Will India's poor remain hungry? Al Jazeera | - As India's proposed new Food Security Act hovers in political limbo, the nation remains hungry. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made headlines in early January when he labelled the fact that 44 per cent of children less than five years old were underweight and 65 children die each day of malnutrit...
EU ministers press Greece for budget cuts Al Jazeera | Eurozone finance ministers have pressed Greece to prepare new budget cuts and conclude negotiations with bank creditors on a massive debt writedown within days to avoid a damaging default. | The ministers called on Greece and its EU-IMF auditors "to agree the key parameters of an ambitious adjustm...
New resolution seeks backing for Syria plan Khaleej Times UNITED NATIONS ' European and Arab nations on Friday called on the UN Security Council to back an Arab League plan on the Syria crisis under which President Bashar Al Assad would have to stand down. | Morocco presented a draft resolution to the 15-na...
Tiger Turkey at the crossroads The Independent | "Look at Greece – it was inside the European Union and they're going bankrupt." Osman, a middle-aged estate agent, adds that "when you compare Turkey today with Turkey 20 years ago, everything has got better." | Not everybody ...
As Nations Line Up Against Syrian Government, Russia Sides Firmly With Assad The New York Times | MOSCOW — There are not many world capitals today where President Bashar al-Assad of Syria can count on unstinting support. But diplomats who passed through Moscow this week hoping to secure Russia’s help in forcing him from power were m...
Twitter faces user backlash over move to censor messages The Independent | The revelation has sparked criticism that the site is departing from its free-speech principles as its looks for ways to raise its global footprint and profits. | In an online statement, the San Francisco-based company told users it could now "...
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Protests Shake Libya’s Interim Government The New York Times | Libya’s postwar transitional government faced a political crisis on Sunday after protesters ransacked its offices in Benghazi, forcing one top leader to resign and another ...
Yemeni president says he will travel to US Austin American Statesman | SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said Sunday he will travel to Washington for medical treatment and he asked Yemenis for forgiveness, saying it is time to...
Many drown in Iran boat accident Al Jazeera | At least 16 people have died after a passenger boat sank off Iran's southern coast, the official IRNA news agency has reported. | The boat sank on Saturday evening whil...
Libya grappling with discontent Gulf News | The perceived inability of Libya's transitional government to address serious economic and security problems is causing a groundswell of discontent that threatens national stability, officials and diplomats warn. | Buoyed by the defeat of Muammar G...
Turkey's recurring nightmares Gulf News | One recent night in Ankara Turkey's foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, woke up drenched in sweat. "I had a nightmare about a crisis in Libya," he recalls, speaking on his way to Brussels. "The real crisis was in Syria, though, and I ...
UN Security Council discusses Syrian crisis Austin American Statesman | UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council on Friday was discussing an Arab League-backed plan to respond to the crisis in Syria, diplomats said as they headed into the closed-door consultations. | French Ambassador Gerard Araud said council ...
Doctors Without Borders halts work in Misrata Zeenews Benghazi: Doctors Without Borders has suspended its work in prisons in the Libyan city of Misrata because it said torture was so rampant that some detainees were brought for care only to make them fit for further interrogation, the group said on Thursday. | The announcement was compounded by a statement from Amnesty International saying it has reco...
How an embargo of Iranian oil could affect markets The Boston Globe | NEW YORK-The U.S. and Europe are trying to stop Iran, the world's third-biggest oil exporter, from selling crude. Iran's response is to threaten to disrupt shipments from the entire Middle East. | Yet oil prices have hardly budged. They're at $98.95, up just 12 cents since the start of year. | Just a year ago, uprisings in far less important oil-...
