Brussels muscles in: Cameron WON'T block euro deal on spending 'to appease Lib Dems' The Daily Mail | David Cameron has effectively watered down his opposition to a new EU deal to prop up the euro, to the anger of Tory MPs. | As Brussels demanded yet more cash from the taxpayer to save the single currency, the Prime Minister agreed that the European Court of Justice could be used to enforce limits...
Ethiopia seeks India's financial muscle for its rail project The Times Of India ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia wants $300 million more from India for an ambitious railway project that would connect it with neighbouring Djibouti, a venture that India backs as part of its "support for regional integration in Africa". | India has already inked a loan agreement worth $300 million for the ra...
Tent Embassy protesters have reopened the question of Aboriginal identity The Daily Telegraph Australia | The feral rabble infesting the so-called Tent Embassy camped on the lawn opposite Old Parliament House (OPH) has performed a great public service. | They have effectively killed any constitutional change enshrining affirmative action for those who ...
Barry O'Farrell's no fuel fool The Daily Telegraph Australia | Australia has to be a country that makes things, and our political leaders should do everything they can to create and protect Australian jobs. And this week, Barry O'Farrell did just that. | He should be congratulated for standing up to the b...
Mitt Romney, the Mormon, runs foul of southern Christians in the US presidential race The Daily Telegraph Australia | What is a Christian? It is not a Mormon, as the US presidential race is fast teaching us. | Political pundits predicted that the Republican presidential nominee's resident Mormon, Mitt Romney, would fare poorly in the South Carolina primary, a stro...
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UN considers resolution on Syria Al Jazeera | European and Arab nations have pressed for UN Security Council backing for an Arab League plan calling on Syria's president to stand down, but Russia said their proposed res...
Egypt’s Assault on Civil Society The New York Times | Post-Mubarak Egypt is facing profound challenges with its unfinished revolution and looming economic crisis. The last thing it needs is to pick a fight with the United States. Ye...
CM discounts PSU disinvestment Indian Express | Under fire from Opposition for not paying salaries to a section of employees of the state-owned transport corporations, the Mamata Banerjee government, on Friday, announced that ...
Greece Inches Toward Deal in Talks With Its Creditors The New York Times | LONDON — Greece once again appears on the verge of reaching an deal with its private sector creditors on how much of a loss they would be willing to accept on their bond holdings. | The latest progress comes in the wake of two days of talks i...
China's Paradise On Earth in Tibet, Now Under Inhuman Repression: Tibetan Parliament WorldNews.com Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. | Dharamshala, India: - The Tibetan parliament in exile called on China to end its inhuman policy on Tibet, saying all Chinese "policies and programs apart from inhuman political repression are...
Sundance Film Festival Salon | Halfway through this year’s Sundance Film Festival, I probably would have told you that it looked like an exceptionally weak year at America’s biggest showcase for independent film. This has been a high-anxiety winter in the Utah mounta...
UN considers resolution on Syria Al Jazeera | European and Arab nations have pressed for UN Security Council backing for an Arab League plan calling on Syria's president to stand down, but Russia said their proposed resolution crossed its "red lines". | Morocco presented a draft resolution to the 15-nation Security Council, drawn up by Britain, France and Germany with Arab states, that ...
Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address WorldNews.com (Transcript of President Obama's State of the Union Address) | Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: | Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq. Together, we offered a final, proud salute to the colors under which more than a m...
