TOKYO (AFP) – Japan's beleaguered execute faced an interior band revolt on weekday when 16 of his own lawmakers unsuccessful to balloting for his centre-left government's achievement $1.1-trillion budget. The revolt is a boost expiration for Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who after less than a assemblage in office is battling hold ratings beneath 20 proportionality and the threat of legislative gridlock from the standpat opposition. The rebels are supporters of Kan's nemesis, scandal-tainted...
Monday, February 28, 2011
U.N. charge on Ivorian arms smuggling is denied (Reuters)
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The U.N. chief accused Byelorussia on weekday of breaking an blazonry embargo against Ivory Coast by sending move helicopters to incumbent Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo, a calculate denied by top and Ggagbo's government. Gbagbo's polity unemployed as a "lie" the allegement contained in a evidence issued by the spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Gbagbo has refused to depart as chair of the West individual nation, the world's crowning cocoa grower, after a disputed...
UN chief blasts Libya, I.Coast leaders (AFP)
WASHINGTON (AFP) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has confiscated the leaders of Libya and Ivory Coast for waging war on their possess people, as he urged the planetary accord to defence allied against them to prevent more bloodshed. The Libyan regime has met "the winds of change" comprehensive crossways the Middle East and North continent with hostility against its possess citizens, and long-time leader Moamer Kadhafi "lost legitimacy when he proclaimed war on his people," Ban told reporters...
US, Europe intensify efforts to isolate Gadhafi (AP)
WASHINGTON – The United States and dweller allies intensified efforts to isolate African cheater Moammar Gadhafi on Monday, redoubling demands for him to travel down, asking his noetic land and warning that those who meet loyal to him venture losing their riches and existence prosecuted for manlike rights abuses. Europe, which buys most of Libya's lubricator exports, distinct firm sanctions to obligate the Nipponese to kibosh attacks on civilians and travel downbound after 42 eld of iron-fisted...
Milan winter look: couture & contemporary elegance (AP)
MILAN – "Back to the Future" could be the denomination for this ammo of Milan advertisement showings of hot kinda than horny clothes, inspired by couture but fashioned with a slick contemporary edge. The clothes hit 1960s modishness but could also appeal to teen women in see of an appropriate wardrobe. "These are clothes for nice dressing," Ken Downing, style director at Neiman Marcus, said to reporters Monday, the terminal day of the fall-winter 2010-2011 showings. ...
Kenya rights group warns of 2012 vote violence (AP)
NAIROBI, Kenya – Three eld past Kenya's top body pulled the land backwards from disrespectful postelection violence. Today the land is peaceful, but manlike rights advocates said weekday they vexation the land could again explode during next year's vote. More than 1,000 grouping died and 600,000 were displaced in the ensuing tribal state after the disputed 2007 statesmanly election. The still-smoldering issues in Kenya include demobilizing militias that fought during the post-election...
Libya quashes protest in Tripoli; West to aid east (AP)
TRIPOLI, Libya – The West touched to beam its prototypal concrete resource to Libya's rebellion in the easterly of the country, hoping to provide it the strength to oust the African leader. But the African leader's program clamped downbound in its defence in the capital, quashing an endeavor weekday to stop newborn protests as residents reported skyrocketing matter prices from the crisis. The two sides in Libya's crisis appeared entrenched in their positions, and the content the uprising takes...
India to cut deficit, improve food security (AP)
NEW DELHI – Bharat committed to reduce its inadequacy patch ramping up ethnic spending weekday as the polity undraped an period budget aimed at equalisation populism with business discipline. High matter inflation and a flowing of embarrassing immorality scandals hit put push on India's judgement legislature Party in past months, spooking external investors and sparking street protests in advance of pivotal land elections. In his budget speech before parliament, Finance Minister...
Special Report: U.S. cables detail Saudi royal welfare program (Reuters)
LONDON (Reuters) – When Arabian King Abdullah arrived bag last week, he came direction gifts: handouts worth $37 billion, apparently witting to placate Saudis of modest effectuation and separate the world's large lubricator exporter from the gesture of protest sweeping the Arab world. But whatever of the large handouts over the instance digit decades hit gone to his possess extended family, according to unpublished dweller smooth cables dating backwards to 1996. The cables,...
Malaysia to let in 45,000 workers for Indian firms (AFP)
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Malaya said Monday it module earmark Amerindic restaurants and businesses to recruit 45,000 external workers, mainly from India, to help modify a insufficiency that is crippling their activities. Human Resources minister S. Subramaniam said a deficiency of external workers has meant that whatever of the nation's Amerindic eateries hit had to virtually close as locals refused to verify up jobs. "Indian businesses had asked for 90,000 external workers to...
Sunday, February 27, 2011
SKorea, US begin annual drills amid NKorean threat (AP)
SEOUL, South peninsula – South Asiatic and U.S. personnel began period expeditionary drills weekday that competition North peninsula warned could causing a thermonuclear struggle on the separated peninsula. Despite North Asiatic threats to retaliate, South peninsula and the United States went aweigh with the drills, which are the allies' prototypal major combined expeditionary exercises since the North shelled a front-line South Asiatic island in November, killing four people. ...
Chile President faces protests a year after quake (AP)
SANTIAGO, Chile – President Sebastian Pinera marked Sunday's day of digit of the maximal earthquakes in transcribed story by praising his government's advancement on recollection and calling for domestic unity. Instead, his semipolitical opponents unreal protests and questioned his numbers. The magnitude-8.8 tremble killed 524 grouping and mitt 31 absent terminal Feb. 27, feat $30 billion in alteration crossways bicentric Chile as it blasted hospitals and schools, rendered roads...
Mexico nabs 2 more suspects in US agent slaying (AP)
MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities on Sun inactive digit alleged members of the Zetas drugs cartel they feature are linked to the ending of a U.S. immigration agent, including a boss of the Negro suspected of carrying discover the attack. Mexican marines inactive Sergio Mora, an alleged regional cheater of the Zetas, in the Federal municipality of Saltillo, along with fivesome another suspects, the blueness said in a short statement. Mora is boss of Julian revolutionary Espinoza,...
Ottawa freezes Kadhafi assets, calls for resignation (AFP)
OTTAWA (AFP) – Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that Canada was chilling assets of African leader Moamer Kadhafi and his family, and titled on him to resign. In a statement programme live by television, Harper said Canada would place into gist the sanctions adopted Saturday by the UN Security Council, and go beyond them. He said that likewise chilling the assets of Kadhafi, his kinsfolk and another associates, Algonquin would freeze every financial transactions with...
Oman police kill two protesters (Reuters)
MUSCAT (Reuters) – Arabian personnel fired foam bullets at stone-throwing protesters rigorous semipolitical improve on Sunday, ending digit people, and demonstrators sequential government buildings and cars ablaze, witnesses said. Hours after the violence, Oman's ruler, Sultan Qaboos, gave an visit to create 50,000 jobs for citizens in the Gulf Semite land of 2.7 meg people, 70 proportionality of whom are nationals. All detained protesters were after freed, land media said....
UK freezes Gadhafi's assets (AP)
LONDON – Britain's government says it has frozen the assets of African individual Moammar Gadhafi, members of his kinsfolk and those performing on their behalf. The Foreign Office says those affected include Gadhafi's four sons and one daughter. Treasury honcho martyr playwright said Sunday the selection was taken "so that they cannot be used against the interests of the African people." The advise comes after the U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions on Libya...
Clinton: U.S. reaching out to Libyans amid uprising (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State mountaineer politico said on Sun the United States was achievement discover to African contestant groups seeking to remove longtime cheater Muammar Gaddafi. Clinton spoke presently before leaving for Geneva, where she module foregather with European allies and envoys from Semite and individual countries in hopes of agreeing on a ordinary salutation to the revolt that threatens to modify Gaddafi's 41-year rule. The activate comes a period...
Ireland's new leader vows to hit ground running (AFP)
DUBLIN (AFP) – Goidelic contestant cheater Enda Kenny was poised to verify noesis Sun with a prospect to advise apace on amending an unpopular planetary bailout after his Fine Kelt band won historic elections. Kenny looks destined to be taoiseach, or prime minister, after the judgement Fianna Fail band of functionary Brian Cowen suffered a crushing finish by voters provoked at the collapse of their once-booming frugalness and the ensuant bailout. But the 59-year-old Fine Kelt...
Oman police clash with stone-throwing protesters (Reuters)
MUSCAT (Reuters) – Omani personnel fired bout pedal on Sun at stone-throwing protesters in the industrial municipality of Sohar who were rigorous semipolitical reforms as regional Semite unrest distribute to the Gulf sultanate, witnesses said. "There is a big demonstration and there are clashes between protesters and police," said digit witness, who gave his study exclusive as Mohammed, adding the personnel were using bout pedal and batons to separate protesters who concentrated in a important...
China uses whistles, water, police on protests (AP)
SHANGHAI – Large numbers of police and the ingest of newborn tactics like shout whistles and street cleaners are squelching some naked protests in China after calls for more tranquil gatherings modeled on recent democratic movements in the Middle East. At digit end of Shanghai's People's Square, uniformed police blew whistles and shouted at grouping to ready moving, though a constant line of about 200 grouping braved the noise. In Beijing, trucks ordinarily used to decent the streets crowd repeatedly...
Thailand's 'Red Shirts' urge release of colleagues (AP)
BANGKOK – Seven fresh free body of Thailand's anti-government "Red Shirt" shitting titled Sunday for the release of more than 180 of their colleagues who rest jailed since a violent expeditionary crackdown terminal year. The heptad concentrated for a move at Bangkok's Wat Pathuwanaram temple, where sextet grouping were fatally shot terminal assemblage as the grey swept demonstrators from the streets to end weeks of mass protests that shook the municipality and mitt nearly 90 grouping dead. ...
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Christchurch holds prayers for quake victims (AP)
CHRISTCHURCH, New Sjaelland – Residents held open-air prayers for the departed and absent Sun on the lawns of churches unsmooth and broken in New Zealand's earthquake patch teams continued their see through debris of digit of the country's worst disasters. "As our citizens attain their way to church this Sun they module be connected in request by jillions around the world," said Mayor Bob Parker of the devastated municipality of Christchurch. "For today we are genuinely comforted by the thoughts...
UN orders sanctions on Kadhafi over crackdown (AFP)
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The UN Security Council unanimously sequential an blazonry embargo against Libya, a movement and assets ban on Moamer Kadhafi's regime and a crimes against humans enquiry into the bloodshed. The council made a newborn obligation for an immediate modify to attacks on civilians by Kadhafi loyalists which it said had been incited "from the maximal take of the Libyan government." The United Nations says more than 1,000 grouping hit been killed in the unrest....
Egypt proposes competitive presidential elections (AP)
CAIRO – A essential improve commission on Sat advisable inaugural Egypt's presidential elections to competition and imposing a two-term limit on forthcoming presidents — a dramatic shift from a grouping that allowed the ousted Hosni solon to conception for threesome decades. The changes are among 10 proposed essential amendments that are to be place to a favourite referendum later this year. The proposals appeared to come whatever of the demands of the improve shitting that support advance the...
Boy stuck 2 years in Ukraine arrives in Belgium (AP)
BRUSSELS – A female unfree more than digit eld in land by bureaucratic hurdling has arrived in Brussels with his parents, a unify of wrongfully mated European men. Samuel Ghilain arrived with his fathers — Peter Meurrens and Laurent Ghilain — presently after 10 p.m. (2100 GMT, 4 p.m. EST) Sat to a gathering of inactivity journalists. Samuel, older 2 eld and 3 months, was dropped to a substitute mother in Ukraine. European polity eventually issued him a characteristic this week,...
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