Saturday 28th January, 2012
Fitch cuts rating of five eurozone nations rating
NEW YORK - Fitch Ratings Friday downgraded the sovereign credit ratings of five euro currency countries - Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Belgium and Cyprus, contending they lack financing flexibility in ...
'Involuntary injury' charge against maker of faulty breast implant
PARIS - The founder of a French company at the centre of a global health scare over faulty breast implants was Friday charged with "involuntary injury", his lawyers said. Jean-Claude Mas, 72, ...
Huge rise in internet users, web economy by 2016
DAVOS - The web economy of the G20 is projected to reach $4.2 trillion in 2016 - nearly double the size of $2.3 trillion in 2010, according to a study by a global management consulting firm. The ...
Italy must urgently act to end violence against women, UN rights expert says
Europe News.NetItaly must do more to protect women from violence and urgently address the underlying structural causes of gender inequality and discrimination, an independent United Nations human rights expert ...
France to Resume Training, but Will Withdraw from Afghanistan Next Year
Europe News.NetFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy says France will pull its troops out of Afghanistan next year -- a year earlier than planned. Friday's announcement came following talks with Afghan President Hamid ...
Pentagon Reassures Partners in Face of Cuts
Europe News.NetU.S. military leaders say they have begun preparations for a new, leaner military as Washington prepares to make cuts in the defense budget. Washington wants to reassure its allies, though, that it ...
Syrian Violence Escalates as Diplomatic Efforts Falter
Europe News.NetViolence in Syria continued Friday, bringing to more than 50 the number of people killed there over the past two days, as a resolution to curb the bloodshed appeared to be stalled in the United ...
Hindus ask Europe to address issue of stateless Gypsies urgently
Europe News.NetHindus want Europe to do something concrete to improve the plight of stateless Roma (Gypsies), who suffer rejection day after day. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada ...
Deficit focus questioned as answer to euro crisis
Richmond Times-DispatchFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Europe is getting tougher on government debt. After more than two years struggling to rescue financially shaky governments, leaders of the 17 countries that use the euro ...
Russia Clashes with Europeans, Arabs Over Syria UN Resolution
VOAEuropean and Arab nations are calling on the U.N. Security Council to back a resolution supporting the Arab League's plan to end the 10-month-old political crisis in Syria. But, Russia has ...
Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other EU zone ratings
Trade ArabiaFitch downgraded the sovereign credit ratings of Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Slovenia and Spain on Friday, indicating there was a 1-in-2 chance of further cuts in the next two years. In a statement, ...
Japan, Russia far apart on territorial dispute
Times of OmanJapan: Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said Saturday that a heated, decades-long territorial dispute with Russia was far from solved even as they agreed to boost security and economic ...
India’s HCL Hiring 10,000 In U.S., Europe
TechWebIndian outsourcer HCL Technologies said it plans to hire 10,000 IT pros in the U.S. and Europe in the next five years as part of an effort to diversify its operations beyond its stronghold on the ...
IMF chief: Some euro countries can boost growth
San Diego Union-TribuneInternational Monetary Fund, IMF, chief Christine Lagarde speaks during her visit to the social media corner at the 42nd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, ...
France Announces Early Withdrawal from Afghanistan
NoviniteThe French contingent is going to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2013, which is one year ahead of NATO's schedule. The statement was made by French President Nickolas Sarkozy after a ...
Germany defends tough stance in eurozone crisis
MENAFN(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Friday defended his country's tough stance in the eurozone's debtcrisis, according to dpa.'We Germans do not ...
Unemployment rises sharply in Spain
MENAFN(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) Unemployment rose sharply in Spain in the fourth quarter, with more than 5 million people out of work, the government's statistical office said.The unemployment ...
Russia to build three new factories to make ABM systems
Itar TassMOSCOW, January 28 (Itar-Tass) - Russia will build three new factories to produce ABM systems for troops of air-space defence, said on Saturday vice-premier Dmitry ...
Russia-Japan trade in 2011 exceeds $30 bln
Itar TassTOKYO, January 28 (Itar-Tass) - Trade turnover between Russia and Japan on the results of 2011exceeded 30 billion dollars, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on ...
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