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Page 1/11 US warns Afghan leaders to resolve poll crisis
WASHINGTON: Top US officials yesterday delivered a sharp warning to Afghan leaders to resolve the election crisis, saying it would be irresponsible to send in more US troops without a strong government in place.
“I think it would be irresponsible and... it would be reckless to make a decision on [more...]
Posted on:10/19/2009 Rio police on alert after deadly drug violence
RIO DE JANERO: Brazilian authorities deployed an extra 4,500 police officers yesterday hours after deadly clashes between drug traffickers and police left 12 people dead in 2016 Olympics host city Rio.
Jose Mariano Beltrame, the state of Rio de Janeiro’s security chief, told reporters reinforcem [more...]
Posted on:10/19/2009 Bono lauds Obama for helping re-brand US
NEW YORK: Rock star Bono praised yesterday Barack Obama for helping “re-brand” the United States as a leading force in combating the world’s most pressing problems, and deemed the president’s controversial Nobel Peace prize deserved.
In an article Sunday in The New York Times, the U2 rocker and [more...]
Posted on:10/19/2009 Democrat wants Senate to include govt insurance in healthcare bill
WASHINGTON: A key Democrat voiced confidence yesterday that Senate leaders will include a government-run health insurance plan in the healthcare bill they bring to the full US Senate for a vote—and suggested it might even pass.
Senator Chris Dodd acknowledged that there is plenty of opposition to [more...]
Posted on:10/19/2009 Runaway balloon saga was hoax
FORT COLLINS: The parents who set off a worldwide drama by reporting their 6-year-old son was inside a flying saucer-like helium balloon hurtling over Colorado concocted the stunt to market themselves for a television show, a sheriff said yesterday.
Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden said at an [more...]
Posted on:10/19/2009 World’s biggest polluters start climate talks
LONDON: Representatives of the world’s biggest carbon polluters began two days of informal talks in London yesterday to map out common ground 50 days before a key UN climate conference in Copenhagen.
The 17 powers that make up the so-called Major Economies Forum (MEF), along with developing natio [more...]
Posted on:10/19/2009 Postal Union threatens legal action over recruitment plan
LONDON: Union bosses have threatened legal action against Royal Mail after it announced that it would recruit up to 30,000 temporary staff to cope with strikes by postal workers and to deal with the Christmas rush.
With two national post strikes due this week, Royal Mail has announced that it wi [more...]
Posted on:10/19/2009 Royal Bank of Scotland to pay record bonuses
EDINBURG: THE state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland is planning to hand out record bonuses of up to £5m each in a snub to struggling taxpayers.
The average employee in its high-risk investment banking arm is likely to take home £240,000, with the top 20 staff in line for payments of between £1m and [more...]
Posted on:10/19/2009 New migrants to cripple public spending
LONDON: New immigrants will add almost 1m people to Britain’s population over the next five years, creating huge pressure on public spending, a group of leading MPs has warned.
Frank Field, a former Labour minister and the group’s leader, said the figures would give succour to the far right Bri [more...]
Posted on:10/19/2009 Protest at Britain’s power station resumes
LONDON: A protest at one of Britain’s biggest coal-fired power stations resumed yestserday, after 52 people were arrested the previous day as they sought to break through the security fence, police said.
A “small number” of climate protesters were arrested yesterday as they continued their effort [more...]
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