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Anne Frank’s pre-war apartment to open to public
THE HAGUE — An Amsterdam apartment where Jewish teenager Anne Frank and her family lived for nine years before going into hiding due to the Nazi occupation will be opened Saturday, a spokesman for its owner said. “Around 400 people will be allowed to enter the home,” Andre Bakker, a…
Iran airs footage of U.S. drone, protests ‘violation’
TEHRAN — Iran made a formal protest on Thursday over a US drone entering “deep” into its eastern airspace last week, and aired footage of what appeared to be the downed aircraft on state television. Swiss ambassador Livia Leu Agosti was summoned to the foreign ministry and told the incident…
Syria says pipeline blown up by rebel saboteurs
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Syrian pipeline carrying oil from the east of the country to a vital refinery in Homs was blown up Thursday in what the official news agency SANA said was an act of sabotage by an armed terrorist group. Opposition activists said flames and clouds of thick…
Scotland in lockdown as huge storm sweeps in
Scotland has closed schools and travellers have been warned to expect disruption on key routes on Thursday due to gale-force winds, as Britain’s first major winter storm of the season sweeps in. Schools in western, central and southern Scotland are closed after forecasters issued a “red alert” and warned of…
Japan mulls $13 billion Fukushima bailout -source
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government may inject about $13 billion into Tokyo Electric Power Co as early as next summer in a de facto nationalization of the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, sources said on Thursday. Tepco’s future as an independent firm has been in doubt…
Putin says U.S. stoked Russian protests
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Thursday of stirring up protests against his 12-year rule and said foreign countries were spending hundreds of millions of dollars to influence Russian elections. In his first public remarks about daily demonstrations over allegations that Sunday’s election was…
Package sent to Deutsche Bank CEO was bomb
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A suspicious envelope sent to Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Josef Ackermann was a letter bomb capable of exploding, investigators said on Thursday. No one has so far claimed responsibility for the package, which was intercepted late on Wednesday. It raised fears that a wave of protest against…
Thai court jails U.S. citizen for royal insult
A court in Thailand on Thursday jailed a Thai-born American for two-and-a-half years for defaming the monarchy — a sentence that the United States criticised as “severe”. The conviction of Joe Wichai Commart Gordon — who appeared in court in shackles — is the latest in a series of cases…
Defiant Russia opposition vows mass protest
Russia’s opposition on Thursday defiantly vowed to stage a mass protest in Moscow at the weekend contesting the results of elections, despite warnings from the authorities to scale down the event. Around 1,000 people have been arrested in three days of demonstrations protesting what they say was mass fraud in…
Banks urged to rein in excessive bonuses
LONDON — Banks, including those bailed out at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, are under intense pressure to curb annual bonuses in light of the worsening economic climate. The so-called bonus season for workers in the City traditionally sees traders and banks’ senior executives handed bumper pay awards…
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