Mali names new prime minister in abrupt change of leadership
CNN
CNN
December 12, 2012 -- Updated 1106 GMT (1906 HKT) A man holding a banner that reads 'No negotiation with rebels' joins thousands of others in Bamako on December 8, 2012. (CNN) -- Mali's president has named Diango Cissoko as the country's new interim prime minister, according to state media reports,...
Vladimir Putin warns against foreign meddling
The Times of India
The Times of India
MOSCOW: Russia President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday denounced opponents who receive financial assistance from abroad and vowed that the country would not allow democracy to be imposed from the outside. Putin said in his first annual state-of-the-nation address since he returned to the Kremlin for a...
Alawite 'civilians killed' in Syria village
BBC News
BBC News
A large number of civilians from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect are reported to have been killed or hurt in a village in Hama province. Some opposition activists said as many as 300 people may have died in Aqrab. They said pro-government militiamen besieged by rebels had blown...
Defiant North Korea launches long-range rocket
The Hindu
The Hindu
North Korea defied international warnings and fired a long-range rocket on Wednesday, the second launch under its new leader and a clear sign Pyongyang is pushing forward with its quest to develop the technology needed to deliver a nuclear warhead. Pyongyang’s state media quickly claimed that...
US recognises Syria opposition coalition: Obama
Zeenews
Zeenews
Washington: US President Barack Obama has said his country has formally recognised Syria's opposition rebel coalition as the "legitimate representative" of the Syrians, BBC reported. Obama said the emerging coalition had earned the right to represent...
Bangladesh opposition in violent protests over attacks
BBC News
BBC News
Violence has flared in many parts of Bangladesh as schools and most businesses were shut after opposition groups enforced a dawn-to-dusk strike. They called the strike to protest against attacks on their supporters during a road blockade on Sunday. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies...
'Long way to go' on justice for Afghan women - UN
BBC News
BBC News
Afghan women victims of violence are still being failed by the justice system, according to a new UN report. Although there had been some progress in implementing a 2009 anti-violence law, overall use of the law "remained low", the report says. Cultural pressures and inconsistent police...
HSBC to announce $1.8 bln settlement in U.S. money laundering probe-sources
Reuters
Reuters
n">Dec 11 (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings Plc is expected to become the first bank to admit to both money-laundering lapses and U.S. sanctions violations on Tuesday as part of a settlement of around $1.8 billion with law enforcement agencies, according to people familiar with the situation. The...
Mali's prime minister Cheikh Modibo Diarra resigns, after being arrested by junta
The Times of India
The Times of India
BAMAKO: Mali's prime minister presented his resignation on state television in a broadcast at 4 a.m. local time, hours...
Syria to U.N.: 'Serious fear' it will be framed for the use of chemical weapons
CNN
CNN
December 10, 2012 -- Updated 1327 GMT (2127 HKT) (CNN) -- Syria is raising concern in two letters to the United Nations that the United States may be attempting to frame it for the use of chemical weapons, Syrian state-run media reported Monday. The letters, addressed to U.N. Secretary-General Ban...
Berlusconi's Back: Italian Banks and Bonds in Trouble
CNBC
CNBC
You can't keep Silvio Berlusconi down. A lesser man might be chastened by being turfed out of the Prime Minister's office, an ongoing trial involving a sex scandal, or a conviction for fraud. Yet Italy's longest-serving leader since the Second World War confirmed what had been long-rumored on...
Mahama declared winner of Ghana presidential polls
The Star
The Star
ACCRA: Ghanaian incumbent John Dramani Mahama was on Sunday declared the winner of closely fought presidential polls, but the opposition alleged fraud in a nation that has been seen as a model of African democracy. The electoral commission announced the result after a day of twists and turns linked...
