Greek journalists strike over suspension of presenters By Renee MaltezouPosted 2012/10/30 at 8:56 am EDT ATHENS, Oct. 30, 2012 (Reuters) — Greek state television journalists accused the government of censorship and began a series of work stoppages on Tuesday after… Read More ›
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The Libyan Benghazi Assault…58 Pieces of the Puzzle to a terrorist act and political posturing
Engineering Evil: There are more than 58 points ( direct article excerpts) I quickly covered. I focused only on the major ones and not the ones commonly known. There are some time line inconsistencies and you may find some conflicting statements…. Read More ›
Greek editor’s arrest sought over list with Swiss accounts
Posted 2012/10/27 at 7:47 pm EDT ATHENS, Oct. 27, 2012 (Reuters) — Greek police are seeking to arrest the editor of a weekly magazine for publishing a list of more than 2,000 names of wealthy Greeks who have placed money… Read More ›
France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Switzerland now imposing partial ban on the Novartis Flu Vaccine
France halts sale of Novartis flu vaccine Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:18 GMT Source: reuters (Adds comment from European Medicines Agency) PARIS, Oct 26 (Reuters) – France said it was halting sales of an influenza vaccine made by Swiss drugmaker… Read More ›
INTERVIEW-Mali war plan to be ready within weeks, AU says
Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:52 GMT Source: Reuters * African states, Western powers divided over intervention * U.N. set 6-week deadline for war plan, starting Oct. 12 * Door open to negotiation with rebels By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, Oct… Read More ›
White House told of militant claim two hours after Libya attack: emails “U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi Under Attack” and the notation “SBU”, meaning “Sensitive But Unclassified.”
9:11pm EDT By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Officials at the White House and State Department were advised two hours after attackers assaulted the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 that an Islamic militant group had claimed… Read More ›
Indonesia’s “Frankentrees” turn cocoa dream into nightmare : somatic embryogenesis, or SE experiment disaster
By Lewa Pardomuan and Michael TaylorPosted 2012/10/15 at 7:50 pm EDT PINRANG/JAKARTA, Oct. 15, 2012 (Reuters) — Nurhaedah, a vivacious Indonesian cocoa trader, shakes her head in disappointment as she sifts through a pile of blackened, shriveled beans. Yet another… Read More ›
Exclusive: EU insurers strip cover from ships storing Iran oil
By Luke Pachymuthu and Randy FabiPosted 2012/10/12 at 1:17 am EDT SINGAPORE, Oct. 12, 2012 (Reuters) — Two European insurers have withdrawn cover for tankers involved in the Iranian oil trade, the first such move since tough new sanctions were… Read More ›
Africa can easily grow wheat to ease hunger, price shocks: study
By Alister DoylePosted 2012/10/08 at 8:11 pm EDT OSLO, Oct. 8, 2012 (Reuters) — Wheat production in sub-Saharan Africa is at only 10 to 25 percent of its potential and nations can easily grow more to limit hunger, price shocks… Read More ›
Suspicions, doubts linger after pope’s butler verdict
9:47am EDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The swift conviction of Pope Benedict’s former butler leaves lingering suspicions that he was a pawn in a much larger Vatican intrigue involving infighting in the papal court and alleged corruption… Read More ›
Turkey returns fire after mortar bomb from Syria hits farmland – state news agency
Published: 5 October, 2012, 21:03 Edited: 5 October, 2012, 21:03 Ankara’s military forces have struck back after a mortar bomb fired from Syria hit a farmland in the Turkish province of Hatay, reports Reuters quoting the state news agency. MORE… Read More ›
Romney’s strong debate showing puts Europe on edge
By Luke BakerPosted 2012/10/04 at 11:08 am EDT BRUSSELS, Oct. 4, 2012 (Reuters) — President Barack Obama’s lackluster performance in the first U.S. election debate provoked uneasiness in European capitals on Thursday, where hopes are mostly, if unofficially, pinned on… Read More ›
Greek shipyard workers clash with police, storm Defense Ministry complex
About 250 shipyard workers stormed the Greek Defense Ministry in Athens on Thursday, demanding to be paid their wages and calling for an audience with the Greek Defense Minister. The shipyard workers were from the Hellenic Skarmangas shipyard. Furious over… Read More ›
Iran sees cyber attacks as greater threat than actual war
Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Tehran May 9, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Raheb Homavandi DUBAI | Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:48am EDT DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is prepared to defend itself in case of a “cyber war” which could… Read More ›
Ex-IRS examiner charged with naming whistleblower and interfering with the audit of an international bank
Ex-IRS examiner charged with naming whistleblower Posted 2012/09/28 at 10:20 am EDT WASHINGTON, Sep. 28, 2012 (Reuters) — A former U.S. Internal Revenue Service examiner was arrested on Thursday and charged with exposing an IRS whistleblower and interfering with the… Read More ›
Israeli ex-PM Olmert spared jail in corruption case “I leave court today walking tall,” ?
By Dan WilliamsPosted 2012/09/24 at 9:20 am EDT JERUSALEM, Sep. 24, 2012 (Reuters) — An Israeli court spared former prime minister Ehud Olmert a prison term for breach of trust on Monday, opening the door to a political comeback if… Read More ›
Obama should call China currency manipulator October 15
Posted 2012/09/24 at 6:46 pm EDT WASHINGTON, Sep. 24, 2012 (Reuters) — President Barack Obama’s administration should formally declare China a currency manipulator in a semi-annual Treasury Department report due to be released on October 15, a spokesman for Republican… Read More ›
World Health Organisation says has found new SARS-like virus
6:13pm EDT By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – A new virus belonging to the same family as the SARS virus that killed 800 people in 2002 has been identified in Britain in a man who had recently been in Saudi… Read More ›
German bishops get tough on Catholics who opt out of church tax
Fri, Sep 21 2012 By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS (Reuters)- Germany’s Roman Catholic bishops have decreed that people who opt out of a “church tax” should not be given sacraments and religious burials, getting tougher on worshippers who choose… Read More ›
Troika report on Greece could be delayed until US election: The Obama administration doesn’t want anything on a macroeconomic scale that is going to rock the global economy before November 6,”
An EU-IMF report on Greece’s debt could be delayed until after November 6, EU officials and diplomats say. The EU politicians want to avoid any shock to the global economy before the US presidential election, Reuters said. The report by… Read More ›
Chinese miss Japan Open as diplomatic row rages
By Ossian Shine | Reuters – Tue, Sep 18, 2012 (Reuters) – China has withdrawn its badminton players from this week’s Japan Open and a Japanese cycling team has been kicked out of a race in China amid a worsening… Read More ›
Insight: In India, gift-giving drives drug makers’ marketing: shower Indian doctors with gifts, posh junkets abroad, and cash payments disguised as consultancy or other types of fees
By Frederik JoelvingPosted 2012/09/17 at 7:20 am EDT MUMBAI, Sep. 17, 2012 (Reuters) — Sales representatives for Abbott Laboratories Inc’s Indian subsidiaries know what it takes to get a doctor to prescribe the drugs they market: a coffee maker, perhaps,… Read More ›
DEA shuts down shipments from Walgreen facility : Suspicion that highly addictive painkillers were being diverted to the black market.
Reuters – Fri, Sep 14, 2012 (Reuters) – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said it shut down shipments of controlled substances from Walgreen Co’s Florida distribution facility on the suspicion that highly addictive painkillers were being diverted to the… Read More ›
$475 million of Fuel Gone: Investigators are probing reports of record-shredding by officials in the U.S.-led NATO command that trains the Afghan army
U.S. probes reported record-shredding of fuel buys for Afghan army By Susan Cornwell | Reuters – 17 hrs ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Investigators are probing reports of record-shredding by officials in the U.S.-led NATO command that trains the Afghan army… Read More ›
Exclusive: U.N. patents body roiled by misconduct feud: U.N. Selling Computers to Iran and North Korea
Exclusive: U.N. patents body roiled by misconduct feud By Emma FargePosted 2012/08/30 at 10:50 am EDT GENEVA, Aug. 30, 2012 (Reuters) — Four months after a U.N. agency’s decision to send computer equipment to Iran and North Korea first stirred… Read More ›
Indian doctors illegally removed wombs from poor women: minister
RAIPUR, India (Reuters) – Doctors in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh performed hysterectomies on poor village women without a valid medical reason in order to claim money from a national insurance scheme, the state’s health minister said on Wednesday. … Read More ›
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