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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Egypt police on alert after Israeli embassy attack (AP)

Egypt police on alert after Israeli embassy attack (AP)


Egypt police on alert after Israeli embassy attack (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 11:13 PM PDT

An elderly man runs past flaming vehicles outside the building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. A group of about 30 protesters broke into the embassy Friday and dumped hundreds of documents out of the windows after a day of demonstrations outside the building in which crowds swinging sledge hammers and using their bare hands tore apart the embassy's security wall. (AP Photo)AP - Egypt put its police force on a state of alert after a night of violence during which angry protesters broke into the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, tearing down a cement barrier around the building and dumping documents out of the windows.



Activists seek release of giant Philippine croc (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 11:14 PM PDT

AP - Animal rights activists are urging Philippine authorities to return a captured giant crocodile back to the wild. The mayor of the town where it was caught refuses, saying it poses a threat to his constituents.


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.


Nadal beats Roddick to reach US Open semis

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 10:21 PM PDT

Defending champion breaks Andy Roddick six times to move on to semi-finals, where he will play Britain's Andy Murray.


China August trade surplus dips as exports off peak (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 09:50 PM PDT

Reuters - China's trade surplus fell sharply in August as exports pulled back from a record high and imports jumped, indicating the world's second-largest economy is feeling the pinch from weaker global growth while domestic demand remains resilient.


Modern Central Banking and the BOJ

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 09:37 PM PDT

BOJ seems to have begun to gun the monetary engine. The reasons are obvious: to combat the super-high yen, to counteract 3.11 disaster-related contraction, to respond to global, particularly European, financial market instability. But caution is required.


Ping An Once Again Tops CEIBS List Of China's Private Firms; New Era Seen

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 09:29 PM PDT

Ping An Insurance, partly owned by HSBC, once again topped a list of China's top 100 private-sector companies released by the Shanghai-based China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). The report aims to give a glimpse into the performance of non-state-owned companies in China.?? Since the end of its Maoist??days more than three decades ago, China ...


VIDEO: Cairo's Israeli embassy attacked

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 08:57 PM PDT

Protesters have broken into the building housing Israel's embassy in Egypt's capital, Cairo, entering consular offices, officials said.


Emerging-Market Currencies Join Global Selloff

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 07:03 PM PDT

After rallying for much of this year, emerging-market currencies have joined the selloff in financial markets. Fears have grown that the euro-zone's debt crisis could reverberate through the global economy and hurt even the fastest growing countries.


VIDEO: Cairo's Israeli embassy attacked

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 08:57 PM PDT

Protesters have broken into the building housing Israel's embassy in Egypt's capital, Cairo, entering consular offices, officials said.


Lindsay Lohan, NBA Athlete Chris Bosh And The Kate Middleton Effect At Day 2 of New York Fashion Week

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 08:37 PM PDT

Peter Som started day two of the spring 2012 collections on a bright and blooming note. The designer showed dresses, pants and swimsuits with oversized roses???clothes that easily called to mind the collection of Raf Simons for Jil Sander just this past spring. Som's pieces, however, are more abstracted and in shapes that would suit ...


Will Deeper Payroll Tax Cuts Get America Hiring Again?

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 08:32 PM PDT

Will Obama's American Jobs Act work this time?


Analysis: With us or against us? A decade on, Pakistan wavering (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 08:46 PM PDT

The World Trade Center construction site is reflected in a shop window in New York September 9, 2011. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - 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."



Afghan official: talks on track for longterm pact (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 08:36 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2007 file photo, Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan National Security Adviser Rangin Spanta says the U.S. and Afghanistan are narrowing their differences over how the two countries will cooperate after U.S. combat forces leave by 2015.  (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)AP - A senior Afghan official predicted Friday that the United States and Afghanistan will soon sign a broad deal for U.S. use of Afghan soil for counter-terrorism missions and U.S. obligations to the fledgling democracy it has sponsored since toppling the Taliban regime in Afghanistan weeks after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.



Gadhafi's Ouster Is Italian Town's Loss

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 08:28 PM PDT

A small Italian town which had planned the construction of a lavish spa thanks to the deep pockets of Moammar Gadhafi provides a window into the vast economic ties between Italy and its former colony.


Berlusconi Faces New Storm

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 06:48 PM PDT

Berlusconi came under fire on Friday after a magazine published a wiretapped conversation that it said showed the premier advised an associate facing a criminal investigation in Italy to remain outside the country.


Canada Suffers Surprise Job Losses

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 06:49 PM PDT

The Canadian economy shed jobs in August, pushing up the unemployment rate to 7.3% from 7.2%, Statistics Canada said Friday, in a sign Canada's job-creating machine has stalled.


G-7 Torn Between Stimulus, Cuts

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 06:44 PM PDT

Officials from the world's leading advanced economies papered over divisions among themselves as they sought to assure skeptical investors and voters that they had solutions to economic woes on both sides of the Atlantic.


Oil Found Near French Guiana

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 03:49 PM PDT

Tullow Oil and Shell said they have opened up a new hydrocarbon basin off the coast of French Guiana, with the discovery of a good-quality oil reservoir from their first wildcat well.


Stark Walked a Fine Line

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 07:12 PM PDT

In his five years on the European Central Bank's executive board, Jürgen Stark enjoyed playing the role as the enforcer of the German Bundesbank's culture of fiscal stability at the ECB.