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Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Algeria Plane Crash: Lone Survivor As 102 Killed

A sole survivor has been found after a military transport plane with 103 people on board crashed in Algeria's rugged eastern region. The C-130 Hercules was carrying 99 passengers - soldiers and their families - and four...

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China and Taiwan hold historic talks The Irish Times

China and Taiwan are holding their highest-level official talks since they split at the end of a brutal civil war in 1949, in an effort to improve relations and economic links between the two rivals. Zhang Zhijun, head of China’s State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, held a formal meeting with Wang...

Barclays Announces Up To 12,000 Job Cuts The New York Times

LONDON – The British lender Barclays said on Tuesday that it would cut up to 12,000 jobs over the course of 2014 as part of its continued restructuring, and it reported a loss in the fourth quarter. The bank, which is cutting about 7,000 jobs in Britain, is looking to cut as much as 1.7 billion...

France in Central Africa : The reluctant interventionist Al Jazeera

Two months after the beginning of military operation of French troops in the Central African Republic, it is time to debunk a few myths. France's military intervention has raised eyebrows, both in and outside France, for reasons which, interestingly, are opposite. On the one hand, some African...

Obama and Hollande: U.S. and France: a renewed alliance Richmond Times Dispatch

Today, American and French diplomats are preparing for talks with Iran that build on the agreement that has halted progress on and rolled back key elements of the Iranian nuclear program. French and American officials share information daily to combat terrorism around the world. Our development...

NASA finds clues to possible water flows on Mars CNTV

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space agency NASA said Monday its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Odyssey orbiter have sent back clues that liquid water may still exist today on the Red Planet. The spacecraft spotted "dark, finger-like markings" that advance down some Martian slopes when...

Taliban intermediaries wrap up two-day talks CNTV

ISLAMABAD, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Taliban and their intermediaries have wrapped up two-day talks in the Waziristan tribal region as part of the ongoing peace negotiations with the government, a Taliban spokesman said Monday. A two-member team of the Taliban mediators led by senior member of...

British jihadists ‘tortured and killed prisoners in Syria’ The Independent

British citizens have posted video footage and photographs that suggest they have been involved in the torture and murder of prisoners during the civil war in Syria, it was reported. A man, who is believed to be with a jihadist rebel group, claimed to have beaten a fighter from the Free Syrian Army...

Spain judge seeks Jiang arrest over Tibet Jiang: Genocide charge Madrid, Feb. 10 (Reuters): A ... The Telegraph India

Madrid, Feb. 10 (Reuters): A Spanish judge today sought the arrest of China’s former President and Premier over accusations of genocide in Tibet in an eight-year-old case that has drawn a rebuke from China. High Court...