Tentative deal on Egypt constituent assembly

Tentative deal on Egypt constituent assembly


Tentative deal on Egypt constituent assembly

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 01:27 PM PDT

Political parties agree to plan for 100-member body which will draft the country's new constitution.


China cuts interest rates as economy slows

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 01:09 PM PDT

People's Bank of China lowers key lending rates for the first time since 2008, in bid to advance financial reform.


Bolt races to Diamond win in Oslo

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 01:13 PM PDT

Usain Bolt is pushed all the way in the 100m before taking victory at the Diamond League in Oslo in a time of 9.79 seconds.


Arrested Ivorian was plotting from exile: government

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 01:06 PM PDT

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - A former top adviser to Ivory Coast's ex-President Laurent Gbagbo was plotting to destabilize the West African nation's government before he was arrested in Togo this week, an Ivorian government spokesman said on Thursday.


China cuts interest rates as economy slows

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 01:09 PM PDT

People's Bank of China lowers key lending rates for the first time since 2008, in bid to advance financial reform.


'Sticker Lady' Sets a Dare for Singapore

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 11:51 AM PDT

A street artist known as "Sticker Lady" has mounted a challenge to this city-state's obsession with order.


Eat: Insanely Delicious Recipes From Simon Hopkinson

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 04:00 AM PDT

The host and author of 'The Good Cook' lives to please.


Ex-Vatican banker prepared secret dossier: judicial source

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 12:59 PM PDT

NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) - Italian police searching the home and office of Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, the former head of the Vatican's bank, have found a confidential dossier relating to his three-year tenure as the bank's president, a judicial source said on Thursday.


US expert hits out at Euro leaders

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 12:45 PM PDT

Leading US economic expert Larry Summers criticises Europe's leaders for their handling of the euro crisis, speaking of a "failure of realism".


Madrid Leans on Its Troubled Banks to Buy Its Bonds

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 12:23 PM PDT

Economists warn that over the long term, Spain will have trouble meeting its substantial financial requirements until foreign investors inject new money.


Nigeria airline admits engine failure mayday call

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 12:56 PM PDT

LAGOS (Reuters) - The operator of a commercial airliner that crashed in Lagos on Sunday said on Thursday the pilot reported engine failure just before it went down, but it was not clear if one or two engines had failed.


'Economic blockade' on Falklands

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 12:16 PM PDT

Argentina is trying to impose an "economic blockade" on the Falkland Islands, Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne says.


More Disputes With China Loom, Says Philippine's Aquino

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 12:34 PM PDT

A confrontation with China over disputed waters has eased but other brewing conflicts may not be so easily defused, Philippine President Aquino said.


Russia Approves Privatization Plan

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 11:40 AM PDT

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved a long-awaited plan to sell stakes in a number of state-owned companies, including oil giant Rosneft.


Car Wheel Thieves Use Technology to Revive an Old-School Crime

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 12:50 PM PDT

Thefts of tires have risen, thanks to anonymous online marketplaces and advances in power tool technology that allow thieves to remove them with the speed of a Nascar pit crew.


Panetta in Afghanistan: Running out of patience with Pakistan

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 08:11 AM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Thursday that the United States was "reaching the limits of our patience" with Pakistan over militants that attack U.S. forces in neighboring Afghanistan from havens within its borders.


U.N. deeply concerned about armed raids in Sudan state

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 11:54 AM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The United Nations is deeply concerned about reports of armed groups raiding and looting markets in Sudan's North Kordofan state, forcing civilians to flee and marking a possible escalation of violence in borderlands.


'Anti-Semitic attacker' detained

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 11:46 AM PDT

French police detain a man suspected of attacking three young Jews with a hammer during an assault in the town of Villeurbanne, reports say.


Lotus owners sack chief executive

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 11:35 AM PDT

Car-maker Lotus sacks its chief executive Dany Bahar with immediate effect.


Egypt's army says ends deadlock on assembly

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 01:07 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's ruling army council called on Thursday for parliament to meet next week to pick members of an assembly tasked with drawing up a new constitution, signaling the end of a weeks-long deadlock.


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