Guinea's ex-PM Diallo and rival Conde in race for president

Guinea's ex-PM Diallo and rival Conde in race for president


Guinea's ex-PM Diallo and rival Conde in race for president

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 04:28 PM PDT

CONAKRY -Ex-prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo and veteran opponent Alpha Conde will face up in a second round of voting to become Guinea's first freely-elected president, poll results showed Friday.

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Turning the MACC into a law unto itself

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 03:00 PM PDT

It surely is a monstrous idea for an MP to suggest that the MACC be given the power to prosecute cases investigated by it.

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Gulf oil cleanup resumes, new drilling rules awaited

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 06:15 PM PDT

HOUSTON, July 3 — Washington was preparing a revised offshore oil drilling moratorium and cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico returned to normal yesterday after hurricane Alex passed through the region without doing major damage. The US Interior Department, one of the departments spearheading the response to the BP oil spill, could issue a ...


Gulf oil cleanup resumes, new drilling rules awaited

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 06:43 PM PDT

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Washington was preparing a revised offshore oil drilling moratorium and cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico returned to normal on Friday after hurricane Alex passed through the region without doing major damage.


Six killed as Alex floods major Mexican city

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 06:43 PM PDT

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Intense rain from Hurricane Alex shut down Mexico's richest city, Monterrey, on Friday, as floods killed six people, swept away cars and swamped wealthy suburbs with mud and rocks.


ANALYSIS - BP clean-up leaves U.S. vulnerable to another spill

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 06:43 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Obama administration may succeed in pushing through its offshore drilling ban, despite fierce resistance from the oil industry, since a piece of machinery in short supply has left oil companies and the environment glaringly vulnerable to another oil spill.


Fence-mending on agenda for Obama-Netanyahu talks

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 05:44 PM PDT

JERUSALEM, July 3 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking forward to a warmer White House welcome from President Barack Obama next week after their relationship hit a lowpoint over Jewish settlement policy. Due at the White House on Tuesday for talks postponed a month ago after a deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, Netanyahu will be ...


Whale sharks may be latest Gulf oil spill victims

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 05:37 PM PDT

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (Reuters) - Whale sharks, the biggest fish in the sea, may be the latest victims of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.


Six killed by Egyptian building collapse

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 04:44 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - At least six people were killed on Friday when a four-storey residential building collapsed in Cairo's Shubra neighbourhood, the state news agency MENA said.


ANALYSIS - BP clean-up leaves U.S. vulnerable to another spill

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 04:04 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Obama administration may succeed in pushing through its offshore drilling ban, despite fierce resistance from the oil industry, since a piece of


Gulf oil cleanup resumes, new drilling rules awaited

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 03:14 PM PDT

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Washington was preparing a revised offshore oil drilling moratorium and cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico returned to normal on Friday after hurricane Alex passed through the region without doing major damage.


Fence-mending on agenda for Obama-Netanyahu talks

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 03:14 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking forward to a warmer White House welcome from President Barack Obama next week after their relationship hit a low point over Jewish settlement policy.


U.S. judge orders three accused Russian spies held

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:43 PM PDT

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday ordered three suspects accused of being spies for Russia in the United States to be held pending trial, in a case that has renewed political tensions between Moscow and Washington.


U.N. creates new body on women, gender equality

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:43 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - After years of difficult negotiations, the U.N. General Assembly voted on Friday to set up a body that will seek to improve the situation of women and girls around the world.


Israelis, Palestinians narrowing differences - U.S.

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:43 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian officials have narrowed their differences in U.S.-sponsored indirect talks, the White House said on Friday, dismissing suggestions that little progress had been made so far.


Trash helps Canadian teens survive 7-storey fall

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:43 PM PDT

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A pile of trash awaiting recycling helped two Vancouver teenagers survive a seven-storey fall from a building roof, police said on Friday.


Israel wants to stop Turkey ties worsening - Netanyahu

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:43 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday Israel could not apologise for a raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in which nine Turks died, but stressed that he wanted to avoid further harm in relations with Ankara.


Russian cargo vessel misses space station

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:43 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A faulty radio link forced an unmanned Russian cargo ship to abort its docking at the International Space Station on Friday, U.S. and Russian space officials said.


Ex-SA police chief guilty of corruption

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:01 PM PDT

A court in South Africa has found the country's former chief of police Jackie Selebi guilty of corruption.


US judge orders Russia spy suspects stay detained

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 11:57 AM PDT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia -A US judge Friday ordered three Russian spying suspects to be kept detained, saying she considered "the defendants at risk of flight."

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