MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla leader, looks likely to win re-election on Sunday after heavy social spending won him strong support among the country's poor.
October 30, 2011 - November 5, 2011 Archives
November 5, 2011
Sex zone plan leaves Taiwanese cold
(Channel News Asia) TAIPEI: Taiwan has legalised the creation of red light districts in a bid to regulate the sex industry, but prostitutes themselves say the new law could actually worsen their plight.
Greek parties ignore appeal for fast compromise
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's ruling socialists and opposition conservatives offered rival plans for saving the nation from bankruptcy and safeguarding its euro zone membership, ignoring an appeal from the president to cooperate now on tackling the mess.
The state of Israel: Internal influence driving change
(BBC) How changing population is 'living on fast forward'
Myanmar sees tentative changes one year after vote
(Channel News Asia) BANGKOK: One year on from an election condemned by the West as a farce, military-dominated Myanmar has surprised critics with a series of reformist moves allowing hope for change in the repressive state.
November 4, 2011
Six killed in Italy flash floods
At least six people are killed when the Italian port city of Genoa is hit by flash flooding during torrential rainfall.
Bosnia imams speak out after attack on U.S. embassy
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Imams across Bosnia issued a rare joint message during prayers on Friday condemning violence in the name of Islam, a week after an extremist attack on the U.S. embassy shook the country's overwhelmingly moderate Muslim community.
Russia arrests 'skeleton thief'
(BBC) Police investigating Russian grave robberies detain a man after the remains of at least 20 women are found in his flat, Russian media report.
The slow boats to South Sudan
(BBC) South Sudanese stranded on the Nile try to reach new nation
MALAWI: No Social Safety Nets for the Poor
(IPS) In Mbedza village, a remote rural community in southern Malawi, Fedson Feston
beams an infant's awkward smile and swings his tiny arms up towards the face
of his mother. Four months old, Fedson is too young to know how lucky he is to
be alive.
POPULATION-CUBA: Young People as Agents of Change
(IPS) At 19, Liz Sandra Falcón had never imagined that every decision she made could have an impact beyond her own life: not only on people close to her, but on Cuban society itself, and even – although it might seem like an exaggeration – on global tendencies.
Poorest Poor In US Hits New Record
(AP) WASHINGTON — The ranks of America's poorest poor have climbed to a record high — 1 in 15 people — spread widely across metropolitan areas as the housing bust pushed many inner-city poor into suburbs and other outlying places and shriveled jobs and income.
VIDEO: G20 seeks solution to debt crisis
(BBC) The G20 leaders are set to continue their talks today as they seek to find a sustainable solution to the eurozone debt crisis.
November 3, 2011
Greek PM in confidence vote amid unity government call
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek parliamentarians prepared to give their verdict on Prime Minister George Papandreou on Friday in a confidence vote, with many demanding a national unity government to decide the fate of the nation's European bailout and the global economy.
China busts baby trafficking ring
(Channel News Asia) SHANGHAI: Police in eastern China have broken up a human trafficking gang that bought babies from poor families and sold them for as much as $8,000, state media said on Friday.
VIDEO: Cubans win right to own property
(BBC) Cuba has approved a law allowing citizens to buy and sell private property for the first time in fifty years.
Fears for Liberia's press freedom
(BBC) Fears that Liberia's new press freedom is under threat
November 2, 2011
Syria agrees to Arab plan, military pull out
CAIRO (Reuters) Syria has agreed to pull its military out of cities, release prisoners and hold talks with the opposition as part of an Arab plan to end violence triggered by an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
Ghana gays 'will never be legal'
(BBC) Ghana's President John Atta Mills rejects the UK prime minister's threat to cut aid if the West African nation refuses to legalise homosexuality.
Philippines in worker country ban
(BBC) The Philippines orders a ban on the deployment of its workers to 41 countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq and India.
COTE D'IVOIRE: Pupils go back to school, slowly - IRINnews.org
COTE D'IVOIRE: Pupils go back to school, slowly IRINnews.org ABIDJAN, 2 November 2011 (IRIN) - The new school year began at the end of October in Côte d'Ivoire but is getting off to slow start as students struggle to return to study after post-election violence disrupted education in many schools for months. ... |
YEMEN: Living in a cave, cut off from aid - IRINnews.org
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YEMEN: Living in a cave, cut off from aid IRINnews.org SANA'A, 2 November 2011 (IRIN) - Several dozen families in the Arhab region of Yemen have fled violence in their home areas and sought shelter in nearby caves, but the move has left them desperately needing aid, especially food. Ali Hezam Salah, 37, ... |
CUBA: The Elusive Horn of Plenty
(IPS) Cubans are still waiting for changes and measures implemented in agriculture to translate into cheaper food. Meanwhile, the government is adjusting its budget, because more than the 1.6 billion dollars initially allocated for food spending will likely be needed.
November 1, 2011
GREECE: Austerity Measures Responsible For Athens' ‘New Poor'
(IPS) Harsh austerity measures and a struggling economy have given birth to the ‘new
poor' in Athens, a term used to describe those suffering the impacts of social
exclusion and rapidly shrinking civic welfare institutions.
Brazil congressman 'to flee' after threats
(BBC) - A congressman in Rio de Janeiro says he will flee Brazil with his family on Tuesday after an escalation of threats to his life.
Italy's Berlusconi vows reform, opposition demands new
ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi repeated promises of economic reform on Tuesday as Italian bonds came under renewed attack in the euro zone crisis and the center-left opposition asked the president to name a new government.
Qatar to hold elections in 2013
(BBC) - Qatar's emir says advisory council elections will be held in 2013, in what would be the Gulf state's first legislative polls.
DR Congo mines guide on the web
(BBC) - A website is launched to promote greater transparency in the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining sector, which is plagued by conflict and corruption.
YEMEN: Why malnutrition could get worse - IRINnews.org
YEMEN: Why malnutrition could get worse IRINnews.org ABU DHABI, 1 November 2011 (IRIN) - The political upheaval in Yemen has made it harder for ordinary people to find enough food to eat, raising the prospect of increasing malnutrition, a top official in the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation said. ... |
October 31, 2011
Colombia leader scraps spy agency
(BBC) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos officially dissolves the country's intelligence agency, the DAS, after a series of scandals.
China to hold sway at G20 Cannes summit
PARIS (Reuters) - Efforts to coax China into throwing the euro zone a lifeline will dominate this week's G20 Summit and leave Beijing holding the cards as world leaders try to restore market confidence with pledges to reduce economic imbalances.
Uganda fury at UK gay aid threat
(BBC) The UK is showing a "bullying mentality" by threatening to cut aid to countries where homosexuality is illegal, a Ugandan official says.
UNESCO grants Palestinians full membership
PARIS (Reuters) - The United Nations' cultural agency granted the Palestinians full membership on Monday, a step forward in their long-running efforts to achieve recognition before the world as an independent state.
Nato head hails mission in Libya
(BBC) Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the alliance is proud to have helped Libya during the recent uprising, as its mission is wrapped up.
PAKISTAN: Children paying high price for blasts - IRINnews.org
PAKISTAN: Children paying high price for blasts IRINnews.org PESHAWAR, 31 October 2011 (IRIN) - Since February 2010, Raees Khan, 15, has not been to school. Instead, he helps take care of his father, who lost a leg and suffered back injuries in a bomb blast that killed 117 people at a Peshawar bazaar in October ... |
October 30, 2011
'Children killed' in Somalia raid
At least five people, including three children, die after a refugee camp in southern Somalia is bombed, the MSF charity says - Kenya blames al-Shabab.
Bulgaria PM's party set to win presidency: exit polls
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's ruling GERB party candidate, Rosen Plevneliev, is set to win a presidential election run-off Sunday against Socialist Ivailo Kalfin with about 55 percent support, two exit polls showed.
UN's Ban seeks lifeline to flagging Cyprus talks
MANHASSET, New York (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon will attempt to throw a lifeline to flagging Cyprus peace talks on Sunday, calling a two-day meeting with its rival leaders to end a deadlock in a dispute harming Turkey's EU entry bid and energy projects in the eastern Mediterranean.
Russia 'close' to WTO membership
(BBC)- Russia says it hopes to resolve soon all outstanding differences with Georgia concerning its admission to the World Trade Organisation.
China protest at police killing
(BBC)- Violent protests breaks out in a Chinese town after an apparently drunk policeman kills five people in a traffic accident.
VIDEO: Delivering aid in flood-hit Thailand
(BBC)- Thailand's prime minister is expressing optimism that the country's worst flooding in a half-century will mostly spare Bangkok.
Play helps children heal from Turkish quake trauma
ERCIS, Turkey (Reuters) - Eleven-year-old Rumeysa Kalkan's world was shattered on a sunny Sunday afternoon at 1.41 p.m.
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