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Powerful car bombs rip through Syrian town
Two powerful car bombs targeting security posts ripped through Syria’s second city of Aleppo on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 175, even as tanks surged into battered protest hub Homs. State television said “armed terrorist groups” carried out the attacks, the first in Aleppo since the outbreak…
Uganda MP to drop death clause in anti-gay bill
A Ugandan lawmaker behind a proposed draconian anti-gay bill that sparked an international outcry said Friday he wanted to drop clauses that would see the death penalty introduced for certain homosexual acts. “There will be no death penalty at all… that will go,” David Bahati, the legislator who formulated the…
Oil prices rise on Greek deal
NEW YORK — Oil prices rose on Thursday, with Brent hitting six-month highs in part due to hopes of a Greek debt deal — helping to offset a slight cut in OPEC’s demand growth forecast. New York’s main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light sweet crude for delivery in March,…
Largest virtual telescope operational in Chile
SANTIAGO — Astronomers in Chile said this week they had created the world’s largest virtual optical telescope by using a special technique to combine images from the four most powerful devices as if they were a single device. “This weekend we managed to finish the process (of merging the images)…
Uganda government denies backing anti-gay bill
Uganda’s government has distanced itself from a controversial anti-gay bill calling for severe penalties on homosexuality after it was reintroduced in parliament this week. But in a statement released late Wednesday, the government said parliament had the right to debate the legislation, which was shelved last year after widespread condemnation.…
Ending child marriage can boost India’s rise: Desmond Tutu
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s development is being slowed by discriminatory practices against women such as child marriage, which stifle their potential to contribute to growth, South African peace campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu said. “India is doing fantastically. I mean they are complaining about seven percent GDP growth. Imagine if…
Maldives’ ex-president awaits arrest
The ex-president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed, who claims he was forced from office in a coup, said he expected to be arrested on Thursday as protests and violence escalated in the holiday paradise. Nasheed, the Indian Ocean country’s first democratically elected president, told AFP at his family home in…
Chinese, Russian arms fuel Darfur abuse: Amnesty
KHARTOUM — Chinese-made bullets and aircraft bought from Russia are used to commit rights violations in Sudan’s Darfur under an ineffective UN arms embargo, Amnesty International said on Thursday. The London-based rights watchdog aired similar concerns five years ago but its latest report comes after “a new wave of fighting”…
Spy chief unveils new Romanian government
BUCHAREST — Romania’s incoming prime minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu rang the changes at the economy and finance ministries Wednesday when he unveiled his new government. Ungureanu told reporters he would call a confidence vote on the new cabinet and its economic programme on Thursday. The 43-year-old was tapped by President…
Canada’s use of torture data sparks outcry
OTTAWA — Human rights groups and opposition leaders in Canada were in uproar after the nation’s public safety minister this week defended the use of information extracted through torture “if Canadian lives are at stake.” According a directive obtained by Canadian media through an access to information request, Ottawa ordered…
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