Texas shooting began with eviction notice - Christian Science Monitor
Defense community unfazed by Cairo shake-up - Jerusalem Post
By YAAKOV LAPPIN Official: Egyptian army remains dependent on US aid; security officials see no sudden deterioration on the southern border. The sudden ouster of top defense chiefs by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy caught the Israeli defense … New campaigner Ryan under fire from hecklers and Obama - Reuters
Egypt president's firing of generals seen as 'soft coup' - Los Angeles Times
CAIRO -- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's firing of the nation's top generals was interpreted by analysts Monday as a politically engineered strategy to significantly broaden his powers as economic and political pressures mount in a country that still … Strong quake jolts northern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
TOKYO (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 hit northern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The epicenter of the quake was off the coast of Hokkaido in the Sea of Okhotsk, the agency said, adding that no tsunami warning had been issued. The quake was rated 3 on the Japanese seismic scale of 1-7. There were no reports of immediate damage. (Reporting by Shinichi Saoshiro; Editing by Michael Watson)
Syria to be suspended from OIC - Xinhua
BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhuanet) — Foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) proposed Monday at a meeting in Saudi Arabia to suspend Syria from the body for its violent crackdown on a 17-month revolt against President Bashar … Japan's Isuzu plans China, India truck plants
Japan's Isuzu Motors will spend 30 billion yen ($382 million) to build new factories in China and India to tap rising demand for pickup trucks in the fast-growing markets, a report said on Tuesday. Offshore processing within a month: PM - The Daily Telegraph
AUSTRALIA could be sending asylum seekers to Nauru and Papua New Guinea within a month, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says. The long-running asylum seeker policy deadlock appears likely to be broken after the government agreed to an expert panel's … Syria: Some in opposition fear rebels miscalculated in Aleppo - Los Angeles Times
Time still left for diplomacy with Iran: US - Hindustan Times
Days after tightening the noose of international sanctions against Tehran, the Obama Administration has said there is still time and space left for diplomacy with Iran over its nuclear programme. "We regret that Iran has not yet made a strategic … Confusion Over How to Aid Iran Quake Victims - New York Times
The deadly double earthquakes in Iran over the weekend, the first natural disaster there since the United States imposed onerous financial sanctions on that country because of its disputed nuclear program, have raised worries among Iranian-Americans … In Norway, Panel Lists Police Faults in Massacre - New York Times
STAVANGER, Norway -- An independent inquest into the mass killings in Norway last summer by a fanatical anti-Muslim extremist sharply rebuked the country's police and intelligence services Monday, saying they could have averted or at least disrupted his … Deep magnitude 7.5 quake off Russia, north of Japan
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck off the eastern Russian coast to the north of Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued by Japanese authorities. The quake was measured very deep at around 580 km (360 miles) below the earth’s surface. Japanese television said the quake was measured at 7.3. (Reporting by Paul Tait; Editing by Ed Davies)
Powerful uncle of North Korea leader in China to talk business
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's uncle — the man seen as the power behind the young and untested dictator — went to Beijing on Monday in the latest signal that the reclusive state is looking seriously at ways to revive its broken economy. The official KCNA news agency said Jang Song-thaek was visiting China, the North's only major ally, to discuss setting up joint commercial projects. The news comes after leader Kim recently told Beijing that his priority is to develop his impoverished country's decaying economy. In Washington, a senior U.S. … 
No comments:
Post a Comment