Thursday, March 21, 2013

[World] Obama and Abbas condemn rocket attacks on Israel - live updates

Obama and Abbas condemn rocket attacks on Israel - live updates
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/9945452/Barack-Obama-in-Israel-medias-sceptical-tribute-to-presidents-charm-offensive.html
US President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Muqata Presidential Compound in the US President Barack Obama and his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, at the Muqata presidential compound in the Ramallah, ...

Kurdish militant leader calls on fighters to leave Turkey
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/cease-fire-declaration-expected-from-imprisoned-kurdish-rebel-leader-1.1204750
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey | Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:39am EDT. DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan called on Thursday for his fighters to halt hostilities and withdraw from Turkey as part of a peace process which marks the ...

Helicopters collide near Berlin stadium
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/21/german-police-helicopters-collide-training
BERLIN (AP) - Two helicopters clipped each other and crashed as they landed in a snowstorm near Berlin's Olympic Stadium during a federal police exercise on Thursday, leaving one person dead and several injured, German authorities said.

Sanjay Dutt's jail sentence upsets Bollywood
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/Bollywood-upset-over-Sanjay-Dutt-s-jail-sentence/Article1-1029866.aspx
As the Supreme Court ordered a five-year jail sentence for Sanjay Dutt, Twitter went abuzz with the news. While a lot of tweeple hailed the decision, the Bollywood fraternity was clearly saddened.

Archbishop of Canterbury: 10 things about the enthronement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21876249
The Bishop of Durham, the Right Reverend Justin Welby, will be enthroned as the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury at Canterbury Cathedral.

Never intended to go inside MK Stalin's residence: CBI
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/never-intended-to-go-inside-m-k-stalins-residence-cbi/1091359/
Under fire for conducting searches at DMK leader M K Stalin's house, CBI today tried to defend its action saying it was "strictly" in accordance with procedures and there was no intention whatsoever to target any particular individual.

Italy's Berlusconi: Need for 'Immediate' Measures to Aid Economy
http://www.skynews.com.au/politics/article.aspx?id=856354
ROME--Italy needs "immediate" measures to help bolster its faltering economy, former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday, adding that his center-right political group was "available" to form a bipartisan government.

Xi sends condolences over death of Bangladeshi president
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/international/bangladesh-begins-3day-state-mourning-on-presidents-death/article4533252.ece
BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday extended condolences to Bangladeshi acting President Abdul Hamid over the death of President Zillur Rahman.

Is India safe for tourists?
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-as-unsafe-as-any-other-country-foreign-visitors/379971-3.html
The India tourism office's popular "Incredible India" marketing campaign, which recently featured The Mentalist co-star Patricia Malone as a woman traveling the country solo, has helped boost the number of foreign visitors to about 6.6 million a year.

Rwanda says it won't hinder transfer of warlord in US Embassy to International ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21878010
KIGALI, Rwanda - Rwanda's justice minister said Thursday his government will not hinder the transfer of the warlord Bosco Ntaganda from the U.S.

Mali army: Suicide bomber launches attack near Timbuktu airport; 1 soldier dead ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/21/suicide-bomber-mali-airport
TIMBUKTU, Mali - A Malian army spokesman says a suicide bomber has killed one soldier and wounded eight others in an attack in Timbuktu.

Boat mishap kills over 50 in south Nigeria
http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/03/21/sunk-nigerian-boat-carried-illegal-migrants/
LAGOS, March 20 (Xinhua) -- More than 50 people have died in a boat mishap on Tuesday in Cross Rivers State in south Nigeria, local sources said on Wednesday afternoon.

Marines? India clueless about its own prisoners in Italy
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/F73ZHIXnURQ9iwuu93hb3K/Marines-accused-of-killing-Indians-questioned-in-Italy.html
New Delhi, March 20: Even as New Delhi was left disgusted by Rome by not letting its murder-accused marines face Indian law, the former had no idea that 109 Indian prisoners had been languishing in Italian jails.

Luka Magnotta's preliminary hearing to adjourn until April
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2013/03/21/montrela-luka-magnotta-preliminary-hearing-adjourns.html
Luka Magnotta's preliminary hearing will hear today from a final group of witnesses before adjourning until next month. The hearing resumed yesterday in a Montreal court after Tuesday's interruption when Magnotta collapsed while watching video evidence.

RH law stopped for 4 months
http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Philippine-top-court-halts-contraceptives-law-4365317.php
MANILA (3rd Update) -- Government agencies have been stopped by the Supreme Court (SC) from implementing the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) law, which is set to take effect on Easter Sunday, March 31.

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