Moammar Gadhafi’s regime is in talks with France, or so says one of Gadhafi’s sons in a newspaper interview. “The truth is that we are negotiating with France and not with the rebels,” Seif al-Islam told an Algerian paper. But France rejects the claim, al-Jazeera reports. “We pass (the Libyan…
Continue reading …A vehicle packed with schoolchildren returning home from a soccer tournament crashed into a canal in southeastern Bangladesh today, killing at least 40, a police official says. About 60 children between ages 8 and 12 were in the cargo truck that crashed, and the death toll may rise as more…
Continue reading …The White House is not-so-subtly telling Yemen’s embattled president to hit the road, with top counterterror adviser John Brennan telling Ali Abdullah Saleh yesterday to “fulfill expeditiously” his pledge to step down. Brennan “called upon” Saleh “to sign the GCC-brokered agreement for peaceful and Constitutional political transition in Yemen,” according…
Continue reading …The most treacherous element of this year’s Tour de France seems to be the people watching it. A fan’s elbow caused a big crash during Stage 1 , and the unfortunate collisions continued yesterday when a French TV car turned into a group of bikers it was tracking, causing two to…
Continue reading …More bad press for the TSA? Possibly: A stun gun somehow made it onto a JetBlue flight from Boston to Newark last Friday, the Star-Ledger reports. The crew found the weapon tucked into a seat back as the plane was being cleaned after a late-night flight. A Port Authority spokesperson…
Continue reading …Watch out, Mitt: Michele is a serious threat, at least in Iowa. In a new poll of likely caucus voters conducted by conservative news website the Iowa Republican , Bachmann is leading Romney 25% to 21% in the state. USA Today notes that in a Des Moines Register poll from about…
Continue reading …Top European officials scheduled a last-minute meeting today amid fears Italy would be the next country hit hard by the euro zone debt crisis. Though a rep for the European Council president says Italy isn’t on the agenda, other officials privately contradict him. Last Friday saw a 2.45% gap…
Continue reading …A “superbug” strain of gonorrhea, the first ever to resist all currently recommended treatments, has been discovered in Japan. The strain, called H041, could quickly spread around the globe, scientists warn. While gonorrhea was once an easily treated STD, it has shown a “remarkable capacity” to develop drug resistance after…
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Venezuelan president reportedly on the mend and optimistic about the future after undergoing operation to remove a tumour The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, is recovering rapidly after undergoing surgery last month that removed a cancerous tumour, the government said on Monday. Chávez remarked on his health during a telephone conversation with the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, on Sunday as the Venezuelan president was exercising outdoors, the foreign ministry said in a statement. Chávez told the Russian leader “that he has experienced a rapid recovery from the complex operation”adding that the president has been undergoing a first phase of rehabilitation. The statement added that Chávez now has a “feeling of realistic optimism” as he enters the next phase of recovery. Hugo Chávez Venezuela guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …In South Sudan, the world’s newest nation , 98% of revenue comes from oil—and one of the first tasks its nascent government must tackle is how to change that, since oil revenue must still be split with the north. Work will begin today on building an economy that’s not dependent…
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