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The contrived campaigns and guaranteed landslide victories for autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak were swept away with last year’s revolution. Now 13 candidates — liberals, Islamists and Mubarak-era figures — are vying to succeed him. Mohammed Kamal Tahawy couldn’t believe that one of them had come to his town to ask for his vote. The tour [...]
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On Friday, key European stock indexes were mostly down in late afternoon trading, erasing a rebound from a low opening. Key indexes in Frankfurt, Paris and London had dipped, with the FTSE 100 down 1 percent. Spain’s IBEX, however, had rebounded slightly. The euro touched a five-month low against the dollar early Friday but strengthened [...]
Who should she vote for on June 17, when this nation mired in political chaos holds it second election in two months? A party willing to largely accept the crippling bailout conditions that have taken a bite out of her pension and run the economy into the ground? Or the rising rebels promising to buck [...]
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek voters are returning to the establishment parties that negotiated its bailout, a poll showed on Thursday, offering potential salvation for European leaders who say a snap Greek election next month will decide whether it must quit the euro. The poll, the first conducted since talks to form a government collapsed and [...]
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad shot two protesters in the capital Damascus on Friday and fired in the air to break up thousands of anti-government demonstrators in the commercial hub of Aleppo, activists said. It was the second consecutive day of street protests in Aleppo, Syria‘s largest city, where a [...]
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish banks‘ bad loans rose in March to their highest in 18 years, underscoring the problems facing the government as it drafts in independent auditors in an attempt to reassure investors it can clean up the sector. The Bank of Spain said bad loans rose to 8.37 percent of banks’ outstanding loans, [...]
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog are making headway towards a framework deal on how to tackle concerns about its atomic activity, diplomats say, a potential bargaining chip for Tehran in next week’s negotiations with world powers. Iran says such an agreement is needed before it can consider a request by U.N. [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leaders of major industrial economies meet this weekend to try to tackle a full-blown crisis in Europe where fears are growing that Greece could leave the euro zone bloc, threatening the future of the common currency. President Barack Obama, the G8 host, has urged European leaders repeatedly to do more to stimulate [...]
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NATO’s success in Libya shows how important and effective the alliance remains, writes its secretary-general. But with Europe rocked by the economic crisis and slashing military budgets, future missions will be imperiled unless NATO members get smarter about what and how they spend.
A Marine walks among Afghan students just released from classes in Helmand. (U.S. Marine Corps / flickr) Ten years into the war in Afghanistan, the United States and its coalition partners face a range of adversaries — insurgent groups, narcotics-trafficking organizations, and criminal networks — that have thrived on the erosion of the rule of [...]
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Some monarchists believe this strange family embodies and unites us; others believe they are a pile of squabbling Homeric gods, who merely entertain us. Even if there is not always something to admire, there is always something to talk about. Why? The monarchy is an evolving organism, maybe an alien, and it is robust. More [...]
By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT | Fri May 18, 2012 12:30pm EDT BEIRUT (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad shot two protesters in the capital Damascus on Friday and fired in the air to break up thousands of anti-government demonstrators in the commercial hub of Aleppo, activists said. It was the second consecutive [...]
By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press – 20 minutes ago VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear agency chief will fly to Tehran over the weekend to sign a deal meant to allow his organization to resume a long- stalled search for evidence that Iran worked on developing nuclear arms, the agency and diplomats said Friday. The [...]
By TAMMY WEBBER, Associated Press – 12 minutes ago CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of nurses and other protesters began gathering at a downtown Chicago plaza Friday to demand a “Robin Hood” tax on banks’ financial transactions, the largest protest yet ahead of a two-day NATO summit that is expected to draw even larger demonstrations. National [...]
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, activists say, in the biggest protests there since the revolt began. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said several people were injured by tear gas and live ammunition. Protests were reported elsewhere, a day after activists called for rallies in [...]
Ban Ki-moon says he believes group responsible for last week’s bombings in Syrian capital that left more than 50 dead. Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, has said that he believes al-Qaeda was responsible for last week’s bombings in Damascus, the Syrian capital, that left more than 50 people dead. “A few days ago there was [...]
Tens of thousands of Shia protesters demonstrate against further integration between Sunni rulers of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.Tens of thousands of mainly Shia protesters in Bahrain have joined a march to denounce proposals for closer ties between the unrest-torn Gulf kingdom and neighbouring Saudi Arabia. There were no immediate reports of violence, but the large [...]
Exclusive report on fighting between the army and mutineering soldiers that has led to thousands fleeing the country. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s military has been shelling positions it believes are held by rebels who have been fighting the army for weeks in the country’s east. The rebels are fighters who were integrated into [...]
Conflict has returned to the country’s troubled North Kivu province, displacing more than 40,000 people. Bunagana, DR Congo – Following three years of relative peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province, conflict has returned, forcing people out of their homes once more. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had [...]
European Union Committee for Foreign Affairs chairman Dr. Fiorello Provera said this week that the EU was obligated to intervene on behalf of Muhammad Abu Shahala. Abu Shahala was sentenced to death by a Palestinian Authority court for selling the Beit HaMachpela (House of the Patriarchs) to Jewish families in Hevron. “Abu Shahala’s conviction has [...]
While I am not a big fan of baked desserts, there are times when they are appropriate. While baking recipes will often call for butter, Jewish law prevents eating a dairy dessert after a meat meal. Traditional Jewish dessert recipes, such as yeast cakes and kichelech, overcame this problem by creating desserts which technically did [...]
Emir Sheik Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Thursday blocked a proposal to amend the constitution to make all legislation in the country comply with Sharia law. “His highness the emir is not in favour,” Islamist lawmaker Mohammad al-Dallal told reporters. “We must think again about convincing the emir or submitting it again in another format.” “Our [...]
France has a new government dominated by the Socialist party that will run at least through next month’s legislative elections. The new ministers were barely ensconced when they were informed of a pay cut to set an example for France although they will not be reduced to starvation wages. The lower salary level is perhaps [...]
Iran Rattles Saber at Google in Persian Gulf Dispute Middle East 3:10 AM 5/18/2012 Article source: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/155959
What DreamWorks did not showcase, however, was one of its newest — and most important — Chinese partners: Jiang Mianheng, the 61-year-old son of Jiang Zemin, the former Communist Party leader and the most powerful political kingmaker of China’s last two decades. The younger Mr. Jiang’s coups have included ventures with Microsoft and Nokia and [...]
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) entered China in 1996 and has billions of sales there. But how did it crack China? One big answer is a 65%-Wal-Mart-owned joint venture with a company run by the son of a former Chinese vice president who was tossed in 2009 out by Beijing after investigations into a multi-billion foreign exchange trading scandal. Wal-Mart [...]
BEIJING — “Beijing power struggle heralds end of China Communist Party,” screams one headline. More sensational headlines purport to reveal how the wife of recently sacked Politburo member Bo Xilai poisoned an Englishman, who may have been her lover. And if that weren’t enough, other stories claim that “Bo planned airline crash” and “slept with [...]
On Friday, Wu’er plans to turn himself in to officials at the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C., for a chance to return home. Wu’er, who has lived in exile for 23 years, hopes to copy legal activist Chen Guangcheng‘s dramatic and much-publicized journey “in a reverse way.” Chen fled house arrest in China last month, [...]
Facebook Facebook has a proven track record of dominating new markets, and it may still prove able to conquer China’s crowded social-networking space if it ever opens up in the country. But as investors pop the champagne bottles Friday, it’s worth taking a moment before the toasts to consider what the Chinese market can teach [...]
The Russian “re-set button” that was grandly announced by President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton in 2009 was a unilateral gesture — and thus it’s no surprise the Bear is still smiling. Now with President Putin’s unprecedented third term as Russia’s president underway and his decision to skip the G-8 Summit in Camp David [...]
Fri May 18, 2012 6:22am EDT * Values FESCO at more than Thursday’s closing price * Summa lobbying power may unlock Transcontainer deal (Adds analyst comment) By Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW, May 18 (Reuters) – Russian investment and trading group Summa has agreed with businessman Sergei Generalov to buy control of transport group FESCO for around [...]
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Russia, which wants guarantees it isn’t targeted by a U.S.-led missile shield, is demanding an accord ratified by lawmakers of the world’s two biggest nuclear powers, Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said. An agreement providing the guarantees must be drafted by military experts, he said in a May 16 interview at his office in central [...]
Russia’s Micex (INDEXCF) Index headed for the biggest weekly drop this year as Europe’s debt crisis deepened and crude oil, the country’s main export earner, retreated on worse-than-expected U.S. economic data. The 30-stock Micex was little changed at 1,288.02 by 3:06 p.m. in Moscow, poised for a 6.9 percent loss in the week, the most [...]
Iraqi Airways is waiting for the delivery of 40 Boeing aircraft. Above, Boeing 737 fuselage sections on the assembly floor at Spirit AeroSystems in the US. Daniel Acker / Bloomberg News Hadeel al Sayegh Iraq’s national carrier is planning to re-emerge as a major regional airline, with the first of 40 Boeing aircraft set to [...]
ISTANBUL, Turkey -The prime minister of Iraq’s Kurdistan autonomous region is visiting Turkey – his first trip there since taking office in March. The visit is expected to build on the growing rapprochement between Turkey and Iraq’s Kurds. That process is being enhanced by deepening crises in Iraq and and mutual neighbor Syria. Political analysts [...]
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — Three roadside bombs exploded Friday in quick succession at an outdoor pet market in Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 31 others, police officials said. The bombings took place at a market where young men buy and sell pigeons in Husseiniya, a poor Shiite neighborhood in southeastern Baghdad. This type of [...]
Fri May 18, 2012 9:21am EDT * Southern exports slip to 1.94 mbpd so far in May * Production reduced by technical problem, now fixed * Iraq still hoping to sustain April’s record export rate By Alex Lawler and Peg Mackey LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) – Iraq’s oil exports from its southern ports have slipped [...]
By Jonathon Burch ANKARA | Fri May 18, 2012 10:56am EDT ANKARA (Reuters) – A bitter rift with Iraq has exposed Turkey’s role in a wider Middle East power struggle, with Ankara acting to protect its stability and prosperity from an Iranian-Iraqi “Shi’ite axis” it fears in the wake of the U.S. military withdrawal from [...]
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that he is eager to attend the Olympic Games in London to support Iranian athletes but that Britain doesn’t want to host him. OLYMPICS NEWS Beckham stars as flame reaches UK Iran prez: British don’t want me at games IOC: No special tribute to slain Israelis US picks water polo [...]
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Fri May 18, 2012 7:40am EDT * Cleric: Union is “ill-fated plot” Muslims won’t tolerate * Iran-Gulf Arab tensions on the rise DUBAI May 18 (Reuters) – Thousands of Iranians rallied on Friday against plans for union between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, state television showed, and an influential cleric denounced the idea as an “ill-fated [...]
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