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 BBC News | White House: IAEA visit a 'failure' for Iran BBC News The White House has said it is disappointed that UN nuclear inspectors were barred from a site in Iran, calling the visit a "failure" for Iran. "It's another demonstration of Iran's refusal to abide by its international obligations," said White House ... Iran Defiant as IAEA Talks Break Down Russia warns against 'hasty conclusions' over Iran |
Posted: February 22, 2012, 10:10 pm
 The Associated Press | Chavez surgery throws Venezuela into uncertainty The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez has never been one to share decision-making authority. Now, the voluble socialist strongman and acerbic critic of the US may have no choice but to designate a successor. His announcement that he will go ... New surgery for Venezuela's Chavez throws election scenario into turmoil Chavez surgery rocks Venezuela ahead of election Venezuela's Chavez says his cancer is likely back |
Posted: February 22, 2012, 10:04 pm
 Globe and Mail | Australian Leader Gillard Set for Showdown as Rudd Canvasses BusinessWeek By Jason Scott and Michael Heath Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Julia Gillard staged a political coup in June 2010 to become Australia's prime minister and clung to power two months later, assembling a one-seat majority after the closest election since 1940. Labor's big guns trained on Rudd Australia's Rudd Resigns as Foreign Minister Julia Gillard v Kevin Rudd, part II |
Posted: February 22, 2012, 9:59 pm
 Globe and Mail | Italian Investigators Expand Cruise-Ship Sinking Probe Wall Street Journal By STACY MEICHTRY ROME—Italian prosecutors have placed seven further employees of Costa Crociere SpA, operator of the shipwrecked Concordia cruise ship, under formal investigation in connection with the ship's ill-fated journey, the company and ... Eight more bodies recovered from Costa Concordia - video 8 bodies found on doomed Italian ship; 7 employees investigated Italy: Divers find 8 more bodies in ship wreckage |
Posted: February 22, 2012, 9:47 pm
 Telegraph.co.uk | Somalia: chronicle of failure The Guardian History repeats itself, nowhere more so than in Somalia. As was widely predicted at the time, the Ethiopian intervention in 2006 did little more than galvanise radical Islamism. Clans who had fought each other for years united against the foreign ... After Offensives, Somali Militia Is On Its Heels Ethiopian troops seize important town from al Shabaab Somalia PM: London Conference A 'Game-Changer' |
Posted: February 22, 2012, 9:46 pm
 ABC News | Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn freed after marathon police questioning in French ... Washington Post PARIS — French police released former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Wednesday after nearly 30 hours in custody for questioning about a suspected hotel prostitution ring. Strauss-Kahn, 62, is expected to be summoned again ... Strauss-Kahn freed by police in prostitution inquiry Strauss-Kahn freed after French police questioning Dominique Strauss-Kahn to face further questioning over prostitution ring |
Posted: February 22, 2012, 9:30 pm
 USA TODAY | Several reported killed in second day of Afghan protests over Koran burning Washington Post KABUL — A second day of violent, anti-American protests spread across Afghanistan on Wednesday, as demonstrators seethed over the incineration of a pile of Korans at a NATO air base, and Afghan politicians demanded harsh punishment for the offenders. Quran burning incites deadly riots in Afghanistan US apologises to Karzai for Bagram incident What US Army says about handling the Quran |
Posted: February 22, 2012, 9:30 pm
 CBS News | Syria violence intensifies amid journalist deaths CBS News Syrian rebels are seen in Homs, Syria, in this image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and accessed on Feb. 22, 2012. Remi Ochlik and Marie Colvin are inset at top. (CBS/AP) BEIRUT - Syrian forces intensely shelled the opposition ... Shelling Kills 2 Western Journalists in Syria Remembering Marie Colvin: Your thoughts and memories Syrian opposition warns outside military intervention may be 'only solution ... |
Posted: February 22, 2012, 8:57 pm
 Telegraph.co.uk | Judge promises probe into Argentina train crash that killed 49 Los Angeles Times REPORTING FROM BUENOS AIRES -- An Argentinian federal judge promised to lead an investigation into the causes of a stunning train crash that killed at least 49 people and injured more than 600 Wednesday morning. No official cause of the accident here ... Argentine train slams into station, killing 49 Argentina train crash in Buenos Aires 'kills dozens' Buenos Aires Commuter Train Crash Kills 49, Injures 460 |
Posted: February 22, 2012, 8:49 pm
 USA TODAY | Mubarak to hear verdict in Egypt's 'trial of the century' in June Los Angeles Times REPORTING FROM CAIRO -- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who faces charges in the killings of more than 800 protesters during the revolution last year, will hear his verdict in June. The Cairo criminal court set the date of June 2 to read out ... Egypt's ousted president to get verdict and possible death sentence on June 2 Verdict In Trial Of Egypt's Mubarak Set For June 2 Judge to rule on Mubarak case on June 2 |
Posted: February 22, 2012, 8:09 pm