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![]() Malaysia Star | Despite compensation offer, Italian cruise ship survivors sue for damages CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Rome (CNN) -- A handful of surviving passengers of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship filed a lawsuit against the cruise line on Friday, the same day the company offered each of the hundreds who'd been aboard the vessel a ... Costa cruise survivors offered ?11000 each $13624 plus expenses - compensation for Costa survivors In cruise ship disaster, an SOS for lawyers |
New York Times | 434 People Killed in Iraq Since US Pulled Out New York Times BAGHDAD ? Since the United States military withdrew from Iraq in the middle of last month, 434 Iraqis have been killed in attacks across the country, according to security officials, one of the highest tolls for that amount of time in the past few ... Car bomb kills 32 in Baghdad during funeral procession Suicide bomber kills 31 in Baghdad funeral procession Iraq sectarian war flares as 32 killed in suicide attack on funeral procession |
![]() Irish Times | Medvedev criticised for not supporting Putin Irish Times VLADIMIR PUTIN's election campaign manager has chided Russian president Dmitry Medvedev for not giving his ally enough support, and brushed off criticism of a decision to ban a liberal opposition leader from running in the March 4th ballot. Russia bars Putin critic from presidential polls Master of nostalgia Putin Aide Accuses Russian President of Campaign Silence |
CBC.ca | Syria violence kills over 40 Reuters By Khaled Yacoub Oweis | AMMAN (Reuters) - Security forces killed over 40 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the worst sectarian attacks ... UN Tackles Power Transition in Syria on Deadly Day of Protests Draft resolution calls for al-Assad to step down Syrian security forces step up violence, according to regime opponents |
![]() New York Daily News | 35 pounds of cocaine found in UN mailroom Los Angeles Times There was something odd about two sacks that showed up this month in the United Nations mailroom, even if they did have what appeared to be the distinctive UN seal, with its globe framed by olive branches. It was blue, but a shade lighter than usual, ... Cocaine sent to UN headquarters Cocaine Is Delivered to UN Cocaine cache gets diplomatic treatment at UN |
BBC News | Sarkozy and Karzai agree to press Nato for earlier Afghanistan handover The Guardian The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, said on Friday that France and Afghanistan have agreed to ask Nato to bring forward the handover of all combat operations to Afghan forces to 2013. Sarkozy also announced an accelerated exit for France, ... France to Resume Training, but Will Withdraw from Afghanistan Next Year France to Speed Troops' Withdrawal from Afghanistan France Seeks Speedier Afghan Handover |
The Guardian | Some slam Nazis; others gather for right-wing ball The Associated Press VIENNA (AP) ? Austrians gathered in memory of the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis condemned plans to hold a ball of extreme rightists later in the day Friday, saying the event's timing transformed it into a macabre dance on Holocaust victims' ... Far-right Vienna ball sparks outrage on Holocaust Day Capturing the world through photography, video and multimedia Austrian far right celebrates on Holocaust holiday |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Nigerian violence: Police disappear as Boko Haram brings terror to the streets Telegraph.co.uk When a city of 9 million people comes under almost daily assault, the police would normally step up their presence. But not in Kano. By David Blair, Kano In the biggest urban centre in northern Nigeria a new terrorist group has inflicted a steady ... Boko Haram vows to fight until Nigeria establishes sharia law Nigeria president tells Boko Haram to come out and talk Nigerian sect storms police station, gunfight erupts |
![]() AFP | US officials set N. Korea talks in Moscow, Seoul AFP WASHINGTON ? Senior US diplomats will visit Russia and South Korea next week to discuss continuing efforts to obtain North Korea's nuclear disarmament, following the death of Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong-Il. Glyn Davies, special representative for North ... North Korea threatens to punish mobile-phone users as 'war criminals' US, South Korea plan first joint drills since Kim Jong Il's death South Korea allows first private group to take aid to North Korea since Kim ... |
The Guardian | Libya militias prepare to retake Bani Walid from Gaddafi loyalists The Guardian A powerful sense of deja vu grips the men of Libya's national guard as they mass for battle in the freezing desert outside Bani Walid, the new frontline of a war most had thought was long over. Last October, many of these same fighters battled their ... UN rights chief: Libya government must wrest control of prisons from brigades MSF withdraws staff over Libya torture cases Libya militias, army torturing detainees: watchdogs |
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