YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) -- A doctor says that a candidate in Armenia’s presidential election has been shot and wounded.
Egypt opposition to protest after deadly week
CAIRO (Reuters) – Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi have called mass demonstrations on Friday, raising the prospect of more bloodshed despite a pledge by politicians to back off after the deadliest week of his seven months in office. Protests marking the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak have killed nearly 60 people since January 25. It prompted the head of the army – the institution that effectively ran Egypt for six decades until Mursi's election – to warn that the state was on the verge of collapse. … Congress passes bill to extend federal borrowing authority and avert default; Obama to sign
WASHINGTON – Congress has approved must-do legislation to permit the government to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars more to meet its obligations, averting a first-ever government default that had loomed as early as mid-February. Suspension of debt limit wins final congressional approval
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bill allowing the U.S. government to borrow money beyond its record $16.4 trillion debt limit won final congressional approval on Thursday, clearing the way for President Barack Obama to sign it into law. The Democratic -led Senate passed the bill, 64-34, a week after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved it, 285-144. … Haitian 'snake artist' uses Carnival, reptiles and small animals to get by
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Saintilus Resilus’ day job this time of year is walking the streets of Haiti’s capital with snakes on his head.
Seabirds covered in sticky substance wash up in UK
LONDON (AP) -- Animal protection groups in Britain say they are trying to rescue more than 100 seabirds that have washed up on the coast covered in an unidentified sticky substance.
Taxman won't go back to routinely mailing out income tax forms: minister
OTTAWA – A major seniors group is angry that the federal government is no longer mailing out income tax forms unless asked, but Revenue Minister Gail Shea isn’t sympathetic.
Iran says it will speed up nuclear program
VIENNA (AP) -- In a defiant move ahead of nuclear talks, Iran has announced plans to vastly increase its pace of uranium enrichment, which can make both reactor fuel and the fissile core of warheads. Eager to avoid scuttling those negotiations, world powers are keeping their response low-key. Brazil nightclub fire prompts regional reaction
SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazilian authorities inspected and shuttered night spots around the country on Thursday as part of a crackdown on unsafe public spaces after a deadly nightclub fire left 235 people dead and shocked the nation. Officials in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Mexico followed Brazil's example and tightened scrutiny on their own nightclubs. The French are winning handily in Mali
Some frankly silly thoughts and ideas have been punctured in the past few days about France’s invasion of Mali. Most importantly, that the French military effort to roll back the advance of salafy jihadis who had captured much of the north of the country, bringing a reign of amputations and torture to locals for what they deemed violations of Islamic law, would turn into a repeat of Dien Bien Phu, where French forces were defeated by a 45,000 man Viet Minh army backed by both China and the Soviet Union.
Up to 100,000 people flee fighting in Darfur: U.N.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Fighting over a gold mine in Sudan’s Darfur region has forced 100,000 people to flee and brought the closure of all public offices and schools in one town to accommodate the displaced, the United Nations said on Thursday. Conflict has raged in the vast arid region of Darfur for almost a decade since mainly non-Arab tribes took up arms against the Arab government in Khartoum in 2003, accusing it of political and economic neglect. Violence has ebbed since a peak in 2003/2004 but has picked up again in the past few months. …
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