Cyprus could get financial aid by next January: Finance minister
Cypriot Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly (file photo) Cyprus says it could get a first tranche of financial aid in a bid to support its ailing banks by the end of January 2013. Cypriot Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly said on Thursday that Nicosia had reached a preliminary agreement with the troika of international creditor, namely the […]
Read More →Japan PM visit to Russia cancelled over Putin “bad health conditionâ€
Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) poses with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the arrival ceremony for the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Vladivostok on September 8, 2012. Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has reportedly scrubbed his planned visit to Moscow due to what he has described as “bad health conditions†of Russian President […]
Read More →Fresh US drone strike kills four in northwestern Pakistan
File photo shows a US drone firing a missile.  A fresh US assassination drone strike has claimed the lives of at least four people and severely injured several others in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt near the porous border with Afghanistan. The causalities come after the aerial strikes targeted a vehicle and a residential compound in […]
Read More →Bomb blast kills 4 Afghan civilians in southeastern Afghanistan
Afghan National Army soldiers inspect the wreckage of a car destroyed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan. (File photo) A roadside bomb has killed at least four civilians in Afghanistan’s southeastern province of Ghazni, Press TVreports. Local police officials said that the blast took place on Thursday in an area near Ghazni city, after a […]
Read More →Egypt assembly approves new draft constitution
Egypt’s Constituent Assembly holds the last voting session on a new draft constitution in Cairo, November 29, 2012. Egypt’s Constituent Assembly has approved the final draft of the country’s first constitution after the ouster of autocratic ruler Hosni Mubarak. The assembly’s marathon session began on Thursday and came to end early on Friday, with the […]
Read More →Gunmen kill Chinese man, injure two women in SW Nigeria
Security personnel inspect a burnt police station which was destroyed by bombers in the Marhaba area of the northern Nigerian city of Kano, on January 21, 2012. Gunmen have killed at least one Chinese businessman in the southwestern Nigerian city of Lagos, days after another attack in the African country’s northeast left two workers from […]
Read More →South African farmworkers to resume strike over pay
South African striking farmers demonstrate in the province of Western Cape on November 15, 2012. South African farmers in the province of Western Cape are expected to resume their strikes over low salaries and bad living conditions after the country’s officials failed to meet with their demands. “The strike will continue until such time as […]
Read More →Napoleon’s secret coded Kremlin letter on sale By By THOMAS ADAMSON | Associated Press
Enlarge PhotoAssociated Press/Christophe Ena – In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, a letter dictated and signed by Napoleon in secret code that declares his intentions “to blow up the Kremlin” during his ill-fated …more RELATED CONTENT Enlarge PhotoIn this photo taken Wednesday, … Enlarge PhotoIn this photo taken Wednesday, … FONTAINEBLEAU, France (AP) — The single line […]
Read More →UN vote recognizes state of Palestine; US objects By By EDITH M. LEDERER | Associated Press
Enlarge GalleryA Palestinian girl waves a flag during a rally supporting the Palestinian U.N. bid for observer state status, in the West bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. The Palestinians are certain to win … RELATED CONTENT Enlarge PhotoPalestinians celebrate as they … Enlarge PhotoThe results of a draft resolution … UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United […]
Read More →NYPD officer photographed giving boots to barefoot homeless man melts icy hearts online By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News
A photo of a New York City police officer kneeling down to give a barefoot homeless man in Times Square a pair of boots on a cold November night is melting even the iciest New Yorkers’ hearts online. On Nov. 14, NYPD officer Lawrence DePrimo, who was on counterterrorism duty in Times Square, saw the […]
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