Germany to give $190 mn to Afghanistan after 2014
The Siasat Daily
The Siasat Daily
Berlin, May 16: Germany will give 150 million euros ($190 million) worth of cash aid to Afghanistan a year after international peacekeeping forces pull out on schedule in 2014 as part of an agreement signed by both countries Wednesday. Chancellor Angela Merkel said the aid to Afghanistan was a...
Putin-Obama Mutual Snubs Spell ‘Reset’ Crisis – Analysts
Novosti
Novosti
The current diplomatic contretemps between Russia and the United States is a crisis for the reset policy in bilateral relations, which are still based on Cold War-era distrust, Russian analysts said. “Neither side is attempting sincere collaboration. We’re still ruled by mutual...
Ukraine Dismisses EU Plea Over Jailed Tymoshenko
Jakarta Globe
Jakarta Globe
Kiev. Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Wednesday brushed aside Western concerns about his government’s treatment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko as misguided and unwarranted, indicating that Kiev was unlikely to change its mind. The EU has condemned the sentencing of former prime...
Greece to decide on interim government
CNBC
CNBC
ATHENS, Greece - Greece's president convened the crisis-struck country's political leaders once more Wednesday, this time to appoint a caretaker government that will lead the country into new elections next month after nine days of power-sharing talks collapsed. The last election on May 6 left no...
Sierra Leone trial: Charles Taylor set to address court
BBC News
BBC News
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is expected to address the international court that found him guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone. It is his last chance to speak at the tribunal in The Hague before being sentenced later this month. The prosecution will press its case for an 80-year prison...
Bosnia war crimes trial of ex-army chief Mladic to open
France24
France24
AFP - Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic goes on trial Wednesday, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in his campaign of ethnic cleansing and the massacre of Muslims at Srebrenica. Prosecutors will open his long-awaited trial at 9:00 am (0700 GMT) before judges at the...
China dissident tells US of abuse of family
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
A dissident at the center of a standoff between Beijing and Washington accused Chinese authorities of a pattern of abuse against his family as he again took his case to US lawmakers. Chen Guangcheng, a blind self-taught lawyer who last month dramatically escaped house arrest for the safety of the US...
Merkel, Hollande press to keep eurozone together
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed their desire to keep the eurozone together on Tuesday in key talks just hours after France's new leader was inaugurated. With all eyes on their first-ever talks, the two leaders also vowed that the two European...
Pakistan president to attend NATO summit
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Pakistan has confirmed its president will attend a summit of NATO leaders this weekend in Chicago as negotiations with US to reopen supply lines into Afghanistan continues. Nadeem Hotiana, an embassy spokesman in Washington, said on Tuesday that Asif Ali Zardari will attend the May 20-21...
'Black box' found of Russia jet in Indonesia crash
Dayton Daily News
Dayton Daily News
JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian official says special forces have found the voice-and-data recorder of a Russian passenger jet that slammed into a jagged, mist-shrouded cliff on a dormant volcano. The "black box" could help explain the cause of the deadly crash. Search and Rescue agency...
Greece to go back to the polls after President fails to form Coalition
Canberra Times
Canberra Times
"It is absolutely necessary to have the broader support of political parties" ... Antonis Samaras, New Democracy leader. Photo: AFP ATHENS: Greece will be going to elections next month after its President failed to form a Coalition government in a last-ditch attempt to break a deadlock between...
Francois Hollande becomes France's new president
WPXI
WPXI
Francois Hollande became president of France on Tuesday in a ceremony steeped in tradition, taking over a country with deep debts and worried about Europe's future and pledging to make it a fairer place. Hollande is only the second Socialist president of modern France, after Francois Mitterrand's...
News Corp's Rebekah Brooks charged over phone-hacking scandal
France24
France24
REUTERS - Rebekah Brooks, a former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper arm, has been charged with perverting the course of justice over a phone hacking scandal at one of the media mogul’s papers,...
