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Obama: JP Morgan Loss Shows ‘Exactly Why Wall Street Reform’s So Important’
JP Morgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss is “exactly why Wall Street reform” is so important, President Obama said in his first interview since the bank announced the massive loss last week. Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, which could ban risky trades like the one that hit JP Morgan, in 2010. JP [...]
Lula, ex-Brazilian president, has throat cancer
SAO PAULO: Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was diagnosed with throat cancer, a hospital where the ex-leader went for medical exams said on Saturday. Following a series of tests, the 66-year-old Lula “was diagnosed with a tumor located in his larynx” and will receive outpatient chemotherapy treatment, the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital of Sao [...]
Syria in the dock at top UN rights body
GENEVA: Syria was in the dock at an urgent session of the United Nations Human Rights Council which began on Monday and which the US envoy said underscored the increasing international isolation of president Bashar al-Assad . The United States, the European Union and Arab nations want to set up an international inquiry into atrocities [...]
World cheers as Libya prepares for power shift
PARIS: World leaders on Monday hailed the rebel takeover of Tripoli, urging Muammer Gaddafi to admit defeat, as Libyans around the world celebrated the veteran leader’s imminent departure. “Tonight, the momentum against the Gaddafi regime has reached a tipping point. Tripoli is slipping from the grasp of a tyrant,” US president Barack Obama said in [...]
Now it’s your turn, Syrians tell Assad
BEIRUT: Thousands of antigovernment protesters took to the streets across Syria on Monday after a TV appearance by president Assad, shouting for him to step down and chanting “Gaddafi is gone, now it’s your turn Bashar!” Security forces opened fire in Homs, killing at least one person, a witness said. Crowds there and in several [...]
Hard-line Iran prez bats for co-ed colleges
TEHRAN: Iran’s political power struggles have brought no shortage of cutthroat intrigue with careers ruined, government officials arrested and even accusations of black magic. And now this — firebrand president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the voice of liberal dissent. That’s the latest twist in the showdown between Ahmadinejad and Iran’s ruling clerics. Ahmadinejad — reviled by [...]
PlayFirst Announces the Delicious Diner Dash: Grilling Green App for iPad
Designed Exclusively to Take Full Advantage of Revolutionary Form and Function of iPad SAN FRANCISCO–(Business Wire)– PlayFirst® Inc., a leading publisher of emotionally engaging interactive entertainment, today announced its Diner Dash®: Grilling Green App for iPad is now available from the App Store. Developed specifically for iPad, Diner Dash: Grilling Green incorporates Multi-Touch gesture-enabled features [...]
Ailing Nigerian president meets with clerics-media
ABUJA, April 2 (Reuters) – Ailing Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua, who has not been seen in public since last November, met with top Islamic clerics at his residence in the capital Abuja, media outlets reported on Friday. Ustaz Musa Mohammed, the chief imam of the Abuja National Mosque, told the BBC and Nigeria’s ThisDay and [...]
ANA upbeat on recovery in travel demand
(Reuters) – All Nippon Airways Co, headed for a $693 million loss in the just-ended financial year, said its profitability has started to bounce back thanks to a recovery in travel demand, particularly in the high-margin business class segment. Hot Stocks The airline, Japan’s second-biggest by revenue, is also considering starting a low-cost carrier, its [...]
Hu’s U.S. visit key for yuan move: adviser
(Reuters) – A successful visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao to Washington this month could open the door for an adjustment in China’s yuan policy, but another one-off revaluation should be avoided, a central bank adviser said on Friday. China “The adjustment should be carried out at a time that is appropriate. We need to [...]
Shia Muslims to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday
Lucknow, Sept 20 (ANI): A senior official of Shia Muslim community has said that Eid-ul-Fitr would be celebrated on Monday. Kalbe Sadiq, Shia cleric and senior vice president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, said here that the Ramadan moon would be sighted on Sunday. “I can say without any doubt that in [...]
Stop blaming Pakistan for ‘home grown’ terror plots, Qureshi tells UK
London, Sep.19 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has asked Britain to stop blaming Islamabad for the ‘home grown’ terror plots against the UK. Referring to Britain’s lashing out at Pakistan on the liquid bomb plot issue, Qureshi said it was unfair to criticize Pakistan for every terror plot hatched in Britain. “It is [...]
Manmohan Singh hosts Iftar party
New Delhi, Sep 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hosted an Iftar party here on Friday. Vice President Hamid Ansari, Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, several foreign dignitaries and many political leaders were among those who attended the party. Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India, Shahid Malik, and several prominent Muslim religious leaders were also among [...]
Terrorism a by-product of Pak’s past mistakes: Zardari
London, Sep. 19 (ANI): President Asif Ali Zardari has revealed that extremism was a by-product of Pakistan’s past mistakes and was deliberately created during the 1980s. He said the employment of a liberal policy encouraged religious fanaticism and achieved of certain strategic objectives of terror perpetrators. “What we are witnessing today is the outcome of [...]
Gilani rejects inking safe passage deal for Musharraf
Islamabad, Sep.19 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has denied inking any ‘safe exit’ deal to facilitate former President General Pervez Musharraf’s safe passage from the country after he stepped down from the Presidency. In an interview to a private television channel, Gilani said: “If there had been such a deal, it would have [...]