Indian Maoists kidnap lawmaker during Italian hostage talks |
- Indian Maoists kidnap lawmaker during Italian hostage talks
- France to resume election race after gunman's death
- Gangs in crime-plagued El Salvador call a truce
- Leader of Mali military coup trained in U.S.
- Gangs in crime-plagued El Salvador call a truce
- Dartmouth President To Lead The World Bank
- Escape from a North Korean Prison
- China's Role In Commodity Trading Poised To Rise
- VIDEO: Inside the Toulouse gunman's flat
- VIDEO: Inside the Toulouse gunman's flat
- Clashes as Egypt bans al-Masry soccer club
- Darmouth President To Lead The World Bank
- Pope's trip sparks hopes for change in Cuba
- Arab Media Clash Over Syria
- Pope's trip sparks hopes for change in Cuba
- Forbes Leadership Highlights of the Week: Who Can You Trust?
- The Week Ahead: Don't Worry About China's Growth
- Mali coup leader appeals for calm
- VIDEO: Thousands greet Pope in Mexico
- VIDEO: Obama's surprise World Bank nominee
| Indian Maoists kidnap lawmaker during Italian hostage talks Posted: 23 Mar 2012 10:24 PM PDT BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Maoist rebels kidnapped an Indian politician on Saturday, police said, a move that could upset talks over the release of two Italian hostages held by left-wing fighters in the same eastern state of Orissa.
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| France to resume election race after gunman's death Posted: 23 Mar 2012 10:40 PM PDT TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - France's presidential election race resumes on Friday, irrevocably altered by the killing of an al Qaeda-inspired gunman whose murders have shifted the political debate in favor of incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.
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| Gangs in crime-plagued El Salvador call a truce Posted: 23 Mar 2012 09:12 PM PDT SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Rival gangs operating in El Salvador have called a truce as the Central American country confronts a plague of violent crime, according to a statement issued on Friday by the gangs and endorsed by local Roman Catholic church leaders. The document, signed by representatives of the country's two most powerful gangs, Mara Salvatrucha and gang Mara 18, was delivered to various media and has been endorsed by the Salvadoran Catholic Church, local church leaders said. Local media reports based on interviews with gang leaders say the truce began this week. ...
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| Leader of Mali military coup trained in U.S. Posted: 23 Mar 2012 08:55 PM PDT The leader of a military coup in the West African country of Mali received military training in the United States on "several" occasions, a U.S. defense official said Friday. Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo, who led a renegade military faction that on Thursday deposed Mali's democratically elected president, visited the United States several times to receive professional military education, including basic officer training, said Patrick Barnes, a U.S. Africa Command official based in Washington. Read full article >>   
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| Gangs in crime-plagued El Salvador call a truce Posted: 23 Mar 2012 09:12 PM PDT SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Rival gangs operating in El Salvador have called a truce as the Central American country confronts a plague of violent crime, according to a statement issued on Friday by the gangs and endorsed by local Roman Catholic church leaders.
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| Dartmouth President To Lead The World Bank Posted: 23 Mar 2012 07:50 PM PDT The President of Dr. Jim Yong Kim is the White House's candidate to head the World Bank. ? President Obama made the announcement Friday, before leaving for a global nuclear summit to Korea; thus, ending weeks of speculations ever since Bob Zoellick the current head of the World Bank said he would retire at the ...
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| Escape from a North Korean Prison Posted: 23 Mar 2012 08:16 PM PDT Shin Dong-hyuk is the only person known to have been born in a North Korean prison camp and escaped to the West. Blaine Harden details his unlikely flight.
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| China's Role In Commodity Trading Poised To Rise Posted: 23 Mar 2012 08:40 PM PDT China's influence in global commodity trading will rise in the coming years amid steady economic growth in the country,?? the president of the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange, or HKMEx, ??said at a seminar in Shanghai yesterday. The country's share of global exchange-traded contacts "will only increase," said HKMEx President Albert Helmig. China accounted for 31% ...
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| VIDEO: Inside the Toulouse gunman's flat Posted: 23 Mar 2012 07:29 PM PDT Video footage has been released showing the inside of the Toulouse apartment of Mohamed Merah, the man who shot dead 7 people.
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| VIDEO: Inside the Toulouse gunman's flat Posted: 23 Mar 2012 07:29 PM PDT Video footage has been released showing the inside of the Toulouse apartment of Mohamed Merah, the man who shot dead 7 people.
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| Clashes as Egypt bans al-Masry soccer club Posted: 23 Mar 2012 07:25 PM PDT The Egyptian Football Association says the club is banned for two seasons following Egypt's worst stadium disaster.
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| Darmouth President To Lead The World Bank Posted: 23 Mar 2012 07:50 PM PDT The President of Darmouth College Dr. Jim Yong Kim is the White House's candidate to head the World Bank. ? President Obama made the announcement Friday, before leaving for a global nuclear summit to Korea; thus, ending weeks of speculations ever since Bob Zoellick the current head of the World Bank said he would retire ...
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| Pope's trip sparks hopes for change in Cuba Posted: 23 Mar 2012 07:08 PM PDT
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| Posted: 23 Mar 2012 09:16 PM PDT Arabic-language television news channels offer two competing narratives of the Syrian conflict, galvanizing populations along sectarian lines and further fueling fears that a local conflict will metastasize into a regional one.
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| Pope's trip sparks hopes for change in Cuba Posted: 23 Mar 2012 10:27 PM PDT HAVANA (Reuters) - For years at Havana's historic Cristobal Colon cemetery, Communist Party members refused to enter the Roman Catholic chapel there for funeral services.
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| Forbes Leadership Highlights of the Week: Who Can You Trust? Posted: 23 Mar 2012 07:39 PM PDT We answered that question definitively at Forbes this week with ?s ranking of ?America?s Most Trustworthy Companies.? For all the rest of us, offered ?Rebuilding Trust. It All Starts With You,? both chronicling a widespread decline in trust and suggesting what to do about it. Also speaking of trust, asked ?Is Goldman Sachs Actually Stupid?? ...
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| The Week Ahead: Don't Worry About China's Growth Posted: 23 Mar 2012 07:36 PM PDT Economic news from China last week overshadowed improving technicals for in many parts of the market, including the specific areas highlighted by MoneyShow senior editor Tom Aspray. Stocks took a breather last week, as fears over a slowing Chinese economy scared some out of stocks as well as crude oil, which dropped sharply. The latest data on manufacturing from both China and Europe spooked some investors. Several weeks ago, Chinese Premier Wen had cut the GDP target to 7.5% for 2012, from 8% in 2011. But only a week later, Nomura Securities raised their forecast from 7.9% to 8.2%. In their opinion, further lowering of interest rates and the bank reserve requirement will turn the economy around.
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| Mali coup leader appeals for calm Posted: 23 Mar 2012 10:25 PM PDT Army captain Amadou Sanogo urges peace as president's whereabouts remain unknown days after a military coup against him.
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| VIDEO: Thousands greet Pope in Mexico Posted: 23 Mar 2012 06:09 PM PDT Thousands have greeted Pope Benedict XVI after he landed in Mexico on his first official visit to Spanish-speaking Latin America.
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| VIDEO: Obama's surprise World Bank nominee Posted: 23 Mar 2012 06:06 PM PDT Barack Obama has revealed his nomination for the new head of the World Bank. He is a Korean-born American academic called Jim Yong Kim, who has a sideline in musical performance, as John McManus reports.
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