Senior Tibetan Monk Dies In Chinese Prison Read Full Article
Huffington Post
2015-07-13
By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING, July 13 (Reuters) - A Tibetan monk who was one of China's most prominent political prisoners has died in jail, a relative said on Monday, and a rights group said security...
Snow and wild weather to sweep eastern Australia as cold snap continues Read Full Article
The Guardian
2015-07-13
Rain and damaging winds predicted for parts of coastal NSW and Victoria as snow falls across alpine regions see ski resorts benefit from below-average temperatures ...
Safe, Affordable - and More Beautiful Than Ever Read Full Article
Huffington Post
2015-07-13
I was in Greece last week and experienced a country completely different than was being portrayed on TV, amazed at how political and economic considerations could color the news so darkly. The...
Malala turns 18, says world failing Syrian children Read Full Article
The Times of India
2015-07-13
BEIRUT: Malala Yousafzai told world leaders they were failing Syria's children, as the Nobel Peace Prize winner spent her 18th birthday on the Syrian border on Sunday. As she became an adult, the...
Iran nuclear talks 'near the summit' Read Full Article
The Siasat Daily
2015-07-13
Vienna , July 13: Iran and major world powers were today closer than ever to a historic nuclear deal on the eve of a new deadline set at marathon talks in Vienna. "We have come a long way. We need to...
This league table of Greek debt explains why Merkel will show Greece no mercy (GREK) Read Full Article
Seattle Post
2015-07-13
It's no secret that the biggest holder of Greek debt — which Greece is refusing to pay — is Germany. But when you see how much exposure Germany has to Greek debt, you quickly realize just how...
Eurozone leaders take hard line on Greece Read Full Article
Business Day
2015-07-13
Related articles Eurozone leaders: Greece must do more to earn rescue Greece faces D-day after ‘difficult’ bailout talks halted Greek PM gets backing for bailout Tsipras hailed as a Greek hero by left...
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata dies at 55 Read Full Article
The Washington Post
2015-07-13
Nintendo announced Sunday that president Satoru Iwata -- also chief executive of its United States unit -- has died due to a bile duct growth at the age of 55. Iwata was a popular executive who...
Bond market innovation could help China climate change pledge Read Full Article
South China Morning Post
2015-07-13
World leaders have agreed to limit global average temperature rises to within 2 degrees celsius. To achieve this, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommends a 40-70 per cent reduction in...
Pressure on Greece to reform for bailout Read Full Article
Otago Daily Times
2015-07-13
Euro zone leaders argued late into the night with near-bankrupt Greece at an emergency summit, demanding that Athens enact key reforms this week to restore trust before they will open talks on a...
El Chapo escape: notorious drug lord tops list of world's most-wanted – again Read Full Article
The Guardian
2015-07-13
Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has gone, again. On Saturday night, Mexico’s most infamous drug trafficker slipped out of a high-security prison for a second time, humiliating a government that said it could never happen. ...
Financing for Development -- What Does Success Look Like? Read Full Article
Huffington Post
2015-07-13
Photo: BRAC school Bangladesh, courtesy A World at School Setting the 'ground rules.' That's the best description I've heard so far for what the Third International Conference on Financing for...
Colombia, rebels agree to strive for full cease-fire Read Full Article
Tampa Bay Online
2015-07-13
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Colombian government and leftist rebels announced Sunday that they will seek to work out a full cease-fire that would end a more than five-decade long conflict in this...
Tennis: Djokovic denies Federer record title Read Full Article
Otago Daily Times
2015-07-12
Previous || Next Novak Djokovic again revealed the true depth of his steely core to grind Wimbledon idol Roger Federer's hopes of a record eighth title into Centre Court's baseline dust. With a...
Greek tourist hotspots face big bailout tax hikes Read Full Article
The Associated Press
2015-07-12
PSATHA, Greece (AP) -- An hour west of Athens, the pebbly beaches by turquoise waters and pine-covered mountains are nearly empty as the Greek sunbathers who normally pack them stay home amid fears...
Greeks learn to move through daily life without money Read Full Article
Mashable
2015-07-12
For the past two weeks, people across Greece have asked two questions on the phone with their friends waiting at ATMs: Is there a line? And does it have money? The long lines at money machines have...
Secretary-General's closing remarks at Global Civil Society Forum (UN - United Nations) Read Full Article
Public Technologies
2015-07-12
(Source: UN - United Nations) Statement Secretary-General's closing remarks at Global Civil Society Forum Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 12 July 2015 Thank you for your very warm welcome and for inviting me...
Iran nuclear deal still needs 'political will': Iranian diplomat Read Full Article
Yahoo Daily News
2015-07-12
A historic nuclear deal between Iran and major powers is "within reach" but still requires "political will", an Iranian diplomat warned Sunday amid signs talks in Vienna...
EU cancels summit on Greece as eurozone talks continue Read Full Article
Deccan Herald
2015-07-12
The EU cancelled a full 28-nation summit today to decide Greece's fate in the single European currency, although a meeting of leaders from the 19 countries in the eurozone will go ahead as planned....
European refiners to buy Iran oil once nuclear deal achieved Read Full Article
Press TV
2015-07-12
European refineries have indicated their readiness to restart purchasing Iranian crude oil as nuclear talks between the Tehran and six world powers approach their final stage with a comprehensive...
Attack on Serbian PM mars Srebrenica commemoration Read Full Article
Dawn
2015-07-12
SREBRENICA: An angry crowd hurling stones and plastic bottles forced Serbia’s premier to flee a ceremony on Saturday marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre of some 8,000 Muslims in...
Greece prepares itself to face another year of political turmoil Read Full Article
The Guardian
2015-07-12
Greece’s embattled prime minister is expected to come under intense fire in the coming weeks after leading figures in his own leftwing Syriza party rebelled against the adoption of further austerity as the price of keeping bankruptcy at bay. ...
Defense chief: Military active despite cuts Read Full Article
Rocky Mount Telegram
2015-07-12
FORT BRAGG – Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Friday assured soldiers at this North Carolina post filled with rapid-response troops that the nation’s military will be able to defend...
Srebrenica massacre: Two decades on, wounds still raw, graves still open Read Full Article
CNN
2015-07-12
Srebrenica, Bosnia Herzegovina (CNN)Ramo Ademovic does not remember how he survived the Srebrenica genocide. Twenty years ago Saturday, on July 11, 1995, he was put on the so-called "path of death" --...
16 killed, 80 wounded in Chad suicide bomb attack Read Full Article
Xinhua
2015-07-12
N'DJAMENA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomb attack on Saturday killed 16 people and injured 80 others in Chad's capital N'Djamena, national police spokesman Paul Manga said....
 
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