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News and Media RSS FeedsSyria general 'shot in Damascus' - A Syrian general is killed by "terrorists", state media say, in what is thought to be the first assassination of a senior officer in Damascus since the uprising began....Feed Source: www.bbc.co.uk Sun 'will continue' says Murdoch - News International owner Rupert Murdoch says he is committed to publishing the Sun newspaper, following the arrest of five of its employees.... S Africa to get Mandela banknotes - South Africa is to put the image of Nelson Mandela on all its banknotes, marking the 22nd anniversary of his release from prison.... Iran to make nuclear announcement - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his country will announce major nuclear achievements in the next few days.... Suu Kyi mobbed on campaign trail - Crowds mob Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she campaigns for the first time in the constituency she is contesting in April.... Commonwealth in Maldives inquiry - Commonwealth foreign ministers are to hold an urgent meeting to discuss the stand-off in the Maldives between the new president and his predecessor.... Greek cabinet approves new cuts - Greece's cabinet approves a draft bill committing to austerity reforms required to get new bailout funds, amid warnings of "chaos" if parliament fails to ratify.... Egypt strike fails to make impact - Activists' calls for a day of strikes in Egypt on the anniversary of President Hosni Mubarak's overthrow appear to have little impact.... Europe takes to streets over Acta - Thousands of people take to the streets across Europe to demonstrate against a controversial anti-piracy agreement,... Journalist couple killed in Dhaka - Police in Bangladesh investigate the murder of a married couple who were both TV journalists in the capital Dhaka.... S Korean tourists freed in Egypt - Three South Korean tourists are released a day after they were kidnapped in the Sinai peninsula, Egyptian officials say.... Suarez is a 'disgrace' - Ferguson - A snubbed handshake sparks angry reactions as a simmering race row between Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra overshadows Man United's win over Liverpool.... VIDEO: Confusion on the bridge of Concordia - New video footage has been released showing confusion on the bridge of the command deck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia in the hour after it hit a reef.... VIDEO: Burma's Suu Kyi on campaign trail - Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has begun campaigning for the first time in the constituency where she is standing for election to parliament.... VIDEO: Ice fishing: Kazakhstan hosts championship - Kazakhstan is hosting the world ice fishing championship... VIDEO: One-minute World News - Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.... VIDEO: Sudan and South Sudan sign treaty - Sudan and South Sudan have signed a treaty of non-aggression.... VIDEO: Chile mine rescue kit on display - One of the pods used to rescue the miners trapped underground in Chile in 2010 has gone on display at the Science Museum in London.... VIDEO: Argentina accuses UK of "militarisation" of Falklands - UN chief Ban Ki-moon has called on Argentina and the UK to avoid an "escalation" in tensions over the disputed Falkland Islands.... VIDEO: Europe's cold spell continues - Sub-zero temperatures and heavy snow continue to affect most of Europe, and more is expected.... Imports increase US trade deficit - Record imports contributed to a 3.7% increase in the US trade deficit in December, official figures show.... Barclays' profits fall to £5.9bn - Barclays reports a 3% fall in annual profits to £5.9bn, and cuts the bonus pool at its investment banking division by 32%.... Video game sales slump in January - US video games suffer a 34% annual drop for January, according to analysts at NPD. The figures come less than a fortnight before the PlayStation Vita launches.... Hackers claim attack on CIA site - Hackers claim responsibility for disabling the CIA website in an announcement on a Twitter feed under the banner of the Anonymous collective.... HBO attacked over death of horses - Animal rights group Peta calls for TV and film safety rules to be tightened after two horses were put down during filming for HBO racing drama Luck, starring Dustin Hoffman.... Joyce children's book sparks feud - A children's story by James Joyce is published for the first time in Dublin to the dismay of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation.... Vega rocket set for maiden voyage - After more than 10 years of development work, Europe's new small satellite launcher is ready for its first flight.... Overfishing 'costing EU £2.7bn' - Overfishing of EU fisheries is costing the European economy £2.7bn a year and 100,000 jobs, a report by a UK think-tank finds.... Dementia plaque 'rapidly cleared' - Destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients have been rapidly cleared by researchers testing a cancer drug on mice.... Cannabis users double crash risk - Drivers who use cannabis before driving double their chances of causing a collision, research suggests.... Italy 15-19 England - England hit back from a nine-point deficit to beat Italy in the first ever Six Nations game at the snow-bound Stadio Olimpico.... France v Ireland match called off - Six Nations game is called off five minutes before kick-off because of a frozen pitch at Stade de France in Paris.... Steve Jobs' FBI files made public - The FBI releases its files on Apple founder Steve Jobs, revealing a man who commanded respect but was questioned on his honesty and morality.... Lost $9m jewels found in drawer - Jewellery worth $9m (£5.9m), thought stolen from the wife of the US ambassador to the Netherlands in 2006, is found in the Hague.... 'Peace pact' signed by two Sudans - Sudan and South Sudan sign a non-aggression pact and agree to respect each other's sovereignty, says the chief mediator at crisis talks.... Afghan police die in bomb blast - Five Afghan policemen are killed by a roadside bomb in the central Uruzgan province, local officials say.... Russian 'sold CIA missile data' - A senior officer at Russia's Plesetsk space station is jailed for 13 years after being convicted of selling missile test data to the CIA.... Argentina in UK 'nuclear' claim - Argentina accuses the UK of sending a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic, and makes an official complaint to the UN over the Falklands.... Lebanese clash over Syria unrest - At least two people are killed in the Lebanese city of Tripoli in clashes between supporters and opponents of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.... Obama changes contraception rule - US President Barack Obama says insurers - and not religious institutions - will provide contraception to women free of charge, amid a row with religious leaders.... Tax change 'to cost families £4k' - Low income families with parents in part-time work could lose about £4,000 a year because of a change in tax credits, Labour says.... Hard times 'fuel insurance fraud' - Financial hardship during the recession is fuelling a rise in exaggerated insurance claims, says a survey by insurance firm Axa.... Christians 'marginalised' - Carey - Ex-Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey warns Christianity is facing "marginalisation", after prayers are banned from a council's meetings.... McKinnon treatment is 'barbaric' - The mother of computer hacker Gary McKinnon delivers letters and poems to Downing Street to mark the 10th anniversary of her son's arrest.... Day in Pictures: 10 February 2012 - 24 hours of news photos: 10 February 2012... World Press Photo winner 2011 - A selection of the winning photographs... Your pictures: Grubby - Readers' pictures on the theme grubby.... In Pictures: Yayoi Kusama retrospective - Retrospective at the Tate Modern... Day in pictures: 9 February 2012 - 24 hours of news photos: 9 February 2012... In pictures: Maldives 'coup' inflames tensions - Protests lead to the resignation of President... Day in pictures: 8 February 2012 - 24 hours of news photos: 8 February 2012... In pictures: Snowy Sunday - Much of UK with several inches of snow... The runner whose shorts were 'too revealing' - The runner who risked her life for her shorts... N Korean A-ha accordionists 'will be stars' - Norway welcomes North Korean YouTube stars... Meeting Rick Santorum's Italian family - Italian family spots long-lost US relative on TV... Week in pictures: 4-10 February 2012 - News photos from around the world this week... Three royal treasures that shed light on the monarchy - What precious objects tell us about the British monarchy.... Malabo Blues: A poet's challenge to preserve a city - The young poet trying to build his country's first book shop... Why Borgen's all the buzz at Westminster - Why Danish drama is required viewing for UK political class... Egyptians fear for the future - A year since Mubarak's fall, Egyptians fear the future... Threats of war cloud hopes for Middle East -
BEIRUT ? Fears of an as-yet-undefined Middle Eastern war are darkening the horizons of a Middle East that only a year ago was celebrating the fall of dictators, the ascent of people power and the promise of a new era of democracy.
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... In China, will transition bring real change? -
BEIJING ? As measured by China?s state-run media, the country?s leadership transition is already well underway.
Vice President Xi Jinping, who will move up to Communist Party general secretary later this year and president of China in 2013, has appeared prominently on the front page of China Daily in recent weeks, signing ping pong paddles with former president Jimmy Carter, toasting the 40th anniversary of President Nixon?s visit to China,... In Egypt, NGO crackdown and draft law have chilling effect -
CAIRO ? A crackdown on U.S.-funded pro-democracy groups in Egypt and a bill before parliament that that would further restrict the work of nongovernmental organizations here are inhibiting development work and activism during a period many Egyptians hoped would be marked by greater freedoms.
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... For Pakistan?s prime minister, a question of loyalty -
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ? They now inhabit regal mansions in the nation?s capital, but the prime minister and the president of Pakistan have known their share of more lowbrow addresses ? namely, jail cells.
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... Turkish diplomat: Iran is ready to cut a deal -
Turkey?s top diplomat said Friday that Iran is ready to negotiate an end to the standoff with Western powers over its nuclear program, suggesting that the controversy could be resolved quickly if the deep distrust between the two sides could be overcome.
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... Awlaki directed Christmas ?underwear bomber? plot, Justice Department memo says -
The radical Yemeni American cleric who was killed in a CIA drone strike in Yemen in September personally directed the plot to take down a plane over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009, according to a Justice Department memo.
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... In Egypt?s bread, signs of economic weakness -
There is no more potent symbol of Egypt?s economic fragility than the pocket bread that is a staple of life here.
Every day, the Egyptian government allocates 25-pound bags of subsidized flour to designated bakeries to produce the Frisbee-shaped loaves, which Egypt?s impoverished and working poor buy for about eight cents per 10 loaves. But sometimes, there is not enough to go around.
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... India-E.U. trade pact could boost AIDS treatment costs, health workers say -
NEW DELHI ? Hundreds of people marched in New Delhi on Friday to protest an ambitious free-trade agreement being negotiated between India and the European Union that patient groups and health activists say could severely curtail India?s production and export of affordable drugs for millions living with HIV in developing countries.
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... Navy ship to be named for Gabrielle Giffords -
Gabrielle Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt one year ago, is getting a Navy vessel named in her honor.
The Navy said Friday that its newest Littoral Combat Ship, a small, agile surface vessel, will be known as the USS Gabrielle Giffords. The ship?s ?sponsor? will be Roxanna Green, the mother of Christina-Taylor Green, the 9-year-old girl who was killed in the Tucson shooting that wounded Giffords in... A spy swap?s legacy persists, 50 years on -
On a bridge outside Berlin one gloomy morning 50 years ago Friday stood Francis Gary Powers, the pilot of a CIA spy plane that was shot down over the Russian Ural mountains. He had waited 21 months for this moment. He had survived a plane crash, weeks of harsh interrogation and the brutal conditions of a Soviet prison. He was on the threshold of freedom, and his heart was thumping heavily.
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... As al-Qaeda magazine goes quiet, intelligence analysts also lose a valuable resource -
Al-Qaeda?s glossy online magazine, Inspire, hasn?t been seen since its creators were killed in a U.S. drone strike last fall, but the terrorist group?s loyalists aren?t the only ones lamenting its demise.
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... House report criticizes Bush and Obama administrations on Guantanamo -
A report by House Republicans criticizes both the Bush and Obama administration for policies that led to the transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who later reengaged in terrorism or the insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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... Saudi Arabian protester, second in two days, reportedly shot dead by security forces -
For the second day in a row, a protester in Saudi Arabia has been shot dead by security forces during demonstrations, the Lede blog reports, citing activists.
Protester Zohair al-Saad died of gunshot wounds after security forces opened fire in a tiny town north of Qatif, according to an activist Facebook page for videographers, Revolution East.
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... Angela Merkel depicted as Nazi in Greece, as anti-German sentiment grows -
In Greece, old stereotypes about Germany are coming back with a vengeance.
A Greek newspaper upset over Angela Merkel?s handling of Greece?s debt crisis Thursday ran a Photoshopped image on its front page showing the chancellor in Nazi attire standing before a swastika.
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... Syria satellite images show government is using artillery and mortars against Homs -
In a note posted Thursday to his Facebook page, U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford shared satellite photos that showed the Syrian government is using artillery and mortars against residential neighborhoods in Homs.
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... Israeli Facebook page begs Netanyahu not to attack Iran until after Madonna show; sets off media firestorm -
A Madonna fan page from Tel Aviv has the world talking.
Artist Kobi Zvili created the page five days ago as an online plea to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, asking him to hold off on any plans to strike Iran until after Madonna performs in Tel Aviv on May 29.
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... North Korean super-sized hotel, tourism experiment may signal slight opening up to outsiders -
The death of Kim Jong Il and ascension of his son Kim Jong Eun put a spotlight on secretive North Korea as it mourned its Dear Leader and welcomed another.
The changes in the country highlighted something else: indications that the reclusive country may be becoming more open to outsiders.
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... Greece reels after leaders agree to harsh spending cuts -
BERLIN ? Greeks clashed on the streets of Athens and in the halls of government Friday, as protesters grew violent and one after another cabinet minister resigned, a day after the nation?s leaders accepted foreign lenders? demands for tough austerity cuts to try to stave off bankruptcy.
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... U.S. says it wants investment, but China remains wary -
BEIJING ? As China moves to invest billions in businesses around the world, one major industrial nation has so far soaked up very little of the cash: the United States.
The issue will be on the agenda next week during Vice President Xi Jinping?s official visit to the United States. The Obama administration has made seeking Chinese investment a priority, with an eye toward creating more American jobs. But the flow of funds dropped sharply last ye... Copyright © 2012, InfoTipsandHelp.com. All Rights Reserved. |