giovedì 27 dicembre 2012

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Aljazeera: Iraq Sunnis block trade routes in new protest

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 08:39 AM PST

Tens of thousands of protesters gather in Anbar province to denounce allegedly sectarian policies of PM Nouri al-Maliki.

Aljazeera: Egypt's Morsi admits mistakes and urges unity

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 10:24 AM PST

President also promises to take necessary steps to fix economy, as Shura Council convenes with full legislative powers.

Aljazeera: S Africa's Mandela discharged from hospital

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 01:15 PM PST

Anti-apartheid leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate will have home-based care after three weeks in hospital.

Financial Times: Abe turns back clock to stimulate economy

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 01:35 AM PST

Japan's new prime minister's plans to beat deflation and renew economic growth through debt-funded spending echo the investment sprees of the 1990s

Aljazeera: Cambodia 'scapegoats' jailed for union murder

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:25 AM PST

Rights groups condemn the ruling, saying that authorities failed to bring the real killers of union leader to justice.

Financial Times: War looters threaten Syria’s heritage

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:25 AM PST

Smuggling of antiquities accelerates as the sales potential of country's artefacts spreads worldwide and offers many citizens the chance to eat

Financial Times: Crisis takes toll on Greeks’ mental health

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:39 AM PST

Figures show number of suicides has increased 37% in two years as economic uncertainty and five years of recession place psychological strain on population

Financial Times: Toshiba eyes sale of atomic power stake

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:09 AM PST

The Japanese conglomerate says that it is in talks with 'several' parties over the Westinghouse unit and asserts it wants to retain a majority share

Huffington Post: Maryland Live!, State's Largest Casino, Offers 24/7 Gambling

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:33 AM PST

HANOVER, Md. -- Maryland's largest casino will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Maryland Live! at Arundel Mills Mall unlocked its doors for the last time on Thursday morning.


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Huffington Post: Marco Rubio: Hillary Clinton Should Testify On Benghazi, 'Explain Why Her Department Failed'

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:34 AM PST

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should testify on Capitol Hill regarding the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya on the anniversary of Sept. 11 earlier this year that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens.

"Last month, while on a trip to Peru, Secretary Clinton said she that she took full responsibility for the events in Benghazi. I take her at her word," Rubio wrote in an op-ed on Fox News. "As the nation's top diplomat, she should therefore appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in both open and classified hearings."

Clinton had been scheduled to testify before Congress earlier this month, but after she came down with a stomach bug and eventually fainted and suffered a concussion, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, insisted that Clinton's aides take her place.


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Huffington Post: ‘The Whole Nine Yards’

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:35 AM PST

When people talk about "the whole nine yards," just what are they talking about?


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Huffington Post: Dockworkers Strike Could Shut Down East Coast Ports, Paralyze Business

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:36 AM PST

Anyone who has seen "On the Waterfront" knows East Coast longshoremen can be a tough bunch.

The dockworkers are flexing their muscles again, threatening a strike beginning Sunday that would shut seaports from Massachusetts to Texas. It would be the first such coastwide strike since a two-month walkout in 1977 paralyzed the flow of tens of billions of dollars of imports — and the nation's retailers and other businesses fear a painful replay if the 14,500 dockworkers make good on their threats.


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