: AP / Lukas Coch
Iran’s Rohani takes oath on vowing to rescue economy
Iran’s new President Hassan Rohani was set to take the oath before parliament on Sunday a day after taking office with a promise to work to ease cripplingWestern sanctions. Rohani formally took office on Saturday at a ceremony in which he received…
photo: AP / Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader
Morocco king orders probe into Spanish rapist release
RABAT – Morocco’s king on Saturday announced an investigation into the release of a Spanish paedophile convicted of raping 11 children aged between four and 15. Daniel Galvan Vina, said to be in his 60s, was pardoned by King Mohammed VI and freed on…
photo: AP / Mustapha Houbais
Hezbollah leader rallies members amid pressure in Lebanon
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah makes a rare public appearance Friday during a rally to mark Jerusalem day, or Al-Quds day, pledging to continue to support the Palestinian cause. (Hussein Malla, The Associated Press) BEIRUT — The leader…
photo: AP / Hussein Malla
Diplomatic efforts to defuse Egyptian crisis ongoing
04 Aug 2013
Diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Egypt without further bloodshed continued over the weekend. While the situation remained extremely tense, some spoke of initial signs of a willingness to compromise. The US deputy secretary of state, William Burns, met on Saturday both with senior supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi and…
Nigeria: Doctors Treating Lead-Poisoned Children
03 Aug 2013
LAGOS, Nigeria — Doctors Without Borders say they can start treating child victims in Nigeria of one of the world’s worst recorded lead poisoning cases after a cleanup was held up for two years by a lack of funding. Dr. MichelleChouinard said Friday that more than 1,000 children need treatment that will take one or two years. She said it is too…
Hezbollah leader rallies members amid pressure in Lebanon
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah makes a rare public appearance Friday during a rally to mark Jerusalem day, or Al-Quds day, pledging to continue to support the Palestinian cause. (Hussein Malla, The Associated Press) BEIRUT — The leader…
photo: AP / Hussein Malla
UN probes allegations of rebel atrocities in Syria
BEIRUT — United Nations experts are investigating allegations that rebels killed dozens of Syrian soldiers in a village near Aleppo after they captured it from government troops, an incident that could amount to a war crime, the world body’s…
photo: AP / Narciso Contreras
Chinese Government Launches Anti-Internet Rumor Website
A new Chinese government website made with the cooperation of executives fromYahoo, China Telecom, Baidu, and Sohu is setting out to debunk urban legends on the Internet. The site, py.qianlong.com, is an attempt by…
Egypt authorities to start breaking up Morsi protest camps ‘within hours’
EGYPTIAN authorities have outlined plans to break up two sit-ins by supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi, saying they would set up a cordon around the protest sites, as riot police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators threatening a TV…
photo: AP / Hassan Ammar
Zawahiri Claims US Plotted Morsi’s Downfall
Al Qaeda chief Ayman al Zawahiri has accused the United States of “plotting” to overthrow Egypt’s Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. In an audio recording posted to militant Islamist forums, he said the US colluded with the Egyptian military,…
photo: Public Domain
Berlusconi’s Followers Threaten Fragile Truce in Italy
ROME — Lawmakers from former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s political party said Friday that they were prepared to resign en masse to protest Mr. Berlusconi’s definitive conviction for tax fraud, a move that would effectively sink the uneasy…
photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia
Archaeologists think they’ve found the cross of Jesus
Relic found within small stone chest The archaeologists came across a small stone chest while working in the ruins of the Balatlar Church. The chest bore two crosses which were carved into the stone. Inside the chest were a number of relics believed…
photo: Public Domain / Estormiz
Egypt offers safe exit to Islamists if they end sit-ins
02 Aug 2013
John Kerry pledges early end to Pakistan drone strikes
US Secretary of State John Kerry has concluded a visit to Pakistan by pledging to end drone strikes against militants “very, very soon”. Correspondents say his comments are intended as a message to ease anti-American resentment in…
photo: AP / Jason Reed, Pool
US Drone Strikes In Pakistan ‘May End Soon’
1 August 2013, 22:51 US Drone Strikes In Pakistan ‘May End Soon‘ Tweet The UScould end its controversial drone strikes in Pakistan “very soon”, according toSecretary of State John Kerry in remarks welcomed by Islamabad. Mr Kerry suggested there was…
photo: AP / Alex Brandon
Kazakh dissident banker held in southern France
He was a favorite of Kazakhstan‘s longtime leader as the energy-rich nation emerged from decades of Soviet rule, but he turned against his mentor and used his vast wealth to bankroll a nascent opposition. He was granted asylum in Britain, then became…
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Wall Street indexes set records
NEW YORK — The stock market got jolted out of the summer doldrums Thursday by better news on the economy, sending indexes back to all-time highs. The Standard & Poor?s 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Russell 2000index all set…
photo: AP / Richard Drew
S&P 500 closes above 1,700 points for first time
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market roared back to record highs on Thursday, driven by better news on the economy. The Standard & Poor’s 500, the Dow Jones industrial average and the Russell 2000 index set all-time highs. The S&P broke through…
photo: AP / Seth Wenig
Cleveland Kidnapper Ariel Castro Gets Life Plus 1,000 Years in Prison
One of the victims said she spent 11 years ‘in hell’ and that Castro deserved what he got Comment () Tweet By pleading guilty to more than 900 charges, 53 year-old Castro would receive life in prison without the possibility of parole. In a lengthy…
photo: AP / Tony Dejak
NSA chief tries to win over hackers at cyber fair
It doesn’t get much stranger, even in Las Vegas. General Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, stood in front of a crowd, selling the idea of US government surveillance programmes. His audience? More than 3,000cybersecurity…
photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta
Uruguay’s House OKs legal marijuana market plan
01 Aug 2013
Uruguay‘s lower house of congress has voted 50-46 after 13 hours of passionate debate to create a legal marijuana industry in hopes of fighting organized crime. The plan now goes to the Senate, where passage is expected to make Uruguay the first country in the world to license and regulate the production, distribution and sale of marijuana for…
Manning aquitted of aiding enemy
31 Jul 2013
FORT MEADE, MD. | U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy — the most serious charge he faced — but was convicted of espionage, theft and other charges Tuesday, more than three years after he spilled secrets to WikiLeaks. The judge, Army Col. Denise Lind, deliberated for about 16 hours over three days before reaching her…
WikiLeaks on Manning verdict: ‘Extremism’
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange branded Pfc. Bradley Manning‘s espionage conviction Tuesday an episode of “national security extremism” while other supporters expressed relief that he was acquitted of the most serious charge. Among…
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis
Scientists Are Petitioning NASA To Search for Martian DNA
NASA‘s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took and returned this image on January 28, 2004, NASA Needs More Women, Top Official Says Einstein’s Cosmic Speed LimitPasses New Test NASA Astronaut Says Spacesuit Water Leak Was ‘ScarySituation‘ (Video) Did…
photo: AP / Damian Dovarganes
A Look at Pfc. Bradley Manning’s Court-Martial
FORT MEADE, Md. — U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning has been acquitted of the most serious charge he faced, aiding the enemy, but was convicted of 19 other counts for leaking a trove of classified information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. The…
photo: AP / Patrick Semansky
Portugal PM wins confidence vote, vows to meet bailout goals
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal‘s prime minister ruled out any backtracking on its bailout terms on Tuesday as his revamped government easily won a confidence vote intended to show it has repaired an internal rift over austerity. Speaking to parliament…
photo: EC / © European Commission
Rising Sea Levels Threaten Fate Of 1,400 US Cities [Study]
Rising sea levels may not seem that big of a deal right now. However, a new study suggests that our carbon emissions now are already locking in the watery fate of 1,400 US cities, including Miami, Florida. The study adds that, unless there are…
photo: Creative Commons / Captain-tucker
Operation Cross Country: FBI frees 105 teens trapped as sex slaves
A story from NBCnews reports that the FBI sex-trafficking sting involved over 70 cities and that many of the teens came from broken homes and the youngest victim was 13 years old, according to the agency. The report from Foxnews quotesRonald Hosko…
photo: AP / Evan Vucci
Stocks Slip as a Busy Week for Markets Begins
NEW YORK — Stocks are slipping on Wall Street as a busy week for financial markets gets underway. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 36 points, or 0.2 percent, to close at 15,521 Monday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell six points, or 0.4…
photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye
Taliban free hundreds in Pakistan jailbreak
30 Jul 2013
By Syed Fazl-e-Haider Pakistan Taliban KARACHI – As many as 243 prisoners escaped after heavily armed Pakistan Taliban, some dressed in police uniform, stormed one of the main prisons in Pakistan’s northwesternKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Province late on Monday to free militants belonging to the outlawed group and other banned sectarian outfits. Thirty…
Operation Cross Country: FBI frees 105 teens trapped as sex slaves
A story from NBCnews reports that the FBI sex-trafficking sting involved over 70 cities and that many of the teens came from broken homes and the youngest victim was 13 years old, according to the agency. The report from Foxnews quotesRonald Hosko…
photo: AP / Evan Vucci
NEW YORK — Stocks are slipping on Wall Street as a busy week for financial markets gets underway. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 36 points, or 0.2 percent, to close at 15,521 Monday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell six points, or 0.4…
photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye
Togo parliamentary poll disputed
Lome – Togo‘s main opposition on Monday rejected provisional electoral results showing the ruling party winning two-thirds of parliamentary seats, allowing the president’s family to maintain its decades-long grip on power. The main opposition…
photo: WN / Eteh
China arrests four disciples of Tibetan Lama, who is serving life sentence
Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. Dharamshala: Reports are emerging that Chinese authorities from Sichuan Province have arrested four of the five petitioners for Trulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche. They were detained while travelling…
photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang
US calls for calm in Egypt as violence escalates
The US, Canada and the United Nations has called for calm and peace in Egyptamidst escalation of violence in the country leaving more than 100 people dead and some 4,500 injured. The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken toEgyptian leaders…
photo: UN / JC McIlwaine
In Darfur, Tribal Rivalries Claim Nearly 100
VOA News Fighting between rival Arab tribes in Sudan‘s long-troubled Darfurregion has killed as many as 94 people. …
photo: AP / Shannon Jensen
Organizers estimate 2 million in Rio for pope
RIO DE JANEIRO — Organizers estimate that some 2 million people have come out to Copacabana beach for the final evening of World Youth day with PopeFrancis. Francis headed into the final hours of his first international trip riding a remarkable…
photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano
Dozens killed as wave of car bombings hits Iraq
29 Jul 2013
A wave of over a dozen car bombings hit central and southern Iraq during morning rush hour today, officials said, killing at least 47 people in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government. The blasts, which wounded scores more, are part of a months-long surge of attacks that is reviving fears of a return to…
photo: AP / Nabil al-Jurani
US calls for calm in Egypt as violence escalates
The US, Canada and the United Nations has called for calm and peace in Egyptamidst escalation of violence in the country leaving more than 100 people dead and some 4,500 injured. The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken toEgyptian leaders…
photo: UN / JC McIlwaine
In Darfur, Tribal Rivalries Claim Nearly 100
VOA News Fighting between rival Arab tribes in Sudan‘s long-troubled Darfurregion has killed as many as 94 people. …
photo: AP / Shannon Jensen
Organizers estimate 2 million in Rio for pope
RIO DE JANEIRO — Organizers estimate that some 2 million people have come out to Copacabana beach for the final evening of World Youth day with PopeFrancis. Francis headed into the final hours of his first international trip riding a remarkable…
photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano
John Kerry’s Wife Leaves Boston Rehab Hospital
BOSTON — The wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has walked out of aBoston rehabilitation hospital after successful treatment for a seizure she experienced earlier this month. State Department spokesman Glen Johnson said Saturday that doctors…
photo: Creative Commons / State Department photo/ Public Domain
Israel to release 104 Palestinian prisoners
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has said that Israel will free 104 Palestinian prisoners to coincide with the resumption of long-stalled peace talks. “I agreed to free 104 Palestinians in stages, after the start of negotiations and according…
photo: AP / //Ronen Zvulun
Saudi man dies in kingdom from MERS coronavirus: Health Ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Saudi man has died of the coronavirus Middle EastRespiratory Syndrome (MERS), the Saudi Health Ministry said on Saturday, raising to 39 the number of deaths from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom where it first emerged…
photo: Creative Commons / Dr. Fred Murphy
More Than 1,000 Prisoners Escape In Massive Libyan Jailbreak
More than 1,000 inmates, many convicted of serious crimes, have escaped from a prison in Libya‘s eastern city of Benghazi, the country’s prime minister confirmed….
photo: AP / Francois Mori
Nearly 1,200 convicts escape from prison in Libya’s Benghazi
28 Jul 2013
> • Nearly 1,200 convicts have escaped from al-Kuifiya prison in Libya‘s eastern city of Benghazi. • Most of the convicts held in the prison face criminal charges. • But no official remarks about the cause of the incident have come out. TRIPOLI, July 27 (Xinhua) — Nearly 1,200 convicts have escaped from al-Kuifiya prison in Libya’s eastern city of…
In Darfur, Tribal Rivalries Claim Nearly 100
VOA News Fighting between rival Arab tribes in Sudan‘s long-troubled Darfurregion has killed as many as 94 people. …
photo: AP / Shannon Jensen
Organizers estimate 2 million in Rio for pope
RIO DE JANEIRO — Organizers estimate that some 2 million people have come out to Copacabana beach for the final evening of World Youth day with PopeFrancis. Francis headed into the final hours of his first international trip riding a remarkable…
photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano
John Kerry’s Wife Leaves Boston Rehab Hospital
BOSTON — The wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has walked out of aBoston rehabilitation hospital after successful treatment for a seizure she experienced earlier this month. State Department spokesman Glen Johnson said Saturday that doctors…
photo: Creative Commons / State Department photo/ Public Domain
Israel to release 104 Palestinian prisoners
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has said that Israel will free 104 Palestinian prisoners to coincide with the resumption of long-stalled peace talks. “I agreed to free 104 Palestinians in stages, after the start of negotiations and according…
photo: AP / //Ronen Zvulun
Saudi man dies in kingdom from MERS coronavirus: Health Ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Saudi man has died of the coronavirus Middle EastRespiratory Syndrome (MERS), the Saudi Health Ministry said on Saturday, raising to 39 the number of deaths from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom where it first emerged…
photo: Creative Commons / Dr. Fred Murphy
More Than 1,000 Prisoners Escape In Massive Libyan Jailbreak
More than 1,000 inmates, many convicted of serious crimes, have escaped from a prison in Libya‘s eastern city of Benghazi, the country’s prime minister confirmed….
photo: AP / Francois Mori
Outrage In Italy After Black Minister Endures Racist ‘Banana Attack’
The latest racist attack against Italy‘s first black minister Cecile Kyenge, pictured July 16, 2013, in which a banana was hurled at her during a rally, sparked outrage across the political spectrum. See Also The latest racist attack against Italy’s…
photo: AP / Domenico Stinellis
Mali votes for the future
27 Jul 2013
Bamako, Mali – Mali’s crucial presidential election on Sunday will take place in an atmosphere of hope but shaded by uncertainty. Uncertainty because since the end of military rule, Mali has held five elections. All had significant problems. More uncertainty because of the political turmoil that has plagued us for the past 20 months….
North Korea military marks Korean War ceasefire anniversary
North Korea has celebrated the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War by staging a major military parade. The ceasefire in the 1950-53 war is celebrated in North Korea as “Victory Day.” North Korean state television showed a lavish parade…
photo: AP / David Guttenfelder
70 Morsi supporters shot dead by security forces
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces shot dead at least 70 supporters of oustedPresident Mohammed Morsi early on Saturday, his Muslim Brotherhood said, deepening the turmoil which has convulsed Egypt for weeks. Brotherhoodspokesman Gehad El-Haddad said…
photo: AP / Khalil Hamra
Tunisia Brahmi murder: State funeral to be held for MP
A state funeral is due to be held for Tunisian opposition leader Mohamed Brahmiwho was killed on Thursday by gunmen in the capital, Tunis. His death has sparked widespread unrest. One protester died in overnight clashes in the southern town of…
photo: AP / Amine Landoulsi
Japan’s PM calls for high-level talks with China
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on Friday for a leaders’ summit or a foreign ministers’ meeting between his country and Chinaas soon as possible, adding that such talks should be held without preconditions….
photo: AP / Bryan van der Beek
Cambodian poll campaign nears end, rights group calls it flawed
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia‘s political parties hit the streets on Friday in a final push for votes in Sunday’s general election, but a rights group said the campaign had been biased in favor of Prime Minister Hun Sen‘s party, widely expected to…
photo: AP / Heng Sinith
Spain train driver to be questioned by police
The driver of a Spanish train that derailed, killing at least 80 people, was under police guard in hospital on Friday after the accident, which an official source said was caused by excessive speed. The eight-carriage train came off the tracks, hit a…
photo: AP / Lalo Villar
Divided Egypt braces for rival rallies
Tense Egypt braced Friday for a showdown in the streets between supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and his army-backed opponents, who have called rival rallies across the Arab world‘s most populous country. Tensions soared when the military…
photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin
Italian police swoop on Mafia in Rome
26 Jul 2013
Italian police launched anti-mafia operations in Rome and the southernCalabria region on Friday, issuing at least 100 arrest warrants. Italian media described the Rome operation as the largest-ever launched in the capital. ByNews Wires (text) Italian police said they launched two major anti-mafia operations Friday in Rome and the southern…
Japan’s PM calls for high-level talks with China
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on Friday for a leaders’ summit or a foreign ministers’ meeting between his country and Chinaas soon as possible, adding that such talks should be held without preconditions….
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Cambodian poll campaign nears end, rights group calls it flawed
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia‘s political parties hit the streets on Friday in a final push for votes in Sunday’s general election, but a rights group said the campaign had been biased in favor of Prime Minister Hun Sen‘s party, widely expected to…
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Spain train driver to be questioned by police
The driver of a Spanish train that derailed, killing at least 80 people, was under police guard in hospital on Friday after the accident, which an official source said was caused by excessive speed. The eight-carriage train came off the tracks, hit a…
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Divided Egypt braces for rival rallies
Tense Egypt braced Friday for a showdown in the streets between supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and his army-backed opponents, who have called rival rallies across the Arab world‘s most populous country. Tensions soared when the military…
photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin
Obama administration won’t use ‘coup’ for Egypt
BRADLEY KLAPPER Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) â?? The Obama administration told lawmakers Thursday that it won’t declare Egypt‘s government overthrow a coup, U.S. officials and lawmakers said, allowing the United States to continue providing $1.5…
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Syrian refugees: how many are there and where are they?
As part of the Guardian‘s series on the humanitarian consequences of the conflict in Syria, we are updating our numbers on refugees. They show a population still urgently in need of help • Download the data A Syrian refugee flashes a victory signin…
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N. Korea marking 60th anniversary of war’s end
PYONGYANG, North Korea — U.S., Chinese and North Korean war veterans on Thursday joined North leader Kim Jong Un at an event marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. Kim, who took over as leader after his father Kim Jong Il‘s death…
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Over 70 dead in Spanish high-speed train crash
25 Jul 2013
More than 70 people were killed and over 100 were injured when a high-speed train derailed late on Wednesday near the city of Santiago de Compostela in north-western Spain, authorities said. The train carrying more than 200 passengers was travelling from…
Syrian refugees: how many are there and where are they?
As part of the Guardian‘s series on the humanitarian consequences of the conflict in Syria, we are updating our numbers on refugees. They show a population still urgently in need of help • Download the data A Syrian refugee flashes a victory signin…
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N. Korea marking 60th anniversary of war’s end
PYONGYANG, North Korea — U.S., Chinese and North Korean war veterans on Thursday joined North leader Kim Jong Un at an event marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. Kim, who took over as leader after his father Kim Jong Il‘s death…
photo: AP / Wong Maye
Togo voters head to the polls in long-delayed elections
People in Togo are preparing to go to the polls in long-delayed parliamentary elections. Thursday’s vote is seen as an indication of what will happen in the presidential elections next year. Experts say it could expose weaknesses in the grip of…
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22 people killed, 64 wounded in attacks in Iraq
BAGHDAD, July 24 (Xinhua) — Bomb and gunfire attacks, mainly targeting Iraqi security forces, in the predominantly Sunni areas in Iraq on Wednesday killed 22 and wounded some 64 others, as the country struggles to contain the worst violence since…
photo: AP / Karim Kadim
Royal baby: The prince meets his people in world media frenzy
It was the moment they had all been waiting for. With a joke about the new baby having more hair than his father, and a passing mention of privacy after this very public introduction to his people, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge brought their…
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis)
Pressure mounts for Morsi release as 13 die in Egypt clashes
Pressure was growing on Egypt’s new leaders to release Mohamed Morsi from detention after clashes between supporters and opponents of the deposed Islamist president left 13 people dead. The clashes broke out on Monday and raged into Tuesday, leaving…
photo: AP / Hussein Malla
Duchess of Cambridge and royal baby ‘doing well’
The royal baby and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are said to be “doing well” amid hopes that the world will get its first glimpse of the future king later today. 560 315 TelegraphPlayer_10196561 11:11AM BST 23 Jul 2013 Duchess of Cambridge gives…
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Thousands attend youth mass on Brazil’s Copacabana beach
24 Jul 2013
Tens of thousands of young Catholics from around the world flocked to Rio’s famed Copacabana beach to kick off a youth festival that will feature several appearances by Pope Francis. Bikinis and beach volleyball gave way to rosaries and prayers for world peace as youths settled on the Brazilian shoreline for a night of religious events related…
Egyptian Army Chief Urges Friday Protests Against Violence
24 Jul 2013
Egypt&aposs army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sissi is calling for mass rallies Friday to give the military a mandate to confront what he called “violence and terrorism.” He made the appeal during a televised speech Wednesday. Egypt has seen weeks of turmoil and deadly clashes following…
Royal baby: The prince meets his people in world media frenzy
It was the moment they had all been waiting for. With a joke about the new baby having more hair than his father, and a passing mention of privacy after this very public introduction to his people, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge brought their…
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis)
Pressure mounts for Morsi release as 13 die in Egypt clashes
South China Morning Post
Pressure was growing on Egypt’s new leaders to release Mohamed Morsi from detention after clashes between supporters and opponents of the deposed Islamist president left 13 people dead. The clashes broke out on Monday and raged into Tuesday, leaving…
photo: AP / Hussein Malla
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Syria conflict: Top US general outlines military options
23 Jul 2013
The top US military officer has outlined the costs, risks and benefits of possible American military involvement in the Syrian conflict. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen Martin Dempsey offered five military options, including limited strikes and establishing a no-fly zone. But he said using force in Syriawould be “no less…
Duchess of Cambridge and royal baby ‘doing well’
The royal baby and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are said to be “doing well” amid hopes that the world will get its first glimpse of the future king later today. 560 315 TelegraphPlayer_10196561 11:11AM BST 23 Jul 2013 Duchess of Cambridge gives…
photo: AP / Sang Tan
Death toll mounts in renewed Cairo clashes
A fresh wave of clashes between opponents and supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi in central Cairo overnight Monday has left at least six people dead, as Islamists vow to continue protests until he is reinstated. By NewsWires…
photo: AP / Hussein Malla
‘North Korea halts work at long-range rocket site’
Seoul: Fresh satellite images confirm that North Korea has halted construction at a facility to launch a new generation of long-range rockets, a US research institute said on Tuesday. The building of a new launch pad, missile assembly building and…
photo: AP / KCNA
8 injured as Southwest Airlines plane landing gear collapses
Eight people were injured after the front landing gear of a Southwest Airlines plane with 150 people on board collapsed on landing at New York’s La Guardia airportyesterday. The accident left the Boeing 737-700 with its nose resting against…
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Rescue teams in China’s quake-hit Gansu
Rescue efforts are under way following two powerful earthquakes in China that killed at least 89 people. The quakes hit Gansu province on Monday morning, with the majority of casualties in Dingxi city. More than 800…
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13 years on, Delhi police chargesheet dead Hansie Cronje
New Delhi: More than a decade after the late South African cricketer Hansie Cronje‘s name emerged in the 2000 match fixing scandal, the Delhi Police filed a chargesheet at a court here in Delhi on…
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US Stocks End Higher, Helped by Gold Miners
NEW YORK — The stock market is closing at a record high despite a disappointing quarterly performance from McDonald’s. A big week for corporate results began Monday with second-quarter earnings for the hamburger chain falling short of Wall Street‘s…
photo: AP / Henny Ray Abrams
It’s a boy! Catherine gives birth to royal baby
By Dana Ford. Laura Smith-Spark and Richard Allen Greene, CNN
July 22, 2013 —
Catherine gives birth to a boy
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Duchess Kate has checked into St. Mary’s Hospital and is in labor. Royal baby. Britain’s Prince William stands next to his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, as she leaves the King Edward VII hospital in central London in December.
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Japan Election: Shinzo Abe Hails Landslide Win
22 Jul 2013
The Japanese prime minister‘s ruling coalition has won a solid majority in the country’s upper house elections, gaining control of both chambers of parliament. Shinzo Abe‘s decisive win is being seen as a mandate to press ahead with difficult economic reforms – an endorsement for the Liberal Democratic Party‘s ‘Abenomics’ programme,…
Japan PM Abe’s mandate is much smaller than it looks
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe‘s landslide election victory at the weekend was anything but a ringing endorsement from voters. The vast majority never voted for his coalition. Abe’s mandate is much smaller than his ruling bloc’s…
photo: AP / Koji Sasahara
EU to consider sanctions against military wing of Hizbullah
(European Union governments could decide to blacklist the military wing ofHizbullah today, in a major policy reversal fuelled by concerns over the Lebanese militant movement’s activities in Europe. Britain has sought to persuade its EU peers since…
photo: AP / Yves Logghe
Egypt’s liberals seek to ban political Islamists from government
A growing backlash against Egypt’s political Islamists looked set to intensify over the coming weeks as the nation’s revolutionary forces outlined demands to ban religious parties and outlaw political campaigning from mosques. Fuelled by a climate of…
photo: AP / Hussein Malla
Chris Froome’s ‘Monumental’ Tour De France Win
Chris Froome has won the 100th Tour de France title, finishing more than four minutes ahead of his closest rival in the overall standings. The 28-year-old, who learned to ride on dirt tracks in Kenya, crossed the finish line in Paris arm-in-arm with…
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Portuguese govt to stay in power for crisis
LISBON — Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva on Sunday said the coalition government will stay in power until the end of their term in 2015, rejecting calls for snap elections to resolve a political crisis eroding Lisbon‘s credibility with…
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19 Colombian soldiers killed in clashes with FARC rebels
TAME, COLOMBIA: Nineteen Colombian soldiers were killed in clashes blamed on the country’s Marxist FARC guerrillas, defense ministry sources said on Sunday, the heaviest casualties the armed forces have suffered since the government began peace talks…
photo: AP / Fernando Vergara
Customs losing propaganda battle as $4.6m message falls on deaf ears in Afghanistan
THE federal government has spent $4.6 million on a “black ops”-style program to convince Hazaras in Afghanistan not to make the perilous boat journey to Australia— but it has failed to win the propaganda battle on the streets of Kabul and…
photo: USMC / David McKenzie
G20 backs plan to stop global tax avoidance and evasion
21 Jul 2013
Finance ministers from the G20 group of leading nations have formally backed plans to tackle international…
Belgium: King Albert makes way for son Philippe
BRUSSELS: Belgium will get a new king Sunday when the current monarch, Albert, abdicates following a 20-year reign and hands over the throne to his son Philippe. At 79, Albert will first sign away his rights as the largely ceremonial ruler of the…
photo: AP / Benoit Doppagne
Egypt starts on new constitution
A 10-strong panel of legal experts, appointed by interim President Adly Mansour, is to start work on Sunday on amending Egypt‘s constitution. They have 30 days to draft changes paving the way for new parliamentary and presidential elections. The…
photo: AP / Amr Nabil
Japan’s ruling coalition heads to likely election victory
The Japanese began voting on Sunday in a parliamentary election expected to givePrime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc a strong mandate to push through difficult economic reforms. But early turnout was low, according to local media reports. By…
photo: AP / Koji Sasahara
In Kerry’s Mideast announcement, hints of success and challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Friday that Israel and the Palestinians had tentatively agreed to resume peace talks after three years, he did so standing alone as dusk fell over the Jordanian capital. The image…
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Somalia: UN rights office concerned over draft law that would curtail press freedom
Saturday, July 20, 2013: The United Nations human rights office today expressed concern over a draft law in Somalia that would require journalists to reveal their sources and prevent them from disseminating information against Islam orSomali…
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
Obama’s Second-Term Inaugural Ambitions Meet Political Reality
WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 19: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on the Trayvon Martin case during remarks in the White House briefing room July 19, 2013 in Washington, DC. Obama said, ‘Trayvon Martin could’ve been me, 35 years ago.’ (Photo by Win…
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Five people sentenced to jail for Costa Concordia disaster
Reuters July 20, 2013 – 12:03 ROME (Reuters) – Four Costa Concordia crew members and a company official were sentenced to jail in Italy on Saturday for their part in the 2012 cruise ship disaster that killed 32 people, leaving onlyCaptain…
photo: AP / Giorgio Fanciulli