Feed: Politic Yahoo UKPosted on: Sunday, April 28, 2013 10:56Author: Politic Yahoo UKSubject: Algerian president in France for medical tests after minor stroke By Lamine ChikhiALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been transferred to France for further medical tests after suffering a minor stroke on Saturday, Algeria's official news agency said.The APS agency said late on Saturday that Bouteflika, 76, was in Paris at the recommendation of his doctors.He was hospitalised after a minor stroke, according to an earlier state press agency report that quoted ...
Saturday, April 27, 2013
FW: Older Boston bombing suspect spoke of "jihad" with mother - report
Feed: Politic Yahoo UKPosted on: Sunday, April 28, 2013 08:20Author: Politic Yahoo UKSubject: Older Boston bombing suspect spoke of "jihad" with mother - report WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The older suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings spoke to his mother about "jihad" in a 2011 phone call secretly recorded by Russian officials, CBS News reported on Saturday.U.S. authorities learned of the wiretapped discussion between Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of two ethnic Chechen brothers suspected of carrying out the April 15 blasts in Boston, and Zubeidat Tsarnaeva within the last few days, CBS ...
FW: Iceland centre-right opposition takes big early election lead
Feed: Politic Yahoo UKPosted on: Sunday, April 28, 2013 06:30Author: Politic Yahoo UKSubject: Iceland centre-right opposition takes big early election lead By Balazs Koranyi and Robert RobertsonREYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's centre-right parties took a commanding early lead in elections on Saturday, staying on course to return to power with promises of tax cuts and debt relief just five years after presiding over the country's spectacular economic collapse.The Independence and Progressive Parties, which ruled the nation, often in coalition, for nearly 30 years before the 2008 ...
FW: Four arrested as Bangladesh building toll rises to 352
Feed: Politic Yahoo UKPosted on: Sunday, April 28, 2013 05:57Author: Politic Yahoo UKSubject: Four arrested as Bangladesh building toll rises to 352 By Serajul Quadir and Ruma PaulDHAKA (Reuters) - Two factory bosses and two engineers were detained in Bangladesh on Saturday, three days after the collapse of a building where low-cost garments were made for Western brands killed at least 352 people.More were being pulled alive from the rubble at the building, where police said as many as 900 people were still missing in Bangladesh's worst ever industrial accident.The owner of the ...
FW: Algerian President Bouteflika hospitalised - report
Feed: Politic Yahoo UKPosted on: Sunday, April 28, 2013 03:55Author: Politic Yahoo UKSubject: Algerian President Bouteflika hospitalised - report By Lamine ChikhiALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was hospitalised after a minor stroke on Saturday, according to the state press agency report that quoted the prime minister as saying his condition was "not serious".The health of 76-year-old Bouteflika is a central factor in the stability of an oil-exporting country of 37 million people that is emerging from a long conflict against Islamist insurgents.The APS ...
FW: Analysis - No good military options for U.S. in Syria
Feed: Politic Yahoo UKPosted on: Sunday, April 28, 2013 03:30Author: Politic Yahoo UKSubject: Analysis - No good military options for U.S. in Syria By Phil Stewart and Peter AppsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite President Barack Obama's pledge that Syria's use of chemical weapons is a "game changer" for the United States, he is unlikely to turn to military options quickly and would want allies joining him in any intervention.Possible military choices range from limited one-off missile strikes from ships - one of the less complicated scenarios - to bolder operations like carving out ...
FW: Sudan rebels attack city, push closer to capital
Feed: Politic Yahoo UKPosted on: Sunday, April 28, 2013 03:16Author: Politic Yahoo UKSubject: Sudan rebels attack city, push closer to capital By Khalid Abdelaziz and Ulf LaessingKHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels from Sudan's Darfur region launched a dawn attack on the city of Um Rawaba on Saturday, taking their fight closer to the capital Khartoum, witnesses said.The attack marks the biggest push by a rebel alliance that is seeking to topple President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Fighting had hitherto been limited mainly to remote regions of Darfur and South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, ...
FW: Rooney tops English Premier League wealth list
Feed: Politic Yahoo UKPosted on: Sunday, April 28, 2013 03:03Author: Politic Yahoo UKSubject: Rooney tops English Premier League wealth list LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney is the richest player in the Premier League with a fortune estimated at 51 million pounds ($79.01 million), according to the Sunday Times newspaper's sporting rich list.Twenty-four Premier League players are among the top 100 richest sportsmen in Britain and Ireland.Rooney's fortune has risen by six million pounds from 2012 and his combined wealth with wife Coleen is estimated ...
FW: Italy's Letta sets moderate course with new government
Feed: Politic Yahoo UKPosted on: Sunday, April 28, 2013 02:32Author: Politic Yahoo UKSubject: Italy's Letta sets moderate course with new government By Gavin JonesROME (Reuters) - There is much about Italy's new centre-left prime minister Enrico Letta, who named his cabinet on Saturday, that is likely to please financial markets and Rome's international partners.He is young, moderate and pro-European, and despite his low public profile he has been a member of the European political elite for many years. Letta speaks fluent English and has a sound grasp of economics.He is known ...
FW: Mississippi man charged with attempted use of a biological weapon
Feed: Politic Yahoo UKPosted on: Sunday, April 28, 2013 02:16Author: Politic Yahoo UKSubject: Mississippi man charged with attempted use of a biological weapon By Robbie WardTupelo, Mississippi (Reuters) - A Mississippi martial arts instructor arrested early on Saturday was charged with possession of the biological agent ricin and with attempting to use it as a weapon, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.James Everett Dutschke, age 41, was arrested following searches of his home and a former business as part of an investigation into ricin-laced letters sent to President Barack ...
Monday, April 22, 2013
Canada-EU industry discussions stalled, overshadowed by United State
Feed: Politic Yahoo UKPosted on: Monday, April 22, 2013 21:20Author: Politic Yahoo UKSubject: EU-Canada trade talks stalled, overshadowed by U.S. Talks to wrap up a multi-billion-dollar free trade deal between Canada and Europe have stalled, diplomats said, raising concerns the agreement could be put on hold as Brussels switches its attention to a much bigger pact with the United States.The Ottawa-Brussels negotiations to open up access to each others' economies were launched in 2009, and were originally presented as a straightforward bid to reinvigorate growth and generate around $28 billion ...
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Lion Air flow accident preliminary experienced aircraft "dragged" through atmosphere
The actual preliminary in whose Indonesian aircraft slipped in to the ocean whilst attempting to property within Bali offers explained exactly how this individual experienced this "dragged" straight down through blowing wind whilst this individual battled in order to restore manage, an individual acquainted with the situation stated.All 108 passengers and crew miraculously survived when the Boeing 737 passenger jet, operated by Indonesian budget ...
Friday, April 12, 2013
America & South Korea talk of reviving 2005 nuclear deal with North Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States and South Korea offered on Saturday to keep their end of a defunct 2005 aid agreement with North Korea, provided Pyongyang took take "meaningful steps" to denuclearize.In a joint statement released as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped up his first visit to Seoul, the two sides appeared to put the accent on diplomacy after weeks of threatening rhetoric from Pyongyang."North Korea must adhere to its international obligations and commitments or face further isolation," the statement said."We will continue to encourage North Korea to make the right choice. ...
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