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Monday, 27 December 2010

Ivory Coast's Ouattara calls for general strike

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara called on Sunday for a nationwide general strike that would shut the country down until internationally isolated incumbent Laurent Gbagbo cedes power. Ivory Coast's former prime minister Alassane Ouattara speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Abidjan December 24, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) The country has faced a violent political impasse since a presidential election last month, which was intended to heal the scars of...

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Ivory Coast warns of civil war Joy Online

Foreign intervention to oust Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo could ignite a civil war, a spokesman for the president has warned. West African leaders have warned of military action if Mr Gbagbo refuses to hand power to rival Alassane Ouattara. But Ahoua Don Mello said such a move could...

12 Somalis arrested amid terror attack fears NZ Herald

AMSTERDAM - Dutch police have arrested 12 Somali men in the key port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, the public prosecutor said. The men, aged 19 to 48, were detained on a tip from intelligence services that they were planning an attack shortly in the Netherlands....

Turkey's apology demand 'chutzpah', says Israel FM The Star

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel poured scorn on a fresh Turkish call to restore relations by apologising for its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound ship on Sunday, and said Ankara should be making amends. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem December 12,...

Blizzard Warning for New York as Storm Heads Up East Coast The New York Times

WASHINGTON (AP) — A band of frigid weather snaking its way up the East Coast on Sunday threatened to bring blizzards and a foot of snow to New York City and New England, while several states to the South made emergency declarations as the storm caused crashes on slick roads. Brennen G....

8 Americans killed in Egypt crash Deccan Chronicle

Cairo: Eight American tourists were killed and 21 injured on Sunday when their bus collided with a truck near the southern Egyptian city of Aswan, police and the official MENA news agency said. The bus, which was carrying 37 tourists from the United States, was headed to the ancient Egyptian Abu...

Aftershocks still rattle New Zealand 3 months after 7.0 quake CNN

(CNN) -- A series of aftershocks hit near Christchurch, New Zealand, on Sunday morning, leaving cracks in buildings and sending stocked items falling off shelves in stores and malls. The aftershocks stemmed from a...

Israeli military kills 2 Gaza militants Houston Chronicle

JERUSALEM - Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants Sunday along the Gaza-Israel border, where a sudden surge in violence has weakened an unofficial truce in place since Israel's bruising 2009 war there. The Israeli military said it launched an airstrike after spotting two men trying to...

WikiLeaks Panama: Wiretap Allegations Denied By Panama President Ricardo Martinelli Huffington Post

PANAMA CITY — Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli on Saturday denied information from a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable suggesting he asked the United States to help install phone taps on his political opponents, but he acknowledged a request for help against criminals and organized crime...