Jurno's credit card used after flotilla raid

Jurno's credit card used after flotilla raid


Jurno's credit card used after flotilla raid

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:37 AM PDT

AN Italian journalist, who was detained by the Israel Defense Forces following the raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla, says his credit card was used to purchase items after it was confiscated by Israeli authorities.

Manolo Luppichini was aboard the Sfintoni-8000, one of the smaller boats in the flotilla, when

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Grieving Mandela to miss World Cup opener

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:31 AM PDT

worldcup_2010JOHANNESBURG – A grief-stricken Nelson Mandela pulled out of the World Cup opening on Friday after the death of his great granddaughter cast a tragic shadow over the start of the world's biggest sporting event.

Thirteen-year-old Zenani Mandela was killed in a car that

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US 16-year-old sailor found safe

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:49 AM PDT

A 16 year old American girl, Abby Sunderland who attempted to sail around the world on her own has been found a day after she had gone missing in the Indian Ocean.


Pope begs forgiveness for sexual abuse scandal

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 04:03 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Friday begged forgiveness from God and victims of child sexual abuse by priests and promised that the Catholic Church would do everything in its power to ensure that it never happens again.


EU to raise pressure on Israel over Gaza blockade

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 04:03 AM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers will call on Israel next week to lift a three-year-old blockade of Gaza which they describe as "unacceptable and counterproductive" -- including to Israel's security.


Mandela relative's death clouds cup start

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 04:03 AM PDT

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela cancelled his appearance at the opening of the World Cup on Friday after his great granddaughter was killed in a car crash, casting a cloud over South Africa's day of joy in hosting the continent's first edition of the tournament.


Sorry Barack, I'm watching World Cup, says Biden

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 04:03 AM PDT

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An unabashed U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told President Barack Obama on Friday he was sorry for leaving him behind to manage the oil spill but was thrilled to be watching the World Cup.


Kremlin says S-300 missiles fall under Iran sanctions

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 04:03 AM PDT

TASHKENT (Reuters) - The delivery of S-300 surface-to-air missiles under a Russian contract with Iran would violate new U.N. sanctions, a Kremlin source said on Friday, in a sign of support for the Western stance on Iran.


Man sentenced to death for China school stabbings

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 04:03 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A court in southern China has handed down the death sentence to a man for stabbing 16 students and a teacher in primary school in April, state media reported on Friday.


U.S. soldiers among 8 killed in Iraq bomb - sources

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 04:03 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb hit a joint U.S.-Iraqi military patrol in Iraq's eastern Diyala province on Friday, killing at least eight people including U.S. soldiers, Iraqi security sources said.


Arab alarm bells set off on Iran spy report

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 02:51 AM PDT

DUBAI, June 11 — Gulf Arab states, hosts to US and Western military bases, fear the discovery of a purported Iranian spy ring in Kuwait will make it harder to stay out of the fray of any conflict over Iran's nuclear programme. The ensuing tensions following the Kuwaiti arrests, details of which remain scant, may further polarise Gulf states ...


Iran's post election mood

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:22 AM PDT

The BBC assesses the mood in Iran, a year on after the election that brought Ahmadinejad to power and caused huge demonstrations


Seventeen killed in southern Kyrgyz violence

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:35 AM PDT

OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed on Friday when ethnic conflict flared in Kyrgyzstan's second-largest city Osh, the worst outbreak of violence in the Central Asian state since the president was overthrown in April.


Pope begs forgiveness for 'abuse of the little ones'

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 01:58 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY -Pope Benedict XVI on Friday begged forgiveness for the "abuse of the little ones" by paedophile priests and pledged to "do everything possible" to stop the scourge.

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Mandela's World Cup joy hit by family tragedy

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 10:14 PM PDT

JOHANNESBURG -Nelson Mandela's attendance at the World Cup opening ceremony was uncertain after the death of his great granddaughter in a car crash, his office said Friday.

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Pope begs forgiveness for sexual abuse scandal

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:02 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Friday begged forgiveness from God and victims of child sexual abuse by priests and promised that the Catholic Church would do everything in its power to ensure that it never happens again.


UK backing lifts BP shares but spill looks worse

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:02 AM PDT

LONDON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Supportive comments from the UK government lifted BP Plc's battered shares on Friday, outweighing news that the British oil company's Gulf of Mexico spill is much bigger than previously estimated.


Oil firms ignore politics to deploy in Iraq’s south

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 02:05 AM PDT

DUBAI, June 11 — Rumaila, the workhorse of Iraq's oil industry and its largest producing oilfield, is buzzing with activity as executives, engineers and drillers begin a massive overhaul to nearly triple its million barrels per day output. At the airport in Basra, capital of southern Iraq, officials struggle to process the unprecedented numbers ...


Ahmadinejad labels Iran sanctions "worthless paper"

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 02:32 AM PDT

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slammed the latest U.N. sanctions against it on Friday as lacking legal value, but said he did not expect China's support for the resolution to harm ties.


Italy media furious over Berlusconi "gagging law"

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 02:32 AM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Italian media protested on Friday -- with one national newspaper running a blank front page -- against a law curbing police wiretaps and imposing fines for news organisations that publish transcripts.


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