Monday, February 28, 2011

My Press Review - Tuesday 1 March

Necmettin Erbakan’s funeral expected to draw huge crowd

The late leader of the Felicity Party (SP), Professor Necmettin Erbakan, who once served as Turkey's prime minister, will be laid to rest at the Merkez Efendi Cemetery in İstanbul today. The funeral for the late politician is expected to draw a huge crowd.

 

Iran opposition leaders in prison, report says

Iranian authorities have taken senior opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi to a prison in Tehran, a reformist website said Monday

 

Libya rebels resume oil exports

Libya's revolutionary leaders sought to prove their pro-western credentials on Monday by announcing an immediate resumption of oil exports to foreign clients - even though the proceeds will go straight to Col Muammar Gaddafi.http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/564430/s/130b907c/mf.gif

 

All Libyans love me, declares Gaddafi

Volunteers were pleading for international help last night as Libya began to experience food and medical shortages.

 

Food prices spiral in Libyan capital amid fighting

The West moved to send its first concrete aid to Libya’s rebellion in the east of the country, hoping to give it the momentum to oust Muammar Gaddafi.

 

Many Libyans oppose U.S. invasion

Many Libyans oppose the idea of Western troops on the shores of Tripoli, as the Obama administration and its allies on Monday said no option is off the table in their effort to oust longtime dictator Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

 

Yemen power sharing option fails to woo tribesmen

Powerful Yemeni tribal leaders have thrown their weight behind opposition demonstrators who have taken to the streets of Sanaa, spurning a power sharing from Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country's President.

 

Turkish PM Angers Germany over Integration Remarks

Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for Turkish citizens living in Germany to learn Turkish before German, feeding fires of cultural tension in the country.

 

Duke must lose trade job, says MP

The Duke of York should be sacked as a UK trade ambassador because of his links to Colonel Gaddafi's family, senior Labour MP Chris Bryant says.

 

Must look beyond Mideast risks

Israel's defense minister said Monday that his country would be ready to talk peace with Syria if Damascus were serious about doing so — a sharp departure from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's go-slow approach to peacemaking while the Middle East is in turmoil.

 

Netanyahu Warns On Settlements

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu berated leaders of his Likud Party on Monday after they pressed him for more settlement construction.

 

Yemenis protest, unrest high in south

Tens of thousands of protesters demanding the end of President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 32-year rule of Yemen joined demonstrations on Monday, while skirmishes in the south killed three soldiers and a policeman.

 

Oman protests spread, road blocked

Omani protesters demanding jobs and political reforms blocked roads to a main port in the north of the Gulf Arab sultanate as looters trashed a nearby supermarket on Monday, and demonstrations spread to the capit

 

Two ministers resign in Tunisia

Two ministers quit Tunisia's interim government a day after Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi announced he was resigning from his post, following demands from protesters.

 

Russians See Damage in Iran’s Reactor

The account of what happened at the Bushehr plant was the first official rationale for a delay in its planned opening.

 

Egypt bans Mubarak, family from travel

Egypt’s public prosecutor has issued an order imposing a travel ban on former President Hosni Mubarak and his family while complaints against them are being investigated, a prosecutor’s spokesman said on Monday.

 

Iraqi court gives Briton 20 years over slayings

An Iraqi court on Monday convicted a British man and sentenced him to 20 years in prison over the shooting deaths of two contractors, making him the first Westerner convicted in an Iraqi court since the 2003 US invasi

 

Bahrain protesters block parliament

Anti-government protesters blockaded Bahrain's parliament and massed outside the state broadcaster on Monday in efforts to escalate pressure on the nation's embattled monarchy after two weeks of nonstop marches and deadly clashes.

 

Hamas fights Gaza Holocaust lessons

The history of the Holocaust is planned to be included as part of a human rights curriculum in schools run by the UN Relief and Works Agency, which is responsible for the welfare of Palestinian refugees. More than 200,000 children attend UNRWA schools in Gaza.

 

UN team attacked in Ivory Coast

United Nations experts in Ivory Coast come under fire while trying to investigate reports of a violation of the arms embargo.

 

Venezuelan union leader jailed

A Venezuelan trade union leader is jailed for seven years over a strike at the state iron ore mining company in 2009.

 

YouTube urged to delete sermons

Anwar al-Awlaki uses internet to spread his message that violence against the west is just

 

Irish party leaders meet to discuss coalition

Two former opposition parties were holding talks yesterday aimed at forming a new government after the long-dominant Fianna Fail suffered a crushing defeat at the polls. 

 

China Issues Warning on Climate

China’s environment minister issued an unusually stark warning about the deleterious impacts of unbridled development.

 

Wales prepares for referendum

This week, people in Wales will vote in a referendum on whether to give more law making powers to the Assembly in Cardiff.

 

Fidel Castro expected to resign as Cuba party chief

The Cuban Communist Party has moved forward the election of new leadership to a congress in April where longtime party leader Fidel Castro is expected to step down, sources close to the party said over the weekend.

 

Argentine military dictators on trial over baby kidnappings

Two former Argentine military dictators have gone on trial charged with the kidnapping of babies allegedly seized from political prisoners and opponents minutes after birth.http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/564430/s/130a6767/mf.gif

 

Ortega set for Nicaragua poll run

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega is set to run for a third term in November's election after securing his Sandinista party's nomination unopposed.

 

Egypt stock exchange open delayed

The reopening of the Egyptian stock exchange has been delayed, the state-run news agency MENA reports

 

With Russia's $650 billion rearmament plan, the bear sharpens its teeth

If Russia can reduce reliance on its aging Soviet-era nuclear missile deterrent, analysts say it could create a 'whole new ball game.'

 

Banned books back on Egypt shelves

Works by censored authors available again in wake of revolutions


Population now stands at 1.341 b

Slower growth prompts suggestions to loosen family planning policy

 

Life origins clue from meteorite

A meteorite found in Antarctica could lend weight to the argument that life on Earth might have been kick-started from space.

 

Iran threatens to boycott London Olympics over 'racist' logo

Iran said it might boycott the 2012 London Olympics because of the event's 'racist' logo which resembles the word Zion.http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/564430/s/130b907b/mf.gif


How Your Web Searches Will Change

On Friday, after several months of atypically harsh coverage of the quality of Google's search results the planet's dominant search engine rolled out some major changes.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/topstories/~4/GQxWZ_LZ7BY

 

No paved way for naming Berlin street after Reagan

In this once-divided city where Ronald Reagan famously challenged the Soviet Union to "tear down this wall," a proposal to rename a public square or street in his honor has sparked heated debate over the U.S. president's role in Germany's recent past.


Anti-gay Christian couple lose battle to become foster parents

A Christian couple morally opposed to homosexuality because of their faith lost a landmark High Court battle today over the right to become foster carers.

 

Dogs who listen to children reading

Scheme aims to encourage children to read aloud

 

Conflict becomes child's play for young Pashtuns

Video of Pashtun children enacting suicide bombing shows the psychological impact of Taliban violence on a generation

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