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U.S. stands firm against arming Syrian rebels
WASHINGTON — The United States is stepping up support for the Syrian rebels but, despite the failure of UN envoy Kofi Annan’s mission, is sticking to its refusal to pour arms into a complex conflict. Annan, the UN and the Arab League’s pointman on Syria, resigned on Thursday, leaving the…
Investigations of Shell’s Nigeria spills a ‘fiasco’: Amnesty
LAGOS — Rights group Amnesty International said Friday investigations into Shell oil spills in Nigeria were a “fiasco,” alleging the company repeatedly blamed sabotage in an effort to avoid responsibility. “No matter what evidence is presented to Shell about oil spills, they constantly hide behind the ‘sabotage’ excuse and dodge…
Putin suggests leniency for Pussy Riot punk band protesters
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he did not favour a tough punishment in the trial of an all-girl punk band which performed a song against his rule in Moscow’s biggest church. “There is nothing good in what they did,” news agencies quoted Putin as saying about the…
‘Cool geology’ ahead in NASA Mars mission
WASHINGTON — NASA said Thursday all was well ahead of its landmark mission to Mars, with its most advanced robotic rover poised to hunt for clues about past life and water on Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. On a mission to seek out signs of environments that once sustained life, the…
British police charge former News of the World editor with hacking
LONDON — British police on Thursday formally charged former tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks with phone hacking in a long-running press scandal which has struck at the heart of the country’s institutions. Police last week charged Prime Minister David Cameron’s ex-media chief Andy Coulson and six other current or former employees…
Facebook estimates 83 million profiles are fake
Facebook has more than 83 million fake profiles, including millions created for users’ pets and a large number of accounts the company deems “undesirable”, it has admitted. The figure emerged in Facebook’s first quarterly report to US financial regulators since the world’s biggest social network made its much-criticised stock market…
India plans unmanned spacecraft to Mars in 2013
India plans 2013 mission to Mars (+video) (via The Christian Science Monitor) India plans to send an unmanned orbiter to Mars in November 2013 to study the climate and the geology of the Red Planet. According to AFP, India’s Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has given his authorization and the final…
U.S. drought worsens and will likely affect next year’s crop
The worst drought in 50 years has intensified across the US midwest, not only condemning this year’s corn crop but threatening the prospects for next year’s too, new figures showed on Thursday. The political fallout intensified as well, with growing pressure for the Obama administration to end its support for…
Goldman Sachs invests $9.6 million in New York inmate rehabilitation
New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail would not immediately suggest an obvious source of lucrative profits for the banking industry. But investment giant Goldman Sachs is now hoping to make potentially millions of dollars by helping persuade the prison’s inmates to turn over a new leaf. The strange turn of…
‘Several hundred’ police patrol Jerusalem gay pride parade
Thousands marched in central Jerusalem on Thursday for a milestone 10th anniversary Gay Pride parade, passing by the spot where an ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed three participants in 2005. Some carried rainbow banners and others had signs proclaiming: “A decade of marching in Jerusalem,” and: “Love thy neighbour.” Opposition to such…
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