Monthly Archives: February 2013

Venezuela’s vice president says President Hugo Chavez is fighting for his life as he continues treatment for cancer. Vice President Nicolas Maduro appeared on television Thursday to update the nation on Chavez’s condition. The president entered a Caracas hospital 10 days ago after spending two months in Cuba. He missed his inauguration for a fourth term in January because of poor health.   A photograph of a smiling Chavez lying in a hospital bed with two daughters standing beside him…



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More than one million pregnant women worldwide are infected with syphilis.  Worse still is that many of them don’t know they’re infected,  which puts them and their unborn child at serious risk. The problem, a new World Health Organization study finds, is that in many regions of the world, testing and treatment services for the venereal disease are not as widely available as they should be.   Syphilis is a sexually-transmitted disease …



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Published time: February 28, 2013 23:18 The highly contentious sequester will hit the US on March 1. Some contend that it is meant to help curb the budget gap – but it could have been avoided if legislators had made timely decisions, Yaroslav Lissovolik from Deutsche Bank Moscow told RT. As Washington jumps on the austerity bandwagon, …



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Mr Mason told staff: “You are doing amazing things at Groupon, and you deserve the outside world to give you a second chance. I’m getting in the way of that.” The founder and chief executive of Groupon, Andrew Mason, has been ousted. The widely-expected move came after the online voucher firm posted another quarterly loss, prompting a 24% slide in its…



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There has been an outpouring of affection for Mr Chavez from his supporters Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is “battling for his life”, according to Vice-President Nicolas Maduro. “Our commander is sick because he gave his life for those who don’t have anything,” he told Venezuelan TV. Mr Chavez first announced he was being treated for cancer in June 2011. The type of cancer and precise location have not been revealed. He has not been seen in public since travelling to Cuba in December for his latest surgery. …



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Published time: February 28, 2013 22:52 The UK will fight an EU plan to cap bankers’ bonuses at a meeting of European finance ministers next week with both PM David Cameron and London’s mayor Boris Johnson voicing concerns the measure could scare banks away from the British capital. On Wednesday night the European Union agreed to start the process of slashing bankers’ bonuses, despite strong opposition from the UK, which regards it as a major blow to the country’s financial sector. “We do have in the UK – and not every …



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Global News Blog Former NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman declared North Korean leader Kim Jong-un his ‘friend for life’ after watching the Harlem Globetrotters in the isolated country today. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch North Korean and U.S. players in an exhibition basketball game at an arena in…



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Marijuana cannon: Police told the Televisa network that the device was made up of a plastic pipe and a crude metal tank that used compressed air from the engine of an old car. In this image released by the Mexicali Public Safety Department, a man holds up an improvised cannon that was confiscated earlier in the day in Mexicali, Mexico, Feb. 26. Police in the border city say the cannon was used to hurl packets of marijuana across a border fence…



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The US has promised to do a lot more to help Syria’s rebellion against the government of Bashar al-Assad, but is stopping well short of the kind of aid that might prove decisive. Free Syrian Army fighters from the Knights of the North brigade move to reconnaissance a Syrian army forces…



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While the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has focused renewed global attention on South Africa’s epidemic of violence, for many the death of a young cab driver highlights a more familiar story. In this still frame from TV, showing a South African man with his hands tethered to the back of a police vehicle being dragged behind as police hold his legs up and the vehicle apparently drives off, east of Johannesburg on Tuesday. When the South African tabloid posted the disturbing video on its Facebook…



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Published time: February 28, 2013 22:41 The US has for the first time provided direct aid to the rebel fighters in Syria. John Laughland, from the Institute of Democracy and Cooperation, believes the move is an attempt to prop up a movement that has failed to take root among the Syrian people. RT: The US is promising direct steps in aiding the rebels… Is this what the opposition wants? Is this help direct enough?…



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In court, Bradley Manning read a statement explaining his actions, saying he did not believe the leaks would harm the US The US soldier accused of leaking large numbers of secret documents to Wikileaks has pleaded guilty to 10 of the 22 charges against him. But Pfc Bradley Manning, 25, denied the most serious charge against him, aiding the enemy, and may still be prosecuted. A military judge later…



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The deputy chairman of the African Union says the organization expects Kenya’s election scheduled for Monday to be credible and peaceful. “The first expectation is that the election will be peaceful and that Kenyans will have an opportunity to freely elect leaders of their choice, and that the country can consolidate the gains that have been achieved over the last few years following the last election that ended up with…



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Reuters (File image) Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo attends a confirmation of charges hearing in his pre-trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on February 20 this year. The Hague – Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday told the International Criminal Court, which is weighing whether to charge him with crimes against humanity, that he had always been pro-democracy. “All my life, I fought for democracy,” Gbagbo told the court…



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Reuters People attend the funeral of 12-year-old Christpowers Maisiri, who died after he was set on fire, in the rural village of Headlands, about 160km east of Harare, on Thursday. Related Stories Harare – Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday called for an investigation after a 12-year-old boy was killed in a fire-bombing in a suspected case of pre-election political violence, his party said. In a eulogy at the funeral …



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The 1988 bombing brought down Pan Am flight 103 over Scotland, killing 270 people   Photo: AFP The new Libyan government has said that in its eyes the Lockerbie affair is a closed case and that now is not the time to dwell on the “past”. “The matter was settled with the Gaddafi regime. I am trying to work on the current situation rather than dig into the past,” said Salah al-Marghani, the justice minister. Hameda al-Magery, his deputy, said: “Britain and America are asking us to …



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Associated Press Opposition protesters dispersed after teargas was fired in their midst, in Conakry, Guinea, on Wednesday. Conakry – A Guinea activist died on Thursday from wounds suffered during clashes a day earlier between security forces and protesters in the run-up to a divisive parliamentary election, a spokesperson for the opposition said. Clashes…



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— The academic world took notice in 2011 when a Stanford University professor offered an online course on artificial intelligence for free, and more than 160,000 students from around the world registered for it. Stanford’s success prompted other major universities such as Harvard and MIT to follow suit and that brought increased attention and funding to organizations developing free Internet-based education programs.  An engineering class at Stanford University is being recorded as …



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The president of the East Africa Law Society has called on Kenya’s security agencies to step up efforts to improve security before the nation’s elections on Monday.  James Mwamu says the security agencies would have to be proactive and vigilant to prevent a repeat of the 2007-2008 post-election violence. “We are asking the security agents to ensure that the citizens of Kenya are properly protected so that they would then be able to exercise their rights …



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Published time: February 28, 2013 21:47 Six tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are leaking an estimated 1,000 gallons of nuclear waste each year. And with billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts about to occur, the US government may not have the funds to clean up the mess. Three underground tanks at the Washington-based nuclear reservation were last week found to be leaking at an initially-estimated rate of 300 gallons of waste per year. But Department of Energy investigators …



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THE HAGUE — The former head of the Yugoslav army was acquitted on Thursday of charges of aiding and abetting atrocities committed in Bosnia and Croatia during the 1990s, in a ruling that was condemned by victims but welcomed by Serb officials.   United Nations war crimes judges said Momcilo Perisic had …



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28 Feb 2013 21:31 North Korea’s leader has told his people that these 28 hairstyles are the only ones they are allowed to choose from View gallery North Korean haircuts for men View gallery Dictator Kim Jong-un has issued another hair-brained order. North Korea’s leader has told his people that these 28 hairstyles are the only ones they are allowed to choose from…



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28 Feb 2013 21:25 Around 7,000 people gathered at his summer home and chanted his name as he made his last public appearance before retiring Pope Benedict XVI salutes a cheering crowd gathered to see him from the balcony window of the pontifical summer residence of Castel Gandolfo AP Throwing his arms wide as he prepared…



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Published time: February 28, 2013 21:22 Presidents Putin and Hollande share the same goal of settling the conflict in Syria. But at a meeting in Moscow, talk of operating in ‘parallel’ shows there’s still a clear divide in how Russia and France want to resolve the crisis. Meeting Russia’s president in Moscow, President Francois Hollande reiterated France’s position that Paris  wanted to see a more open “political dialogue” on Syria that would “speak to all parties” in the two-year crisis. The two states want to prevent the breakup of …



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Residential and commercial buildings are seen reflected in a window during a sunset in Central Business District (CBD) of Beijing September 19, 2012. Credit: Reuters/David Gray By Nick Edwards and Benjamin Kang Lim BEIJING | Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:05pm EST (Reuters) – China plans major bond market reform to raise the money the ruling Communist Party needs for a 40 trillion yuan ($6.4 trillion) urbanization program to buoy economic growth…



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Published time: February 28, 2013 20:54 News of a privacy scandal is emerging out of Minnesota after an audit has revealed that 88 law enforcement agents have abused the state’s driver’s license record system during just the last year. The Minnesota legislative auditor says that dozens of government workers with access to the database of registered drivers within the state misused the system during the last fiscal year and cites 88 specific incidences where employees are alleged to have accessed protected data without proper reasoning. …



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Reuters Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (pictured) says President Robert Mugabe is resorting to violence to try to maintain his grip on power. Headlands, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe’s premier said on Thursday that President Robert Mugabe’s party was losing its grip and resorting to violence after the young son of a local party official was burnt to death by suspected supporters of the elderly president. Mugabe, 89, in power since 1980, and his longtime foe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, were forced into a power-sharing government in 2009 and will resume their…



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28 Feb 2013 20:31 Her best friend Gina Myers revealed that Reeva sent her a text message that read: “G our lives are about to change I can feel it” Shot: Reeva Steenkamp AP Tragic Reeva Steenkamp predicted her life would change a ­fortnight before being shot by Paralympian boyfriend Oscar Pistorius . Her best friend Gina Myers said yesterday it was “ironic” that in death model Reeva had found the fame she had been striving …



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Published time: February 28, 2013 20:11 A survey by a China-based wealth magazine claims Asia has more billionaires than any other continent. However, according to the Forbes magazine, arguably the world’s most trustworthy source on the issue, the Chinese seem to have miscalculated. The Hurun Report, which compiled the list, suggests there were 1,453 people around the world with a personal wealth of $1 billion…



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Mr Rennie, pictured here with his wife, fell from the balloon as it plummeted to the ground while Yvonne was confirmed dead at the scene   Photo: HotSpot Media/AFP By Richard Spencer in Cairo and Magdy Samaan in Luxor 8:05PM GMT 28 Feb 2013 Michael Rennie, 49, said his wife Yvonne was his “rock”, and offered his condolences to …



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Cairo is using a law that requires government approval of all foreign funding of domestic nongovernmental organizations to block the delivery of grants, forcing NGOs to curb their work for lack of funds. A protester who opposes Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi sleeps outside his tent at Tahrir Square in Cairo Tuesday. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters) By Kristen Chick,  Correspondent / February 28, 2013 at 12:52 pm EST…



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Global News Blog Some 118 cardinals will commence a closed door gathering to select the next pope in the coming weeks. Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful for the last time from the balcony of his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo Thursday. Pope Benedict left the Vatican on Thursday after pledging support to whoever succeeds him to guide the Roman Catholic…



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The Spanish media has been ravaged by the country’s recession, and not just economically. The crisis has also sparked serious challenges to its credibility. A woman in Madrid last month reads a copy of Spanish newspaper El País featuring a purported photo of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez that turned out to be false. The newspaper …



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A special tribunal in Bangladesh today sentenced a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party to death for crimes during the nation’s 1971 war for independence. Party supporters rioted. A Bangladeshi police officer escorts Delwar Hossain Sayedee, right, a leader of Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami as he arrives at the International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday. A special war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced Sayedee to death for crimes…



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The widespread perception among Syrians that the US has abandoned them is untrue, but US aid is rarely branded as such and it is still far short of what is needed.  Syrian refugees carry a bucket of water as they walk at Atmeh refugee camp, in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, Syria, last week. Despite US efforts to increase humanitarian assistance to Syria, intended recipients say the…



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