![]() Sydney Morning Herald | Profile: First EU President Herman van Rompuy BBC News The eu's first permanent president, Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy, is a camera-shy man who has been catapulted from relative obscurity. After his selection at a Brussels summit, he stressed his credentials as a consensus politician and made ... Hymn to Belgium's EU president New EU president raises fears in aspirant Turkey The new EU chiefs: Rompuy-pumpy and Cathy Who? |
![]() TIME | UN official urges countries to learn from Cuba on children's protection Xinhua HAVANA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The representative of UNICEF, or the UN Children's Fund, in Cuba said here Friday that Cuba is among the countries that have best implemented the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and that countries in the world ... UN marks 20 years of Convention on Rights of the Child Adopting the right attitude to our nation's children and young people UN urges help for 1 billion deprived children |
![]() BBC News | U.N. Official Seeks Global Action on Iran Wall Street Journal BERLIN -- Mohamed ElBaradei, the departing chief of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency, said Iran's continued refusal to accept tighter scrutiny of its nuclear activities would likely force the ... France rejects Iran's new demand on nuclear program Major World Powers Dislike Nuclear Response From Iran 6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue |
FOXNews | Obama, 'First Pacific President,' Turns to Asia Voice of America President Obama is back from his first trip to Asia since becoming what he called "America's first Pacific president." The president, born in Hawaii, began his eight-day trip in Japan, then visited Singapore, China and South Korea. ... US envoy pans media coverage of Obama China visit Obama sets the pace in China A different way to nurture US-China relations |
![]() guardian.co.uk | Cumbria flood areas forecast rain BBC News Flood-stricken parts of the UK are bracing themselves for more rain after an "unprecedented" deluge swamped homes and brought down bridges. Forecasters predict Saturday will bring 15mm (0.5in) to 40mm (1.6in) of rain to Cumbria, where police said 100 ... 'Rain like this happens once every 1000 years' Cumbria floods: residents braced for more rain Officer missing as bridge collapses |
![]() BBC News | Obama's warning to Israel: Your emails BBC News BBC readers respond to the US president's warning to Israel that expanding the settlement of Gilo in East Jerusalem would embitter the Palestinians and make peace harder to achieve. As a resident of Gilo for many years I find it ridiculous that Gilo is ... Palestinians Say Israeli Move Could Kill Peace Process Going green on both sides of big blue Obama in the Mideast: Innocents Abroad. Worse, Arrogant Innocents Abroad |
![]() BBC News | Palestinian panel to sidestep vote Washington Post JERUSALEM -- To keep the Palestinian Authority government working after its term expires in January, Palestinians are turning to an unelected group of political insiders instead of holding new elections, according to Palestinian ... Israel halts football stadium construction in West Bank Brazil to create 1.3 mln jobs by year end-Lula Lula urges Israel settlement freeze |
Business Daily Africa | EAC common market protocol to spur economic growth Xinhua NAIROBI, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The signing of the East Africa Community (EAC) protocol in Arusha on Friday is expected to spur economic growth in the region. The Common Market which shall be managed in accordance with relevant laws of the East African ... Big stride for EAC as leaders sign protocol East African bloc to sign common market treaty East African nations agree to common market trade deal |
![]() BBC News | Gang lured victims to grisly death 'for trade in human fat' Times Online Since the days of the Spanish conquests, the children of the Andes have been terrified by tales of strangers who kill South American Indians on lonely roads, sucking out their fat to make lotions and potions for sale in the West. ... Peruvian gang 'killed peasant farmers for their fat' Arrests made in ring that sold human fat, Peru says Peruvian gang killed victims for their body fat, police |
![]() BBC News | UN Agency Describes South African Violence as Xenophobia Voice of America The UN refugee agency is describing as “xenophobic” this week's violence in a rural area northeast of Cape Town, South Africa. Xenophobia is a term meaning fear of foreigners. On Tuesday, local workers in De Doorns drove some 3000 foreigners from their ... UN condemns South Africa attacks on Zimbabwe workers S.Africa police arrest 22 over xenophobic attacks Zimbabwe: Another Price Rise |