Monday, February 18, 2013

[World] Chavez Returns to Venezuela from Cuba

Chavez Returns to Venezuela from Cuba
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/02/18/venezuelas_hugo_chavez_returns_from_cuba.html
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned home from Cuba after more than two months of medical treatment for cancer. The president's return to Caracas was announced in messages early Monday on Twitter.

Oscar Pistorius murder charge: Reeva Steenkamp's iPad 'key to investigation'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/9877745/Oscar-Pistorius-murder-charge-Reeva-Steenkamps-iPad-key-to-investigation.html
The device is understood to have been found in the bedroom of the 26-year-old Paralympic athlete after Miss Steenkamp, 29, a model, was killed in the early hours of Valentine's Day.

Pakistani Shi'ites March to Demand Protection From Terrorists
http://www.voanews.com/content/quatta_shiities_march_in_pakistan_to_demand_protection_from_terrorists/1606145.html
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - Angry Shi'ite Muslims have taken to the streets in predominantly Sunni Pakistan to protest against Saturday's bombing in a southwestern city that killed 89 people and wounded more than 200 others.

Open up barriers: Cameron to India
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/britain-seeks-to-be-indias-partner-of-choice-david-cameron/373719-3.html
Calling the Britain-India relationship "special", British Prime Minister David Cameron Monday began his India visit by emphasising that both countries should remove barriers to cooperation and make it easier to invest in each other.

Talks to create new Tunisia government 'have failed'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21496870
Talks on the creation of a new government in Tunisia have failed, Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali has said . Mr Jebali's plan to form a cabinet of technocrats has been rejected by his Ennahda party.

US could resume direct Mali military aid if elections successful
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/eu-foreign-ministers-officially-launch-mission-to-train-military-in-mali-1.1161128
By Pascal Fletcher. BAMAKO, Mali | Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:49pm EST. BAMAKO, Mali (Reuters) - The United States is likely to eventually resume direct support for Mali's military, but only after full restoration of democracy through elections, the head of a visiting ...

Assange stand-off costing London police $4.3 million
http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=846998
The cost of policing the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is staying, has hit 2.9 million pounds ($4.3 million), Scotland Yard says.

Islamist group says its behind Nigerian kidnapping
http://www.smh.com.au/world/islamist-group-says-its-behind-nigerian-kidnapping-20130219-2eo6i.html
Abuja: An Islamist group in Nigeria claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of seven foreigners at a construction site in the northern state of Bauchi.

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