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Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:15:41 -0400

18 June 2013 150 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment today of Major General Michel Finn, of Ireland, as head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the Jerusalem-based UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), the first such operation the world body set up almost 60 years ago. "Major General Finn succeeds Major General Juha Kilpia of Finland, who will ...

Obama welcomes Iran's election of moderate president

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:40:07 -0400

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has urged Iran's newly elected president to prove to the world that the Islamic republic was not pursuing a nuclear weapon programme as the White House welcomed election of a moderate leader as a hopeful sign. "I think it says that the Iranian people want to move in a different direction," Obama said of the election results in Iran that saw a surprising ...

Widespread anti-graft protests rock Brazil

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:27 -0400

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Anti-graft protests swept Brazil's main cities as some 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets against alleged mis-governance, forcing President Dilma Rousseff Tuesday to acknowledge the need for better public services and effective administration. The assurance from Rousseff came a day after biggest protests rocked at least ten Brazilian cities, including Sao ...

No breakthrough in talks between UK and Ecuador over Assange

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:11 -0400

LONDON - Talks between the United Kingdom and Ecuador have ended without any breakthrough over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's fate with the Andean nation. Ecquador said it was vowing not to succumb to diplomatic pressure and was ready to consider any request from Edward Snowden, another whistleblower, for asylum. As the fugitive anti-secrecy advocate marks one year holed up in the ...

Gaddafi's son to stand trial in Libya in August

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:29:24 -0400

LONDON - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of deceased Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, will stand trial in August along with Gaddafi's last prime minister and a former intelligence director, the prosecutor's office has announced. The men will be tried for crimes against the Libyan people during the 2011 uprising that toppled the former regime. Notorious former spy chief Abdullah ...

Leaders of G8 call for peace in Syria and pledge humanitarian aid

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:28:36 -0400

ENNISKILLEN - The Group of Eight industrialised nations called for a swift end to the bloody civil war in Syria and urgent peace talks but stopped short of calling for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in its joint statement at the end of talks Tuesday. Despite the lack of consensus among the G8 on the fate of Assad, as well as the use of chemical weapons by his regime, Canadian ...

UN headquarters in Somalia attacked

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:20:02 -0400

An attacker Wednesday blew himself up at the entrance to the UN headquarters in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, CNN reported. Others wearing suicide vests entered the UN compound and a gunfight ensued, said police officer Hussein Ahmed. The compound had now been secured and was in the hands of African Union troops, according to the official Twitter account of the African Union Mission to ...

South Korean president visits Indian book pavilion

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:30:01 -0400

South Korean President Park Geun-hye Wednesday toured the Indian pavilion at an international book fair here in which India is participating as the guest of honour for the first time. She toured the Indian pavilion at the Seoul International Book Fair, spending close to 10 minutes there, said an embassy press release. It was followed by a brief interaction when Minister of State for Human ...

Palestinians should have a state as a right Blair

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:01 -0400

Palestinians "should have a state, not as a reward for good behaviour but as a right", Tony Blair, the official envoy of the Middle East Quartet, said Wednesday. Blair cautioned Israeli leaders that the "window of opportunity" for peace with the Palestinians might close shortly, Xinhua reported. "Some say the two-state solution is a fantasy. The fantasy is thinking one-state is sustainable or ...

Suicide bombers attack UN office in Mogadishu

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:50:03 -0400

Mogadishu, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): Militants on Wednesday launched suicide bomb attacks on the office of United Nations Development Programe (UNDP) in Mogadishu where guards exchanged fire with the gunmen in and around the compound, police and witnesses said. "The fighting with the gunmen and suicide bombers is ongoing. We have eliminated some of the attackers but the fighting is now going on," ...

Li Na enters second round at Eastbourne

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:10:01 -0400

Second seed Li Na of China defeated French woman Alize Cornet 6-2, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Aegon International here. Li, French Open champion two years ago but beaten in the second round at Roland Garros earlier this month, will next take on former champion Marion Bartoli of France, reports Xinhua. Fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki, the former World No.1, led Tamira Paszek 6-2, 2-2 ...

Veronica Campbell-Brown denies knowingly taking drug

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:01 -0400

Olympic and World Champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has denied knowingly taking a banned substance Lasix, which also goes by the name Furosemide. Brown's first public reaction came in the form of a statement released by her On Track Management (OTM) group following reports that she has tested positive for the banned drug. The OTM statement says Brown is determined to clear her name and included ...

Brazil protests will calm down Blatter hopes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:20:02 -0400

FIFA president Sepp Blatter denied that the Confederations Cup and World Cup are the causes for mass protests across Brazil. Demonstrations, which began last week in response to rise in public transport fares, have turned into a nation-wide rally against bad governance and corruption, reports Xinhua. Many marchers expressed their anger at the billions of dollars spent on new football stadiums ...

Pakistan expresses concern over US drone attacks at UNSC

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:40:02 -0400

Pakistan has expressed concerns over drone attacks to the United Nations Security Council. Pakistan told the UNSC that armed drones were violating country's sovereignty, causing civilian casualties, and putting communities at risk of reprisal attacks. According to the Daily Times, Pakistan said drone strikes radicalised disaffected communities and increased the number of terrorists, adding that ...

Protestors hack Brazil World Cup 2014 website

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:40:02 -0400

Protestors have reportedly hacked the official website for the Brazil Football World Cup 2014 and replaced the site with a video of a violent police response to a peaceful protest. According to News.com.au, the FIFA website was replaced with an embedded YouTube video, showing protesters marching, before riot police release tear gas and fire on the protesters with rubber bullets. The report ...

Kim Jong Un distributes copies of Hitlers Mein Kampf to North Korean officials to mark bday

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:50:02 -0400

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un handed out copies of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf to mark his birthday. Kim reportedly distributed the copies of Mein Kampf in an effort to sow fear among top officials. According to the Telegraph, North Korea-watchers believe the move is part of an effort to make him seem powerful, rather than drawing on Nazi beliefs. Shirley Lee, the editor of the New Focus ...

Whatmore to review flop Pak players with World Cup 2015 in mind

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:30:01 -0400

Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore has said that national team will be reviewed keeping in mind the 2015 World Cup after their dismal performance in the ICC Champions Trophy in England. Poor batting led to Pakistan's defeat in all three matches as they failed to post a single total above 170 runs, with the flop performance prompting calls from former players, media and fans to overhaul the system and ...

UN chief hails G8 leaders understanding on Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:20:02 -0400

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon Tuesday welcomed the understanding reached on Syria by leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrial nations. Ban welcomed the commitment to bring the Syrian sides to the negotiating table, saying that he stands ready to convene the Geneva Conference on Syria as soon as possible to help the Syrian sides reach "a comprehensive agreement based on the Geneva ...

Praising advances in Serbia UN official urges political will to solidify human rights gains

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:16:33 -0400

18 June 2013 150 Visiting Serbia at "an important and transformative moment" in its history, the United Nations human rights chief today urged a steadfast focus on fundamental rights as she hailed a succession of political advances that augur well for the country itself and for the future of the wider region. "It is a positive sign that the authorities are addressing some tough human rights ...

Hungary must revoke amendment threatening judicial independence - UN rights chief

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:16:24 -0400

18 June 2013 150 The top United Nations human rights official today urged the Hungarian Government to revoke a constitutional amendment that threatens the judiciary's independence and endangers the country's system of checks and balances. "Hungary should seek to maintain high standards of human rights protection," said High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay. "Our view is that this ...

Senior UN officials urge restraint dialogue to defuse tensions fuelling protests in Turkey

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:16:15 -0400

18 June 2013 150 Urging "maximum restraint" amid widespread anti-Government protests in Turkey, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Navi Pillay, the world body's human rights chief, called today for constructive dialogue to defuse tensions in the country. "The atmosphere is still clearly highly combustible," said Ms. Pillay, who is the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. "It ...

Libyas democratic transition can benefit from national political dialogue says UN envoy

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:16:04 -0400

18 June 2013 150 Managing Libya's democratic transition is bound to be difficult given the legacy of decades of brutal rule, a senior United Nations envoy told the Security Council today, adding that the country could benefit from a national political dialogue on the way forward. "The political and security challenges that now face the country may well be the legacy of decades of ...

Mali UN officials welcome accord between Government and Tuareg rebels

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:15:56 -0400

18 June 2013 150 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the signing of an agreement between the Government of Mali and Tuareg rebels, providing for an immediate ceasefire and paving the way for country-wide presidential elections set for next month. In a statement issued by a spokesperson in New York, the UN chief welcomes the accord reached between the Malian Government ...

US Names New Envoy to Africas Great Lakes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:15:23 -0400

Former Senator Russell Feingold has been named the U.S. special envoy to Africa's troubled Great Lakes region. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who announced the appointment Tuesday, said Feingold will work closely with U.N. envoy Mary Robinson to advance a U.N. framework for peace in the region. The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has endured years of conflict and ...

More Russian Oil Flows to China in Shift From Europe

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:15:14 -0400

MOSCOW Russia is steeply ramping up oil deliveries to China, with Asia now importing almost a fifth of oil exports from the world's largest crude producer in a strategic shift meant by the Kremlin to end reliance on weak and saturated European markets. Russia will increase oil supplies to China by 13 percent in July-September from the previous three months, a shipping schedule obtained ...

Kenyas Deputy Leader to Appear during ICC Trial

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:15:05 -0400

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled that Kenya's deputy president, William Ruto, must attend key segments of his trial on charges of crimes against humanity scheduled to begin in September, according to a court spokesman. Ruto and Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta face similar charges before the court in connection with their alleged role in the country's 2007-2008 post-election ...

G8 condemns use of chemical weapons in Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:02 -0400

G8 leaders Tuesday condemned any use of chemical weapons in Syria, and that they were deeply concerned by the growing threat from terrorism and extremism in the Middle East country. In a final communique issued after the annual G8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, the leaders called on all parties in the conflict to allow access to the UN investigating team, Xinhua reported. It said the ...

Somalia UN envoy horrified by attack on world bodys compound in Mogadishu

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:18:54 -0400

Print 19 June 2013 &#150 The top United Nations envoy in Somalia has condemned today’s massive attack on the world body’s compound in Mogadishu, calling it a ';desperate'; attempt to derail the country’s recovery and development efforts. According to the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), a pickup truck rigged with explosives was detonated outside the gate ...

DP World signs India port expansion pact

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:18:19 -0400

Containers are stacked at DP World's Nhava Sheva Gateway Terminal. The company is India's biggest container terminal operator. Adeel Halim / Bloomberg ...

China Vietnam agree to set up hotline

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:15:55 -0400

BEIJING -; China and Vietnam agreed on Wednesday to set up a hotline to resolve fishing incidents in disputed South China Sea waters that have been a frequent source of tensions between the two ideological ...

Markets drift as investors ready for Fed

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:15:54 -0400

The central bank wraps up a two-day policy meeting later and investors are looking to see if policymakers are moving towards any change in its monetary policy stance. The Fed's strategy of super-low interest rates and easy money over the past few years has been designed to shore up the U.S. economy. It has also helped drive sentiment in the ...

Iceland informal talks about Snowden asylum

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:15:52 -0400

A banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, is displayed at Central, Hong Kong's business district, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview, and called them transparent - even though they are ...

Cher Returns With Womans World on The Voice Finale

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:14:59 -0400

Sporting a fuchsia fauxhawk and dressed in a patchwork of punk-inspired black clothing, the 67-year-old pop icon gingerly worked the stage amid strobe lights and a bevy of scantily-clad backup dancers while singing the female empowerment, dance-pop track co-penned and co-produced by the acclaimed British DJ Paul Oakenfold. Cher's last TV performance was also on NBC – in the 2003 ...

Indian FM Begins Visit to Iraq Oil Among Priorities

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:14:20 -0400

New Delhi, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) The Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid, begins a two-day visit to Iraq aimed at reviving bilateral relations and negotiate greater purchases of oil to the Arab nation, currently its second largest supplier. The Indian foreign minister is scheduled to meet with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshiyar Zebari, and Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, to discuss mutual issues ...

The 25 Movies To Which World War Z Is A Sequel Probably

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:13:01 -0400

Pop Culture Happy Hour is a lively chat about books, movies, music, television, comics and pretty much anything else that strikes a nerve, all in a weekly roundtable from ...

Jozy Altidores resurgence underlines USAs strong World Cup qualifiers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:08:37 -0400

The USA passed the halfway point of World Cup qualification with three straight wins to top their group, but are Jurgen Klinsmann's team on target for ...

Australia fans celebrate with World Cup-qualifying Socceroos – video

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:08:32 -0400

Australia's football team, the Socceroos, are given a rapturous greeting when they meet with fans in Sydney after qualifying for the 2014 World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Iraq. Olger Hosieck's team will now be looking to get past the round of 16 stage - their best placing in the World Cup to ...

World Bank warns climate change woes closing in

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:08:24 -0400

The World Bank on Wednesday warned that severe hardships from global warming could be felt within a generation, with a new study detailing devastating impacts in Africa and Asia.The report presents "an alarming scenario for the days and years ahead - what we could face in our lifetime," said World Bank President Jim Yong Kim."The scientists tell us that if the world warms by two ...

Iran blamed for angry World Cup scenes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:08:18 -0400

Iranian players celebrate after the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between South Korea and Iran in Ulsan, South Korea on Tuesday. Photo: CFPSouth Korean media blamed Iran on Wednesday for angry scenes at a tense World Cup qualifier which ended with fans pelting debris onto the pitch and the visiting coach under fire for a rude gesture.Local newspapers said Iran's players had goaded the ...

G8 should not focus on biofuels in world hunger debate

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:07:41 -0400

WITH the G8 summit underway, the UK biofuel supply chain is calling on Prime Minister David Cameron to use the opportunity to address the multiple causes of global hunger, and not 'simply blame the biofuel industry'. Industry spokeswoman and head of renewable transport at the Renewable Energy Association, Clare Wenner, said the European Commission estimated bioethanol production ...

Family delight at Iraq court ruling

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:03:59 -0400

The Supreme Court - the highest court in the UK - ruled that damages claims could be launched under legislation covering negligence and human rights.Lawyers representing relatives said the ruling meant the Ministry of Defence owed a duty of care to properly equip servicemen and women who went to war.But Defence ...

Head of United Iraq party murdered on eve of elections

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:03:20 -0400

An Iraqi policeman casts his ballot in Ramadi on June 17, 2013 as security forces vote in provincial polls ahead of the rest of Iraqis in the Anbar province. Iraq held provincial elections in April except in six provinces, including Anbar and Nineveh, where polls were delayed because authorities said security could not be guaranteed (Azhar Shallal / AFP) A suicide bombing in northern Iraq on ...

World Cup Legacy for Brazil Goes Beyond Soccer Says Blatter

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:02:20 -0400

RECIFE, Brazil ...

World millionaires wealth totals $46.2 trillion over 3 times US GDP

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:50 -0400

The combined wealth of the world's millionaires increased by 10 percent in 2012 to $46.2 trillion. This is more than three times the annual economic output in the US. Another million people were also added to the list of super-rich in the past year. According to the World Wealth Report 2013 there are a total of 12 million millionaires around the globe, with the US topping the list of ...

2 SAfrican deminers killed in Mogadishu attack

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:59:23 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/Farah Abdi Warsameh - Somali government soldiers gather in front of the main U.N. compound, following an attack on it in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Al-Qaida-linked ...

Obama calls for reduction of worlds nuclear weapons

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:59:10 -0400

President Barack Obama announces efforts to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the U.S. and the world while speaking in Berlin, Germany, ...

Live video US President Barack Obama gives speech at Brandenburg Gate Berlin

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:59:00 -0400

BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 19: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive to speak to the media following bilateral talks at the Chancellery on June 19, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Obama is visiting Berlin for the first time during his presidency and his speech at the Brandenburg Gate is to be the highlight. Obama will be speaking close to the 50th anniversary of the ...

Obama wants nukes cut by a third

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:58:59 -0400

Obama promised to work with Natoallies to forge a new international framework for peaceful nuclear power. He said the US will hold a summit in 2016 on securing nuclear materials around the world.He also called for a treaty to end production of fissile ...

Karzai threat to Taliban peace deal

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:58:59 -0400

Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations and the militant group stops its violent attacks on the ground.Mr Karzai is upset over the joint US and Taliban announcement that they would begin preliminary peace talks ...

High levels of radiation found in groundwater at Fukushima

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:57:59 -0400

A worker carries out radiation screening last year on a bus for a media tour at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. New requirements make it compulsory that plants take steps to guard against radiation leaks in the case of severe accidents. ...

Film review World War Z - Brad Pitts zombie action flick is surprisingly infectious

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:55:38 -0400

In this Doomsday blockbuster zombies are taking over the world, and they're not the slow-shuffle kind, either - these flesh-chompers move like lightning in their pursuit of a ...

Are we responsible for the Uttarakhand disaster World Bank report says global warming is making Indian Monsoon unpredictable

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:54:25 -0400

India's summer monsoon will become highly unpredictable if the world's average temperature rises by two degree Celsius in the next two-three decades, a scientific report commissioned by the World Bank says.The report released here on Wednesday evaluates at the likely impacts of warming between two degree Celsius and four degree Celsius on agricultural production, water resources, ...

Palestinian tobacco faces threat from crackdown on black economy

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:53:07 -0400

YA'ABAD, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian farmers sow tobacco sprouts in the rocky earth of the northern West Bank, reaping a harvest that provides a reliable livelihood in the struggling occupied ...

Analysis Half-way to lost decade Europes growth task as tough as ever

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:52:10 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - Half-way towards a lost decade for Europe's economy, pessimism persists about the political will to halt a worrying slide in the region's potential ...

Rare liliger cubs come out to play

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:51:23 -0400

The first liliger was born in the zoo last year and now there's a second litter of three, all of them females.They were born in May and now have grown up enough to start exploring their surroundings, showing an endearing clumsy energy.Their mother, Zita, was born in the zoo in 2004. Their father, Sam, is an African ...

Olympian strangled to death with whip

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:51:23 -0400

A RUSSIAN former Olympic wrestler was found dead after being strangled with a whip and buried in a Siberian forest, Russian investigators ...

Pope takes disabled boy for a spin

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:51:20 -0400

Pope Francis smiles as Alberto di Tullio, from Boiano, near Naples, Italy, sits in the Pope's seat of his open-top car at the end of his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square at the ...

China dog meat festival under fire

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:51:19 -0400

A FESTIVAL dedicated to dog meat in southern China has been targeted by protesting animal lovers, who have won a minor concession from local officials, an activist ...

Girl Guides serve Queen but not God

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:51:16 -0400

Gone is the reference to loving God, replaced by a call to "be true to myself and develop my beliefs.'' The new pledge unveiled on Wednesday does retain a reference to serving the queen.The long established British scouting organisation - officially named Girlguiding - says some 44,000 people responded to a call for consultations on the new pledge.Chief Guide Gill Slocombe says she ...

Croc kills pregnant woman crossing bridge

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:51:15 -0400

A PREGNANT woman has been killed and her three-year-old son is missing after they were attacked by a crocodile in eastern Indonesia, a local official ...

Hamas says its Iran ties worsen over Syrian civil war

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:48:18 -0400

GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas said on Wednesday its relations with financial backer Iran have suffered as a result of the Islamist group's support of rebels battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a long-time Iranian ...

Putin criticizes U.S. over missile defenses

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:48:17 -0400

Russia's President Vladimir Putin holds a news conference at the end of a G8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 18, ...

Kurdish rebel commander warns Turkish state sabotaging peace

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:48:17 -0400

Murat Karayilan, acting military commander of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Qandil mountains near the Iraq-Turkish border in Sulaimaniya, 330 km (205 miles) northeast of Baghdad March 24, ...

Turkish government protesters seek to draw sting from unrest

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:48:13 -0400

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Wednesday he had no objection to silent anti-government protests inspired by a symbolic "Standing Man" vigil, comments that could help draw the sting out of three weeks of often violent ...

A Social Networking App To Empower The World’s Women

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:47:35 -0400

Lean In circles, both aim to connect and empower women to achieve their goals and aspire to leadership. But these circles are largely limited to those who are already comparatively wealthy and powerful. ...

Emirates Takes Home 2013 ‘World’s Best Airline’ Award

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:47:29 -0400

Emirates scooped up a further two awards including; 'Best Middle East Airline' and for a record ninth year in a row, 'World's Best Inflight Entertainment'. The awards were collected today by Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline at ...

U.N. office in Mogadishu attacked by al Qaeda-linked Somalia militants

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:16 -0400

Somalis carry on June 19, 2013 an injured person after al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab insurgents shot and blasted their way into the United Nations compound in ...

Letters to Jackie Snapshot of 1960s Americas Grief

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:15 -0400

A new documentary is aiming to put a fresh perspective on President John F. Kennedy's legacy, by retracing it through the moments when the American public reacted to his assassination. "Letters to Jackie," a two-hour film based on the book by the same name, features several Academy award-winning ...

Watch US Marine Scores New Career as Underwear Model

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:14 -0400

Next up, inspiration from a marine here who lost a leg in afghanistan. But that did not stop him from starting a new career in an unlikely place, the world of fashion. There he is right there. ...

Zac Posen Reveals His 13 Favorite Red Carpet Dresses

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:13 -0400

Designer Zac Posen has outfitted nearly every A-list star over the years, and now, for the first time, he opens up about his favorite looks and the friends he's made along the way. Read on to see who brought her child to a fitting, who's "the most fun" in the atelier, and who sent Posen films and books to help create him create her Met Ball ...

Watch Kardashian Baby Complications May Have Forced Early Delivery

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:13 -0400

kardashian and kanye west. The proud parents of a baby girl, as we already know. There's new details this morning about the birth. Abc's bianna golodryga is here. It was apparently a harrowing ...

NFL Stars Rental Car Investigated in Murder Probe

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:12 -0400

New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez holds his helmet as he steps onto the field before an NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass., Dec. 10, ...

Watch Supreme Court Says Knox Acquittal Didnt Consider Sex Game Theory

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:11 -0400

The latest on the amman do knox case. The italian supreme court revealing why it overturned an appeals court decision in 2011 to acquit her. We're learning that the judges in the supreme court ...

Watch FBI Resumes Jimmy Hoffa Search on Tip

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:09 -0400

Very latest on the search for Jimmy Hoffa the Teamsters union leader who disappeared nearly forty years ago and is presumed dead. They're been repeated attempts to find his remains over the years ...

Watch Tornado Lands at Denver Airport

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:09 -0400

First, a lot more on the scary tornado in denver. It's 2:30 in the afternoon, george. You're in one of the largest, busiest airports in the world rushing to make your flight. And the pictures ...

Zuckerberg Charms With Proper Shake

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:08 -0400

Bill Gates’ one-handed shake with the South Korean president in April as rude and culturally insensitive, but Mark Zuckerberg charmed the public here Tuesday with proper attire and a handshake, a slight bow included. The Facebook CEO, 29, known for his signature zip-front hoodie and jeans, met with President Park Geun-hye to discuss South Korea’s plans to raise employment by ...

I Guarantee It Mens Wearhouse Ousts Founder

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:04 -0400

Men's Wearhouse Inc. has dismissed its founder and executive chairman George Zimmer. In a terse release issued Wednesday, the company didn't give a reason for the abrupt firing of Zimmer, who built Men's Wearhouse from one small Texas store using a cigar box as a cash register to one of the nation's largest specialty retailers in men's clothing, with 1,143 locations. ...

White Bear Lake to make attempt at worlds largest sundae

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:42:41 -0400

Downtown White Bear Lake should be awash in ice cream June 20, as 575 volunteers scramble to assemble the world's longest sundae. Best yet, the finished treat will need about 3,700 volunteers to eat it. Set to run a three-block length of Fourth Street during the city's weekly Marketfest, the sundae will require more than 200 gallons of vanilla ice cream, about 3,700 cherries, 100 cans ...

Drug companies in Europe fined for pay-to-delay scheme

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:39:50 -0400

Antitrust regulators in Europe said they had fined several drug companies $195 million for conspiring to delay bringing a generic drug to market. The New York Times reported Wednesday the companies fined included Danish drugmaker Lundbeck and German pharmaceutical firm Merck. The European Commission's antitrust division said the companies formed an agreement in 2002 to delay producing a ...

Africa Europe set out cooperation priorities

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:35:40 -0400

The Action Plan 2011-2013 was adopted at the recent Africa-EU Summit held in Tripoli, Libya. It replaces the First Action Plan 2008-2010 that was approved at the last summit three years ago. Both plans of action are based on eight partnerships defined as "strategic". These focus on energy, climate change, peace and security, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), trade and infrastructure, ...

Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:33:45 -0400

BERLIN (AP) -- Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our ...

Myanmar court convicts Muslims over violence

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:33:42 -0400

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Authorities in Myanmar say a court has found two Muslim women guilty of sparking a recent outbreak of sectarian violence in the country, one of them by bumping into a novice ...

South Africa to Host Worlds Biggest Telescope

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:09:35 -0400

JOHANNESBURG -- South Africa is preparing to host the biggest radio telescope in the world. Along with Australia, the country has been chosen to host ...

Obama defends intelligence tactics in wary Berlin

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:08:05 -0400

Reuters © U.S. President Barack Obama gestures as he addresses a news conference after a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery in Berlin June 19, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas ...

Europe faces uphill battle over youth unemployment

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:08:03 -0400

By Anders MelinBRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will hold a summit later this month to tackle the growing scourge of youth unemployment. But there's a problem: the 6 billion euros they want to use to get to grips with the issue aren't yet available.Leaders agreed in February that they would set aside the money from the EU's next long-term budget, which runs from ...

Iraq officials say suicide attack kills politician

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:05:06 -0400

A police officer said Wednesday that a suicide bomber blew himself up late the previous night inside Younis al-Rammah's guesthouse in the northern province of Ninevah. He says al-Rammah and four relatives were killed and six others ...

Syria troops fight rebels near Shiite shrine

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:59:40 -0400

This citizen journalism image provided by Lens Young Homsi, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels using a rocket launcher to attack Syrian soldiers loyal to Syrian president Bashar Assad, in Homs province, Syria, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Syrian warplanes bombed rebel positions near a contested military air base in the north of Syria on ...

World Bank watching US Fed

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:58:56 -0400

London - The World Bank is concerned about the spillover effects on developing countries of a slowing of US money creation and will move to provide affordable capital when borrowing costs rise, its president said on ...

NSA boss defends surveillance

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:58:48 -0400

General Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency, looks at his notes during testimony before a US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on recently disclosed NSA surveillance programmes, at the US Capitol in ...

Fresh hope for couple held captive

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:58:42 -0400

Cape Town - A local NGO believes it can not only pinpoint where two South African hostages are being held in Yemen, but can also negotiate their safe ...

Peppa Pig Worlds Facebook page hijacked by abusive hacker

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:57:49 -0400

children 's animation.But on Monday, Peppa Pig, her brother, George Pig, and their parents, Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig, found themselves the victims of a hacker with too much time on their hands - and too many grubby thoughts on their ...

Time for the World Bank to fund a clean energy future – Greenpeace

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:55:49 -0400

Amsterdam.- In response to the World Bank's latest climate change report, Turn Down The Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts, and the Case for Resilience, Greenpeace International climate campaigner Stephanie Tunmore said: "Fossil fuels are being extracted and burned in the name of development and prosperity, but what they are delivering is the opposite, as the World Bank's ...

Five dead in Iraq suicide bomb ahead of vote

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:55:28 -0400

Iraq on Wednesday killed the leader of a provincial political party and four relatives, officials said, on the eve of elections his bloc was to participate in.Yunus al-Ramah, head of the United Iraq party, had been hosting a social gathering at his home in the town of Al-Hadhr, ...

Shuanghui International Holdings gets $7.9b loan

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:54:57 -0400

/enpproperty--> Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd received a $7.9 billion financing from Bank of China, New York Branch and Morgan Stanley for its purchase of Smithfield Food Inc. Bank of China will provide a $4 billion fixed loan to Shuanghui for the acquisition of Smithfield, while Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc will provide $3.9 billion to repay Smithfield's debt, according to ...

Exceptionalism harms the US and the world

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:54:26 -0400

If some big countries cannot discard their "exceptionalism", not only will their soft power be diminished, but the international community's ability to solve areas of common concern will also suffer, said an article in the People's Daily (excerpts ...

From volcanoes to riots travel security firms watch the world

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:52:34 -0400

Violence on the ground is a lot more dangerous than a volcano that disrupts international air travel, but in all of these kinds of situations, it pays to be prepared and to pay ...

Barack Obama defends US surveillance program amid concern in Europe

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:52:19 -0400

Germany United States president Barack Obama has again defended US internet and phone surveillance programs which sparked alarm in Europe, saying American spies were not "rifling" through the emails of German and French citizens.Mr Obama insisted that the programs run by the super secret US eavesdropping service the National Security Agency (NSA) were legal and limited and were a ...

A small step for men a giant leap for world trade

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:50:15 -0400

An EU/US Free Trade Pact heralds an opportunity to boost the entire world economy. For those who are always keen to jeer at the notion of globalisation, I have 2 words: Pasta, and, Potatoes. Both massive imports which the anti-free trade crowd couldn't live without and presumably given their mantra despising globalisation they would support being repatriated to their origins in China ...

Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:48:53 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/Nisar Ahmad - Afghan police carry an injured Taliban fighter, who was captured after an overnight clash with Afghan police in Jalalabad, in the eastern province of Nangrahar, east of ...

What lies ahead in jobless Europe

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:48:43 -0400

which by the way, is unbelievable. nobody would believe that growing up, because we think europe is over-regulated. our economy, the president right now is around the leaders of the g-8. from now it look like our economy is different. a stunning record last ...

50th International Paris Air Show

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:48:37 -0400

The Le Bourget Air Show has witnessed aerobatic maneuvers by pilots flying the Yak-130 combat trainer, while visitors were offered a glimpse of the new Sukhoi Superjet 100 with its Italian-style interior ...

Construction outlays rise in Europe

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:45:56 -0400

Construction spending rose modestly in the eurozone from March to April, the European Union's statistical office Eurostat said Wednesday. Spending rose 2 percent in the 17-member currency region and 0.9 percent in the 27-member European Union, Eurostat said. With the economy in a prolonged recession in Europe, construction spending had been on a five-month decline. In March, in a revised ...

Flood damages Hallstatt Austrian UNESCO heritage site

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:45:49 -0400

VIENNA - A flash flood unleashed by a major thunderstorm has inundated the Austrian village of Hallstatt, which has been awarded special status by the U.N. because of its unique beauty. The storm late Tuesday turned the placid village creek into a torrent that flooded the village square, tearing up cobble stones in its wake. Houses and a hotel are partially under water. State-run broadcaster ORF ...

Immigration reform helps cops

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:44:03 -0400

>Editor's note: George GascÃ³n is the district attorney of San Francisco, and the former chief of police in San Francisco and Mesa, Arizona(CNN) -- Members of the law enforcement community must sound their voices in support of comprehensive immigration reform for the sake of public safety and for the sake of our country. I write this as a former police chief in Mesa, Arizona, who ...

Listening to terror calls Worth it

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:43:14 -0400

>Editor's note: Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst and a director at the New America Foundation. David Sterman is a graduate student at Georgetown University's National Security Studies Program.(CNN) -- Sometime in late 2007, Basaaly Saeed Moalin, a cabdriver living in San Diego, began to have a series of phone conversations with Aden Hashi Ayrow, one of the leaders of Al-Shabaab, ...

Saving human trafficking victims

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:42:10 -0400

>Editor's note: Yury Fedotov is the executive director of the U. N. Office on Drugs and Crime.(CNN) -- Thirteen-year-old Anjali didn't just pack her bags and run away to the circus, she signed a 10-year contract with a circus master after fleeing from long hours of domestic servitude in Nepal. Taken to India, she then endured years of appalling and dangerous working conditions for no ...

Iraq British soldiers’ families welcome supreme court ruling - video

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:39:06 -0400

Families of British soldiers killed fighting in Iraq welcome a supreme court ruling that allows them to bring damages claims against the British government. Susan Smith, mother of Private Phillip Hewett, and Colin Redpath, father of Lance Corporal Kirk Redpath, speak outside the supreme court in Parliament Square, central London on Wednesday. The families are to sue for negligence and make claims ...

Climate Change-Poverty Link Highlighted In World Bank Report

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:38:59 -0400

STOCKHOLM -- The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a "climate lens." In a report released Wednesday, the international lending institution warned that heat waves, rising seas, more severe storms and other impacts of climate change will trap millions of people in poverty. As a result, the Washington-based bank said ...

Opinion Elephant slaughter surges

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:38:06 -0400

>Editor's note: Mark Quarterman is the research director of the Enough Project, a project of the Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity.(CNN) -- The accelerating pace of the slaughter of elephants for their tusks has put African elephants at catastrophic risk in the coming decades. To make matters worse, some of the region's most notorious armed groups are ...

Nigeria bans satellite phones in Islamist battleground

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:38:00 -0400

MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria's military banned the use of Thuraya satellite phones on Wednesday in northeastern Borno state, a step it said was designed to stop Islamist militants ...

UK says soldier deaths court ruling will hit combat missions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:37:58 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government warned on Wednesday that future combat operations could become more difficult after a court ruled that families of three soldiers killed in Iraq could sue the military for failing to protect troops on active ...

An Anthem for Global Unity Rises from Iraq

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:37:50 -0400

a music video for global unity rising from the youth of our generation's biggest war. If I came with impossibly high goals, what I experienced was beyond my, or anyone's, dreams. The trip was organized in less than a month. Three weeks of outreach, and I was working with members of ...

UK Seawork International Approaches

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:37:08 -0400

Seawork International (Tuesday-Thursday, 25-27 June 2013, Southampton, UK) is the largest and fastest growing commercial marine and workboat event to be held in a European working ...

Day Care Owner Denies Drugging Kids

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:35:13 -0400

An Ohio day care worker who police say sprinkled drugs in children's snacks to make them fall asleep has denied dispensing any medication without parental approval. "I simply wouldn't do it. I didn't do it," Tammy Eppley told ABC News Tuesday. "Anytime I gave the children any medication, I had permission from the parent." Eppley, 37, was charged in ...

Royal Baby a $400 Million Bonanza

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:35:01 -0400

the royal baby , that's just the beginning. Beyond that, as he or she coos and wiggles, lies a cornucopia of delight: bespoke teddy bears, the imperial rattle, a Spode sippy cup, and wee slippers emblazoned with the Union Jack. Asks the world looking on: Why can't my own darling have those slippers? Well, now he ...

Malawi Malawis Economy Is Recovering - World Bank

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:33:00 -0400

Lilongwe - The World Bank says Malawi's economy is recovering with official figures' estimates showing an expected growth of 5.7 percent in agriculture and more than 6 percent growth in manufacturing. The Bank disclosed this on Tuesday evening when its highly powered delegation of more than 10 officials had audience with President Dr. Joyce Banda at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe to present ...

Children to gather in international festival in US

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:32:33 -0400

The International Children's Friendship Festival celebrated with children from 31 different countries in Seattle Children from 31 different countries will participate in the "International Children's Friendship Festival" in the United States hosted by the Turkish American Association of Washington (TACAWA).The annual festival will start on April 27 in Seattle and children from ...

International Retirement Scheme opens to UK Limited Companies

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:29:13 -0400

A new tax-efficient Pension Trust that allows UK Limited Companies to provide retirement packages for their employees who have responsibilities outside the UK has been launched by s615(6) Limited. The International Retirement Benefit Scheme had previously only been open to direct clients, but for the first time will be offered as a new international pensions solution, and can stand ...

Aon Trade Credit becomes international

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:29:10 -0400

Aon Trade Credit UK is pushing out of the UK by launching an international team to support global companies in managing their receivables more proactively to prevent bad debt. The credit insurance broker is following Aon’s Global Risk Management Survey which named liquidity one of the top ten risks for global companies in 2009. The new team will be assisted by placing global ...

Dividend forecasts should lead to recovery in Continental Europe

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:29:09 -0400

Continental Europe is showing signs of a recovery with increases in European stocks dividend forecasts and robust corporate balance sheets, says Ignis Asset Management. Olly Russ, manager of the top-quartile Ignis Argonaut European Income Fund, is confident that current conditions are favouring Continental European equity income stocks, but warned that dividends will remain under pressure ...

Aviva strengthens Europe position

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:29:05 -0400

ING Group’s holding company in Russia and non-state pension fund business, which had assets under management of £30.4million at 31 December 2008, have been acquired by Aviva plc. The pension fund provides pensions to large multi-national corporate clients, and has 17,000 members. The holding company had £0.8million in AUM at 31 December 2008. The acquisition places ...

BNY Mellon expands across Europe

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:29:02 -0400

BNY Mellon Asset Management has opened an office in Paris as part of its plans to branch out within Europe. The global asset management arm of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation will be led by Anne-Laure Frischlander, managing director and head of BNY Mellon Asset Management’s French operations, with a five-strong sales team. The new venture will service current clients in ...

Standard Life’s Europe results drop

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:55 -0400

Standard Life plc’s new business results for 2008 show a drop in worldwide life and pensions sales of six per cent to £15.6bn. Total net flows across the worldwide life and pensions operations were down from £2.8bn in 2007 to £2.4bn in 2008. However, in Europe, net flows were 13 per cent higher at £620million in 2008 than in 2007, at £548million. German ...

iShares Europe enjoys record 2008 inflows

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:52 -0400

iShares Europe has reported a record year of net inflows into its European Exchange Traded Funds (ETF), securing €17.7bn in net new ETF assets at the end of 2008. AT the end of 2007, this figure stood at €5.8bn, and therefore iShares has seen a threefold increase in new money flowing into their ETFs. Globally, the business has had a record year, with net inflows of $89bn in ...

Are international retirement plans the future for expatriates

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:40 -0400

The number of employees on international assignments has increased by almost 90 per cent over the last three years, according to ...

Europe to become main driver in RI market

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:39 -0400

Responsible Investment (RI) will become ‘mainstream’ by 2015 with 20 per cent of pension funds’ assets under management invested in this way, according to a report published jointly by Dutch asset manager Robeco and global consulting firm Booz & Company. The companies predict total revenue of approximately US$50bn by 2015. ';We expect the RI market to become ...

Standard Life paves way to Southern Europe

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:35 -0400

Standard Life Investments (SLI) has reinforced its interest in expanding into Spain, Portugal and Italy by appointing Will Pawson as investment director of Southern Europe. Pawson will be based in Edinburgh and will report to head of European Business Development, Phil Barker. He will take responsibility for the wholesale and institutional marketing of SLI’s products in Spain, ...

Lowest asset growth among world top managers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:35 -0400

The total assets under management among the world’s 500 largest fund managers grew by around nine per cent in 2007 to US$69.4trn, according to ...

Launch of world’s fifth largest insurance company

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:33 -0400

Aviva Investors has officially launched, marking the creation of the world’s fifth largest insurance company. The company is investing to transform its asset management business over the coming years, which will significantly increase its contribution to the Aviva Group’s profit, and will become an ';investment powerhouse on a global scale';. The single business ...

International shift towards Defined Contribution pensions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:29 -0400

A series of working papers released by the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) has highlighted the increasing importance of Defined Contribution (DC) The papers, which follow on from a successful initial series, have marked a strong shift in focus towards DC provision. The initial papers looked as the use of education and risk based regulation. Drafted by various ...

AEGON continues international expansion

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:27 -0400

Financial services organisation AEGON has entered into a partnership with Catalan-based savings bank Caixa Terrassa Vida, which will distribute AEGON life insurance, pension and health products through its network of almost 300 bank branches. AEGON has bought a 50 per cent stake in the Spanish bank’s life insurance and pension unit for €190 million. The partnership with Caixa ...

World pension assets grow to US$12 trn

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:26 -0400

, also showed that most major countries recorded increases in assets, and that the size of these assets has more than doubled over five years. ';The world’s largest pension funds continue to benefit from a high profile as global demographic challenges remain front of mind,'; commented Carl Hess, global head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt. ';As a result ...

Watson Wyatt releases Western Europe updates

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:24 -0400

Financial consultant Watson Wyatt has published the latest editions of its employee benefits and employment terms and conditions for Western Europe. The annual reports are in their 35th and 34th editions, and are references for executives with management responsibility for European or global operations. Covering 19 countries – Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, ...

Borsa Italiana and London Stock Exchange leader in Europe for ETF trades

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:22 -0400

Aggregated figures show that July 2008 set a record in trading of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on Borsa Italiana and London Stock Exchange markets, with 140,452 trades amounting to a highest ever total of €8.8bn (£7.0bn). The average daily value traded was €383.2 million, an increase of 141 per cent year on year, and the total amount traded was an increase of 152 per cent. ...

AEGON moves further into Eastern Europe

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:15 -0400

AEGON has further cemented its presence in Central and Eastern Europe with the acquisition of the Turkish life insurance and pension provider Ankara Emeklilik. The acquisition marks AEGON’s first step into the Turkish market, and is marketed as part of a broader strategy to build scale in emerging markets. The firm agreed to buy Ankara Emeklilik in February 2008, and AEGON also has ...

Europe ETFs overtake US market

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:06 -0400

The assets under management (AUM) in European Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) are predicted to exceed the AUM of American ETFs in the next few months. Since the beginning of 2006, the AUM of fixed income ETFs have grown from £4.4bn to £16.7bn at the end of May 2008, equating to a return of 73.5 per cent. AUM in US fixed income ETFs are currently at £21.8bn, and in Europe ...

Pensions innovation rife in Eastern Europe

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:05 -0400

10.6.08 Creative thinking when it comes to pensions and benefit provision is rife in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) among employers keen to attract and retain an evermore demanding workforce. The latest editions of Watson Wyatt’s annual reports on employee benefits and employment terms and conditions for CEE reveal that companies are having to differentiate themselves by ...

Seven Dials targets Northern Europe in latest asset allocations

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:01 -0400

The Seven Dials European Property Fund has targeted Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Germany as primary territories in the latest round of asset allocation. Fund manager Brett Robinson said that, as a result of the 2007 market fall out, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland all present ';outstanding'; opportunities for the fund, and the Netherlands and Germany also offer ...

Fidelity International Real Estate Business expands into Germany

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:54 -0400

Fidelity International’s Real Estate Business is planning to expand into the Continental European market with the opening of a dedicated Fidelity Real Estate Business office in Munich. The new office, which is currently going through its regulatory notifications, will provide a strategic base for Fidelity’s director of European Real Estate, Keith Sutton. From here he will ...

Pensions barometer uncovers Europe’s best and worst

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:49 -0400

Denmark has come top for the second year running in a report ranking European countries according to their success at addressing pension scheme risk. The third annual Aon European Pensions Barometer, which analyses 25 of the 27 member states of the European Union (EU), rates countries by assessing four key areas of pension risks: demographics; adequacy of State provision; affordability ...

Pension reform leads to pension cuts across Europe

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:43 -0400

Pension reforms in Europe and across the globe have resulted in a significant reduction in pension promises, a new study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has indicated. The average pension promise in the 16 OECD countries covered by the Pensions at a Glance 2007 study* has been cut by 22% (for women the reduction was 25%) because of reforms, and in only ...

Amnesty International Sudan Still Holding Hundreds Without Charge Months After Attacks Ouside Khartoum

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:15 -0400

Sudan Still Holding Hundreds Without Charge Months After Attacks Outside Khartoum, Amnesty International Says NEW YORK - August 18 - Amnesty International today accused the Sudanese government of holding hundreds of people -- including women and a nine-month-old -- without charge or access to lawyers as they prepare to try another 109 individuals in sham courts over the armed attacks by the ...

International Campaign to Ban Landmines Condemns Russian Use of Cluster Munitions in Georgia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:14 -0400

ICBL Condemns Russian Use of Cluster Munitions in Georgia August 15 - The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) strongly condemned Russia today for the use of cluster bombs in Georgia which resulted in at least 11 civilians being killed and dozens injured. Evidence of cluster munitions use by Russia was revealed by ICBL member Human Rights Watch in a press release issued ...

Amnesty International USA Brings Guantanamo Cell Replica to Denver

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:11 -0400

Human Rights Organization Will Tour Cell Across the Nation Urging the Bush Administration to Close Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba WASHINGTON - August 13 - Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will bring its national tour of a life-size Guantanamo prison cell replica to Denver, Colorado starting Sunday, August 24 through Tuesday, August 26; visitors are encouraged to experience the ...

Amnesty International Welcomes Release of Syrian Prisoner of Conscience Dr. Aref Dalilah

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:05 -0400

Amnesty International Welcomes Release of Syrian Prisoner of Conscience ...

International Fund for Animal Welfare Penguin Stranding Mystery in Brazil Prompts Rescue Attempt

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:01 -0400

Penguin Stranding Mystery in Brazil Prompts Rescue Attempt YARMOUTH PORT - August 7 - More than 1000 juvenile Magellanic penguins have washed-up either dead or dying along the Brazilian coast and as far north as Natal in Rio Grande do Norte, 3000 km north of Sao Paulo. IFAW (International Fund for Animal ...

Amnesty International USA Charges Against Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim Politically Motivated

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:59 -0400

Human Rights Group Considered Anwar a Prisoner of Conscience WASHINGTON - August 6 - Sodomy charges against Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim may be an attempt to stop him from running for election to parliament, Amnesty International said ...

International Labor Rights ForumInstitute for Policy Studies Firestone Workers in Liberia Sign Historic Contract

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:58 -0400

New Contract is a Major Victory for International Campaign Against Firestone WASHINGTON - August 6 - Workers on the ...

Amnesty International Hamdan Unfair Trial Compounds Injustice of Unlawful Detention

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:57 -0400

Hamdan: Unfair Trial Compounds Injustice of Unlawful Detention August 6 - "The conviction of Salim Hamdan under procedures that do not meet international fair trial standards compounds the injustice of his more than five years' unlawful detention in ...

Bread for the World Calls for Second Stimulus Package

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:56 -0400

Bread for the World Calls for Second Stimulus Package WASHINGTON - August 5 - Bread for the World president David Beckmann urged Congress to enact a second economic stimulus package in view of recently released data indicating continued job declines in the last seven months and a 5.7 percent unemployment rate in July. He said that data released by the government last week suggests that rebate ...

Bread for The World Hungry and Poor People Hit Hard By Collapse of Global Trade Negotiations

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:55 -0400

Hungry and Poor People Hit Hard By Collapse of Global Trade Negotiations WASHINGTON - August 4 - Bread for the World president David Beckmann today warned that the recent collapse of global trade negotiations, called the Doha Round, will adversely affect the world's hungry and poor people in more ways than the negotiators realize. Even before the current hunger crisis, the U.N. Food and ...

Amnesty International USA Governor Rick Perry Must Halt Medellin Execution Immediately

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:54 -0400

Texas Goes 'Beyond the Pale if it Insists on Going Forward' With Execution WASHINGTON - August 4 - Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) today urged Texas Governor Rick Perry to stay the execution of ...

Peace Education Fund Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World Presidential Candidates and Sen. Reid and Dorgan Are Targeted With Nuclear Weapons Ad Campaign

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:54 -0400

Presidential Candidates and Sen. Reid and Dorgan Are Targeted With Nuclear Weapons Ad Campaign BERKELEY, California - August 4 - The Peace Education Fund and the Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World today began an ad campaign called "The Elephant in the Room," which calls on the presidential candidates to "turn words into action" on nuclear security. The ads are also ...

Chinas Xi harks back to Mao in party cleanup

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:23:28 -0400

BEIJING (AP) -- China's new leader Xi Jinping is commanding wayward Communist Party cadres to purify themselves of corruption, and he's summed it up in a pithy slogan as Mao Zedong might have done: Look in the mirror, take a ...

Obama warns EU over high youth unemployment

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:23:26 -0400

Obama said at a news conference in Berlin Wednesday that he has confidence in the eurozone's policies to resolve the 17-nation bloc's debt crisis, but also warned that policymakers must not lead to lose sight "of our main goal, which is to make people's life ...

Palestinian party toughens line on Israel talks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:23:25 -0400

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- An adviser to the Palestinian president says Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement wants him to stick to long-standing demands for resuming talks with ...

50 years after JFKs Berlin speech

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:16:53 -0400

>Editor's note: Nicolaus Mills is professor of American studies at Sarah Lawrence College and author of "Winning the Peace: The Marshall Plan and America's Coming of Age as a Superpower. "(CNN) -- The White House has announced that on Wednesday, at the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Obama will speak in Berlin at the city's landmark Brandenburg Gate. The president's ...

Tropical depression heads toward Mexican coast

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:55:46 -0400

MIAMI -; Forecasters say a tropical depression crossing Mexico's Bay of Campeche is expected to become a tropical storm before making landfall in that country's Gulf Coast state of ...

UAE charges 30 suspects with plotting coup

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:55:46 -0400

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -; A state security prosecutor in the United Arab Emirates says 30 Egyptian and UAE suspects have been charged with plotting a coup linked to a network of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, in a case likely to further strain relations with ...

AP PHOTOS 3 little liligers cavort at Russian zoo

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:55:46 -0400

In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, Zita, a liger - half-lioness, half-tiger - carries her one month-old liliger cub in the Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub's father is a lion, Sam. (AP Photo /Ilnar ...

European Union Reducing the democratic deficit

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:54:22 -0400

Big decisions affecting how EU member states function are taken by top ministers and heads of government, and handed down by the unelected "troika" of the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund. But national parliaments have a host of readily-available measures at their disposal to make powerful European institutions more accountable to elected ...

Number of those displaced continues to rise as UN honors World Refugee Day

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:52:28 -0400

World Refugee Day, which was established by the United Nations to "honor the courage, strength and determination of women, men and children who are forced to flee their homes under threat of persecution, conflict and violence" is this Thursday, 20 July. Under this years theme, "Take one minute to support a family forced to flee," a number of actions have been planned by the ...

European Union imposes 94 million euros fine on Denmarks Lundbeck

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:50:28 -0400

International News: With a penalty of 94 million euros imposed on Denmark's Lundbeck, European Union antitrust regulators fined nine drug makers, including Ranbaxy Laboratories of India, a total of 146 million euros on Wednesday for blocking the supply of cheaper medicines on the ...

Overland Park man reunites with plane wrecked in World War II

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:49:56 -0400

The satellite television company blamed Overland Park-based Sprint and its revised agreement to be acquired by SoftBank Corp. Sprint had set the deadline for Dishs best and final offer after rejecting an earlier proposal from Dish as one it could not act ...

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