Sunday, May 19th, 2013

World

Insight - Rebel gains in southern Syria sharpen Jordan's dilemma

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Khaled Yacoub Oweis
AMMAN (Reuters) - The growing power of Islamist fighters in southern Syria is causing alarm in neighbouring Jordan, which backs rebels bat...
May 1, 2013, 10:42 pm
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Israel PM says territory not root cause of Mideast row

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that an Israeli withdrawal would not bring peace with the Palestinians because the heart of the conflict was their refusal to recognise Israel as a Jewish state.
May 1, 2013, 10:28 pm

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Rights group warns of 'cover up' in Nigeria bloodbath

LAGOS (AFP) - Human Rights Watch on Wednesday released satellite images showing massive destruction in the Nigerian town of Baga, voicing concern that the military has "tried to cover up" abuses that should be investigated by the International Criminal Court.
May 1, 2013, 10:27 pm

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Bangladesh building collapse toll hits 500

Senior army officers in Bangladesh say the number of confirmed dead in a factory collapse now stands at 405, but 149 people are still missing.
May 1, 2013, 10:27 pm

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UK trudges towards recovery as manufacturing improves

By Olesya Dmitracova
LONDON (Reuters) - British manufacturing almost returned to growth in April and house prices showed their biggest annual rise in more than a year, suggesting that a...
May 1, 2013, 10:17 pm
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MasterCard revenue falls short, CEO says second quarter looks "dodgy"

By Tanya Agrawal
(Reuters) - MasterCard Inc , the world's second-largest payment network, reported a higher-than-expected rise in quarterly profit, but the company's revenue...
May 1, 2013, 10:07 pm

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Lufthansa and workers' union settle pay dispute

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German trade union Verdi has agreed a pay deal with Lufthansa for 33,000 cabin crew and ground staff across the airline group, it said on Wednesday, averting another round of str...
May 1, 2013, 10:05 pm

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Pope condemns Bangladesh 'slave labour' after tragedy

VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned as "slave labour" the conditions for hundreds of workers killed in a factory collapse in Bangladesh and urged political leaders to fight unemployment in a sweeping critique of "selfish profit".
May 1, 2013, 9:40 pm

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Russian tycoon Kerimov snaps up 100 million pound stake in miner ENRC

LONDON (Reuters) - Russian metals billionaire Suleiman Kerimov has bought a stake of just under 3 percent in London-listed ENRC , the embattled Kazakh miner facing a potential buyout led...
May 1, 2013, 9:33 pm
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UK Coal says in talks on future of remaining mines

LONDON (Reuters) - UK Coal, Britain's largest coal miner, said on Wednesday it was in talks with creditors to stay solvent and save up to 2,000 jobs after a fire forced the company's largest mine to c...
May 1, 2013, 9:28 pm
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Government broke EU air quality law, supreme court says

By Nina Chestney
LONDON (Reuters) - British judges ruled on Wednesday that the government has breached European Union air quality law and asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for g...
May 1, 2013, 9:21 pm

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Global consumer confidence improves, noticeably in U.S., Japan

By Susan Fenton
LONDON (Reuters) - Global consumer confidence rose in the first quarter, with a marked increase in sentiment in the United States, Japan and northern Europe, a survey sh...
May 1, 2013, 9:03 pm

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Turkmen president falls from horse, state media silent

MOSCOW (AFP) - Turkmenistan's equestrian-mad President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov suffered a spectacular fall from his horse after a race, according to Internet videos, but state media in the isolated ex-Soviet state maintained a rigid silence on the incident.
May 1, 2013, 9:00 pm

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China says U.S. should watch Japanese nationalism

BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States should be just as concerned as other countries about a rise in Japanese nationalism, China's ambassador to Washington said, hinting that the United States should ...
May 1, 2013, 8:58 pm

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Greeks protest austerity on May Day

ATHENS (AFP) - A strike stopped ferry services to the Greek islands and disrupted public transport in the capital Athens ahead of May Day protests Wednesday against Greece's prolonged economic austerity policies.
May 1, 2013, 8:43 pm

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Fund set to win stake in Greece's OPAP after higher bid

ATHENS (Reuters) - Investment fund Emma Delta has met Athens' demand to raise its offer for a stake in gambling monopoly OPAP , sources said, meaning Greece could seal its first big pri...
May 1, 2013, 8:34 pm
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Once bitten, Japan's big brokers play it safe amid Abenomics boom

By Nathan Layne
TOKYO (Reuters) - With losses from ill-fated expansions still fresh in their minds, executives at Daiwa Securities Group <8601.T> and other top Japanese brokerages...
May 1, 2013, 8:20 pm

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Force-feeding breaches law, UN says amid Guantanamo strike

GENEVA (AFP) - Force-feeding hunger strikers is a breach of international law, the UN's human rights office said Wednesday, as US authorities tried to stem a protest by inmates at the controversial Guantanamo Bay jail.
May 1, 2013, 8:03 pm

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Development Secs eyes up to £500 million of property loans

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Development Securities is in talks with banks to take over a further 500 million pounds of real estate loans as it bids to profit from banks' need to shed bi...
May 1, 2013, 8:00 pm
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Weir swallows orders dip, sticks with guidance

LONDON (Reuters) - British engineering company Weir was confident recent acquisitions would allow it to meet its targets for this year after taking an expected hit from a cooling of las...
May 1, 2013, 7:56 pm
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