World NewsPresidential nomination date advanced in Egypt
Phoenix News.Net
CAIRO - Egypt has decided to advance the election of a new president, giving in to the demands of increasingly violent protesters and raising hopes of a civilian government taking over the task of ...
No Israeli decision on Iran Attack: Obama
Phoenix News.Net
WASHINGTON - Amid an escalated tension threatening a nuclear conflict between the two nations, US President Barack Obama has said he did not believe Israel had decided on an attack on Iran to ...
Heavy snowfall, cold hits life across Europe
Phoenix News.Net
LONDON - Heavy snowfall and intense cold this winter, one of the most severe in decades, has taken its toll across Europe, with many rural areas badly affected and several deaths reported.
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Debut of Bristol pound set for May 21
Phoenix News.Net
BRISTOL - Hundreds of traders and business establishments have signed up for Bristol's own currency to be launched May 21, with the backing of the Bristol Credit Union, a bank run as a ...
IMF cautions China to be ready with stimulus package
Phoenix News.Net
NEW YORK - The IMF has warned of lower growth in China in view of the economic slump in Europe, and cut its forecast for the world's second largest economy this year to 8.25 per cent from 9 per ...
Greek PM to resume talks on rescue plan
Phoenix News.Net
ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has said he would continue intense talks with his coalition partners on austerity measures for a 130 billion-euro EU bailout plan second for ...
Doha declaration of Palestinian reconciliation signed
Phoenix News.Net
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and chief of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Hamas politbureau Khalid Mashaal signed here Monday the Doha Declaration of the Palestinian reconciliation.
The ...
Is Al-Qaeda preparing British women bombers?
Phoenix News.Net
Al-Qaeda is trying to recruit women for carrying out suicide bombings in Britain, parliament members have warned in a report.
The terrorist group is using extremist websites to radicalise the ...
The Politics Of Crowd Estimates In Russia
RadioFreeEurope
Varying Numbers According to police estimates, the pro-Putin demonstration question drew a whopping 138,000 people, more than the estimated 80,000 to 100,000 who reportedly attended the ...
EU: Russian Gas Flow Returning To Normal
RadioFreeEurope
The European Union says gas flows from Russia have returned to normal levels in six European countries, after deliveries fell amid the European cold snap. The European Commission's ...
Norway: Breivik Demands To Be Set Free
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Obama tightens Iran sanctions over bank 'deception'
Jerusalem Post
White House: Stricter sanctions are needed because Iranian banks are concealing transactions, due to "the continuing and unacceptable risk posed to the international financial system by ...
US, UK take diplomatic steps over Syria violence
Jerusalem Post
The United States announced on Monday it was closing its embassy in Syria, and Britain that is was recalling its ambassador, due to the worsening security situation, further isolating Damascus ...
Strike to go ahead unless agreement reached
Jerusalem Post
Histadrut Chairman Ofer Eini declared Monday that a general strike would begin Wednesday 6 a.m. unless his labor federation and the Treasury reach an agreement before then on the employment status ...
Ecstasy and agony played out on the big stage
Jerusalem Post
Describing the respective scenes in the New England Patriots' and New York Giants' locker-rooms following Sunday night's 21-17 Big Blue triumph is a bit like comparing a wedding and a ...
Poll: Obama gains over Romney amid better economy
Jerusalem Post
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama - bolstered by a stronger economic outlook and recent job growth - would win in a match-up against the two leading Republican presidential candidates Mitt ...
Sights and Insights: A capital city on a hill
Jerusalem Post
is an author who has never recovered from his travels in Israel and loves to write about them from his desk in Texas. I stood on the crumblings of an Iron Age acropolis with a valley all around the ...
Oz cheers Queen’s 60 years on throne
IOL
Australia on Monday congratulated Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on her 60 years on the throne, with Prime Minister Julia Gillard describing the milestone as ';truly ...
Syrian forces attack Homs, 15 killed
IOL
Beirut - Syrian forces bombarded the city of Homs early on Monday, killing 15 people in a wave of attacks across several districts, activists and residents ...
Olive oil glut threatens way of life
New Zealand Herald
In the grounds of Granada's Parque de las Ciencias, delighted tourists and students watch a demonstration of olive trees being harvested. It is a timeless image of an industry whose Iberian roots ...
Waitangi pub crawl appals Londoners
New Zealand Herald
The antics of some Kiwis on a Waitangi Day pub crawl through London have disgusted a fellow expat, who has complained to the Prime Minister and High Commissioner and says the misbehaviour has shamed ...
Signs voters inching back to Gillard
New Zealand Herald
Prime Minister Julia Gillard may be starting her parliamentary year today bruised and battered from media mauling, but for the first time in months there are signs that voters may be inching their ...
Billionaire digs deep to keep warring brood in line
New Zealand Herald
Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart has launched a flank attack on her wilful children, threatening to cut off their insurance against ransom if they do not agree to keep family disputes secret. ...
Boys die in Dad's final inferno
New Zealand Herald
Josh Powell's note was simple and short, a farewell to the world after two years of media scrutiny and investigation by police, judges and social workers since the day his wife vanished. Just ...
Fears grow of strike on Iran
New Zealand Herald
For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over Iran's nuclear programme, world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be ...
Record purchase causes seismic shift in art world
New Zealand Herald
It is a painting of startling simplicity. Two farm labourers contemplate their cards above an empty table, their expressions as blank as the austere background against which they are posed, little ...
Book opened on Sarkozy's extravagant' presidency
New Zealand Herald
France may recently have suffered a credit agency downgrade, but President Nicolas Sarkozy's triple-A lifestyle in the Elysee Palace has been skewered in a new book. L'Argent de l'Etat by Rene ...
China stops its airlines paying EU carbon tax
New Zealand Herald
China has banned its airlines from paying charges on carbon emissions imposed by the European Union. The charges that took effect last month are aimed at curbing emissions of climate-changing gases ...
Micron chooses new CEO after plane crash
Business Journal
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US closes embassy in Syria
The Independent
Officials say Ambassador Robert Ford and other diplomats left Syria on Monday. It is the most dramatic US move so far after 11 months of a violent crackdown on dissent by President Bashar ...
Obama's grandmother OK after car crash
C News
Sarah Obama sustained minor injuries in a car crash in Kenya on the weekend. (NTV Kenya Screengrab) President Barack Obama's grandmother sustained minor injuries in a car crash in Kenya on the ...
Norway mass killer decries 'cultural destruction'
C News
Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people, arrives at a court hearing in Oslo on February 6, 2012. Breivik admitted to detonating a bomb at a government building in Oslo that killed ...
Sixty years of Queen Elizabeth II
C News
Queen Elizabeth attends a tree planting ceremony in the Diamond Jubilee Wood on her Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, eastern England February 3, 2012. The Queen marks her 60th year on the throne in ...
U.K. judge orders radical preacher released on bail
USA Today
After six years in custody, Abu Qatada could be freed within days for three months under stringent conditions , a judge at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission in London said. Abu Qatada has ...
Secret Memos Reveal Assad Regime Tactics
Sky News
The Syrian government's computer system has reportedly been hacked, to reveal private memos, documents and emails apparently advising President Bashar al Assad on how to tackle reactions to his ...
Somare, O'Neill set for court showdown
The Australian
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Obama gains over Romney amid better economy: poll
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama - bolstered by a stronger economic outlook and recent job growth - would win in a match-up against the two leading Republican presidential candidates ...
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