Tuesday, November 16, 2010

My Press Review - Wednesday 17 November

Russia considers biggest population redistribution since Stalin

The Kremlin is considering pushing ahead with the biggest geographical redistribution of its population since Josef Stalin's forced deportations of entire nationalities in the 1940s.

 

Lavrov Seeks Piracy Tribunal

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov took a Kremlin-backed proposal to create an international tribunal on piracy to Kenya on Tuesday, saying Russia was ready to help to ease the pressure on countries including Kenya to prosecute suspects.

 

Muslims torch Christian homes in southern Egypt

Muslims set fire overnight to at least 10 houses belonging to Coptic Christians in a village in southern Egypt over rumors that a Christian resident had an affair with a Muslim girl, security officials said Tuesday.

 

Egypt 'police abuse' probe urged

Rights group Amnesty International demands a full investigation into claims that a second young man was tortured to death at a police station in Egypt.

 

Japanese citizen judges sentence man to death for first time

A panel of judges consisting of ordinary Japanese citizens has for the first time passed the death sentence on a man found guilty of two murders

 

NATO Is Razing Booby-Trapped Afghan Homes

In districts abandoned by the Taliban, estimates of the number of buildings destroyed by American troops begin in the hundreds.

 

Haitian cholera fuels anti-U.N. violence

Anti-U.N. riots spread to several Haitian cities and towns, as protesters blaming a contingent of Nepalese peacekeepers for an outbreak of cholera that has killed more than 1,000 people exchanged gunfire with U.N. soldiers. Protesters continued to barricade some roads

 

Obama's hopes on nuclear fading

Two of the president's initiatives, on disarmament and relations with Russia, have been dealt a serious setback

 

Gates: Sanctions causing rift in Iran

Gates said Tuesday that there were indicators that international sanctions on Iran had caused a rift between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

 

The fastest growing economy in the Middle East

Recent reports from the IMF and Qatari authorities confirm that Qatar is on track to be the fastest-growing economy


Bivio – Europe's linguistic curiosity

Residents of the Swiss village speak three languages and several dialects of each. Tomorrow – World Languages Day – we celebrate those brave souls who have held out for another year against the great language blender that is Globish.

 

How to Shrink a City

Detroit once thrived on bigness, but now it has to leave that idea behind. The secret of Rust Belt urban revival: smaller is better. If you want a healthy, bustling city, huddled masses are a good thinghttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/topstories/~4/p_82_NzZgag

 

Changing face of Sudanese capital

Will Ross reports on the changing face of the Sudanese capital

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