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Italian Judge Orders Criminal Trial for Costa Concordia Captain
An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia to stand trial for the deaths of 32 passengers. Captain Francesco Schettino has been charged with manslaughter, causing a shipwreck, and abandoning ship before all the passengers were safe. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. The Costa Concordia struck rocks and capsized off the coast of ...
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Austria Wien cap unbelievable year with title
Coach Peter Stger paid tribute to an FK Austria Wien that never give less than 100% after they wrapped up their 24th Austrian Bundesliga title in style, avoiding a potentially thorny final ...
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Budućnost celebrate first Montenegrin Cup
FK Buducnost Podgorica "deserved" their 1-0 win against ten-man holders FK Celik Niksic in the Montenegrin Cup final, according to victorious coach Radisav ...
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Israeli embassy slams Germany party over labeling
BERLIN - The Israeli embassy slammed the German Green Party on Wednesday for its Bundestag efforts to label products from the West Bank, calling those efforts "another try to negatively single out Israel while promoting an economic boycott of it."In a statement ...
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Mum asked London attackers to hand over their weapons
22 May 2013 A mother confronted the Woolwich attackers, asking them to hand over their weapons and warning them: "It is only you versus many people, you are going to lose", it was reported ...
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US pushes Europe to amend arms embargo on Syrian rebels
John Kerry , the US secretary of state, has been urging the EU to reach consensus on a change that would allow weapons to be delivered to the rebels - though without any decision to do so at this stage.Diplomatic sources said on Wednesday that Britain now has the support of France, Italy and Spain, while Germany is neutral. But Austria, Finland, Sweden and the Czech Republic are still opposed. ...
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Hagel Hails Netherlands as Strong U.S. NATO Partner
American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel hosted the Netherlands' Minister of Defense Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert at the Pentagon today, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little ...
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Germany at odds with Brussels over solar panel tariffs
/enpproperty--> No political party in the German Parliament supports Brussels' decision to levy punitive tariffs against China's exports of solar panels, a German politician said. Hans-Josef Fell, a senior member of the Bundestag, the German Parliament, admitted Germany and the European Commission hold conflicting positions on the issue. Speaking before Premier Li Keqiang's ...
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Caroline Wozniacki upset by Zheng Jie after Brussels washout
Belgium China's Zheng Jie knocked top seed Caroline Wozniacki out of the Brussels Open just hours after prevailing in a three-set opener held over because of Tuesday's heavy rain.Zheng, the world number 51, eased past the Dane 6-2, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals.After Tuesday's washout, 10 first round matches were yet to finish, with all eight second-round matches also on the ...
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France seeks to brand Hezbollah as terrorist group
Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday. "Because of the decisions that have been taken by Hezbollah and the fact that they are fighting very harshly the Syrian population, we have decided to ask that the military branch of the Hezbollah would be considered as a terrorist organisation," Fabius told reporters in English. The United States has long designated the Lebanon-based militant group, ...
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Pussy Riot member goes on hunger strike in Russia
A jailed member of Russia’s Pussy Riot punk band is said to have gone on hunger strike. Maria Alyokhina is protesting over not being allowed to be in court for a parole hearing. She was jailed after performing a ';punk prayer'; in a Moscow cathedral against Vladimir Putin, during his re-election ...
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UK hotel rates strong among mixed European results
Statistics from the Hotel Price Radar show a general increase in average room prices in the UK in the first few months of 2013. This increasing trend has not been seen entirely throughout Europe however, with hotel rates in Athens, Milan and Warsaw all showing double digit reductions in price comparison changes over the last year. The average rate of a hotel room in Warsaw is down 16% compared ...
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France wants Hezbollah on terror blacklist
FRANCE will call for the military arm of Hezbollah to be added to an EU terror blacklist due to its backing of the Syrian regime, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says. "Because of the decisions that have been taken by Hezbollah and the fact that they are fighting very harshly the Syrian population, we have decided to ask that the military branch of the Hezbollah would be considered as ...
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Wozniacki dumped out in Brussels
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki was bundled out of the Brussels Open by China's Jie Zheng on Wednesday.Wozniacki's preparations for the French Open - which starts at Roland Garros next week - took a blow with the surprise defeat, which came in straight sets at the WTA Premier event.The unseeded Zheng was dominant throughout the contest, which lasted exactly 100 minutes, winning herself 15 ...
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Iraqi Police Gunmen Kill at Least 12 in Baghdad Brothel
Civilians gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Kamaliyah neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, ...
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Opposition Groups Call for Swaziland Election Boycott
King of Swaziland Mswati III (Front) and one of his 13 wives disembark from a plane after arriving at Katunayake International airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 13, 2012. ...
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Transitional Justice Elusive in Arab Spring Nations
Egyptian riot police take up positions outside the building where former president Hosni Mubarak is being tried in connection with the killing of Arab Spring ...
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Vatican releases first report of financial watchdog
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Under pressure from global financial circles, the Vatican has published its first annual report from its financial watchdog agency.It also announced new regulations to fight money laundering and terror financing.The Vatican created the oversight agency in 2010 in an effort to shake its image as a secretive tax haven and improve its reputation in global financial ...
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Hajduk halt Lokomotiva to capture Croatian Cup
Dubbed relegation candidates by some last summer, HNK Hajduk Split rounded off an impressive season with a title after edging out NK Lokomotiva Zagreb in a thrilling Croatian Cup ...
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UEFA Champions Festival ready to welcome fans
The UEFA Champions Festival- a free four-day football celebration- opens its doors to the public on Thursday at the The International Quarter, close to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, ...
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IAEA report Iran expands nuclear technology
Herman Nackaerts, left, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, shakes hands with Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, after their talks at the permanent mission of Iran in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. U.N. nuclear agency officials are meeting with Iranian counterparts in a renewed attempt ...
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Man Booker prize goes to one liner
An author who pens stories the length of a sentence has scooped this year's Man Booker International Prize.American writer Lydia Davis has written some short stories of conventional length, but most range from one to three pages, while others are just a paragraph or sentence long.Davis was picked from a short list of 10 names to win the fifth Man Booker International Prize, which is ...
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President Mujica Begins Tour to China Spain Italy and Vatican
Montevideo, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, on Saturday will begin a four-day official visit to the Republic of China. Accompanied by a government and a business delegation, the president, who left here at 14:00 hours (local time) to Paris, where he will make a stop over for Beijing, he will Sunday travel by train to the city of Tianjin to hold meetings with Chinese ...
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Religious groups condemn barbaric act
Britain said the killers' use of "Islamic slogans" indicated they were motivated by their faith.A statement from the council said: "This is a truly barbaric act that has no basis in Islam and we condemn this unreservedly. Our thoughts are with the victim and his family."We understand the victim is a serving member of the Armed Forces. Muslims have long served in this ...
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Readout of Secretary Hagels Meeting with the Netherlands Minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel hosted the Netherlands' Minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert at the Pentagon today. Secretary Hagel strongly emphasized the importance of the Netherlands as both a bilateral partner and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ally and, on behalf of the Department of ...
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US nuclear missles in Europe remain poised for a war that will never come
The United States and Russia recently signed a new landmark nuclear non-proliferation treaty called START in March and the US in early May followed up its non-proliferation goals by making the unprecedented step of publicly declaring how many nuclear weapons it had – just over 5,113 in total, though many of them are in storage and would take time to be deployed.
That is a vast reduction compared to the total arsenal the country possessed at the height of the Cold War in 1967, the number at that time was 31,225, according to reports by European news media. Read more
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