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![]() The Associated Press | UN official meeting with top Maldives leaders The Associated Press MALE, Maldives (AP) ? A top UN official was meeting Friday with the current and former presidents of the Maldives, trying to end the political stalemate that has gripped this Indian Ocean nation. Turmoil in the Maldives escalated sharply Tuesday when ... Maldives since independence Ex-Leader of Maldives Faces Criminal Charges 2 Days After Stepping Down UN envoy arrives in Maldives for crisis talks |
FRANCE 24 | President grilled by military wives The Press Association As Mali's army confronts attacks from ethnic Tuareg separatists, the country's president is battling some tough critics - the wives of military personnel who grilled him for nearly two hours on state television about the government's failure to put ... Mali army tries to fend off Tuareg rebels as crisis grows ECOWAS Team to Investigate Fighting in Mali 22000 have fled Mali, says UN |
![]() USA TODAY | Ignoring Western Sanctions, India Explores Opportunities in Iran New York Times (blog) By THE NEW YORK TIMES India announced its decision to send a large trade delegation to Iran Thursday, making India ?a major new irritant? in Western efforts to isolate Iran, Rick Gladstone wrote in The New York Times. The delegation will, ?exploit ... Mossad training terrorists to kill Iran's nuclear scientists, US officials ... Iran paying for grain with gold, oil - traders Closer to take-off |
Sky News | Ground Troops Mass On Outskirts Of Homs Sky News Ten of thousands of Syrian troops are on the outskirts of Homs as the assault on the city continues, according to opposition fighters. Sky News chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay says families have been making preparations to die ahead of an anticipated ... Syria's Homs under new deadly blitz As Syria Strikes Kill Scores, Opposition Seeks Backing Obama condemns onslaught on Homs |
BBC News | 'Violent' Madonna stalker escapes BBC News A man who was convicted of stalking and threatening pop star Madonna has escaped from a psychiatric hospital, police in Los Angeles say. Robert Dewey Hoskins Hoskins was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 1996. After leaving prison he spent time in ... Madonna stalker escapes from mental hospital 'Violent' Madonna stalker escapes from Los Angeles psychiatric hospital Madonna's Stalker Escapes From Mental Unit |
![]() BBC News | Putin Seeks Payments From Those Who Made Fortunes in '90s Wall Street Journal By IRA IOSEBASHVILI and JACOB GRONHOLT-PEDERSEN MOSCOW?The tycoons who reaped fortunes thanks to Russia's controversial 1990s privatizations should make a one-time windfall payment to legitimize their holdings, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said ... Rosenberg's Russia: On the election trail In Area Embodying Putin Base, Dispirited City Voices Tepid Support Putin Gets Over $12.7 Million in his Election Fund |
Globe and Mail | FBI file casts light on the sinister side of Steve Jobs The Independent Stephen Foley is Associate Business Editor of The Independent, based in New York. In a decade at the paper, he has covered personal finance, the UK stock market and the pharmaceuticals industry, and been the Business section's share tipster. FBI files of the rich and famous FBI releases background check file on Steve Jobs FBI Files Reveal Steve Jobs' Dark Side |
![]() USA TODAY | Cruise ships to hold pre-departure drills Financial Times By Robert Wright, Shipping and Logistics Correspondent Passengers travelling with companies belonging to the three biggest cruise shipping organisations will go through safety drills before leaving port, under a shake-up in the wake of the January 13 ... Cruise industry announces change to safety drill policy Cruise ship disaster captain knew "it was over" All cruise ship passengers to get safety briefings before leaving port |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Spain's leading human rights judge Baltasar Garzon convicted of wiretapping Telegraph.co.uk Spain's Supreme Court convicted judge Baltasar Garzon on Thursday in an illegal wiretapping case, ending the judicial career of a man who won world renown for pursuing human rights abuses and Augusto Pinochet's arrest. "We condemn the accused, ... Rights Judge Convicted in Spain Prominent Rights Judge Is Convicted in Spain Spain Judge Baltasar Garzon vows to fight conviction |
New York Times | US Sending Commander to Repair Ties With Pakistan New York Times WASHINGTON ? A senior American military commander is expected to travel to Pakistan this month in what Obama administration officials say is the first step toward thawing a strategic relationship that has been in effect frozen for more than two months. US drone strike kills senior militant in Pakistan: officials Pakistan Al-Qaeda chief 'killed by US drone' Senior al-Qaeda leader killed in drone strike in Pakistan |
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