Daily Archives: 1 March 2013

Lebanon is struggling to maintain control over its border region as Syrian rebels and the Syrian Army increasingly treat the area as just another battlefield in the civil war. People cross the Lebanese-Syrian border by foot after residents blocked the road in protest against what they said were the sending of diesel to the Syrian goverment, in northern Lebanon February 13. Watchtowers manned by Lebanese troops will soon stud a line of hills along Lebanon’s northern border where Syrian artillery regularly trades fire …



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The Kremlin has urged the US to move cautiously. Moscow claims it is doing all it can to promote a settlement in Syria that avoids an Afghanistan-style militant blowback. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (r.) listens to France’s President François Hollande during a joint news conference after talks in Moscow’s Kremlin Thursday. Russia and France agreed on Thursday that Syria must not be allowed to break up but differed on other aspects of the …



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Amid widespread anger over huge salaries and golden parachutes, the Swiss public will vote Sunday on an initiative that would give shareholders a say on executive pay. Swiss drugmaker Novartis CEO Joe Jimenez (l.) delivers a speech next to outgoing Chairman Daniel Vasella (c.) in Basel, Switzerland, last week. Mounting anger in Switzerland over executive compensation forced Novartis to scrap plans to pay Mr. Vasella 72 million Swiss francs ($78 million) to stop him working for rivals. …



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Global News Blog The fact that North Korea is getting to host well-known personalities from abroad is a PR plus for the regime, say analysts. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (c.), his wife Ri Sol-ju (l.) and former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman (r.) talk in Pyongyang in this undated photo released on Friday. Before departing, Rodman told Pyongyang that leader Kim Jong-un, reported to have …



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Abou Zeid killed: Sources in Mali that Al Qaeda commander Abdelhamid Abou Zeid was killed four days ago as French and Malian forces continued their pursuit of Islamist militants in the northern part of the country. Abou Zeid killed: Abdelhamid Abou Zeid speaks in an unknown location in this still image taken from a undated file video…



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Published time: March 01, 2013 17:37 The long-term US funding of anti-government programs in Syria has raised questions about the types of groups being supported, and the benefits and arms supplied to militant groups; establishing political stability requires considered dialogue. It appears that the US State Department under John Kerry will soon shift its focus to helping the rebels establish a full-fledged alternative government on Syrian territory and recognize it as the legal government of Syria. Such a move …



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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addresses participants during the signing ceremony of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes, at the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa Feburary 24, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Tiksa Negeri GENEVA | Fri Mar 1, 2013 12:26pm EST (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday there was a very small …



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Published time: March 01, 2013 17:10 The Mayor of Moscow says there are no plans to build a new mosque in the city, and says the ‘excessive’ number of economic migrants was a ‘harmful thing’. “ It has turned out that the praying Muslims are not at all Russian citizens and they are not Moscow residents. They are labor migrants. There are only 10 percent of Moscow residents among …



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Mr Romney’s wife compared their abrupt exit from public life after the election loss to their experiences of the hierarchy of the Mormon church   Photo: AFP In his first interview since being defeated in last November’s poll, the former Republican presidential nominee urged Mr Obama to stop “flying around the country and berating” his political opponents. “The president has the opportunity to lead the nation and to bring Republicans and Democrats together,” Mr Romney told Fox …



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Engineers are trying to determine how much of the ground underneath the home is compromise by the widening sinkhole A Florida man has disappeared into a 20ft-deep (6m) sinkhole that swallowed up a bedroom in his house. Rescue crews have not made contact with Jeffrey Bush, 36, whose brother…



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Pope Benedict XVI addresses faifthful for the last time upon arrival in Castel Gandolfo | AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE On 28 February Pope Benedict XVI, now retired, gave his farewell speech at the apostolic palace of Castel Gandolfo . Now, catholic cardinals from around the world have begin the complex and arduous process of chose Benedict’s successor.   “I am simply a pilgrim…



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People search the rubble for dead bodies and injured victims at a site were houses were hit by a missile attack by Syrian government forces on Tuesday in Aleppo   Photo: AP 4:08PM GMT 01 Mar 2013 The criticism came on Friday as the Syrian opposition accused regime forces of a new…



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Published time: March 01, 2013 15:57 Despite American warnings of possible sanctions, an Iranian-Pakistani consortium is due to start work next week on a much delayed $7.5 billion 780-kilometer gas pipeline from Iran to Pakistan. “The ground breaking is going to be performed on March 11 on the Pakistani side of border and we hope that the Presidents of the two countries will be present on the occasion,” …



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By Nick Pisa, Sky Correspondent Former Pope Benedict XVI spent his first night in retirement watching TV after dinner and having a stroll around his summer residence, the Vatican has revealed. Archbishop Georg Ganswein, his private secretary, disclosed the details of the 85-year-old ex-leader of the Roman Catholic Church’s new life in a telephone call with Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi. Monsignor Ganswein added that the Pope Emeritus, as …



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Published time: March 01, 2013 15:53 The Russian capital has more billionaires than any other city in the world, according to a new survey from China. The study by the Hurun Research Institute says there are over 4000 people who have more than $1 billion on their bank account, and 76 of them reside in Moscow. Russia has 88 billionaires with a combined wealth of $368bn, and it seems to support …



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First lady Michelle Obama presents the Best Picture award at the Oscars   Photo: Getty Images She attributed the chatter to a culture shift that has spawned legions of bloggers, tweeters and others who talk about anything and everything all the time. “Shoot, my bangs set off a national conversation. My shoes can set off a national conversation. That’s just sort of where we are. We’ve got a lot of talking going on,” the First…



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REUTERS File image – A woman holds a copy of the Koran and a cross during a protest in Cairo. Luxor, Egypt – Dozens of Muslim residents threw firebombs and rocks at police on Friday as they tried to storm a church in southern Egypt in search of a woman suspected of converting to Christianity, security officials said. Clashes between Copts and Muslims usually are sparked by disputes over rumors of conversion, Muslim-Christian love affairs and the construction of churches. Violence between Egypt’s Christians and Muslims has …



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AP Dutch police wait to lead Yvonne Bassebya, second left, out of the court room after judges delivered their verdict in a case of suspected of involvement in Rwanda’s genocide, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday March 1, 2013. Bassebya was sentenced to a 6 years and 8 months prison term for incitement to genocide. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) The Hague – A Dutch court sentenced a Rwandan-born woman to six years and eight months in jail on Friday for inciting genocide two …



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Dozens of giant Buddha heads emerging around Chicago are meant to be a catalyst for conversations about peace in troubled neighborhoods. Indira Johnson kneels beside one of her public art installations, part of a series called ‘Ten Thousand Ripples,’ in a Chicago neighborhood. (Ann Hermes/Staff) By Mark Guarino,  Staff writer / March 1, 2013 at 8:00 am EST Chicago They appear when you least expect it: 300-pound sculpted heads of the Buddha, emerging from sidewalks, under…



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AP File picture of a petrol bomb. Djibouti – Riot police in Djibouti city on Friday fought street battles with thousands of anti-government supporters protesting against last weekend’s ruling party win in a parliamentary election. Rowdy mobs threw Molotov cocktails when the security forces fired tear gas to disperse the crowds chanting “freedom” and “free our leaders”, a reference to the detention of several prominent moderate Islamists from the opposition. “We won’t stop until their…



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Terrorism & Security Thousands in Bangladesh protested the death sentence handed to an Islamist political leader for crimes committed during the independence war. At least 40 were killed in the clashes. Bangladeshi activists celebrate the death sentence awarded to Delawar Hossain Sayedee, one of the top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday. The verdict against Sayedee highlighted the deep rifts that …



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The recent vitriolic exchange between an American CEO and a French industry minister shone a light on the repeated criticism of the shrinking competitiveness of the French economy. France’s Minister for Industrial Recovery Arnaud Montebourg meets with EU officials in Brussels last month to discuss a plan to close ArcelorMittal plants. Mr. Montebourg got into a public spat with Titan International CEO Maurice Taylor last week, after …



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Israel’s recent parliamentary election has reconfigured the political landscape, but domestic issues are nudging the peace process to the bottom of the agenda. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office, Dec. 2012. Netanyahu is still without a coalition more than a month after winning parliamentary elections, but amid the…



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Nicolas Maduro, Chavez’s self-appointed successor, said on television that his boss ‘is battling there for his health, for his life, and we’re accompanying him.’ A woman holds a picture of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez and the country’s national flag during an event commemorating the violent street protests of 1989 known as the ‘Caracazo,’ in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 27. (Ariana Cubillos/AP) By Frank Bajak,  Associated …



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Venezuela’s Vice President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a rally in Caracas February 27, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins CARACAS | Fri Mar 1, 2013 9:56am EST (Reuters) – Hugo Chavez’s son-in-law mocked this week’s crescendo of rumors that the Venezuelan president may be dead or dying from the cancer he has been treated for since mid-2011. “The launching of absurd and bizarre rumors by the right wing simply discredits them and isolates them further …

 

 

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Published time: March 01, 2013 14:52 Russia on Friday assumed the rotational presidency of the UN Security Council at a time of heightened concern over developments in Afghanistan, Syria and in the Middle East. In its leadership role on the Security Council, Russia will initiate discussion and debate on the situation in Afghanistan, where US-led international forces have fought a committed adversary since shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. “The main issue of Russia’s…



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Four gang members from south-east Asian countries have been executed in China for the murder of 13 sailors on the Mekong river, after being paraded first on live state television. Naw Kham, a Myanmar drug gang leader, and three of his accomplices faced lethal injection with a mixture of defiance and fear in the broadcast on CCTV which showed them being taken from prison to the execution site. The four, along with two other …



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Mr Musharraf said he did not fear the courts and should be judged on his record   Photo: Philip Hollis for the Telegraph By Rob Crilly, Islamabad 2:47PM GMT 01 Mar 2013 Mr Musharraf, 69, who led the country for almost a decade after seizing power in 1999, was forced into a humiliating climb-down last year when senior generals told him not to return. He runs the risk of immediate arrest on warrants accusing him of conspiring in the murder of Benazir Bhutto –…



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Published time: March 01, 2013 14:39 A group of 40 human rights activists from around the world fear that Iceland could become “a role model for Internet censorship” if it introduces Internet filters blocking online content deemed pornographic. “The act of censoring pornography in Iceland differs in no way from repression of speech in Iran, China or North Korea,” human rights advocates wrote in an open letter …



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The explosion took place close to Mogadishu’s famous Lido beach, usually crowded with families on weekends   Photo: Getty Images 2:37PM GMT 01 Mar 2013 The blast, the latest in a string of attacks in the war-ravaged city, reportedly included a car bomb followed shortly after by an attacker wearing a suicide vest packed with explosives. “There was a big …



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By Tim Marshall, Foreign Affairs Editor The dance craze sweeping the globe has arrived in the Middle East and is being used by young Arabs to poke fun at what they see as the austere, dull, religious restrictions the ruling Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is trying to impose on them. The move chimes with the strain of political humour shown by many young Arabs over the past two years during the uprisings across the region. In Egypt about 400 students, wearing a variety of costumes, showed …



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  Nina Simone is to be played by Zoe Saldaña   Photo: AP/Getty Star Trek actress Zoe Saldaña has defended her casting as Nina Simone in the upcoming biopic Nina about the jazz and blues singer-pianist who died in 2003 aged 70. The singer Mary J. Blige was first cast to play Simone until she had to bow out for what Cynthia Mort, the writer and director of the film, described as “scheduling issues”. The casting of Saldaña has caused a major backlash for a…



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Gilberto Valle and, inset, Dale Bolinger   By Gordon Rayner, Chief Reporter 1:39PM GMT 01 Mar 2013 Officers spent 15 hours searching the home of Dale Bolinger, 57, who was held last week by police investigating the British “mentor” of a New York policeman who used internet chat rooms to discuss torturing and cannibalising women. The British contact of Gilberto Valle, who is currently on trial in the US, told him he had eaten two women in the past and offered to fly to America…



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Published time: March 01, 2013 13:35 As the 10th anniversary of the Iraq war looms, the UK cabinet has been urged not to discuss the 2003’s invasion or its legality until an inquiry into it is complete. The instruction has been met with distaste from Liberal Democrat MPs. A confidential letter warned MPs not to mention the war or deeply controversial …



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Protesters hold a poster of Iraq’s Finance Minister Rafaie Esawi during a demonstration calling for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s resignation, in Falluja, a main city in the western desert province of Anbar, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad December 21, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Stringer By Kamal Naama RAMADI, Iraq | Fri Mar 1, 2013 8:08am EST (Reuters) – Iraq’s finance minister told crowds of Sunni Muslim protesters on Friday he was resigning, after more than two months of demonstrations demanding an end to marginalization of their minority sect. The country’s precarious …



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