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Spain has stopped importing Iranian oil: official
Spain stopped importing Iranian oil ”at the end of February” because of the imposition of a gradual European Union embargo, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. “We haven’t imported Iranian oil since the end of February as businesses have diversified their buying because of Europeansanctions,” a ministry spokesman said. “This is the logical fallout of Spain’s…
US adds clot risks to some birth control labels
US health authorities on Tuesday ordered revised labels on some types of birth control including German pharmaceutical giant Bayer’s Yaz pills to advise of a possibly higher risk of blood clots. “Women who use birth control pills with drospirenone (like Yaz) may have a higher risk of getting a blood clot,” said a new Yaz label on the US…
Pilot ‘incapacitated’ in Reno airshow crash
An elderly pilot whose modified 1944 aircraft slammed intospectators last year at a Reno, Nevada airshow likely fainted due to extreme gravitational force brought on by high flight speeds, officials said Tuesday. The preliminary results of an investigation by the National Transportation and Safety Board found that a series of racing modifications were made to the aircraft, which reached…
Top China leader ousted; wife probed over Briton’s murder
Chinese politician Bo Xilai, once a rising star, has been stripped of his elite Communist Party post while his wife is being investigated for the murder of a British national, state media said. The shock announcements — published Tuesday by the officialXinhua news agency – shed some light on a mysterious political scandal…
UN Council must respond ‘credibly’ to NKorea rocket: US
The United States on Tuesday demanded that the UN Security Council respond “credibly” to anyrocket launch by North Korea which would breach international sanctions. Susan Rice, US ambassador to the United Nations, said the major powers had already held informal talks on the looming event and that 15 UN Security Council members agreed it would be a “provocative…
Five 9/11 accused get May 5 Guantanamo court date
The alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks and his four accused co-plotters will be formally charged by a military tribunal on May 5 at Guantanamo Bay, US officials said Tuesday. Military judge James Pohl has fixed the date for the arraignment hearing on Saturday, May 5, and it…
Iran denies has plan to cut Internet access
Iran has denied online reports surfacing Tuesday that it plans to cut access to the Internet in August and replace it with a national intranet, according to a statement by the ministry of communication and information technology. The reports derived from a supposed interview withCommunications Minister Reza Taghipour published on April 1 that…
Dangers remain for cruise ships 100 years after Titanic
The Titanic was the pride of the industry when it went down off the coast of Canada on its maiden voyage a hundred years ago with the loss of 1,514 lives, a giant of a ship. These days, the trend is for even bigger and grander vessels, especially in the…
Mugabe illness reports ‘a lot of hogwash’
Zimbabwe on Tuesday dismissed reports that President Robert Mugabe was battling for life in aSingapore hospital as “a lot of hogwash”, after his absence forced cabinet to postpone this week’s meeting. “It’s a lot of hogwash,” Information Minister Webster Shamu told AFP. “This is not the first time we have heard these rumours. If anything like…
U.S. candidate Santorum’s daughter leaves hospital
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will resume campaigning on Tuesday after his daughter was released from hospital and returned home, his campaign said. “Rick and Karen are happy to announce that their daughter Bella has been discharged from the hospital and returned home earlier Monday evening,” spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement.…
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