Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Turkey-Armenia relations more 'important' than 'genocide' law

Turkey-Armenia relations more 'important' than 'genocide' law

Turkey-Armenia relations more 'important' than 'genocide' law

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 11:14 AM PST

At a protest outside the French consulate in Istanbul, Turkish people unhappy at the passing of the French 'genocide bill' vented their anger. One…

Orban in Brussels to build bridges

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 10:16 AM PST

Prime minister Viktor Orban has meet the EU's top brass in an effort to reach a deal over Hungary's disputed constitution. His visit to…

Scorsese's 'Hugo' and 'The Artist' favourites for Oscars

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:53 AM PST

Two films dominate this year's Oscar nominees -- Martin Scorsese's tribute to the early days of filmmaking 'Hugo' leads the pack with 11 nominations,…

Egypt partially lifts state of emergency law

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:43 AM PST

Egypt has announced its state of emergency law is going to be lifted. The move was declared by the head of the country's ruling military council,…

Garzon trial grips Spain

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:30 AM PST

Judge Baltasar Garzon is on trial in Spain, accused by two right-wing groups of breaking a 1977 amnesty by investigating the deaths or disappearances…

Armenia celebrates 'genocide bill' at French embassy

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:06 AM PST

There was a festive mood outside the French embassy in Yerevan as Armenians celebrated the passing of a French law making it illegal to deny that the…

Italy says pollution from cruise ship contained

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:00 AM PST

Italian salvage crews say they expect to begin pumping thousands of tonnes of fuel from the wrecked Costa Concordia by Saturday. Authorities have…

Shi'ites killed in Baghdad bomb blasts

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 08:03 AM PST

Four car bomb blasts in mainly Shi'ite areas of Baghdad have left at least 13 people dead and 75 injured.   The first, in the northeastern Sadr City,…

Egyptians freer yet hungrier

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:14 AM PST

Egypt is measuring its national pride one year after its historic revolution. But in spite of many efforts, poverty is booming, foreign currency…

Britain urges Arab League to push for UN resolution

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:13 AM PST

Britain has called on the Arab League to urge the UN to pass a resolution on Syria. It comes as the League's monitoring mission appears close to…

Oil refiner Petroplus brought down by debt

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:07 AM PST

Europe's largest independent oil refiner, Petroplus, said it is filing for insolvency after failing to work out a deal with the banks to which it…

Brinkmanship over Greek debt deal continues

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:07 AM PST

European finance ministers -- meeting in Brussels --have been pushing investors holding Greek government bonds to accept lower amounts as part of a…

Protester's death overshadows Italian strike

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 06:43 AM PST

A strike by Italian truckers against high fuel costs and government reforms has taken a tragic turn with the death of a man taking part in a road…

Trial starts for Spain's top human rights judge

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 05:33 AM PST

Spain's crusading human rights judge Baltasar Garzon has gone on trial over his divisive attempt to investigate disappearances during Franco's…

Erdogan slams French genocide bill as 'racist'

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:53 AM PST

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a stinging attack on French President Nicolas Sarkozy, after the French Senate voted to make…

Eurozone ministers fail to agree Greek debt deal

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:10 AM PST

Fears that Greece could default on its massive debts are mounting after eurozone finance ministers in Brussels rejected an offer from the country's…

Turkish PM labels French genocide bill "racist"

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:24 AM PST

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has described the French Senate vote to criminalise genocide denial of the 1915-16 killing of Armenians…

Latvia: Winter Swimming Championships

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 01:56 AM PST

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Costa Concordia search

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 01:56 AM PST

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Mexican farmers demand drought help

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 01:53 AM PST

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French FM urges calm reaction to genocide law

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 01:03 AM PST

France has urged Turkey not to overreact to the French Senate's approval of a bill making it illegal to deny that the mass killings of Armenians by…

Bitter exchanges in latest US Republican debate

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 12:23 AM PST

The latest debate among US republicans vying to become their party's presidential candidate has been dominated by bitter exchanges between the two…

Yerevan and Ankara react to French Senate vote

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:03 PM PST

While Armenians in Paris celebrated the vote in the French Senate, official reaction from the Armenian government in the capital Yerevan has been…

Still no deal with Greece's creditors

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:43 PM PST

Eurozone finance ministers have rejected an offer made by Greece's private creditors on cutting the cash strapped country's debt as "insufficient".…

Egypt's first free parliament gets to work

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:33 PM PST

Egypt's ruling military council has handed over legislative powers to the new Islamist-dominated lower house of parliament, which convened for the…
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