Cyprus president to ask cabinet to resign

Cyprus president to ask cabinet to resign

Cyprus president to ask cabinet to resign

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:29 PM PDT

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cypriot President Demetris Christofias will ask his cabinet to resign on Thursday as he attempts to hold together a fragile governing coalition in the face of growing public anger over a munitions blast which triggered Cyprus's worst peacetime disaster.

Violence flares on Kosovo border

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:22 PM PDT

Ethnic Serbs attack and set fire to a security post on Kosovo's northern border after police attempted to take control in a Serb enclave.


Credit Agencies Tell Congress a Default Is Unlikely

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:19 PM PDT

Officials from the two largest rating agencies told a House panel that the American credit rating could be lowered.

Mets Are Close to Sending Beltran to Giants

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:26 PM PDT

The Mets would send Carlos Beltran to San Francisco for a top prospect, most likely Zack Wheeler, a right-handed pitcher taken in the first round of the 2009 draft.

State of the Art: Online Music, Unshackled

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:21 PM PDT

This month, via Spotify, the music world took a great step forward toward the holy grail of a free, legal, song-specific and convenient service.

Ritchie to defend SDLP leadership

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:18 PM PDT

Margaret Ritchie vows to fight any challenge to her leadership of the SDLP.


Ethnic Serbs fire at NATO troops in Kosovo

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:13 PM PDT

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Armed ethnic Serbs, who attacked and burned down a border post, fired at NATO peacekeeping forces in Kosovo on Wednesday in the ethnic-Serb dominated northern part of the country.

Russian President Is Urged to Run Again, Blocking Putin

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:49 PM PDT

Two prominent advisers to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev publicly called on him to end the intrigue and announce he plans to seek re-election next year, warning that the alternative—the return of Vladimir Putin—would bring "national catastrophe."


Moody's Cuts Cyprus Rating

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:38 PM PDT

Moody's downgraded Cyprus by two notches and warned it may cut the rating further, feeding fears that the island nation could be the next euro-zone country to need a bailout.


Debt Impasse Fuels Sharp Fall in Stocks

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:15 PM PDT

The Dow was down nearly 200 points and the S.&P. 500 off more than 2 percent.

Missile shield will spark nuclear arms race: North Korea

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:42 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - If U.S. plans to deploy a missile shield to protect Europe against a possible attack by Iran are realized, it will spark a new nuclear arms race, North Korea's U.N. ambassador said Wednesday.

Norway intelligence boss reckons Breivik a lone wolf

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:45 PM PDT

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway has no indication that the confessed killer behind Norway's July 22 attacks had accomplices or was part of a wider network, the head of the Norwegian Police Security Service said Wednesday.

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez mocks succession talk

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:37 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's convalescing President Hugo Chavez laughed off talk of succession on Wednesday and said his enemies were engaging in speculation that his cancer diagnosis was made up to boost his popularity.

Norway Killings Shift Debate on Islam in Europe

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:21 PM PDT

Political leaders fear such tragedies could drive changes in public opinion as far-right parties react.

Bats: Angels' Ervin Santana Throws No-Hitter Against Indians

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 11:54 AM PDT

Ervin Santana pitched the first no-hitter for the Angels in nearly 27 years, striking out 10 and leading Los Angeles over the Cleveland Indians, 3-1, Wednesday.

Climate unit releases more data

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:28 PM PDT

The University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, centrepiece of the "ClimateGate" affair, releases virtually all remaining temperature data.


Rival US debt plans to be rewritten

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:25 PM PDT

Top Republicans and Democrats go back to the drawing board with their budget plans after nonpartisan analysts said their sums did not add up.


German police search homes in raid on far-right

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:06 PM PDT

STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - Police raided 21 homes and properties linked to suspected right-wing extremists in southern Germany Wednesday, the prosecutor's office in the state capital Stuttgart said.

Iraq Asks Kuwait to Halt Work on Disputed Port

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:10 PM PDT

The Iraqi government asked Kuwait to stop work on the Mubarak Al Kabeer port being built on the northern tip of the Persian Gulf, saying it would block Iraq's access to the sea.


Hernandez hospitalised by injury

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:05 PM PDT

Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez spends Tuesday night in hospital after suffering "mild concussion" on the club's pre-season tour of the United States.


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