International

RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW ANTI- TERROR BILL

25.10.2013 16:24
MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of Russian parliament has approved a new legislation that toughens punishment for terrorism and requires terrorists' relatives to pay for the damages caused in attacks. The bill, unanimously passed Friday by the State Duma, is expected to see a similarly swift...

Bolivia Coca Ambush Leaves 4 Security Force Members Dead

25.10.2013 16:22
LA PAZ , BOLIVIA - A weekend ambush and hostage -taking involving police and Bolivian coca growers has left four people dead, officials said Monday. Two members of a military and police team working to eradicate coca crops died in a firefight Saturday . Eight hostages were taken, and two...

Venezuela Announces Massive Push to Import Food , Goods

25.10.2013 16:18
PORLAMAR , VENEZUELA - Venezuela will massively boost its food and basic supplies imports in the next two months to counter shortages and high inflation , a minister said . Vice president for the economy Rafael Ramirez did not specify the products , or amount of goods , the country would purchase,...

FARC Sees Promise in Colombia Armistice Proposal

25.10.2013 16:16
Commander of the FARC-EP leftist guerrillas Andres Paris (C ) reads a statement at Convention Palace in Havana during the peace talks with the Colombian government. AFP Photo HAVANA , CUBA - The FARC guerrilla group on Wednesday praised a proposal that calls for declaring an armistice before a...

Russia reduces piracy charges against Greenpeace crew to 'hooliganism'

25.10.2013 15:24
A Russian court has dropped piracy charges against the crew of a Greenpeace ship detained last month in the Arctic Circle, Russian authorities and Greenpeace said Wednesday. Russian officials have been under intense international pressure since the detention on Sept. 19 of the U.S. captain of the...

Pirates seize two Americans off Nigeria's coast

25.10.2013 15:17
Two Americans were kidnapped by pirates after their ship was attacked off Nigeria's coast, U.S. officials said Thursday. The U.S.flagged oil supply vessel C Retriever was targeted in the Gulf of Guinea early Wednesday, Reuters reported. Maritime news website gCaptain reported that the ship's...

Mexican clowns distance selves from drug lord's slaying

25.10.2013 15:16
MEXICO CITY - Leaders of clowns gathered for a convention in Mexico City said Wednesday they are saddened that a killer disguised himself as a clown to kill a drug lord last week -- and they insisted no true member of their profession would have committed the crime. Convicted drug trafficker...

Norway Rejects U.S. Request to Help Destroy Syrian Chemical Weapons

25.10.2013 15:10
LONDON — Citing regulatory constraints and time pressures, Norway said Friday that it had turned down an American request to help destroy chemical weapons as part of the effort to dismantle Syria’s arsenal of toxic munitions. The incoming government of the Conservative prime minister,...

Syria polio outbreak 'spreads

25.10.2013 14:54
At least 22 people - most of them babies and toddlers - are now believed to have contracted polio in Syria, the World Health Organization has reported. If confirmed, it would be the first outbreak of the disease there in 14 years. Syria's Health Ministry began an immunisation drive on...

Germany and France Propose Talks With U.S. to Rein In Spying

25.10.2013 14:52
BRUSSELS — The leaders of Germany and France offered on Friday to hold talks with the United States in an effort come up with mutually acceptable rules for surveillance operations, easing a trans-Atlantic spying dispute that has plunged relations between America and Europe to a low point. Fury...
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