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Tibetan students in China protest over language policy

The Tibetan students are said to be angered by changes to education policy
At least 1,000 ethnic Tibetan students in China have protested against what they call the erosion of their culture and language, a rights group says.

Pope Benedict picks 24 new cardinals

Pope Benedict has now chosen three groups of cardinals
Pope Benedict XVI has chosen 24 new cardinals, including 10 Italians, as he moves to put his stamp on Vatican affairs.
Twenty of the new cardinals, who are the Pope's close advisers, are under the age of 80, making them eligible to choose the next pontiff.

Chilean politician alleges miners' warnings 'ignored'

The Chilean Navy has patented the name and design of the rescue capsule
A Chilean politician has alleged that on the day the San Jose mine collapsed trapping 33 men, workers voiced safety fears but were told to stay on shift.
Deputy Carlos Vilches said one of the miners had told him that managers refused their request to surface some three hours before the disaster.

Portugal transformed by green energy revolution

Lisbon, Portugal (CNN) -- In recent years Portugal has been harnessing its enviable southern European climate to benefit more than just its tourism industry.

Pinera: Mining conditions must improve

London, England (CNN) -- Chile's president said Monday that conditions must improve in the country's mining industry, just days after 33 miners were rescued from a collapsed mineshaft at a copper mine in the country's remote Atacama Desert.

British aid worker released in Somalia

(CNN) -- Somali gunmen on Wednesday released a British aid worker kidnapped last week while working for Save the Children.
The aid worker, named as Zimbabwe-born Frans Barnard, was freed after tribal elders negotiated with his captors, Save the Children confirmed.

Saudi prince gets life in prison for murdering servant

London, England (CNN) -- A British court sentenced a Saudi prince Wednesday to the maximum penalty of life in prison for murdering his servant.

Fresh clashes as French protests continue

(CNN) -- Fresh clashes broke out Wednesday between protesters and police in France as hundreds of thousands rallied in opposition to planned pension reforms.

GEC To Stay At GCIC Until Dec. 31, Guam

Guam- 12 days are left until the General Election, and the Guam Election Commission is on track in its preparations for the big event.

In fact, the agency won't be moving out of the GCIC building anytime soon. GEC has a home at least until the end of the year. Executive Director John Blas told the Board of Directors during their Wednesday meeting that a check in the amount of $6,683.23 was cut for them to remain at GCIC until December 31. He also told members, the Department of Administration is working on the $534 still owed for their August rent to the landlord and $9,000 to utilize GCIC's second floor conference room. Board member Martha Ruth also suggested the use of the Department of Labor's conference room to save more money.

IT’S WAR: Public servants give TT government ultimatum

 

 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Thousands of public servants took to the streets in Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday in support of their demands for increased salaries as the Public Service Association (PSA) called for a national strike next week.The PSA is demanding that public workers would not be accepting anything less than TT$6,000 (US$1,000) a month and the union’s president Watson Duke said that the authorities were maintaining their original offer.

Wedding bells for five of Chile's rescued miners

Hugo Infante / Government of Chile via Reuters file
Trapped miner Esteban Rojas hugs his wife Jessica Yanez after reaching the surface on October 13. They are now to be married in church, 25 years after their civil ceremony.
COPIAPO, Chile — Five of Chile's 33 rescued miners are to have church weddings after surviving for more than two months trapped underground.

WINNERS in Currency Wars, Oct 20, 2010

The return of “great power politics” - Stabroek News

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Oct 20, 2010 — October 20, 2010 ... Smaller frontier economies could be the winners ... in the same way conventional wars defined the 20th, some say.

Thaksin's zero-sum game is a road to self-destruction

Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will return to Thailand if his proxy Pheu Thai Party sweeps the next election and forms a one-party government, a satellite television station run by his family said recently

A life-and-death issue

With the Philippines remembering the first anniversary of the days when the deadly and destructive storms 'Ondoy' (Ketsana) and 'Pepeng' (Parma) struck Metro Manila and a great part of Luzon, now is a good time to remind ourselves of the causes of the great flood. One of them was the unprecedented volume of water that Ondoy brought: about six months’ worth of rain in just 24 hours. But this was aggravated by other causes, like discarded plastic bags clogging esteros, canals and other waterways.

A neglected necessity

Sooner or later someone you know will likely be busy scurrying back and forth to a hospital, caring for a child or spouse who has a high fever and a low hemoglobin count. All sorts of tips will come flooding in from friends, such as guava juice to raise the HB count, and dried worm pills for stamina. However, pending a diagnosis to determine whether the patient has dengue or a mysterious new disease, they may be forced to wait in a temporary ward — or worse, in the hallway — as all the beds are occupied.

Pakistan’s cloak-and-dagger democracy

The simmering crisis in Pakistan deepens with the government attempting a swingback to the Musharraf era in terms of its dealings with the judiciary. In a development that is almost unparalleled, the chief justice of the Supreme Court has sought an explanation on the reported move to subjugate the judges once again. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Geelani has advanced a feeble denial, couched in the sanctimonious cant that the Pakistani Peoples Party (PPP) leaders “have sacrificed their lives for the independence of the judiciary”.

Scientists say Asia's corals dying en masse

Coral reefs in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean are dying from the worst bleaching effect in more than a decade, Australian marine scientists said Tuesday.

Surabaya offers an appealing alternative

It is neater, cleaner and more orderly - quite unlike Jakarta’s oppressiveness

To many Malaysians, Surabaya - Indonesia’s second largest city - is a mystery.

Certainly most of our businessmen head straight to Jakarta only to end up being overwhelmed by the capital’s sheer size and complexities.

India at the high table

India's uncontested elevation to a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council, with endorsement from 187 of the UN's 192 member-states, erases the humiliation of 1996 when New Delhi unwisely contested against Japan and lost badly.

How deep runs the Commonwealh Games rot

mplications of the old saying about what happens when “thieves fall out” would appear to underlie the Congress’ imposing a gag order on Delhi state leader Sheila Dikshit and Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi. It was not merely to avoid embarrassment to the party, but a calculated damage-containment exercise. For when reacting to Sheila’s allegations against the CWG org

Prepared for ‘Juan’

The Philippines' capital Metro Manila may be heaving a sigh of relief after having been mostly spared by the wrath of Super-typhoon 'Juan' (international codename: Megi), but it should empathise with the plight of Northern Luzon that bore the brunt of the storm’s destructive crossing and must not rest its guard lest it be caught flat-footed again the way it was during 'Ondoy' (Ketsana). The supertyphoon has largely brought damage to the northeastern corridor of the archipelago, geographically the first landfall of storms and the most drenched and affected by Pacific howlers. Despite being weather-beaten and storm-tossed, the geographical location of that region and its relative inaccessibility have somehow also ensured that its beautiful flora and fauna are preserved and renewed, especially from the depredation of greedy loggers and the despoliation of tourist-wastrels.

Sandra Bullock Anne Fletcher Ryan Reynolds The Proposal

By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Have you ever heard the famous bit of homespun Texas wisdom, “You dance with the one who brung you?” Bet Sandra Bullock, who has adopted the Lone Star state, knows it, so it makes sense to learn the actress is sticking with Warner Bros., the studio that successfully guided ..

Zagat Hollywood Steve Spielberg Meryl Streep 3-D

By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: All lists are subjective, and most movie lists are flawed. But if there’s a constant when it comes to compilations, it’s that they always stimulate great debate.

BBC News - Mel Gibson lands Hangover 2 cameo role

Gibson's next movie, Beaver, has seen its release date postponed
Hollywood actor Mel Gibson has landed a cameo role as a tattoo artist in the Hangover sequel, it has been reported.
Industry newspaper The Hollywood Reporter said the Braveheart star will join original cast members including Bradley Cooper in the movie.
The original film, about a disastrous stag ..

Bomber who killed seven at CIA base 'was not vetted'

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A suicide bomber who killed seven CIA agents at a meeting at a remote base in eastern Afghanistan in January had not been properly vetted, the CIA has said.

France clears fuel blockades ahead of pension vote

Wed Oct 20, 8:24 AM

A man holds a placard which reads 'Listen to the public's rage' during a demonstration in front of the French Senate in Paris October 20, 2010.

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Why China Stinks

Spending Review 2010: Live

Chancellor George Osborne gets a pat on the back by colleagues after delivering the Comprehensive Spending Review Photo: PA

Dramatic solar eclipse pictured by Nasa

The moon passes between NASA'S Solar Dynamics Observatory and the sun Photo: NASA / BARCROFT

On October 7 the observatory's path around the Earth brought it in perfect alignment with the new Moon as it arced in front of the Sun.

Could the Government Seize Your Gold? Rules to Consider, Steps to Take

By Don Miller, Associate Editor, Money Morning

Could the government seize your gold?

It's a question that's being asked with increasing frequency these days. The United States is struggling with a post-financial-crisis economy that can't seem to get healthy, which has led to a ballooning budget deficit and a staggering national debt.

Dressed to impress

Are we ready yet for that big reform pill?- Canada

Are Canadians ready for a health-care system that would, among other things, include:
Patient user fees or medicare premiums?
Doctors with their incomes capped but able to charge the privately insured for extra services?
Private hospitals operating alongside public ones with the same funding forumulas?
And "essential" drugs covered by the public system.

Canadian citizenship: What it takes, Canada

Eleven-year-old Negar Fakhraee, of Iran, takes the oath to become a Canadian citizen during a citizenship ceremony in Vancouver on July 13, 2009. Thirty-two new Canadians from 13 countries took the oath of citizenship during the ceremony. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press)

Williams strangled 2nd murder victim, Canada

Col. Russell Williams pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Jessica Lloyd, 27.
Jessica Lloyd died after Col. Russell Williams strangled her with a rope more than 12 hours after repeatedly sexually assaulting and abducting her from her home north of Belleville, Ont., a court hearing was told Tuesday. On Monday, Williams pleaded guilty to 88..

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Apple vs. Google: Who Wins This One?

The bickering between Apple and Google continues. It's gotten to the point where at just about every event where one of these companies has an announcement (at least within the mobile space), they take not so subtle jabs at one another.

Consumer Spending Slips Slightly In September

The Deloitte Consumer Spending Index dipped in September due to a climbing tax burden and continued weakness in the housing market. The Index attempts to track consumer cash flow as an indicator of future consumer spending.

Investment Bank Earnings Preview: Giants Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley To See Revenue Decline

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Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) spurred a big run in financial stocks yesterday (Monday) after the commercial-banking giant beat Wall Street estimates by reporting a huge surge in quarterly profits.
Don't expect the same exuberant response to U.S. investment bank earnings reports.
Indeed, Wall Street analysts are expecting a very different set of results from the U.S. investment-banking sector, when giants Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) report their third-quarter results this week. Goldman reports today (Tuesday) and Morgan Stanley tomorrow (Wednesday).

Defense Suppliers Compete for a Piece of India’s Multibillion-Dollar Military Revamp

By Kerri Shannon, Associate Editor, Money Morning

The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) is in talks with India for a $5.8 billion military aircraft deal as the country triples its defense budget, leading defense suppliers to compete for a piece of the multibillion-dollar action.

Investment Banking Earnings Highlight Wall Street’s New Vulnerabilities

By Martin Hutchinson, Contributing Editor, Money Morning

The collapse of The Bear Stearns Cos. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (OTC: LEHMQ), the forced takeover of Merrill Lynch and the decisions by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) to get commercial-banking licenses seemed to signal that the investment-banking business model was dead.

Yahoo News, Oct 19, 2010

• Democrats make pre-election pitch to help seniors (AP)
• French retirement protests take violent turn (AP)
• Judge likely to deny gov't on gay troops order (AP)
• Nurse's 911 call played at Fort Hood hearing (AP)
• Gunmen storm Parliament in Chechnya, 6 dead (AP)
• Bank of America posts $7.7B loss on special charge (AP)

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rmany to act on immigration after Merkel comments

19 Oct 10 - THE German government announced plans yesterday for a raft of measures aimed at fostering integration of immigrants, two days after Chancellor Angela Merkel said multiculturalism had "failed totally.""For a while, multiculturalism in...

Facebook applications leak user information: report

19 Oct 10 - FACEBOOK users are inadvertently providing access to their names and in some cases even their friend's names to advertising and Internet tracking companies, through some popular applications, the Wall Street Journal said.According to the Journal's...

Jordanian man faces sentencing in Dallas bombing plot

19 Oct 10 - A 20-YEAR-OLD Jordanian man caught in an FBI sting trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper faces a sentencing hearing today just blocks away from the building he tried to take down. Hosam Smadi faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty in May...

French truck drivers block roads as anti-reform protests escalate

19 Oct 10 - FRENCH high school students clashed with riot police yesterday, truckers blocked roads and filling stations ran out of fuel as protests escalated against plans to raise the retirement age to 62.Police fired tear gas at youths who set a car on fire,...

Cyber crime among top UK security threats

19 Oct 10 - TERRORISM and cyber attacks will be identified yesterday as the main threats to Britain in a new security strategy, a plan likely to be used to justify cuts to major hardware orders in a sweeping military review .The government hopes the National...

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19 Oct 10 - Trial of Kurdishactivists startsDIYARBAKIR: Turkey yesterday began trying 151 politicians and activists, including 12 elected mayors, charged with links to Kurdish rebels in a case testing a European Union-inspired drive to broaden Kurdish rights....

Iraqi PM Maliki in Iran talks

19 Oct 10 - IRAQI Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was in Tehran yesterday to drum up support for his premiership bid, as his chief rival Iyad Allawi accused Iran of meddling in Baghdad's political affairs.Maliki soon after his arrival in Tehran went into a series...

Iran attends Afghanistan diplomatic dialogues

19 Oct 10 - IRAN took part in top-level international diplomatic talks on Afghanistan for the first time yesterday, with participants including the US recognising that the Islamic repbulic has a key role to play."We recognise that Iran... has a role to...

Netanyahu plays down new Israeli construction on settlements

19 Oct 10 - PRIME Minister Benjamin Netanyahu played down yesterday new Israeli construction on land Palestinians seek for a state, urging them to return to peace talks halted over the resumption of settlement building. "The discourse about new building is...

West has no option but talks: Iran

18 Oct 10 - WORLD powers have no option but to talk with Iran over its nuclear programme, hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday in defiant comments ahead of next month's negotiations."We said from the start that the best way is to...

ETA should declare 'permanent truce'

18 Oct 10 - ARNALDO Otegi, the jailed top leader of the banned political wing of ETA, said the Basque separatist group should declare a permanent ceasefire, in an interview published yesterday.Otegi told Spain's El Pais daily that if he had the ETA leadership...

Abducted UK aid worker fine

18 Oct 10 - A BRITISH aid worker kidnapped by masked gunmen in Somalia is alive and being looked after by his captors, the Save the Children charity said yesterday. "We can confirm that he is well. He is being looked after and is in good spirits,"...

Yemeni planes bomb Qaeda after ambush

18 Oct 10 - YEMENI aircraft bombed al-Qaeda positions in southern Yemen yesterday, a government official said, after militants ambushed a tank column, killing four soldiers.Three suspected members of al- Qaeda's regional wing were also killed in the clashes...

Putins reappear in public to reaffirm marriage

18 Oct 10 - RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila made a rare joint public appearance over the weekend seeking to reaffirm their marriage amid persistent divorce rumours. In a video posted on the government's website yesterday the couple...

Obama hits stride before 35,000 supporters in Ohio

 

US President Barack Obama speaks to the crowd at the oval on the campus of Ohio State University last Sunday. Obama continues to make campaign appearances around the country stumping for candidates running for Congress in next month's mid-term elections. Picture: EPA

Medvedev hands top state honours to Russian spies

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
PRESIDENT Dmitry Medvedev yesterday handed top state honours to the Russian spies deported from the United States in July in the biggest spy scandal since the Cold War, the Kremlin said.
"A ceremony took place in the Kremlin today to hand top state honours to a number of Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) employees, including the spies who were working in the United States and returned to Russia in July," Kremlin..

Chile president pledges to tighten mine safety

PRESIDENT Sebastian Pinera pledged yesterday to tighten up mine safety in Chile, even if it meant extra costs for owners, after the dramatic rescue of 33 trapped miners.
Pinera, basking in the glow of the rescue while he tours European capitals, said Chile was tripling the budget of mining industry regulators and revising its regulations.

Greek embassies step up security

GREECE'S embassy and consular buildings have stepped up security precautions following an attack threat allegedly linked to a group of Iranian asylum seekers, the Greek foreign ministry said yesterday.
Greek foreign ministry spokesman Grigoris Delavekouras said in a statement that the alert began after an anonymous phone call to the Greek general consulate in Los Angeles on October 13.

Service of thanks at Chile mine

 

Rescued miner Omar Reygadas (C) gestures at the end of a mass service at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, last Sunday.

Super Typhoon Megi Lands In Northern Philippines

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

A motorist driving past a filling station which was toppled by Typhoon Megi (local codename Juan) yesterday at Isabela province in northeastern Philippines. The strongest cyclone in years to buffet the Philippines knocked out communications and power yesterday. Picture: AP