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Israel PM pledges action after mass protests
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged “real” economic change on Sunday after massive nationwide protests that broke Israeli records and prompted questions about the future of the social movement. Speaking to his cabinet after an estimated 450,000 people turned out for demonstrations across the country seeking lower living…
UN-sponsored reconciliation talks to open in Somalia
MOGADISHU — Somali leaders began gathering Sunday for a three-day national reconciliation conference under UN auspices amid high security in war-shattered Mogadishu. African Union peacekeepers deployed around the parliament talks venue in the capital only recently vacated by Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents seeking to overthrow the fragile UN-backed Transitional Federal Government (TFG).…
UN ‘deeply concerned’ about new Sudan conflict
KHARTOUM — The United Nations said on Sunday it is deeply concerned about the latest outbreak of fighting in Sudan’s volatile border region, where it reported 16,000 people have fled one town alone. Georg Charpentier, the UN’s chief humanitarian coordinator for Sudan, was “deeply concerned about the recent outbreak of…
Italy calls for no repeat of ‘Iraq mistake’ in Libya
CERNOBBIO, Italy — Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Sunday urged the international community and the new Libyan authorities to avoid making the same “big mistake” as in Iraq. “If somebody used to work for the regime but has no blood on his hands, why destroy all the structure, all…
Russians evicted from homes for Olympics
SOCHI, Russia — Sochi native Vladimir Tkachenko needed a decade to build a house on his modest salary. He then had 11 hours to move all belongings out of the way for the bulldozers clearing the way for a new road. Tkachenko’s violent eviction, which has recently alarmed the Sochi…
Propaganda authorities take over Beijing papers
China’s propaganda authorities have placed two of Beijing’s most popular and colourful newspapers under new management, state press said, in a move decried by critics as an effort to censor the news. Beijing’s Communist Party-run media authorities have taken over at the helm of the popular “Beijing News” and the…
U.S. tries to stall Palestinian statehood bid: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington has launched an effort to avoid a clash stemming from plans by Palestinians to seek recognition as a state at the United Nations, The New York Times reported on Saturday, citing senior U.S. officials and foreign diplomats. The Obama administration has introduced a plan to restart…
Over 250,000 join Israel ‘social justice’ demos: media
More than 250,000 people took to the streets in cities across Israel on Saturday night to protest the high cost of living and income disparity in the Jewish state, Israeli media reported. Israeli news channel 10 said some 275,000 people were already in the streets, a figure approaching the record-breaking…
Kadhafi’s son got doctoral thesis help from Tony Blair: report
Two of Moamer Kadhafi’s sons were invited to the headquarters of the SAS special forces unit as former prime minister Tony Blair tried to build ties with the Libyan regime, The Sunday Times reported. In the latest revelations from intelligence documents obtained by media and rights groups in Tripoli, the…
British far-right group clashes with police
Members of a British far-right group clashed with police at a rally in London, despite a government ban on marches imposed after deadly riots that rocked the country last month. Police said they arrested 60 people after scuffles broke out and firecrackers were thrown by the crowd of more than…
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