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Egypt’s Mubarak unfit for prison move: prosecutor
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s public prosecutor said on Tuesday ousted President Hosni Mubarak was not in a condition to be transferred to a prison hospital and would remain in a hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh for the time being. The prosecutor said in a statement that a medical team had concluded “not to transfer the patient…
Centennial anniversary of Titanic launch marked in Belfast
BELFAST (AFP) – Dignitaries on Tuesday marked the 100th anniversary of the launch of the Titanic from Belfast in Northern Ireland with a religious service and the firing of a flare. The ill-starred ocean liner slid down the slipway of the Harland and Wolff shipyard, then the largest in the…
‘Perfect storm’ looms for world’s food supplies: Oxfam
PARIS (AFP) – Oxfam called on Tuesday for an overhaul of the world’s food system, warning that in a couple of decades, millions more people would be gripped by hunger due to population growth and climate-hit harvests. A “broken food system” means that the price of some staples will more…
Yemeni forces kill 21 protesters at sit-in demonstration
SANAA – Forces loyal to Yemen’s embattled president killed 21 protesters as they crushed a sit-in demonstration in Taez, an organiser said on Monday, as suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed six soldiers in the south. Security service agents backed by army and Republican Guards stormed the protest against President Ali Abdullah…
Afghanistan no longer source of terrorism, says Canadian PM Harper
OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday said Afghanistan “is no longer a source of global terrorism” during a surprise visit to the war-torn country, but still urged vigilance on the threat. His office announced the one-day trip after his jet was wheels-up. It comes as Canada prepares…
Over 100 Libyan army members defect from Gaddafi
ROME (Reuters) – Eight high-ranking Libyan army officers appeared in Rome on Monday saying they were part of a group of as many as 120 military officials and soldiers who had defected from Muammar Gaddafi’s side in recent days. The eight officers — five generals, two colonels and a major…
German nuclear shutdown sets global example: Merkel
BERLIN (AFP) – Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany could serve as a global trailblazer with its decision Monday to phase out nuclear power by 2022 in favour of renewable energy sources. Merkel said the “fundamental” rethink of energy policy in the world’s number four economy, which was prompted by the…
U.K. admits training Saudi forces used to crush Arab uprising
The British Ministry of Defense (MoD) confirmed last week that U.K troops may have trained Saudi Arabia’s national guard before they were used to help crush civil rights protests in Bahrain. Documents obtained by The Observer under Britain’s Freedom of Information Act revealed that British forces regularly instructed the Saudi…
‘Granny’ mugger strikes S. African shopping center
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Police in South Africa are searching for an elderly woman who allegedly persuades young men at a mall to help carry heavy bags from her car, then kidnaps them from the parking lot and robs them. The woman, who works with two male accomplices, targets shoppers standing…
Mladic to challenge Hague transfer
BELGRADE (AFP) – Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic was to appeal against his transfer to a UN court on Monday, after thousands rallied in his support and he denied responsibility for the Srebrenica massacre. The spokeswoman for the UN war crimes court in The Hague said she had…
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