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Libyas democratic transition can benefit from national political dialogue says UN envoy
18 June 2013 150 Managing Libya's democratic transition is bound to be difficult given the legacy of decades of brutal rule, a senior United Nations envoy told the Security Council today, adding that the country could benefit from a national political dialogue on the way forward. "The political and security challenges that now face the country may well be the legacy of decades of ...
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Mali UN officials welcome accord between Government and Tuareg rebels
18 June 2013 150 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the signing of an agreement between the Government of Mali and Tuareg rebels, providing for an immediate ceasefire and paving the way for country-wide presidential elections set for next month. In a statement issued by a spokesperson in New York, the UN chief welcomes the accord reached between the Malian ...
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US Names New Envoy to Africas Great Lakes
Former Senator Russell Feingold has been named the U.S. special envoy to Africa's troubled Great Lakes region. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who announced the appointment Tuesday, said Feingold will work closely with U.N. envoy Mary Robinson to advance a U.N. framework for peace in the region. The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has endured years of conflict and ...
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More Russian Oil Flows to China in Shift From Europe
MOSCOW Russia is steeply ramping up oil deliveries to China, with Asia now importing almost a fifth of oil exports from the world's largest crude producer in a strategic shift meant by the Kremlin to end reliance on weak and saturated European markets. Russia will increase oil supplies to China by 13 percent in July-September from the previous three months, a shipping schedule obtained ...
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Kenyas Deputy Leader to Appear during ICC Trial
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled that Kenya's deputy president, William Ruto, must attend key segments of his trial on charges of crimes against humanity scheduled to begin in September, according to a court spokesman. Ruto and Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta face similar charges before the court in connection with their alleged role in the country's 2007-2008 post-election ...
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World Leaders Get Clique-y Leave G8 Summit with Matching Mulberry Bags
This week, world leaders got together in Northern Ireland to address such pressing global issues as trade, mounting pressure for a Syrian peace conference, and ...
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PRI’s The World 06192013
Wednesday on The World: NSA surveillance programs may be a surprise to the Americans but European intelligence agencies have known about them and made use of the intelligence for years. Also, the debate over drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants. And, how to ...
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Should Brazil Be Concerned About Terrorism at the Olympics World Cup
The Rio Operations Center has more than 400 cameras watching the city. Built to monitor traffic and weather, it will offer security help for the Olympics and World Cup. (Photo: Jason ...
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World Dolce and Gabbana sentenced to jail for tax evasion
Gabbana have not commented on their sentences, which have been suspended pending their appeal. The investigation by the Italian authorities began around six years ago as part of a government plan to crack down on tax avoidance. At the hearing on Wednesday, the judge ruled that the designers moved their brand to a Luxembourg-based holding company Gado - an anagram of their two surnames - in 2004. ...
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World New clashes in Brazils before football game
The government said earlier it would deploy forces to five cities. The unrest was sparked by Sao Paulo's transport price hikes but it has now grown into broader discontent over poor public services and corruption. At least 30,000 people took part in the protest rally in Fortaleza on the main road leading to the stadium. Clashes erupted when the march was stopped by police. Some ...
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Movies World War Z finds sinister grandeur on a global scale
Brad Pitt, shown with Abigail Hargrove and Mireille Enos, plays a former U.N. troubleshooter who will do anything to save his family from zombies in “World War ...
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Syrian exiles get taste of home Beloved ice cream
Syrian refugee worker, Mohammed Ali, 25, from Yalda, Damascus, organizes ice cream cups, at the Bakdash ice cream store, in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. For Syrians, no visit to Damascus' Old City is complete without a stop at a more than century-old ice cream parlor in its main souq where you can watch them make their distinctive desert by pounding it into shape with giant ...
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Syria infiltrators Jordan military clash 1 dead
ZAIN, Jordan -; Jordan's military says infiltrators from Syria have clashed with Jordanian soldiers near the border. One infiltrator was killed and two ...
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World Bank poverty climate linked
The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a "climate lens." In a report released Wednesday, the international lending institution warned that heat waves, rising seas, more severe storms and other impacts of climate change will trap millions of people in poverty. As a result, the Washington-based bank said it is ...
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European Commission fines drug companies for delaying generics
drug manufacturers , including Denmark’s Lundbeck, Germany’s Merck, Ranbaxy Laboratories, Arrow Group and Zoetis Products, for colluding to keep a generic drug off the market. Officials for the commission, the European Union’s anti-trust regulator, claim that the companies agreed not to introduce generic versions of Lundbeck’s antidepressant citalopram when its basic ...
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Chinese Billionaire Jianlin Buys Sunseeker International Yachts
Wang Jianlin , has himself a case of James Bond lifestyle envy. So much so that he deployed 320 million pounds ($495 million) for a controlling stake in Sunseeker International, maker of the Sunseeker yachts seen in James ...
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The Worlds Best New Universities 2013
The World's Best New Universities 2013 Of these top new universities, only eight are in the U.S. The U.K. has a stronger showing, with 20 schools, but Baty says the greatest growth is coming from Asia. "We've seen incredible progress in South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and to a certain extent Taiwan, where they've managed to build universities that are already doing really ...
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Members of International Sports Gambling Ring Charged with Racketeering and Extortion
Eighteen members of a violent gambling ring located principally in California and Peru have been charged in an indictment unsealed today with operating "Macho Sports"-an illegal Internet and telephone gambling business. Participants in the scheme were accused of taking millions of dollars in illegal sports wagers over the last decade in the San Diego and Los Angeles areas. Earlier ...
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The Post-PC world is too slow for me
I use AVG AntiVirus Free to keep my PC clear of infections. Every so often the software pops up a little message warning me when one of my browsers is consuming too much memory, giving me the chance to restart the greedy program and free up resources. Just now it popped up a message telling me Firefox is using 1GB of RAM. Five minutes before that it notified me that Chrome, which I'm also ...
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Obama urges bold nuclear cuts in Berlin speech
View Photo Associated Press/Michael Kappeler,Pool - US President Barack Obama, left, waves to invited guests next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel . right, in front of Brandenburg Gate at Pariser Platz in Berlin, ...
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Militants storm UN compound in Somalia 20 killed
View Photo Associated Press/Farah Abdi Warsameh - African Union peacekeepers and unidentified foreigners stand outside the main U.N. compound, following an attack on it in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, June 19, ...
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Obesity now recognized as a disease
In order to fight what it described as an "obesity epidemic," the American Medical Association has voted to recognize obesity as a disease and recommended a number of measures to fight it. The association voted on the measure Tuesday at its annual meeting in Chicago. The AMA noted that obesity rates in the United States have "doubled among adults in the last 20 years and tripled ...
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Worlds wealthy richer than ever
The investable wealth of the world's richest people reached a record high of $46.2 trillion US in 2012, a report by RBC Wealth Management and the consulting firm Capgemini has found. The ...
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Brazil Inflation Erodes Rousseffs Popularity Poll
BRASILIA -- Growing discontent over rising prices in Brazil has dragged down President Dilma Rousseff's approval rating from record highs, pollsters said on Wednesday, adding that her popularity could deteriorate further if inflation is not ...
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Letters International intervention in Syria
Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a press conference at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland where leaders called for a peace conference on Syria to be held. Photograph: Matt Cardy/AFP/Getty ...
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