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Rio Tinto Urges Policy Restraint Ahead of Australia Budget
Rio Tinto PLC (RIO.AU) urged Australia to resist tying up the resources sector in more red tape or introduce new revenue-raising measures, as the mining company grapples with challenges like high labor costs, weak commodity prices and opposition to expand a big coal mine. Continue reading
Venezuela opposition to boycott vote audit
Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski is demanding a new vote. Continue reading
U.S. doubles Syrian aid to $250M, rebels want more
The opposition wants weapons and direct military intervention. Continue reading
MIDEAST STOCKS – Factors to watch – Apr 21
DUBAI, April 21 (Reuters) – Here are factors that may affectMiddle East stock markets on Sunday. Reuters has not verifiedthe press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy. Continue reading
Maduro barely wins Venezuela presidential vote
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor, Nicolas Maduro, won a razor-thin victory in Sunday's special presidential election, edging the opposition's leader by only about 300,000 votes, electoral officials announced. Continue reading
Egyptian police fire tear gas to disperse Cairo protest
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian police fired tear gas to prevent opponents of President Mohamed Mursi storming a court and the prosecutor-general's office in central Cairo on Saturday, witnesses said. Eight people were injured in Cairo during another protest in al-Fayoum south of the capital, the state news agency MENA said. Some 500 people marched for much of the day through central Cairo, chanting “The people want to topple the regime” on the fifth anniversary of the founding of the opposition April 6 youth movement. Continue reading
Fans’ Plea To FA Over Homophobic Chants
Brighton and Hove Albion fans demand action to combat the homophobic abuse directed at them by opposition supporters. Continue reading
Wal-Mart sues union over protests at Fla. stores
Wal-Mart Stores Inc has sued a major grocery workers union and others who have protested at its Florida stores, the latest salvo in its legal fight to stop “disruptive” rallies in and around its stores by groups seeking better pay and working conditions. Wal-Mart does not have union-represented workers in its U.S. Continue reading
Zimbabwe votes on curbs to president’s power
By MacDonald Dzirutwe CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – Zimbabweans voted on Saturday in a referendum expected to endorse a new constitution that would trim presidential powers and pave the way for an election to decide whether Robert Mugabe extends his three-decade rule. Mugabe, Africa's oldest president at 89, has ruled the former British colony since independence in 1980 and has been accused of waging violent crackdowns on the opposition and weakening state institutions like the cabinet and parliament. … Continue reading
Zimbabwe votes on curbs to president’s power
By MacDonald Dzirutwe CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – Zimbabweans voted on Saturday in a referendum expected to endorse a new constitution that would trim presidential powers and pave the way for an election to decide whether Robert Mugabe extends his three-decade rule. Mugabe, Africa's oldest president at 89, has ruled the former British colony since independence in 1980 and has been accused of waging violent crackdowns on the opposition and weakening state institutions like the cabinet and parliament. .. Continue reading
