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AFPSochi — Bode Miller attempts to master a course he has already condemned as “treacherous” in pursuit of the Olympic Games downhill title on Sunday while hosts Russia look to open their medal account. On the busiest day of the Sochi Games when eight …Miller, Svindal expected to lead Olympic downhillSeattle Post Intelligencer all 437 […]
Washington PostU.S. skier Bode Miller looks on during a press conference of the U.S. alpine dki team at the Gorki media center in Rosa Khutor, near Sochi, on Feb. 6, 2014. Alexander Klien / AFP/Getty. KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia – Over three days on the sun-drenched …Miller Comes Through on a Dangerous Training DayNew York TimesUS […]
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) – Francois Hollande’s advisers needed a drink. Their boss, the president of France, had been dogged for days by allegations he was cheating on his long-time girlfriend with a movie actress. At the same time, he was making another big split …Why We’re Coy About ‘Mistress’New York TimesPresident Francois Hollande Takes Tax Offensive […]
BusinessweekSecurity at the Olympic games will be tight in response to threats of terror strikes by Islamic militants. Photographer: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images. Airlines flying to Winter Olympics host Russia are being warned to watch for toothpaste tubes …Competition begins at Winter Olympics after DHS issues toothpaste tube …Fox NewsBombs could be smuggled in […]
AFPBaghdad — Three explosions in Baghdad, including one opposite the foreign ministry, killed 24 people on Wednesday, the latest in the country’s worst surge of violence in nearly six years. The attacks, which wounded dozens more, come as security forces …String of rush-hour bombings strikes at Baghdad’s heartBBC NewsBombings kill at least 22 in Iraqi […]
AFPLos Angeles — George Clooney stars both in front of and behind the camera in his latest film, about a little-known group of heroes who risked all to rescue stolen art from the Nazis in World War II. And he managed to persuade some of his fellow A-listers to …George Clooney’s ‘Monuments Men’ Highlights Unknown […]
Al-BawabaLivni and Erekat reportedly had a heated argument over the peace talks in Munich. Here, they are accompanied by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. (AFP/File). More >. Create alert for WashingtonWashington. ,. Create alert for MunichMunich. ,. Create alert …Susan Rice blasts Israel for criticizing KerryHaaretzSusan Rice decries ‘personal attacks’ on KerryJewish Telegraphic AgencyUS […]
New York TimesCecilia Malmstrom, the European commissioner for home affairs, said corruption “hurts the European economy and deprives states of much-needed tax revenue.” Yves Logghe/Associated Press. PARIS — Despite its relatively clean image, the European …Government ‘must do more’ to counter corruptionIrish TimesGreeks United on View Their Country Is Corrupt, EU Survey ShowsBusinessweekCorruption costs EU […]
Press Trust of IndiaJohannesburg, Feb 3 (AFP) A light aircraft crashed today at Johannesburg’s Lanseria airport in South Africa, killing all three people aboard, an official at the city’s second hub said. “A light aircraft has come down and there were three fatalities,” said Mike …Lanseria crash: bad weather may be to blameMail & Guardian […]
AFPJerusalem — Israel and Washington were at loggerheads on Sunday after senior Israeli figures attacked US Secretary of State John Kerry for warning of a growing boycott threat if peace talks fail. The latest spat erupted a day after Kerry warned of the potential …Bayit Yehudi MK who implied Kerry is anti-Semitic: It wasn’t personalJerusalem […]
BusinessweekAnti-government protesters stand at a road block in Kiev on Jan. 30, 2014. Photographer: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images. Ukraine’s opposition accused President Viktor Yanukovych of foul play as he took sick leave and his Defense Ministry asked for “urgent” …Missing Ukraine Protester Bulatov Turns UpWall Street JournalMissing Ukraine activist says he was torturedWashington PostKerry to Meet […]
PBSSTRINGER/AFP/Getty Images Russian authorities identified the two bombers Thursday who killed 34 in attacks in the city of Volgograd in December and arrested two suspected accomplices. STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images. The Russian National Anti-Terrorism …Russia Arrests Two in Volgograd BlastsVoice of AmericaRussia identifies two suicide bombers who killed 34 people in Volgograd and …Daily MailRussia: 2 suspects […]
AFPBaghdad — Iraqi forces ended a hostage-taking at a Baghdad government building killing four militants on Thursday, as nationwide violence took January’s death toll past 900 with elections looming. The brazen assault on a building in the northeast of the …Suicide bombers storm Iraq ministry building, 24 killedReutersGunmen storm Iraqi government building as Maliki shops […]
HaaretzPM issues ultimatum to economy minister: Apologize by Sunday or you’re fired; Bennett says regrets if Netanyahu was hurt; Likud officials: We didn’t expect our threat to work so quickly. By Barak Ravid | Jan. 29, 2014 | 8:16 PM | 7 …Kerry to present framework for peace talks on return to Middle EastIrish TimesAmbassador […]
Fox NewsNEW YORK – Big league pitchers might feel safer on the mound this season. Major League Baseball has approved a protective cap for pitchers, hoping to reduce the damage from line drives to head that have brought some terrifying and bloody scenes in the …MLB OKs protective cap for pitchers as protection from line […]
SI.comVladimir Putin’s stance on gay rights has become a lightning rod ahead of the Olympics. (ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images). Anatoly Pakhomov, the mayor of 2014 Winter Olympics host-city Sochi, said that there are no gay people in his city, according to …IOC president Bach backs Russia on security for Sochi OlympicsFOXSports.comWinter Olympics 2014: Should Americans go […]
ReutersGENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian government and opposition delegations resumed face-to-face talks on Sunday expected to tackle humanitarian issues including opposition calls for Damascus to release women and child prisoners. A U.N. spokeswoman said the …Peace talks 1st goal: Aid to besieged Syrian cityHouston ChronicleSyrian Talks To ContinueRadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertySyria Geneva II talks: Breakthrough in sight with humanitarian […]
AFPMontreal — A fire that ravaged a Quebec retirement home may have killed up to 32 people, authorities said Saturday as they resumed their somber search for bodies in the bitter cold. The blaze at the 52-unit residence in the small town of L’Isle-Verte, 450 …L’Isle-Verte fire death toll at 8, with 24 missingCBC.caQuebec fire […]
AFPTripoli — Kidnappers seized Egypt’s cultural attache and three other embassy staff in Tripoli Saturday a day after another of its diplomats was abducted, the Libyan foreign ministry said. “The cultural attache and three other staff were kidnapped in Tripoli,” …5 Egyptian diplomats, employees abducted in LibyaThe HinduFive Egyptian embassy staff kidnapped in LibyaThe GuardianAnother […]
The Standard Digital NewsThe Government of South Sudan and rebels led by former Vice-President Riek Machar have pledged to stop fighting. The ceasefire agreement, which was signed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Thursday will also see humanitarian corridors opened to provide …Fighting goes on after South Sudan ceasefire: UNStraits TimesSouth Sudan government, rebels sign ceasefirePakistan […]
BusinessweekSyrian Deputy Prime Minister Walid al-Muallem, center, arrives at the United Nations Office in Geneva on Jan. 24, 2014. Photographer: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images. Syria’s government and opposition have agreed to hold face-to-face talks in Geneva, …2 Sides in Syria Talks Agree to Meet, Averting a BreakdownNew York TimesSyria Foes Agree to Meet Face-to-Face […]
ZDNetSummary: Both companies will be hoping the $2.3bn deal for IBM’s server business will turn out to be the same win-win kind of deal that the sale of its PC business was. Steve Ranger. By Steve Ranger | January 23, 2014 — 11:49 GMT (03:49 PST). Follow @ …Lenovo agrees to buy IBM server business […]
ABC NewsThick black smoke from burning tires engulfed parts of downtown Kiev as an ultimatum issued by the opposition to the president to call early election or face street rage was set to expire with no sign of a compromise on Thursday. The three main opposition …Bershidsky on Europe: Street War in UkraineBloombergUkraine violence rises […]
Voice of AmericaA Mexican national has been executed in Texas, despite appeals from the Mexican government and Secretary of State John Kerry. Edgar Tamayo was put to death late Wednesday night by lethal injection, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request …Texas executes Mexican national despite diplomatic protestsReutersTexas Executes Mexican Man for MurderNew […]
AFPDavos — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani takes centre stage at the Davos World Economic Forum Thursday, as he seeks to drum up investment for his sanctions-hit economy amid thawing relations with the West. Rouhani leads a delegation that includes …Rohani: Iran, US could turn animosity into friendshipHaaretzThe UN invitation that nearly undid Syria peace talksDAWN.comRohani […]
NBCNews.comChina has an estimated 591 million Internet users, the most of any country. On Tuesday, much of its Web traffic was redirected to IP addresses that belonged to a company that, as of last year, was located in a single, 1,700-square foot home located in a quiet …How the Chinese Internet ended up at a […]
HaaretzShin Bet officials announced on Wednesday that they have arrested three Palestinians, two of them East Jerusalem residents with Israeli identification cards, for alleged involvement in an Al-Qaida plan to carry out terror attacks in Israel. The group had …Israel says foils al-Qaida plot on US embassyBusinessweekIsrael says it broke up Al Qaeda plot to […]
BusinessweekSmoke billows from buildings as fighting between opposition forces and troops loyal to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continues in the city of Daraya, southwest of Damascus, on Jan. 13, 2014. Photographer: Hussam Ayash/AFP/Getty …Sec. Kerry talks tough to Syria at UN meetingUSA TODAYSyria peace talks, day one: as it happenedTelegraph.co.ukKerry: Assad stands […]
The GuardianRafael Nadal will inflict extreme pain on this ball very shortly. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images. Live. Sort by: Latest first; Oldest first. Auto update: On; Off. Updates: 2.37pm AEST. Geoff will be here shortly, in the meantime here’s a quick note on …Wawrinka dethrones Djokovic in Melbourne Park thrillerDAWN.comAustralian Open 2014: Stanislas Wawrinka dumps […]
Daily News & AnalysisWho would have expected Maria Sharapova to be cast in the role of Wag for the second week of the -Australian Open? Maria Sharapova – AFP. Who would have expected Maria Sharapova to be cast in the role of Wag for the second week of the -Australian …SHARAPOVA SHOCKEDGulf Daily News all […]
ReutersBy Jeff Mason and Steve Holland. WASHINGTON Jan 20 (Reuters) – The United States has followed through on promised sanctions relief for Iran covering oil exports, trade in precious metals and automotive services as part of a nuclear agreement that began …Iran to soon have access to billions in frozen funds as sanctions easedFox NewsUS […]
Irish TimesSyrian president Bashar al-Assad: issue of stepping down will not be discussed at peace conference. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images. Michael Jansen. Topics: News
AFPJerusalem — Two Palestinians were hurt, one critically, in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City on Sunday, which the military said had targeted a senior Islamic Jihad militant. Gaza emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said the strike had hit a …Israel injures Palestinian blamed for rocket attacks from GazaFinancial TimesIsraeli army strikes Islamic Jihad […]
Press Trust of IndiaTokyo, Jan 19 (AFP) US ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy has tweeted her concern at the “inhumaneness” of a Japanese village’s traditional dolphin hunt. “Deeply concerned by inhumaneness of drive hunt dolphin killing. USG (US …Japan’s annual dolphin capture and slaughter, as depicted in ‘The Cove,’ has …The Province250 Dolphins Await Imminent […]
ReutersSILIVRI, Turkey (Reuters) – Syria’s main political opposition group in exile agreed on Saturday to attend internationally sponsored peace talks, and said for the first time three rebel fighting forces also wanted to take part. The agreement by the Syrian National …Syrian Rebels to Attend First Peace Talks With Assad OfficialsBusinessweekSyrian National Council Agrees to […]