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Hundreds face arrest in Canada pipeline protest
OTTAWA — Dozens were arrested Monday for storming Canada’s Parliament to protest Ottawa’s support for a proposed pipeline to bring oil from Canada’s tar sands to the US Gulf Coast. And up to 200 more arrests were expected as scores of environmentalists and aboriginals lined up to breach a police…
Israeli PM rejects charge of killing hundreds of thousands
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday described as “outrageous” remarks by Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan in which he claimed Israel had killed “hundreds of thousands” of Palestinians. In an interview with the English-language Jerusalem Post, excerpts of which were published on Monday, the Israeli prime minister expressed anger over comments…
China backs Palestinian U.N. bid
China on Monday highlighted its support for the Palestinian bid for full membership of the United Nations but called for “prudent” international action on Syria. China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said his country would back Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in any Security Council vote on membership, which the United States…
Successor chosen by Dalai Lama ‘illegal’: China
China said Monday any successor chosen by the Dalai Lama would be “illegal” after the Tibetan spiritual leader announced that he, and not Beijing, would decide whether he should be reincarnated. The Dalai Lama, who is 76, said on Saturday he would decide when he was “about 90″ whether he…
Ex-BP boss quits Russian joint venture
Tony Hayward, the former head of BP who stepped down after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill catastrophe, is leaving his post on the board of its Russian joint venture TNK-BP, the company said Monday. Hayward, who came under huge criticism for his role in the clean-up of the oil…
Apple argues iPad case in Australia tablet row
American computer giant Apple claimed on Monday that Samsung Electronics’ latest tablet computer infringes on patents relating to touch screen technology. Lawyers for Apple addressed the Federal Court after the firm launched legal action against the South Korean company last month, accusing it of intellectual property infringements with the Galaxy…
India tests nuclear-capable missile
India tested a short-range nuclear-capable missile along its eastern coast, an official said, as part of the nation’s efforts to build up its atomic deterrent. The trial of surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile was carried out from a range in the state of Orissa on Monday and hit its target in the…
1,700 slain prisoners found in Libya mass grave
Libya’s new rulers said they have unearthed a mass grave of 1,700 prisoners slain by Moamer Kadhafi’s regime in a 1996 uprising, a massacre that helped trigger the revolt that ousted the despot. The gruesome find came as hundreds of the National Transitional Council’s fighters thrust into Kadhafi’s hometown of…
Wary on Greece, EU mulls deepening bailout fund
Greece and the euro are facing a tough week as European Union and IMF experts resume an audit of progress on cutting the public deficit and reforming the economy, with default threatening. The EU and IMF will decide on the basis of the audit whether to release the next slice…
U.S. citizen killed by Afghan at Kabul ‘CIA compound’
A United States citizen has been shot dead by an Afghan employee at an annex to the US embassy in Kabul used by the Central Intelligence Agency, officials said Monday. The attack at the Ariana Hotel compound late Sunday also wounded another US citizen, and the gunman was killed in…
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