Monday, November 22, 2010

My Press Review - Tuesday 23 November

Irish Debt Crisis Forces Collapse of Government

A day after signing off on a $100 billion bailout, Prime Minister Brian Cowen said he would dissolve the government next month.

 

New Israeli law could slow peace efforts with Palestinians, Syrians

Israel's Knesset passed into law Monday a bill that could make it significantly more difficult for an Israeli government to consummate peace agreements with the Palestinians and the Syrians. The legislation, which passed 65-33, would require a popular referendum or a two-thirds Knesset supermajority to approve any Israeli withdrawa

 

UK to continue deporting Iraqis

The government will continue to deport Iraqis whose applications for asylum have been refused, a Foreign Office minister says.

 

Israel starts work on Egypt border wall

Israeli bulldozers began laying the groundwork on Monday for construction of a wall to seal off part of the Jewish state’s border with Egypt, the Defense Ministry said.

 

Ground Zero mosque developers apply for federal funding

The developers of an Islamic community centre and mosque near Ground Zero in New York have applied for millions of dollars in public money from a post-September 11 reconstruction fund.

 

WikiLeaks release: WikiLeaks to release three million secret US documents

Third mass release of classified documents after the website published 77,000 secret US files on the Afghan conflict in July.

 

Row over Israel's Western Wall plan

Israel has approved a £15m five-year plan to develop the area around the Western Wall, one of the most sensitive and contested part of Jerusalem's Old City, in a move which has been condemned by the Palestinians as illegal.

 

Taliban Leader in Secret Talks Was an Impostor

American and Afghan officials say that a man purporting to be Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, a key figure in negotiations, was not, but received American money.

 

Postponing Haiti polls could threaten stability: EU

A raging cholera epidemic in Haiti may deter some voters from participating in Sunday's national elections, but postponing or canceling the polls could threaten stability in the Caribbean country, the European Union's envoy said.

 

Miners’ families braced for ‘loss of life’

The desperate effort to save 29 miners trapped underground in New Zealand remained on a knife-edge last night, as even those working to rescue the stricken men admitted that hopes for their escape were fading by the ho

 

What's So Scary About the Muslim Brotherhood?

The outlawed Muslim Brotherhood has long been the bogeyman of Egyptian politics. Why it still thriveshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/topstories/~4/gNHB_QMm_E8

 

PM Erdoğan clarifies position on NATO missile command

Turkey’s firm demand to have full access to the command system of NATO’s planned missile shield over Europe is not meant to be an insistence of having the command of the system on its own, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said

 

No deal unless EU acts on trade with Turkish Cyprus

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Turkey is ready to open its ports to Greek Cypriot vessels and aircraft if the European Union takes steps to end the economic isolation of Turkish Cyprus.

 

Japan army to monitor Chinese ships

Latest moves by Tokyo pose a serious threat to bilateral relations

 

Yuan begins trading against the rouble

China started allowing the yuan to trade against the Russian rouble in the interbank market from Monday as policymakers promote the currency's use in global trade and financ


Electric car ends epic four-month trip

An electric car has completed a marathon journey, travelling through 14 countries in four months.

 

Canada court to test polygamy law

A Canadian court begins hearing a case on whether Canada's anti-polygamy law violates freedom of religion guaranteed by the constitution.

 

Volunteers go hi-tech to map Egypt election irregularities

President Hosni Mubarak's regime has rejected US calls to allow foreign observers at Egypt elections this weekend. But volunteers, armed with innovative software, are undeterred.

 

Turkey to establish DNA bank to better track sexual crimes

Turkey, a candidate for European Union membership that has a poor record regarding sexual crimes is planning to establish a DNA bank to better track assailants.

 

Mountains of rubbish return to plague Naples

The streets of Naples are again piled high with stinking rubbish, threatening a public health crisis in the southern Italian city and further ratcheting up the pressure on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

 

Germany 'to suspend' conscription

Germany is to suspend conscription and switch to a volunteer military service, the government says

 

Germany hears first piracy trial in 400 years

Germany's first piracy trial in 400 years opened yesterday with 10 Somalis facing charges of hijacking a Hamburg-registered ship off the Horn of Africa

 

Grandmother faces UK expulsion

A Canadian-born grandmother who has lived in Dorset for 65 years is refusing to take a citizenship test despite facing expulsion from the UK

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