Allied forces lose 10 soldiers in separate Afghanistan incidents
Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter Kabul, Afghanistan (AHN) – Allied forces suffered a day of heavy losses in Afghanistan Thursday in a helicopter crash that killed six U.S. Marines, and an attack Friday that killed four French service members, raising the possibility of France withdrawing its troops early. The Marines were killed after their [...]
Ross Pruden’s Favorite Techdirt Posts of the Week
Choosing my favorite posts this week has been a challenge because a single week of Techdirt posts is a lot to read and digest for me. Truth be told, I’m the world’s slowest reader . I’d like to think it’s because I have to frequently stop and re-read to grok the full import of each [...]
Former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn wins bail; succession race rages
A judge granted Strauss-Kahn $1 million bail and ordered him to be detained in a New York apartment. Dominique Strauss-Kahn won bail on Thursday but faced one more night in a New York jail, hours after he quit as head of the IMF under the cloud of sex crime charges. His resignation intensified a race [...]
Banks and carmakers lead European equity losses
Banks and auto sector losses drove Europe’s core equity markets in Germany and France lower as renewed debt fears hit the region’s financial and consumer stocks View full post on All Stories
Bangladesh poised to offer Nobel laureate Yunus position in bank he founded
Saleem Samad – AHN News Correspondent Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) – The Bangladesh government is poised to offer Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus a respectable position in the bank he founded after a series of global uproars. Yunus announced his resignation from Grameen Bank as managing director on Thursday. On Friday, finance minister AMA Muhith told [...]
Top Chinese legislator hopes for more regional cooperation with France
Wu further said he hoped that China’s National People’s Congress and the National Assembly of France could introduce more French companies to China’s central and western regions and boost cooperation in tourism,environmental protection,poverty relief and other fields. View full post on All Stories
Syria sanctions planned
US condemns Syrian government’s ‘brutal violence’ and considers freezing assets of senior officials accused of rights abuses The White House is preparing to introduce new sanctions against the Syrian regime in response to a military crackdown that saw tanks and armoured cars deployed against protesters on Monday. The Obama administration condemned “the brutal violence used [...]
Morning Brief: Qaddafi forces continue shelling of Misrata as rebels lose momentum
Qaddafi forces continue shelling of Misrata as rebels lose momentum Top news: Sunday marked a month since the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution protecting civilians in Libya, but Muammar Qaddafi continued attacks on his own people. Forces loyal to Qaddafi continued to shell the rebel-held city of Misrata. Seventeen people were reportedly killed in [...]
Mideast arms deals in doubt amid spreading turmoil
The Media Line Staff Jerusalem, Israel Arieh O’Sullivan – The unrest that has brought down two Middle Eastern leaders and threatens a host of others could be bad news for the global arms industry, which regards the region, with its security issues, deep pockets and little domestic manufacturing, as a choice market. Faced with demands [...]
Banks close amid political crisis in Ivory Coast
The BICICI, a local subsidiary of France’s BNP Paribas bank, said it had temporarily suspended all Ivory Coast operations in a statement published on its website Monday. View full post on All Stories
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