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Iran shrugs off latest U.S. sanctions, trade suffers
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 11:12 pm
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran castigated its U.S. adversary on Tuesday over new financial measures to disrupt Iranian commerce, and a default on payment for rice purchases highlighted the encroachment of sa. […]
Russia’s Lavrov seeks peace in Syria as forces bombard Homs
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 11:11 pm
AMMAN (Reuters) – Russia won a promise from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday to bring an end to bloodshed in Syria, but Western and Arab states acted to isolate Assad further after activist. […]
Moroccan army promised better deal after protests
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 10:30 pm
RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco’s King Mohammed promised Tuesday to improve conditions for serving and retired military personnel following veterans’ protests and recent cases of soldiers burning themselves. […]
Hezbollah says gets support, not orders, from Iran
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 10:02 pm
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged Tuesday for the first time that his militant movement received financial and material support from Iran, but denied i. […]
Maldives president quits after police mutiny, protests
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 8:17 pm
MALE (Reuters) – President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, widely credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean archipelago, resigned on Tuesday in what his party said was a coup after weeks o. […]
U.S. lifts restrictions to support IFIs work in Myanmar
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 6:48 pm
(Reuters) – The United States has eased some restrictions on Myanmar to support ongoing work by International Financial Institutions (IFIs) like the Asian Development Bank carrying out economic assess. […]
Kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Sudan oil state
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 4:57 pm
KHARTOUM/BEIJING (Reuters) – Sudanese rebels released 29 Chinese workers Tuesday, ten days after kidnapping them in the main oil-producing state of South Kordofan where the army has been fighting insu. […]
Victim urges penalties for bishops who don’t tackle sex abuse
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 4:08 pm
ROME (Reuters) – An Irish victim of clerical abuse said Tuesday that Catholic Church guidelines on how to root out pedophile priests and protect children needed to be backed up by penalties for bishop. […]
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Profits decline at BHP Billiton
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 11:56 pm
Anglo-Australian firm BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest mining company, has lower profits due to falling prices of iron ore and coal.
Argentina to go to UN on islands
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 11:38 pm
Argentina will make a formal complaint to the UN about British “militarisation” around the disputed Falkland Islands, says President Fernandez.
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Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 11:36 pm
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Euro ‘could survive Greece exit’
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 10:16 pm
Pressure is rising as Greece’s government once more postponed a crucial meeting to agree tough reforms, and Europe’s leaders openly discuss Greece leaving the euro.
Yahoo board in another shake-up
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 10:11 pm
Yahoo’s chairman and three other board members step down as the tumult at the US web portal continues.
Gulf states fuel Syria isolation
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 8:51 pm
Gulf Arab states expel Syria’s ambassadors, accusing Damascus of shunning Arab efforts to end months of bloodshed, as Russian officials visit President Assad.
Brazil’s Itau has record profits
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 8:41 pm
Itau Unibanco posts 14.6bn reais ($8.5bn, £5.3bn) of net profit in 2011, the highest ever for a bank from Brazil.
Contador says ban an ‘injustice’
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 8:00 pm
Alberto Contador says his two-year ban for failing a drugs test is a ‘terrible injustice’.
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Egypt’s ruling generals play risky game with US (AP)
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 11:15 pm
AP – Egypt’s ruling generals are playing a risky game of brinksmanship by cracking down on American nonprofit groups that promote democracy, threatening a relationship with Washington that has brought. […]
Iran shrugs off latest U.S. sanctions, trade suffers (Reuters)
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 11:12 pm
Reuters – Iran castigated its U.S. adversary on Tuesday over new financial measures to disrupt Iranian commerce, and a default on payment for rice purchases highlighted the encroachment of sanctions o. […]
RIM tells European developers it’s "ready to compete" (Reuters)
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 10:53 pm
Reuters – Next-generation software for BlackBerry’s smartphones is “ready to compete”, Research In Motion’s new chief executive, Thorsten Heins, told more than 2,000 technical developers on Tuesday, e. […]
Death toll rises after boat accident near DomRep (AP)
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 10:47 pm
AP – The death toll has risen to 21 from the weekend capsizing of a boat overloaded with migrants near the Dominican Republic.
Probe sought after 2 barred from returning to US (AP)
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 10:34 pm
AP – A Muslim civil rights group wants the Justice Department to investigate the tactics of FBI agents in Portland, Ore., after two Libyan-Americans from the area were recently barred from returning t. […]
The Merkel-Sarkozy ‘odd couple’ becomes a campaign duo (The Christian Science Monitor)
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 8:20 pm
The Christian Science Monitor – A German chancellor stumping for a standing French president is not something the French have seen before.
Maldives president quits after police mutiny, protests (Reuters)
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 8:17 pm
Reuters – President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, widely credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean archipelago, resigned on Tuesday in what his party said was a coup after weeks of oppos. […]
Russia’s Lavrov seeks peace in Syria as forces bombard Homs (Reuters)
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 8:12 pm
Reuters – Russia won a promise from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday to bring an end to bloodshed in Syria, but Western and Arab states acted to isolate Assad further after activists and re. […]
