Monday, December 13, 2010

My Press Review - Tuesday 14 December

Pakistani journalist sues CIA chief

A Pakistani journalist whose relatives were killed in a US drone strike has started a legal push to charge America's top spy in Pakistan with murder.

 

Palestinians Contained: How the Wall Has Changed a Generation

The Wall has made it much harder for young Palestinians to know Israel--and understand its peoplehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/topstories/~4/sW12jxkDzfE

 

Blatter reassures doubters that 'Qatar will change by World Cup'

Sepp Blatter is confident that social and religious barriers can be overcome despite fears being raised over the staging of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

 

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fires foreign minister

Iran's president fired his foreign minister on Monday and named the nuclear chief as acting top diplomat, the latest sign of a rift at the top levels of the Islamic state as the country faces intense pressure from the West over its nuclear programme.

 

EU delays recognising Palestine

EU foreign ministers say they will recognise a Palestinian state "when appropriate", following a call from Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

 

Internal pressure on Netanyahu mounts over prospect of apology to Turkey

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing pressure from domestic public opinion, in addition to his coalition government partners, for his efforts to normalize bilateral relations with Turkey.

 

Obama receives healthcare setback

Barack Obama suffered a fresh setback today when part of his healthcare reform, his main domestic achievement, was ruled unconstitutiona

 

Fraud claims in Kosovo election

EU observers monitoring Sunday's election in Kosovo receive "serious allegations of fraud" in two districts

 

Israel to deport 200 Sudanese migrants, according to report

In a UN approved plan, 200 Sudanese asylum seekers are to leave Israel by plane for a third country before being repatriated, will receive resettlement grants.

 

Legal limbo

Despair of unconvicted Tamil political prisoners rotting in jail

 

US diplomat Richard Holbrooke dies at 69

Holbrooke served under every Democratic president from John F. Kennedy to Obama in a lengthy career that began with a foreign service posting in Vietnam

 

Israeli police round up Palestinian youths, disregard their own laws, says rights report

The Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem says that the recent detentions of Palestinian youths, aimed at quelling stone-throwing in E. Jerusalem, violates Israeli law.

 

Libya and EU 'mistreat' migrants

Amnesty International condemns Libya and the EU over their co-operation to try to prevent African migrants crossing from North Africa to Europe.

 

Survey: 85 percent of Turkey’s poor earn less than TL 1,000

A recent survey by the Cansuyu Solidarity and Charity Foundation has found that 85 percent of people who consider themselves to be “poor” earn a monthly salary of less than TL 1,000.

 

MEPs award themselves £91,000 tax free expenses a year

Increased perks package means MEPs will take home £91,000 without having to provide any proof of expenditure.

 

Telecom Scandal Plunges India Into Crisis

Allegations of bribery, abuse of power and privatization of public wealth have sent the Congress Party into a political crisis.

 

OECD warns Europe over new bank rescues

More European banks may have to be rescued, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the "club" of the world most advanced economies, warned today

 

EU launches Ivorian sanctions as tensions grow

The European Union agreed to impose sanctions on Ivory Coast incumbent Laurent Gbagbo yesterday, and his army deployed near his rival's headquarters in a standoff later defused by the UN envoy.

 

Japan's new robot suit to bring hope to the disabled

It gives power to the wearer by supporting the user's motions

 

US sues school over denial of Muslim pilgrimage

The Justice Department is suing a school district for allegedly denying a Muslim middle school teacher unpaid leave to make a religious pilgrimage to Mecca....

 

Ukraine to open Chernobyl to tourists in 2011

Tourists may soon be able to tour the sealed area around the Chernobyl nuclear plant, site of the world's worst nuclear accident.

 

Switzerland considers repealing incest laws

Switzerland is considering repealing its incest laws because they are "obsolete".

 

Atheist Bus Ads Rattle Fort Worth

A clash of beliefs has rattled Fort Worth ever since an atheist group bought ads on city buses to reach out to nonbelievers.

 

Search bonanza

Can you tell what the world thinks from its Googling?

 

Cuba launches its version of Wikipedia

Cuba has begun its own online encyclopedia, similar to Wikipedia, with the goal of presenting its version of the world and history.

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