Israeli envoy leaves after Cairo embassy attack

Israeli envoy leaves after Cairo embassy attack


Israeli envoy leaves after Cairo embassy attack

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 01:07 AM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel flew its ambassador home on Saturday after Egyptians stormed the building housing the Israeli mission in Cairo, plunging Egypt's ruling army deeper into its toughest diplomatic crisis since taking over from Hosni Mubarak.



Deadline expires for Kadhafi forces to surrender

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 12:58 AM PDT

The deadline expires Saturday for forces loyal to ousted Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi to surrender, with fighters of the country's new leadership poised to attack hold-out strongholds.

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Ferry with 500 plus passengers sinks off Tanzania

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 12:01 AM PDT

DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 10 — A ferry carrying more thanFerry with 500 plus passengers sinks off Tanzania 500 passengers from Zanzibar to Pemba island off Tanzania has sunk and scores of people are missing, police said today. "Some 260 passengers have so far been rescued," Zanzibar Police Commissioner Mussa Alli Mussa told Reuters. "We have recovered ...



Obama worried about attack on Israel’s Cairo embassy

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 11:26 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 — US President Barack Obama is concerned about the storming of the building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo by protesters and told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the United States was taking steps to help resolve the situation without further violence, the White House said in a statement yesterday. Obama also called on ...



MIC willing to swap seats with BN component parties: Palanivel

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 12:30 AM PDT

The MIC is willing to swap seats allocated to the party with other Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties in the next general election, party president Datuk G. Palanivel said today.

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Only 1.7m active taxpayers in country: IRB

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 12:28 AM PDT

There are approximately five million people in the country who are eligible to pay taxes but only 1.7 million are active taxpayers, says Inland Revenue Board Chief Executive Officer Datuk Dr Mohd Shukor Mahfar.

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Castro says rumors of his death make him laugh

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 12:37 AM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Fidel Castro, in an audio aired on Venezuelan state television late on Friday, joked about rumors circulating in the capital, Miami and on Twitter over the past few weeks that he was gravely ill or had died.



7 killed by collapsing scaffolding in northwestern China

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 12:28 AM PDT

Seven people confirmed dead after scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in China's northwestern city of Xian early Saturday, rescuers said.

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Israeli envoy leaves after Cairo embassy attack

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 11:35 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel flew its ambassador home on Saturday after Egyptians stormed the building housing the Israeli mission in Cairo, plunging Egypt's ruling army deeper into its toughest diplomatic crisis since taking over from Hosni Mubarak.



31 million watch Obama jobs speech on TV

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 11:04 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 31 million Americans watched President Barack Obama deliver his agenda for creating jobs in a speech broadcast live on television, ratings data showed on Friday.



Libya's interim leaders under fire over governance

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 11:04 PM PDT

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Hundreds of people have marched in Benghazi calling for a shake-up of Libya's new leadership while nascent political groups have challenged the country's interim rulers in a memorandum, saying their governance plan does not meet the people's demands.



PM visits tsunami-hit area as Japan mourns dead

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 11:46 PM PDT

Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda visited the northeastern region devastated by the March 11 quake and tsunami on Saturday as the nation prepared to mark six months since tragedy struck.

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On eve of 9/11 anniversary, Flight 93 gets national memorial

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 11:12 PM PDT

The 40 passengers and crew of the fourth, often forgotten 9/11 airliner are to be honored Saturday, the eve of the 10th anniversary of the attacks, on the daisy-dotted field where they died.

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Israeli envoy leaves after Cairo embassy attack

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 10:34 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel flew its ambassador home on Saturday after Egyptians stormed the building housing the Israeli mission in Cairo, plunging Egypt's ruling army deeper into its toughest diplomatic crisis since taking over from Hosni Mubarak.



Defunct 6-ton satellite crashing back to Earth

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 10:03 PM PDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A defunct NASA science satellite dispatched by a space shuttle crew in 1991 will come crashing back to Earth this month, with debris most likely landing in an ocean or unpopulated region, officials said Friday.



With us or against us? A decade on, Pakistan is wavering

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 09:33 PM PDT

Sept 10 (Reuters) - While the ruins of New York's World Trade Center were still smouldering in late September 2001, President George W. Bush put nations around the globe on notice: "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists".



VIDEO: Terror threat ahead of 9/11 anniversary

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 10:05 PM PDT

The US secretary of state has warned that al-Qaeda is behind a credible threat to Americans in the run-up to the anniversary of 9/11.


China's August trade surplus tumbles to $17.8bn

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 10:32 PM PDT

China's trade surplus contracted sharply to $17.8 billion in August, down from $31.5 billion in July, as imports rose to a new record high, according to official data released Saturday.

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Japan deploys sunflowers to battle radiation

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 10:21 PM PDT

(Japan, Miyagi-machi-AFP) - People throughout Japan have been planting sunflowers to show solidarity with those affected by the nuclear disaster. Organizers say the effort is more than just symbolism as the flowers are said to clean radioactive soil. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.

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Pre-war Jewish mandolin orchestra re-formed in Poland

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 10:21 PM PDT

(Poland-AFP) - The red brick walls of the synagogue in Gora Kalwaria are reverberating anew with music lost to the Holocaust thanks to a troupe drawing inspiration from history and family ties. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.

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