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Italians vote on plan to restart nuclear power program
ROME — Italians began voting on Sunday in referendums on plans to return to nuclear power and on a law granting Silvio Berlusconi immunity in what is seen as a vital test for the embattled premier. The nuclear vote will be an important marker of popular opinion on atomic energy…
United States developing anti-censorship Internet systems
WASHINGTON — The US government is financing the development of “shadow” Internet systems to enable dissidents abroad to get around government censors, The New York Times reported on Sunday. The newspaper said the covert effort also includes attempts to create independent cellphone networks inside foreign countries. The operation involves a…
Iran deploys security forces on anniversary of disputed election
TEHRAN — Thousands of security forces were deployed in Tehran on Sunday to prevent any opposition protest on the second anniversary of the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, witnesses said. The security forces were deployed on Vali Asr street, which bisects the city from north to south, and in…
Lady Gaga joins one million people at gay pride parade in Rome
ROME — Lady Gaga hailed gays on Saturday as the “revolutionaries of love” and called for “full equality now” for same-sex couples around the world in a speech in front of hundreds of thousands in Rome. The US pop diva criticised governments in Eastern Europe and the Middle East for…
IMF hit by sophisticated cyberattack: report
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was the target of a sophisticated cyberattack earlier this year, the New York Times reported Saturday, quoting senior officials at the world lender. The global financial institution — which has been spearheading the response to the eurozone crisis in recent months —…
Mexican peace activist: ‘US must admit their responsibility for violence in Mexico’
EL PASO, Texas (AFP) – A week-long Mexican peace caravan crossed the border into El Paso, Texas on Saturday as protest leader and poet Javier Sicilia called on the US to do more in the fight against drug-related violence in Mexico. “The United States must admit their responsibility in the…
US puts brakes on bus firm putting people in cargo
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A Michigan bus operator has been ordered to cease all commercial passenger services after the discovery that one of its buses was carrying six passengers in its luggage compartment, US officials said Saturday. Roger Haines was driving a Haines Tours motorcoach from Roscommon, Michigan to Clyde, Ohio,…
Al-Qaeda’s E. Africa chief killed in Mogadishu: sources
MOGADISHU (AFP) – Al-Qaeda’s presumed head in east Africa, Fazul Abdullah Muhammad, wanted for blowing up the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, died in a shootout in the Somali capital, officials said Saturday. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reacted immediately, calling it a “significant blow to Al-Qaeda, its…
Hundreds of thousands march for Pride in Rome, await Lady Gaga
ROME (AFP) – Hundreds of thousands of people paraded through central Rome in a gay pride parade on Saturday, with many criticising Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s government for failing to grant same-sex rights. “I want to tell the world, Europe and above all Italy, which is a bit closed, that…
Syria slammed as crackdown accounts mount, at least 25 dead
DAMASCUS (AFP) – Harrowing eyewitness accounts mounted on Saturday after Syrian forces backed by helicopter gunships killed at least 25 protesters, prompting the US to toughen its stance on President Bashar al-Assad. As the turmoil neared the three-month mark, the international outcry grew over Assad’s use of deadly force against…
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