Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Germany: Plan to publish Mein Kampf extracts halted

Germany: Plan to publish Mein Kampf extracts halted


Germany: Plan to publish Mein Kampf extracts halted

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 11:52 AM PST

A British publisher has backed down from plans to print parts of Hitler's notorious Mein Kampf in a history magazine, sold on newsstands in Germany.…

Belarus: Jailed opposition leader was tortured claims wife

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 11:52 AM PST

Jailed Belarussian ex-presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov has been tortured into asking for a pardon from President Alexander Lukashenko,…

Somalia: US commandos free pirate hostages

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 11:38 AM PST

Two aid workers, an American woman and a Danish man, being held by pirates in Somalia, have been freed after a rescue mission by US special forces.…

Falklands-Malvinas - perhaps a different approach

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 11:06 AM PST

It is true that the disputed islands named both Falkland and Malvinas are closer to Argentina than to Britain. But geographical arguments are…

Mexico: high body count from drug violence likely in 2012

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 11:00 AM PST

Drug gangs in Mexico continue to defy the army's efforts to reduce violence. Mexico today is seeing death tolls higher than in the world's…

Billionaire enters fray against Putin

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:45 AM PST

Russia's third richest man has been given the green light to stand against Vladimir Putin in the country's presidential election, but the biggest…

Salmond sets out Scottish referendum test

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:34 AM PST

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond has outlined his plans for an independence referendum despite opposition from Westminster. There will be a…

Merkel tells Davos that Europe must reform

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:43 AM PST

Having flown in by helicopter, German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered a down to earth message at the World Economic Forum in Davos. In the…

Ashton calls for new Middle East peace drive

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:24 AM PST

The EU's foreign policy chief has made a fresh bid to restart direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Negotiators from the two…

EU gets tough on internet data protection

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 08:54 AM PST

The EU has unveiled tough new rules on protecting internet users personal data that have far-reaching implications for web giants such as Google and…

Apple shares soar on profit jump

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 07:30 AM PST

Apple has returned to form and added more lustre to its high tech-crown with quarterly profit that almost doubled. In the run up to Christmas it…

Food shortages as Italian truck strike bites

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 07:24 AM PST

Food shortages and soaring costs are the high price of Italy's lorry drivers' strike. The truckers' protest against the government's reform and…

Last secret JFK tapes released

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 07:06 AM PST

The last secretly taped White House recordings of John F. Kennedy's time in office have been released.   You may have thought you had heard nearly…

Post-revolution Egypt still not at peace with itself

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 06:54 AM PST

Thousands of Egyptians have packed into Tahrir Square to mark the first anniversary of the revolt that brought an end to the three decades rule of…

Ericsson's profits hit by slowdown

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 05:36 AM PST

Ericsson, the world's biggest maker of mobile phone exchange equipment, said its profit halved in the fourth quarter of 2011. Telecoms operators…

Putin rival may be barred from presidential election

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 04:18 AM PST

Russia's electoral commission appears set to bar a leading liberal opponent of Vladimir Putin from standing in the forthcoming presidential election.…

Falklands feud still raw in Buenos Aires

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:33 AM PST

Hundreds of activists have descended on the British Embassy in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires to call on Britain to relinquish its sovereignty of…

Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos dies in road Accident

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 02:43 AM PST

Award winning Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos has been killed in a road accident in Athens. The 76-year-old sustained serious head injuries…

Anger overshadows Egypt's uprising anniversary

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 02:04 AM PST

Cairo's Tahrir square, the cradle of Egypt's revolution, was thronging with people once again on Wednesday, this time more in celebration than in…

Sri Lankan prison riot

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:47 AM PST

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Occupy movement in Davos

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:47 AM PST

no comment : Occupy movement in Davos

No jail for marine in Haditha massacre case

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 12:53 AM PST

A US marine accused of leading a massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians has been spared jail by a military judge. Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich was one…

Dotcom denied bail as US pushes for extradition

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 11:43 PM PST

Megaupload founder, Kim Dotcom, has been refused bail by a court in New Zealand. The German national, Kim Schmitz, has been accused of Internet…

EU reaction to French 'genocide' bill

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 11:05 PM PST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has never hidden his hostility to Turkey joining the European Union, adding another layer of tension between the…

Obama makes bid for re-election in Union address

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 08:53 PM PST

President Barack Obama has made a rallying call against inequality in his third State of the Union address. With millions tuning in, this was his…

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