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20 May 2012 Last updated at 06:21 ET Ed Balls said the European Central Bank had to be freed up to help struggling eurozone countries Labour’s Ed Balls has warned the world economy faces a “catastrophe” unless Germany abandons pressure on eurozone countries to cut public spending. Speaking on Sky News, the shadow chancellor said David Cameron must urge leader Angela [...] -
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MANAMA //At the height of the Arab Spring-inspired demonstrations last year, hotels in Bahrain’s capital hit rock bottom, with occupancy rates in single digits. It is one of the reasons the government pushed so hard to hold the Formula One race last month – to get the word out to investors worldwide that Bahrain is back [...]
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20 May 2012 Last updated at 10:21 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC’s Mike Wooldridge reports on the life of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing above Scotland which killed 270 people, has died at his home in the Libyan capital Tripoli. Megrahi, 60, was convicted by a [...] -
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VIENNA // Austria’s defence minister has called Israel’s foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, “unbearable” because of his insistence on hawkish policies regarding the Middle East peace process and Iran. Sunday newspaper Die Presse quoted Norbert Darabos as saying that Israel’s government is using “external enemies” to divert attention from domestic social problems. The centre-left politician is also quoted as [...]
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More than nine months after President Obama declared that Bashar al-Assad must go, it is clear that neither diplomacy nor sanctions alone will dislodge the Syrian dictator. Unfortunately, the United States is not yet doing anything decisive to turn the military tide against Assad – nor will any other country or coalition of countries do enough, [...]
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By Marcela Valente Vast reserves of natural gas and oil trapped underground, whose exploitation would signify major environmental impacts, will be the greatest challenge facing YPF, the Argentine oil company that recently returned to state control. While experts in various branches of engineering and economics are enthusiastic over the prospects of the reserves discovered, they warn that the [...]
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Iran’s nuclear efforts would be far less threatening and would arouse less suspicion and opposition if the Iranian regime did not have a reputation for deceit and concealment of nuclear activity, for issuing detailed threats to the country’s neighbors, for intervening in the internal affairs of states in the region, and for financing and assisting terrorist [...]
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By Ricardo Herrera Farell Since 2006, every May 1— International Workers’ Day — President Evo Morales nationalizes a foreign-owned private company. This year, it was Cochabamba-based Transportadora de Electricidad, or TDE, subsidiary of Red Eléctrica de España, or REE, responsible for 74 percent of the country’s electricity grid. In that central city, the Bolivian president signed the [...]
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Oil production, the backbone of Iran’s economy, fell by 12% in the first three months of 2012 and is likely to fall even more, industry experts say, as sanctions make it increasingly hard for the country to find markets for its crude. The decline, documented in a May report by OPEC, is sharply at odds with [...]
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The complex dynamics of Turkey’s geographical position and cultural uniqueness have always defied easy explanation. But in the decade since Tayip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) were first elected, change within Turkey and between Turkey and the world has erupted in a number of different directions. Consequently, the word “enigmatic” is perhaps the [...]
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Text size Comments (0) Print Page Send to friend Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share Jerusalem’s secular residents have won an important victory in an ongoing battle against ultra-Orthodox groups over the fate of an open field in Kiryat Hayovel. Mayor Nir Barkat announced last week that the contested tract of land in the southwestern neighborhood of the capital would [...] -
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17 May 2012 Last updated at 09:00 ET A drone strike in eastern Yemen has killed two suspected al-Qaeda militants, reports say. A local security official told the AFP news agency that the unmanned aircraft hit a car in the province of Hadramout. He added that the strike caused a series of blasts because the vehicle was carrying explosives. Six days ago [...] -
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HENRICO, VA (WWBT) – It’s been a long road filled with controversy and debate, but on Saturday there will be a ground breaking ceremony for the first Muslim mosque in Henrico. The 10,000 square foot mosque will be built on Impala Drive near the lakeside area. Saturday’s ground breaking is set for 11:45 a.m. Some residents fought the rezoning of the land citing [...]
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Text size Comments (0) Print Page Send to friend Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share By Amir Oren | May.20,2012 | 4:34 AM | 15 G8 leaders on Saturday pressured Iran to comply with demands by the international community that it come clean about its nuclear program. The call at the annual summit of Group of Eight industrial countries came just [...] -
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19 May 2012 Last updated at 17:48 ET This was the first time a local council election has been held in Benghazi since the 1960s Residents in Benghazi, the city where the Libyan uprising began, have voted in historic local elections. More than 400 people contested seats on the 44-member local council, even though the remit of local authorities has yet [...] -
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An amendment that would legalize the use of propaganda on American audiences is being inserted into the latest defense authorization bill, BuzzFeed has learned . The amendment would “strike the current ban on domestic dissemination” of propaganda material produced by the State Department and the Pentagon, according to the summary of the law at the House Rules Committee’s [...] -
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Text size Comments (0) Print Page Send to friend Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status to “married” on Saturday. Zuckerberg and 27-year-old Priscilla Chan tied the knot at a small ceremony at his Palo Alto, California, home, capping a busy week for the couple. Zuckerberg took his company public in one [...] -
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19 May 2012 Last updated at 10:01 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC’s Jonathan Head says the opposition do not believe this was the work of al-Qaeda, blaming the government instead At least nine people have been killed and dozens injured after a car bomb exploded in eastern Syria, reports say. State television said that the [...] -
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Why invent a new religion? Robert Spencer’s excellent new book Did Mohammed Exist? collates recent historical research questioning the existence of the historical Mohammed, much of it previously not accessible to a lay American audience. This is a dangerous thing to do, and a courageous one. Some years ago I chided Spencer for giving the Koran too much credibility; more [...]
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By Simon Sturdee (AFP) – 1 day ago VIENNA — The head of the UN atomic agency will visit Iran Monday, the IAEA said in a surprise announcement that raised hopes of a deal on closer cooperation just days ahead of major talks with world powers. Yukiya Amano will leave Vienna on Sunday for talks on Monday with senior [...]
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