Eurogroup's Juncker says euro zone threats do not help Greece
BIELEFELD, Germany (Reuters) – Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker took aim at Austria, Germany and the southern German state of Bavaria on Saturday for suggesting that a Greek exit from the euro zone was looming. “Threats in the Austrian, German or Bavarian language that Greece will soon leave the euro zone do not do Greece any good,” he said in a speech in the north-western town of Bielefeld. “We must show solidarity with Greece and watch our words. …
Second Islamist dies in Tunisian prison after hunger strike
TUNIS (Reuters) – A second Tunisian Salafist held in custody ?????since protesters ransacked the U.S. embassy in Tunis in September has died after a hunger strike, his lawyer and the Justice Ministry said on Saturday. Muhammed Bakhti died in hospital on Saturday, two days after 26-year-old student Bechir Gholli. They were among dozens of Salafists, hardline Muslims, on hunger strike over prison conditions. “It’s a shame that Tunisians die in prison after the revolution,” Bakhti’s lawyer, Anouar Aouled Ali, told Reuters. …
Iran delays planned start-up of Arak nuclear reactor
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has postponed until 2014 the planned start-up of a research reactor which Western experts say could potentially offer the Islamic Republic a second route to produce material for a nuclear bomb, a U.N. report showed. Tehran has continued to install cooling and moderator circuit piping in the heavy water plant near the town of Arak. Nuclear analysts say this type of reactor could yield plutonium for nuclear arms if the spent fuel is reprocessed, something Iran has said it has no intention of doing. …
Saturday, November 17, 2012
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