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New York TimesBANGKOK — The dueling realities of Thailand’s political crisis were vividly on display on Sunday. World Twitter Logo. Connect With Us on Twitter. Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors.Thai protesters stage new mass rally in BangkokHouston ChronicleProtesters swarm in Thai capital to demand PM resignsReutersopposition party […]
BBC NewsThe UK, US and Libyan governments have vowed to work together to reveal “the full facts” of the Lockerbie bombing which claimed 270 lives. The administrations also expressed their deep condolences to the families of the victims. The announcement came …Lockerbie victims remembered at 25th Anniversary of bombingTelegraph.co.ukMemorials mark Lockerbie attack anniversaryWashington PostFla. man […]
Irish TimesValerie Scott (left), one of three current and former sex workers who initiated a challenge to Canada’s prostitution laws, has her picture taken with a copy of the ruling at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa today. Photograph: Chris Wattie/Reuters. Topics …Canada’s high court strikes down curbs on prostitutionAFPSupreme Court prostitution decision: 5 […]
BBC NewsThe fine is the maximum it is possible to levy on a firm that has broken the nation’s privacy laws. It was imposed after Google changed its privacy policy and started combining personal information across its online services. Google said it had co-operated with …Google fined by Spanish data protection agencyInquirerGoogle fined by Spanish […]
ABC NewsFormer NBA star Dennis Rodman held tryouts Friday for a North Korean team to face a dozen NBA veterans in an exhibition game on leader Kim Jong Un’s birthday next month — though he hasn’t convinced all the players on the American team that it’s safe to …Paddy Power to host match dubbed ‘Big […]
Irish TimesRetired US basketball star Dennis Rodman shakes hands with officials upon arrival at Pyongyang airport, North Korea. Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters. Mark Hilliard. Topics: News
USA TODAYMOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin says Moscow isn’t controlling National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, who has asylum in Russia. Putin said at a news conference Thursday that any revelations published by Snowden must have come …Vladimir Putin annual press conference: liveTelegraph.co.ukPutin: US Leaker Snowden is “Noble”Voice of AmericaPutin Says NSA Surveillance Necessary […]
USA TODAYJUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Fighting in South Sudan has killed up to 500 people, U.N. diplomats said Tuesday, and the United Nations fears the violence in the oil-rich East African country is “largely along ethnic lines.” The United States ordered its citizens to …UN told up to 500 killed in South Sudan clashes: […]
New York TimesMOSCOW — In a sharp rebuff to the West in the diplomatic wrangle over Ukraine, President Vladimir V. Putin said Tuesday that Russia would come to the rescue of its financially troubled neighbor, providing $15 billion in loans and a steep discount on natural …Russian bailout wins Ukraine economic respite but deepens political […]
CNN(CNN) — The European Union can help resolve some of the financial concerns that have prevented Ukraine from signing a landmark trade deal, its top diplomat said Monday, as tens of thousands of protesters kept up demonstrations over fears that Kiev would …Pro-government supporters rally outside Kiev’s barricadesTimes of IndiaEU says door remains open to […]
Irish TimesPolice troopers check a car at the gate of a hospital where a Japanese diplomat is being treated in Sanaa. Armed men stabbed the Japanese diplomat in the Yemeni when he resisted a kidnapping attempt near his house, a security source said. Photograph: …Japan Diplomat Stabbed in Yemen Failed KidnappingVoice of AmericaJapanese diplomat wounded […]
Fox NewsBEIJING – China on Saturday successfully carried out the world’s first soft landing of a space probe on the moon in nearly four decades, state media said, the next stage in an ambitious space program that aims to eventually put a Chinese astronaut on the …China state media posts images from moon roverLos Angeles […]
BBC NewsMembers of the African National Congress have paid final tributes to Nelson Mandela at a ceremony ahead of Sunday’s funeral. President Jacob Zuma and other ANC leaders attended the event, which included a multi-faith service and a musical tribute.Mandela’s Body Flown to Home Province for Funeral and BurialNew York TimesNelson Mandela’s remains flown to […]
BBC NewsThe attackers sped up in three cars before opening fire on the workers as they dug a trench to extend the pipeline near the city of Baquba. Another five Iranians and two Iraqis were wounded in the attack. At least 17 people were killed in separate attacks …UPDATE 2-Gunmen kill Iranian gas workers in […]
USA TODAYThe sign language interpreter used at Tuesday’s memorial service for Nelson Mandela was being called a “fake” by the Deaf Federation of South Africa. Please get RID of this CLOWN interpreter,please! pic.twitter.com/ziAZ4KBFNZ. — Bruno Peter Druchen …Mandela memorial: Outcry over ‘inept’ sign interpreterBBC NewsNelson Mandela memorial interpreter ‘was a fake’Telegraph.co.ukSign-Language Interpreter at Mandela’s Memorial […]
ReutersSINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s first major riot in four decades is forcing the wealthy island to confront a stubborn but vexing question: how to treat low-paid foreign workers whose muscle underpins much of the economy but whose presence increasingly …Singapore to charge 24 Indian workers for riotingTimes of IndiaSingapore to charge 24 people for riotingABC […]
BBC NewsA funeral cortege bearing Nelson Mandela’s body will travel through the streets of Pretoria for three days ahead of his burial next Sunday, the South African government says. It said the cortege will leave a morgue on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning …‘Mandela looked his enemy in the eye and held him close’Telegraph.co.ukS. Africa […]
CNNLondon (CNN) — A technical issue at the UK’s air traffic control center in Swanwick is causing delays to hundreds of flights Saturday across the United Kingdom, including Heathrow Airport. “We are currently experiencing some difficulty switching from night …NI passengers face flight delays at UK airportsBBC NewsAir traffic computer fault hits flights from EnglandReutersAir […]
Rod Blagojevich should prepare himself for prison, because although having his wife on the NBC show I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here to try to win him some sympathy and let her convince others that her husband should not go to jail – it didn’t work. That was two years ago, remember with […]