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Saudi billionaire, News Corp. benefactor, rebuffs calls for restructuring
LONDON (Reuters) – News Corp’s major shareholder Prince Alwaleed bin Tala has rebuffed calls to change the company’s dual-class structure or leadership, the Financial Times reported in its Tuesday edition. “Investors went into News Corp knowing the class A and B share structure,” Alwaleed was quoted as saying in an…
IMF chief warns of global dangers of U.S. default
IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned Tuesday the clock was ticking on a US debt deal, as the dollar slid to new lows amid concerns of a looming and unprecedented default by the world’s top economy. President Barack Obama, in a solemn late night address to the nation, hit out at what…
Study: Marijuana compound helps mitigate cocaine addiction in mice
Researchers in Maryland and Beijing have learned that a component marijuana helps mitigate cocaine addiction in mice, leading some to hope that marijuana may one day become the next big anti-addiction therapy. The discovery was announced in the July 2011 edition of Nature Neuroscience. The study found that cannabidiol, an…
Analysts believe Iran scientist death was a foreign hit
Jul (Reuters) – Western security agencies were most likely behind the killing of an Iranian scientist in an operation that underlines the myriad complications in the conflict over Iran’s nuclear program, analysts say. Darioush Rezaie, 35, a university lecturer, was shot dead by gunmen in eastern Tehran Saturday, the third…
Hamas executes two Gazans as spies for Israel
GAZA (Reuters) – Gaza’s Hamas government Tuesday executed a Palestinian father and son convicted of spying for Israel in defiance of President Mahmoud Abbas, who by law has final say in implementing such rulings. Hamas officials said the men had confessed to providing Israeli forces with intelligence that helped them…
Norwegian killer probably insane, his lawyer says
OSLO (Reuters) – The lawyer of a Norwegian who killed at least 76 people in a bombing and a shooting spree said Tuesday his client appeared to be a madman. “This whole case indicated that he is insane,” Geir Lippestad said of Anders Behring Breivik, who has confessed to “atrocious…
Long-term deal with U.S. must be on Afghan terms: Karzai
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday that Afghanistan will only sign a long-term “strategic partnership” deal with Washington if the United States meets Afghan conditions including an end to controversial night raids on homes. He also pledged that Afghanistan would pay for its own armed forces…
Moroccan military plane crashes, 26 feared dead
RABAT (Reuters) – A Moroccan military transport aircraft crashed on Tuesday in the south of the country, the official MAP news agency said. MAP did not say how many passenger were on board the C-130 Hercules aircraft but said the accident took place in a mountainous area near Guelmim, just…
UN to start airlifting food to Somalia
The UN World Food Programme was set on Tuesday to start airlifting food to Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya after an emergency meeting in Rome on the drought-stricken Horn of Africa region. An estimated 3.7 million people in Somalia — around a third of the population — are on the brink…
Iraqi Kurdistan bans female genital mutilation
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday welcomed a draft law banning female genital mutilation by the regional government in Iraqi Kurdistan. The Family Violence Bill approved June 21 by the autonomous government includes several provisions criminalising the practice in Kurdistan, HRW, said, adding that prevalence of FGM among girls and women…
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