World NewsPresidential nomination date advanced in Egypt
Guatemala 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
Guatemala 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
Guatemala 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
Guatemala 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
Guatemala 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
Guatemala 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 ...
China asks airlines not to enter into EU carbon scheme
Guatemala News.Net
BEIJING - China's Monday asked its airlines not to pay a charge on carbon emissions imposed by the European Union (EU).
The authorities also asked the airlines not to hike freight or add other ...
Doha declaration of Palestinian reconciliation signed
Guatemala 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?
Guatemala 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 ...
Detroit ‘Comeback' Ad Filmed in New Orleans, L.A.
Weekly Standard
The spot is supposed to be encouraging, as it focuses on the resilience of Detroit. "It's halftime. Both teams are in their locker room discussing what they can do to win this game in the ...
Is the IRS Grinding an Axe for Teachers' Unions?
Weekly Standard
in danger of losing already earned pension benefits if a proposed IRS rule goes into effect this June. The public comment period on the regulation ends today, with no word from the agency regarding ...
Pawlenty Used to Tweak Santorum
Weekly Standard
On a conference call Monday afternoon, a Mitt Romney campaign surrogate--Tim Pawlenty, the former Minnesota governor--criticized Rick Santorum for being part of the "big-spending establishment ...
Romanian President Names New Prime Minister
RadioFreeEurope
Romanian President Traian Basescu has named foreign intelligence chief Mihai Razvan Ungureanu as the new prime minister-designate. The move comes after the previous incumbent Emil ...
Norway: Breivik Demands To Be Set Free
RadioFreeEurope
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'Egyptian NGO crackdown could impact US aid'
Jerusalem Post
Egyptian crackdown on pro-democracy non-governmental groups that has enmeshed a number of US citizens could threaten the country's $1.3 billion in annual US military aid.Nineteen Americans are ...
Diplomats: Iran boosts nuclear work in bunker
Jerusalem Post
VIENNA - Iran is believed to be expanding uranium enrichment activity deep inside a mountain, diplomatic sources said on Monday, a move likely to add to tension with Western powers that suspect ...
'Iran: Majority of Syrians still support Assad'
Jerusalem Post
Iran said that Tehran supports Syria today more than ever because the "majority of Syrians still support the [Syrian] regime," Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi said ...
S.Sudanese facing deportation want more time
Jerusalem Post
William Akon, a South Sudanese citizen studying government at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzlyah, said that "we want the government [of Israel] to show us goodness, if they don't, ...
Analysis: Assad will turn to Russia for a 'way out'
Jerusalem Post
As violence continued to escalate in Syria on Monday, officials in the Israeli defense establishment predicted that Syrian President Bashar Assad was searching for a "way out" and would ...
Borderline Views: The politics of planting
Jerusalem Post
Tomorrow is Tu Bishvat. Weather permitting, trees will be planted by schoolchildren and youth movements in numerous locations throughout the country, continuing a custom which predates the ...
Too confrontational on Iran?
Jerusalem Post
Arguing that US President Barack Obama has been too confrontational in dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions would seem to fly in the face of reality. After all, this is the president who ...
This Tu Bishvat - a Nobel environment prize
Jerusalem Post
Like nature itself, Tu Bishvat has gone though a number of different seasons throughout its existence. From its Biblical origins as a tax day on fruit trees, to its Kabbalistic transformation as a ...
Bid to extend Arab League's Syria mission
The Herald
ALMOST a year after Syria was plunged into violent and almost incomprehensible internecine conflict the world seems to have washed its hands of the problem after the Arab League observer mission ...
Gingrich goes on offensive against Romney
The Herald
TO stand a chance of being the Republican nominee to take on Barack Obama in this year's presidential election, Newt Gingrich had to win the South Carolina ...
Islamist sect claims responsibility for bombings
The Herald
THE Islamist sect Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for co-ordinated bomb attacks on security forces and ensuing gun battles in the north Nigerian city of Kano that killed at least 160 people on ...
Taliban recruits Afghan soldier
The Herald
THE Taliban said yesterday it had recruited an Afghan soldier who shot dead four French soldiers a day earlier, raising fears the militant group had managed to deepen its infiltration of the ...
Russia Rejects Criticism of Its U.N. Veto on Syria
International Herald Tribune
MOSCOW - Russia's foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, on Monday lashed out at critics of Russia's decision to veto a United Nations resolution on Syria and reiterated objections to the plan, which ...
Former intern reveals 18-month affair with JFK
C News
U.S. President John F. Kennedy is seen working in the Oval Office in the White House in this 1963 photo. (JFK Presidential Library/The White House/Robert Knudsen/Handout) A former White House intern ...
U.S. drones target rescuers, funerals: Report
C News
Suspected U.S. drone kills militants in Pakistan The CIA's military drones have targeted rescue workers and mourners, an investigative team of U.K. journalists reports. "Drones have not ...
India orders Google, Facebook to remove content
USA Today
Press Trust of India says that Facebook, Google and 20 other sites were given two weeks to present further plans for policing their networks for photographs, videos or text deemed "anti-religious" ...
Wall Street edges lower after string of gains
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks edged lower on Monday as investors found little reason to extend a five-week rally on lingering uncertainty over whether Greece would accept the terms of a ...
U.N. nuclear talks in Tehran: frustrated hopes
Reuters
Iranian students hold up their hands as a sign of unity as they form a human chain around the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) to show their support for Iran's nuclear program in Isfahan, 450 ...
Lawyer: Son spoke of mom "in the trunk"
CBS News
alleged murder-suicide orchestrated by their father , the lawyer for Susan Powell's parents said. Josh Powell, who was a person of interest in his wife's 2009 disappearance, left behind a ...
Death toll rises in Egypt police clashes
CBS News
Egyptian protesters clash with riot police near the interior ministry in Cairo on Monday, February 6, 2012. One protester was killed. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty ...
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