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Eye On The World (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Speaking of "peace process"... ( Ynet ) In apparent bid to bolster Abbas' regime ahead of possible release of hundreds of Hamas prisoners as part of Shalit deal, Israel grants amnesty to dozens of al-Aqsa Brigades men Palestinian sources reported Thursday that Israel has pardoned 92 wanted gunmen belonging to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Fatah's armed wing. More... ( Haaretz ) Israel Defense...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
China's pledge on greenhouse gases means it would shoulder more than a quarter of the CO2 emissions cuts needed to avoid dangerous global warming, a top economist said Thursday. "China alone would be responsible for more than 25 percent of the reductions the world needs" to limit planetary warming to 2.0 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), said Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
The Vatican on Thursday warned Italy's bishops against letting deserted churches be transformed into nightclubs if the decision was taken to sell the places of worship. Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, the Vatican's new culture commissar, urged "the greatest caution" after announcing that Roman Catholic churches with few worshippers could be sold off. He gave the example of a church in Hungary...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika has charged the World Bank and the IMF with causing foreign exchange shortages by forcing the country to liberalise the economy, state media said on Thursday. "The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank have been forcing us to have a free market economy...but now all foreign business operators externalise forex to Asia and the Middle East,"...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Vauxhall, the British arm of General Motors, on Thursday ruled out job cuts at its main car plant as it announced plans to increase the factory's production. Vauxhall said it was planning an additional shift at its Ellesmere Port site, northwest England. Union bosses however believe that the group's other British plant, in the town of Luton close to London, which makes vans, will soon officially hear...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Tens of thousands of European Commission staff are in line for an inflation-busting 3.7 percent pay rise -- even as the bloc is ordering member states to bolt down public budgets. Despite efforts by the European Commission to get European countries to clamp down on pay rises, the increase -- funded by member states -- will be applied to 38,000 civil servants if the 27 member states back the measure....
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France24 (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Millions of travellers who book their own flight and hotel arrangements via the Internet need updated European Union protection against companies going bust, the European Commission said Thursday. When the existing EU legislation was adopted in 1990, "a package holiday was the most common sort of holiday in Europe ... typically sold by travel agents in the high street at an inclusive price,"...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Spanish oil company Repsol YPF will invest 1.5 million dollars over the next five years to boost natural gas production in Bolivia, the company announced Thursday. Production would be boosted on the Margarita and Huacaya fields in the south of Bolivia from two million cubic meters of gas a day to eight million cubic meters daily by 2012 and 14 million cubic meters a day by 2013, Repsol president Antonio...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
More than half of all people who buy flights, hotel rooms and hire cars online risk being left without compensation if companies fail under outdated law, the EU said Thursday. Fifty-six percent of travellers use the Internet, rather than high street travel agents, to organise their own trips, and protection fit for the digital age has fallen by a corresponding amount, said European Union Consumer...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Dubai's move to suspend payments on its Dubai World conglomerate's debt was "carefully planned" and done in full knowledge of how the markets would react, the chairman of the Supreme Fiscal Committee said on Thursday. "Our intervention in Dubai World was carefully planned and reflects its specific financial position," Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum said in a statement. "The...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
A student at a university in southern Hungary opened fire on his classmates on Thursday, killing one person and wounding three, the university said. A first-year male student was killed in the shooting, which took place shortly before midday at the Scientific University of Pecs. Two students and a cleaning lady were wounded, two of them seriously. "The students at the biophysics research institute...
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IOL (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Human Rights Watch has urged Nigerian authorities to prosecute those involved in sectarian clashes that claimed hundreds of lives in the city of Jos.
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France24 (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Scotland's Andy Murray laboured to a third set tie-break victory over Spain's Fernando Verdasco in their final Group A game at the World Tour Finals on Thursday. Murray won 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/3) in three hours at London's O2 Arena, eliminating the Spaniard from the competition but leaving his own chances of reaching the semi-finals in the balance. He converted just one of 13 break points all match...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Italy captain Sergio Parisse will miss Saturday's international test against Samoa in Ascoli on Saturday after snapping his cruciate knee ligament in training. Parisse had been named in coach Nick Mallett's original team on Thursday but following a scan on his knee, Italy released a statement explaining that the Stade Francais number eight would be out for four to six months. "The clinical and...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
England manager Martin Johnson has insisted he won't respond to "hysterical" critics calling for his coaching staff to be sacked and would stand by his backroom team. Either side of a deeply uninspiring win over Argentina, England were well beaten this month by both Australia and New Zealand. Ex-England internationals Josh Lewsey and Will Greenwood, who both played in the 2003 World Cup-winning...
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wei12 | 11/17/2009
Congolese diamond miners who have been expelled from Angola say they were subjected to horrifying abuses by security forces. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says people being treated at their centres in Kamonia, southwest DR Congo were tortured...
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bharatbook | 11/10/2009
This 27-page report will give you a complete snap-shot of Tunisia''s telecom environment, providing you with all the information you need to be successful in this market. It initially defines the country''s economic and political environment keeping you abreast of any events that could impact the business environment in the near future. It then provides an overview of the country''s regulatory environment,
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aarkstore | 10/26/2009
Summary Petrol One Corp. (Petrol One) is an independent energy company. Petrol One is involved in oil and gas acquisition, exploration and development properties and providing administrative services to early development stage businesses. It holds interest in the Nkani G4-222 property, a 2,200 square kilometer exploration block in Libreville, Gabon. Petrol One’s operating areas are Africa, Asia and...
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