Bangladesh Finance Minister A.M.A. Muhith on Sunday accused the Nobel Peace Prize winner and microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus of waging a "harmful campaign" against the country. Bring on Rio! Britain brings curtain down on glorious games with rocking pop extravaganza
LONDON – A fun, festive and fast-moving Olympic closing ceremony got off to a rocking start Sunday with a shout-out to Winston Churchill and a celebration of the Union Jack.
Factbox - London as Olympics host as Games draw to close
(Reuters) – London’s third Olympics comes to an end on Sunday. Here is a look at the three competitions staged by London – the only city to host the Summer Games three times. 1908: — The Games were awarded to London at short notice when the Italian government decided it could not afford to host them following a volcanic eruption on Mount Vesuvius in 1906. — They lasted nearly six months after starting on April 27, 1908 and ending on October 21, 1908. …
Twenty golden moments of the 2012 Games
LONDON (Reuters) – The London Olympics were packed with sporting highlights, personal dramas and emotional highs and lows. Here are 20 golden moments from the Games. – - – - Michael Phelps bows out with a record medal haul With a lop-sided smile of satisfaction, the greatest of swimmers and possibly the greatest Olympian of all time, said farewell with one last immense performance for the U.S. relay team in the men’s 4x100m medley. Final tally: 18 career golds, 22 medals. He had done everything he set out to achieve. The world of swimming has lost a titan of the pool. …
Factbox - Olympics-Memorable quotes from the London Olympics
(Reuters) – Following are some of the fun and memorable quotes from the London Olympics: “It’s what I came here to do, I’m now a legend.” – Jamaica’s Usain Bolt permits the world to proclaim him a sporting legend after becoming the first man to retain the 100- and 200 metres titles. “There was no pressure. You should play in my country, then you will see pressure. They throw bricks at you.” – Croatia’s Ivano Balic reacts after his side’s handball semi-final defeat by France. “It’s hard to put it into words in English, it’s even harder in Swedish!” – Pia Sundhage, the Sweden-born coach of the …
Suu Kyi meets Myanmar president
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi held talks with the country's president on Sunday in their first official meeting since she took up her role as a member of parliament. Singalong kicks off closing ceremony
The London 2012 closing ceremony kicked off with a typically British mass singalong Sunday to bring the curtain down on an Olympic Games that have retained the feelgood factor throughout. From Morris dancing to Girl Power: The Olympic closing ceremony decoded
LONDON – The closing ceremony of the Olympics will be a global party, with a distinctively British flavour. Organizers say it will be “a celebration of all that’s good about London, British people, our music and our culture.”
Kuwait opposition attacks plan to change election law
DUBAI (Reuters) – The Kuwaiti government's efforts to change the electoral law before a vote expected this year amount to a "coup", opposition politicians said on Sunday, calling for political reform and full parliamentary democracy. Kuwait, an OPEC member and U.S. ally in the Gulf, has been gripped by a political crisis that has hindered much-needed economic reforms. The crisis revolves around a row between the elected parliament and the appointed government led by Al Sabah ruling family. … Two killed at Lonmin South Africa mine in union clash
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Two security guards were hacked to death at a South African mine operated by the world’s number three platinum producer Lonmin on Sunday in new violence between rival unions, company officials said. Lonmin officials said the clashes were between the dominant National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the upstart Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU). Their turf war for members shut the world’s largest platinum mine run by Impala Platinum for 6 weeks earlier this year. …
Egypt's President Morsi fires senior general Tantawi, asserting his power - Christian Science Monitor
The expected showdown between Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and the military establishment that has consistently maneuvered to preserve its own power and privilege arrived today, far sooner than almost everyone expected. President Morsi, from the … 
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