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- Ethiopia forcing thousands off land: U.S. rights group
Category: World News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 09:17 PM -0800
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia is forcing tens of thousands of people off their land so it can lease it to foreign investors, leaving former landowners destitute and in some cases starving, Human...[more]
- Stricken Italian liner shifts, 29 people missing
Category: World News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 08:54 PM -0800
GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - A stricken Italian cruise liner shifted on its rocky resting place as worsening weather disrupted an increasingly despairing hunt for survivors and authorities almost...[more]
- Tensions rise between Iran, Arab states over possible oil embargo
Category: World News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 06:21 PM -0800
Iran warns Persian Gulf states against joining a possible Western-backed oil embargo, but they appear less afraid of Tehran's threats than in the past.The deepening economic and diplomatic pressure...[more]
- Explosions damage Italy tax agency: Naples police
Category: World News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 05:40 PM -0800
NAPLES (Reuters) - Three explosive devices blew up outside the Naples offices of Equitalia, a state agency that collects overdue taxes and fines, breaking windows but injuring no one on Monday...[more]
- Explosions damage Italy tax agency: Naples police
Category: World News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 05:40 PM -0800
Three explosive devices blew up outside the Naples offices of Equitalia, a state agency that collects overdue taxes and fines, breaking windows but injuring no one on Monday night, a police...[more]
- Hope fades of finding more survivors on cruise ship off Italy
Category: World News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 04:57 PM -0800
A sixth victim is recovered from the Costa Concordia. A prosecutor says he was surprised by 'the recklessness of the maneuver made by the captain,' who is charged with manslaughter.Hope of finding...[more]
- Pakistan high court launches contempt case against prime minister
Category: World News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 04:16 PM -0800
Pakistan's Supreme Court initiates contempt proceedings against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani over a corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari.Dealing a heavy blow to Pakistan's...[more]
- Twelve more killed in Syria despite Arab monitors
Category: World News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 03:01 PM -0800
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed on Monday in Syria, where a peace plan monitored by Arab observers has failed to douse a 10-month-old struggle between President Bashar al-Assad and his...[more]
- Mexican leftist plans change on "monopolies", mining
Category: World News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 02:53 PM -0800
TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) - Leftist presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has pledged to break up Mexico's "monopolies" and press foreign mining firms for higher taxes and better wages...[more]
- Luxury cruise turns into nightmare
Category: World News
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 02:22 PM -0800
On board the Costa Concordia, passengers were dining, drinking, attending a magic show. Then they heard an ominous scraping sound.
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