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Guatemala resumes flood rescue work Rescue efforts have resumed in flood-stricken Guatemala, while forecasters predict more rain which officials say may hamper search and rescue operations. A brief window of good weather on Monday allowed the search for victims and surviors of the worst flooding the country has seen in 60 years. At least 44 people have been killed, and 16 others were still missing after a series of landslides, mudslides and wall collapses that followed weeks of heavy rain in the impoverished and mountainous Central American nation. There are "43,043 people at risk, 11,495 have been evacuated, 9,160 are in shelters and 56 people have been injured," according to a statement... Click here for more details. |
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Greek finance minister survives cabinet reshuffle Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has reshuffled his cabinet but left the key post of finance minister unchanged. Analysts say the changes are intended to boost economic and social policy areas... Click here for more details. |
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Obama in Infrastructure Push By GARY FIELDS President Barack Obama proposed spending $50 billion next year on highways, airport and railway construction, the latest attempt to boost the economy, although the White House message on the speed of the impact was mixed and the plan ran into immediate opposition from Republican lawmakers. European Pressphoto Agency President Barack Obama on Monday after speaking in Milwaukee about his plan for construction spending. Republicans condemned the proposal. More Full text of Obama's Speech at Labor Rally Obama to Link Tax Plan, Hiring Political Wisdom: Labor Day Politics More: Capital Journal | Washington Wire Obama Vows to Help 'Great American Middle Class' Economists Grapple Over... Click here for more details. |
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Election-weary Australians promised a new government Sydney - Australians should know Tuesday whether Julia Gillard's Labor or Tony Abbott's conservatives will form a government, breaking a 17-day logjam that built up behind the inconclusive August 21 parliamentary election. The three independents are expected to declare their support for either Gillard, who already commands 74 seats in the 150-member assembly, or Abbott, who has one fewer and so would need all three independents to get the 76-seat majority needed to form a government. After 17 days of bargaining,... Click here for more details. |
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Climate shifts 'not to blame' for African civil wars By Mark Kinver Science and environment reporter, BBC News Continue reading the main story The Darfur conflict in Sudan was linked to climate shifts Climate 'drives African conflict' Climate change is not responsible for civil wars in Africa, a study suggests. It challenges previous assumptions that environmental disasters, such as drought and prolonged heat waves, had played a part in triggering unrest. Instead, it says, traditional factors - such as poverty and social tensions - were often the main factors behind the outbreak of conflicts. The findings have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in the United States. "Climate variability in Africa does... Click here for more details. |
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South Africa Unions' Strike Suspended PRETORIA, South Africa — South Africa’s trade unions Monday suspended a three-week-old strike by hundreds of thousands of government workers that had shuttered schools and hamstrung ambitious new efforts to expand urgently needed medical services in the region’s richest but most inequitable economy. As rowdy striking teachers chanted just outside A news conference, labor leaders here said they had not yet accepted the government’s offer, but would consult their members over the coming weeks and continue negotiating. The government has proposed a 7.5 percent pay raise that is double the rate of inflation, but short of the 8.6 percent unions had demanded. “We are... Click here for more details. |
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Iran boosts nuclear work, bomb fears remain - IAEA report VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pushing ahead with its atomic work in defiance of tougher sanctions and the UN nuclear watchdog is concerned about Teh-ran's objections to some of its inspectors, an IAEA report shows. The confidential report, obtained by Reuters on Monday, also says the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) remains concerned about possible activity in the Islamic Republic to develop a nuclear payload for a missile. It calls on Iran, which denies accusations it is seeking to build nuclear... Click here for more details. |
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Spain demands permanent disarming of ETA By Agence France Presse (AFP) Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - Powered by --> Katell Abiven Agence France Presse MADRID: Spain united Monday in attacking a ceasefire by Basque fighters ETA as totally inadequate and demanding it renounce guns and bombs forever in its battle for an independent homeland. The government, opposition, and media reacted in unison with deep skepticism to Sunday’s video declaration of a ceasefire Sunday in the... Click here for more details. |
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Sarkozy faces mass protests against pension reform By Agence France Presse (AFP) Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - Powered by --> Rory Mulholland Agence France Presse PARIS: Strikes broke out Monday on the eve of a national stoppage called by French trade unions opposed to President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to raise the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62. Secondary school teachers’ unions told their members not to report for work to protest against the slashing of 7,000 jobs in the sector and other education reform plans by the government. Primary as well as secondary teachers and university staff were also due to join protests on Tuesday that unions said would... Click here for more details. |
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Pakistan races to protect two towns from surging floods KARACHI: Pakistani authorities were on Monday racing to protect two southern towns and their 360,000 residents from surging floods, as the nation struggles to cope with its worst natural disaster in living memory. A month and a half after monsoons caused devastating floods throughout the country, submerging an area the size of England, eight million people remain dependent on handouts for their survival, which many say are too slow coming. Advancing floodwaters continue to threaten towns in Sindh province, where 19 of its 23 districts have been... Click here for more details. |
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Burning Koran angers Afghans Kabul - Several hundred Afghans chanting "Death to America" rallied outside a mosque in the Afghan capital on Monday to protest against an American church's plan to burn a copy of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The protesters, mostly students from religious schools, gathered outside Kabul's Milad ul-Nabi mosque to condemn plans by the Gainesville,... Click here for more details. |
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Russia boosts military cooperation with Israel MOSCOW ' The defence ministers of Russia and Israel on Monday signed an agreement on military cooperation, hailing the unity between Moscow and the Jewish state. 'We have signed a long-term agreement on military cooperation,' said Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov after the meeting with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak, quoted by Russian news agencies. 'We have discussed issues... Click here for more details. |
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Aftershocks rattle quake-hit New Zealand city Wellington, September 06: Aftershocks rocked New Zealand's second-biggest city on Monday causing further damage and forcing authorities to extend a state of emergency after the country's most damaging earthquake in 80 years. More than 20 aftershocks, the strongest with a magnitude of 4.8, were felt through Monday, sending already loose masonry and bricks in damaged buildings crashing into the streets. However, despite early estimates of a NZD 2 billion (USD 1.4 billion) repair bill, financial markets were little affected... Click here for more details. |
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19 killed in suicide bombing in Pakistan PAKISTAN: A suicide bomber rammed his car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday killing at least 19 people, police said, in a new wave of attacks by al-Qaida and Taliban-linked militants. The recent bombings ended a relative lull in militant violence over the past month, which has seen the... Click here for more details. |
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Germany to extend life of nuclear reactors BERLIN ' Germany said it would extend the life of its nuclear reactors by 12 years on average on Monday after marathon talks on the controversial issue that will shape the energy policy of Europe's top economy. The decision came after 12 hours of talks between senior politicians and means that some of the 17 plants will now be operational until the 2030s. The lives of older plants will be extended by eight years and those of newer ones by 14 years, Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen said. He said nuclear utilities would have to pay part of their extra profits boosted from the... Click here for more details. |
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Moldova referendum scuttled A referendum aimed at breaking a political stalemate in Moldova, which has left the country leaderless, has failed following a low voter turnout, electoral officials have said. Iurie Ciocan, the Central Election Commission secretary, said on Sunay turnout stood at 29.67 per cent, with final figures yet to come in only from a small breakaway territory and from Moldovans working in the West. Although the final results have yet to come in, Moldovan leaders acknowledged that the referendum is unlikely to reach the one-third threshold required for the ballot to be declared valid. Vlad Filat, the Moldovan prime minister, said the electorate "appears to have been less active than we had hoped" "It... Click here for more details. |
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Eta ceasefire seen by Spanish government as 'insufficient' JANE WALKER in Madrid and GERRY MORIARTY Northern Editor SPANISH PRIME minister Jos� Luis Rodr�guez Zapatero was last night said to be "disappointed and deeply sceptical" after the Basque separatist group Eta announced a ceasefire. There was a mood of dismay in Spain as politicians studied the announcement. The group said it was prepared "to start the democratic process" leading to an independent Basque nation. The statement did not say the ceasefire was permanent or make any mention of laying down arms, a prerequisite the government has demanded before it will enter negotiations. Although Mr... Click here for more details. |
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Vatican: stoning in Iran adultery case 'brutal' Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by his secretary Georg Gaenswein, right, blesses... VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican raised the possibility Sunday of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to save the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery. In its first public statement on the case, which has attracted worldwide attention, the Vatican decried stoning as a particularly brutal form of capital punishment. Vatican spokesman... Click here for more details. |
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Guatemala declares 'national tragedy' as several killed in landslides GUATEMALA CITY: Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared a "national tragedy" on Sunday after landslides killed at least 36 people and left rescuers digging in the mud for dozens still missing. Colom declared a state of emergency as fears grew the eventual toll from scores of landslides across the country set off by weeks of torrential rain could be far higher. "It's a national tragedy," Colom said as he visited a site where up to 40 people were feared to have been buried alive in a... Click here for more details. |
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Israel pounds Gaza tunnels as peace talks hit snares Lieberman rules out settlement freeze, sees negotations ‘failing’ Compiled by Daily Star staff Monday, September 06, 2010 - Powered by --> Israeli Army aircraft bombed three Gaza tunnels, killing two Palestinians and wounding a third, Hamas security officials said on Sunday, as two more Palestinians were missing following the late Saturday airstrikes, which the Israeli military said was in retaliation for Hamas shooting attacks. The officials identified all five men as smugglers working in one of the many tunnels used to ferry goods under the Gaza-Egypt border. They spoke on condition of anonymity because authorities had not officially released the information. The Israeli military said... Click here for more details. |
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