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Daily Archives: February 25, 2012
Official: US Seeks End to Egypt NGO Case in Days
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Official: US Seeks End to Egypt NGO Case in Days
Official: US in talks with Egypt to end NGO case, allow Americans to leave ‘in coming days’
published date:Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:11:12 -0500
Syria: more killed in shelling of Homs as bid to evacuate journalists fails
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Syria: more killed in shelling of Homs as bid to evacuate journalists fails
Residents of besieged suburb of Baba Amr say they feel abandoned after failure of ‘Friends of Syria’ peace conferenceThe Syrian military took its bombardment of the Baba Amr district of Homs into a fourth week yesterday as the Red Cross tried to evacuate more traumatised civilians. At least 28 people were killed on Saturday, with nine of them in Homs, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
published date:Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:44:06 GMT
Posted in guardian, international, world
Tagged abandoned, Arab and Middle East unrest, baba, Bashar Al-Assad, besieged, bombardment, civilians, district, evacuate, fails, failure, feel, fourth, friends, guardian, homs, human, international, journalists, killed, military, news, observatory, peace, people, residents, rights, saturday, shelling, suburb, syria, syrian, The Observer, traumatised, week, world, World news, yesterday
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Schmallenberg virus: the town at ground zero worries about losing farming and tourism
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Schmallenberg virus: the town at ground zero worries about losing farming and tourism
Somewhere among the dairy farms and forested hillsides of Schmallenberg, a picturesque district of 26,000 people in central Germany, a deadly new virus was born.
published date:Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:00:38 GMT
Berlusconi released from bribery trial
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Berlusconi released from bribery trial
An Italian court has thrown out bribery charges against former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, saying the statute of limitations meant the long-running trial had run out of time.
published date:Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:43:17 GMT
Posted in international, telegraph, world
Tagged berlusconi, bribery, charges, corruption, court, David Mills, international, italian, limitations, long, meant, minister, prime, released, running, silvio, Silvio Berlusconi, statute, telegraph, thrown, time, trial, world
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Islamists Dominate in Egypt’s Upper House Vote
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Islamists Dominate in Egypt’s Upper House Vote
Islamists win bulk of seats in Egypt’s upper house elections
published date:Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:22:12 -0500
Hungary Chooses Most Beautiful Wheelchair User
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Hungary Chooses Most Beautiful Wheelchair User
Winner of beauty pageant for wheelchair users in Hungary wants to improve access for disabled
published date:Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:12:25 -0500
Posted in abcnews, international, world
Tagged abcnews, acce, beautiful, beauty, chooses, disabled, Hungary, improve, international, pageant, user, users, wheelchair, winner, world
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Egypt Presses Ahead With NGO Trial of Americans
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Egypt Presses Ahead With NGO Trial of Americans
Egypt presses ahead with NGO trial of Americans that has put severe strain on US ties
published date:Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:06:34 -0500
Posted in abcnews, international, world
Tagged abcnews, americans, Egypt, international, prees, severe, strain, ties, trial, world
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22 Tourists Robbed in Mexico Bus Assault
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22 Tourists Robbed in Mexico Bus Assault
22 tourists robbed, unhurt in bus assault near Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta
published date:Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:31:02 -0500
Posted in abcnews, international, world
Tagged aault, abcnews, international, mexico, mexicos, puerto, robbed, tourists, vallarta, world
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New Sunday Edition Signals That Murdoch Is Now Fighting Back
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New Sunday Edition Signals That Murdoch Is Now Fighting Back
Rupert Murdoch has taken on-the-spot command of a project adding a new day of publication for his Sun tabloid in London.
published date:Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:53:26 GMT
Posted in international, nytimes, world
Tagged adding, command, edition, fighting, international, london, London (England), Murdoch, News and News Media, News Corporation|NWSA|NASDAQ, newspapers, nytimes, project, publication, rupert, signals, spot, Sun, sunday, tabloid, The (British Newspaper), Wiretapping and Other Eavesdropping Devices and Methods, world
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Yu Ji, Dissident Chinese Writer, Continues His Work in U.S.
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Yu Ji, Dissident Chinese Writer, Continues His Work in U.S.
One of the Beijing leadership’s foremost critics came to Fairfax, Va., after undergoing torture, house arrest and round-the-clock surveillance.
published date:Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:30:13 GMT
Posted in international, nytimes, world
Tagged arrest, beijing, Books and Literature, china, chinese, clock, continues, critics, diident, fairfax, foremost, house, Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, Immigration and Emigration, international, leaderships, nytimes, Political Prisoners, Politics and Government, surveillance, torture, undergoing, virginia, work, world, writer
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Britain leads dash to explore for oil in war-torn Somalia
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Britain leads dash to explore for oil in war-torn Somalia
Government offers humanitarian aid and security assistance in the hope of a stake in country’s future energy industryBritain is involved in a secret high-stakes dash for oil in Somalia, with the government offering humanitarian aid and security assistance in the hope of a stake in the beleaguered country’s future energy industry. Riven by two decades of conflict that have seen the emergence of a dangerous Islamic insurgency, Somalia is routinely described as the world’s most comprehensively “failed” state, as well as one of its poorest.
published date:Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:04:34 GMT
Posted in guardian, international, world
Tagged africa, aistance, beleaguered, britain, Business, comprehensively, conflict, countrys, dangerous, dash, decades, emergence, energy, explore, failed, Foreign policy, future, government, guardian, high, hope, humanitarian, industry, insurgency, international, involved, islamic, leads, Middle East and North Africa, news, offering, offers, Oil, politics, poorest, riven, routinely, secret, security, somalia, stake, stakes, state, The Observer, torn, UK news, world, World news, worlds
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Somalia promises west oil riches as diplomats vow to defeat al-Shabaab
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Somalia promises west oil riches as diplomats vow to defeat al-Shabaab
Somali prime minister says his country will give west a share of natural resources in return for help with task of reconstructionThey expect the oil to flow within weeks. Coming from two miles underground, the crude should reach the arid plains of Puntland in the north-east corner of Somalia by April.
published date:Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:00:01 GMT
Posted in guardian, international, world
Tagged africa, april, arid, Business, coming, corner, country, crude, defeat, diplomats, east, Energy industry, expect, flow, give, Global terrorism, guardian, international, Middle East and North Africa, miles, minister, natural, news, north, Oil, Oil and gas companies, plains, prime, promises, reach, Resources, return, riches, shabaab, share, somali, somalia, task, The Observer, underground, weeks, west, world, World news
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U.S. Seeks Deal for Americans Facing Charges in Egypt
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U.S. Seeks Deal for Americans Facing Charges in Egypt
A trial for Americans facing charges related to their work for nonprofit groups with close ties to the Congressional leadership is scheduled to begin Sunday.
published date:Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:28:28 GMT
Posted in international, nytimes, world
Tagged americans, charges, close, congreional, deal, Egypt, facing, groups, international, leadership, nonprofit, nytimes, related, scheduled, seeks, sunday, ties, trial, United States International Relations, work, world
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Pakistan Razing House Where Bin Laden Lived
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Pakistan Razing House Where Bin Laden Lived
The building where Osama bin Laden died at the hands of a Navy SEAL unit last May had acquired a painful symbolism for Pakistan’s military.
published date:Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:23:38 GMT
