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Algerian president in France for medical tests after minor stroke
By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been transferred to France for further medical tests after suffering a minor stroke on Saturday, Algeria's official news agency said. The APS agency said late on Saturday that Bouteflika, 76, was in Paris at the recommendation of his doctors. He was hospitalized after a minor stroke, according to an earlier state press agency report that quoted the prime minister as saying his condition was “not serious. Continue reading
£100m ‘Wasted’ On Training Young Soldiers
It costs twice as much for the army to train a minor compared to an adult, and they’re more likely to quit, say campaign groups. Continue reading
The Mysterious Shine of Twilight Pop Stars
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — I have a cousin for whom there are no irrelevant music acts, just artists and bands most people don’t pay attention to anymore. Edwin McCain hasn’t had a hit single since 1999′s “I Could Not Ask For More” (which country singer Sara Evans made a hit of her own in 2001) and hasn’t been signed to a major label since his 2001 release Far From Over. Continue reading
Police: Teen charged in family massacre planned more
A minor disagreement with his mother may have led to the killings. Continue reading
Influential Israeli Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in hospital
JERUSALEM (AP) — The spiritual leader of an Israeli ultra-Orthodox political party was hospitalized after a suspected minor stroke in Jerusalem on Saturday, a development that could shake his party's fortunes and mute one of Israel's most influential voices. Continue reading
MARKET COMMENT: Moscow Stocks Close Mixed With Small Changes
1500 GMT (Dow Jones) Russian stocks close with minor changes; ruble-traded MICEX adds 0.12% to 1473.53, while dollar-based RTS sheds 0.15% to 1513.62. Continue reading
Sudan’s Bashir to give speech, after surgery last month
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will address the nation and open a major dam on Sudan's national holiday next week, in one of his first major public appearances since undergoing surgery last month, state news agency SUNA said on Sunday. Sudanese blogs and newspapers had been speculating about Bashir's health because he has cut down public rallies in the past few months. The 68-year-old leader, who seized power in 1989, went to Saudi Arabia in November for what officials described as a “minor surgery” Continue reading
Baroness Thatcher In Hospital After Surgery
The former prime minister is “absolutely fine” after undergoing a minor operation, a spokeswoman says. Continue reading
Ashton Kutcher & Justin Bieber — Cops Make Arrest in SWATTING Pranks
The LAPD has made an arrest in the SWATTING incidents involving Ashton Kutcher and Justin Bieber — and the suspect is a minor. Continue reading
Mayim Bialik Officially Files for Divorce
Mayim Bialik has filed for divorce, TMZ has learned.The “Big Bang Theory” star filed the docs in L.A. County Superior Court against her husband Michael Stone, citing “irreconcilable differences.” They have two minor sons — aged 7 and 4 — and Mayim… Continue reading
