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Ukraine coalition collapses, no-confidence vote due

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Kiev, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine’s ruling coalition collapsed on Tuesday as newly elected President Viktor Yanukovich moved to oust Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and consolidate his power. Parliament speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn said leaders of parliamentary factions had met and the coalition partners had failed to submit enough signatures to demonstrate they maintained a majority. Tymoshenko, the... »

Karadzic denies Sarajevo, Srebrenica war crimes

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

The Hague, Netherlands (Reuters) – Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic Tuesday described the two worst atrocities of the 1992-95 Bosnian war as myths perpetuated by Bosnian Muslims and categorically denied his involvement. The 1992-96 Siege of Sarajevo, where 10,000 died in one of the Bosnian conflict’s darkest chapters, was not a siege but the... »

Sri Lanka to call dissolved parliament to extent emergency

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Colombo, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s president Mahinda Rajapaksa will reconvene the island nation’s dissolved parliament on March 9 to extend an emergency law by another month ahead of parliamentary polls in April, officials said on Tuesday. The government has yet to lift the powerful wartime emergency regulations that give it wide powers of... »

Afghan admits NYC bomb plot, al Qaeda training

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Afghan immigrant pleaded guilty on Monday to plotting a suicide bomb attack on New York City subways with al Qaeda training for what would have been the worst attack on the United States since September 11, 2001. U.S. Najibullah Zazi, 25, also admitted in Brooklyn federal court that he had received... »

Some taking swine flu vaccines on their own

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Health Ministry has said that some Maldivians has been importing swine flu vaccines from abroad and using them and has said that it encourages such protective measures. Ahmed Khaleel, Deputy Director-General at National Emergency Operation Center, speaking to Miadhu Daily said that the spread of the disease had been controlled but said that it does... »

Iran strike could destabilize Middle East: Pentagon

Friday, January 8th, 2010

(Reuters) – A strike on Iran could be “very, very destabilizing” and have unintended consequences for the Middle East, the top U.S. military officer said on Thursday, stressing that diplomacy was crucial. Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the U.S. military was prepared for any eventuality in Iran, despite being... »

Indian KKK news cartoon angers Australia police

Friday, January 8th, 2010

(Reuters) – Australian police angrily criticized on Friday a cartoon in an Indian newspaper that depicted them as racist Ku Klux Klan members following the fatal stabbing of an Indian student. A cartoon in the Delhi Mail Today newspaper portrayed a person in a white Ku Klux Klan hood and wearing a Victoria state police... »

Ahead of U.S. peace push, Israel complains about Abbas

Friday, January 8th, 2010

(Reuters) – Israel accused Western-backed Palestinian leaders on Thursday of committing “incitement” by endorsing the honoring of militants involved in deadly attacks. An official in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said complaints had been lodged with the White House and State Department against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayad for the... »

Israel signals tougher terms for prisoner swap talks

Friday, January 8th, 2010

(Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled a tougher stance in talks on a possible prisoner swap with Hamas Islamists involving a captive Israeli soldier, an official in his office said on Thursday. As a German mediator renewed talks between Israel and Hamas after a holiday hiatus, a senior Israeli official said Netanyahu... »