ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s interior minister said Friday that the government will suspendcellphoneservice in most parts of the country over the next two days to prevent attacks against Shiite Muslims during a key religious commemoration.
Athletics-Interest in Australia "through the roof", says Pearson
BARCELONA, Nov 23 (Reuters) – The number of young Australians taking up athletics has “gone through the roof” since her Olympic gold at the London Games in August, 100 metres hurdler Sally Pearson said on Friday. Pearson, who is also the world champion, said helping to encourage youngsters to take up a sport that is often overshadowed by cricket, rugby and Australian Rules Football was part of her motivation. …
Egypt's Mursi called "pharaoh" for seizing new powers
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's decree exempting all his decisions from legal challenge unt il a new parliament was elected caused fury amongst his opponents on Friday who accused him of being the new Hosni Mubarak and hijacking the revolution. Mursi's aides said the decree was to speed up a protracted transition that has been hindered by legal obstacles but Mursi's rivals were quick to condemn him as a new autocratic pharaoh who wanted to impose his Islamist vision on Egypt. … President's backers, rivals clash in Egypt
Clashes have erupted between pro-democracy protesters and supporters of President Mohammed Morsi in three Egyptian cities after the Islamist leader assumed sweeping new powers. 1 killed, 19 wounded in Israeli gunfire near Gaza
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded 19 people as crowds surged toward Gaza's border fence with Israel on Friday, a health official said, the first violence since a truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers took hold a day before. Exclusive: BP to restructure oil production unit - sources
LONDON (Reuters) – BP is planning to announce a reorganization of its oil and gas production operations, three sources familiar with the matter said, the second significant restructur ing of its main cash generator since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The latest changes will undo some of the measures Chief Executive Bob Dudley imposed in 2010 and are partly intended to free him up from close oversight of day-to-day operations so he can help chart BP's recovery from the disaster which killed 11 men and spilled 5 million barrels of crude into the sea. … Afghan suicide attack kills 2, wounds 60
A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives Friday in eastern Afghanistan, killing two civilians and wounding more than 60 people, including Afghan and NATO troops, officials said. Autonomy founder says HP allegations don't add up
LONDON (Reuters) – Mike Lynch, mathematics whiz and former boss of Autonomy, said he can't see how accusations leveled by Hewlett-Packard Co of dodgy account ing add up to a $5 billion writedown on the software business he sold them last year. HP said on Tuesday it would write $8.8 billion off its $11.1 billion purchase of the British company, $5 billion of it due to "serious accounting improprieties" and "a wilful effort by Autonomy to mislead shareholders" revealed by a whistleblower and a forensic audit by accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers. … Shoppers go to stores earlier on Black Friday; Others wait it out to try to avoid crowds
American shoppers fall into two distinct groups when it comes to Black Friday this year: those who wanted to fall into a turkey-induced slumber after the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and those who’d rather shop instead.
Son of slain Kenyan cleric denies grenade plot charge
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – A son of the slain Muslim cleric whose killing touched off days of riots in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa has denied court charges he plotted to blow up two police stations at the coastal tourist haven. Khubeib Aboud Rogo and four others were accused of planning to use grenades to attack Mombasa’s main police station in the central business district, and another along a busy highway. Rogo’s co-accused also denied the charges at a hearing late on Thursday. The five will remain in custody until a court ruling on their bail application on December 3. …
Russia to lift ban on imports of British beef, lamb
LONDON (Reuters) – Russia is set to lift a ban on imports of British beef and lamb imposed in 1996 following an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease, Britain’s farm ministry said on Friday. Britain’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) said in a statement that the agreement could potentially be worth 80 million pounds ($128 million)to the British industry over the next three years. The ministry said it expects written confirmation, and full details of the deal, from Russian officials within the next few days. …
Tata Steel to cut 900 jobs in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – India’s Tata Steel said on Friday it would cut 900 jobs across Britain as part of a restructuring plan aimed at stemming losses in weak European markets. The group said 580 jobs would go at its Port Talbot plant in south Wales as part of proposals to restructure its management and administrative functions. It also plans to close 12 steel finishing and processing sites in England and Wales. …
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