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Officials: Arms shipments rise to Syrian rebels
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Mideast powers opposed to President Bashar Assad have dramatically stepped up weapons supplies to Syrian rebels in coordination with the U.S. in preparation for a push on the capital of Damascus, officials and Western military experts said Wednesday Continue reading
Syrian opposition opens first embassy, says world lets it down
By Yara Bayoumy and Regan Doherty DOHA (Reuters) – A Syrian opposition bloc recognized by the Arab League as the sole representative for Syria opened its first embassy in Qatar on Wednesday in a diplomatic blow to President Bashar al-Assad. But opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib, who took Syria's seat at an Arab summit in Doha on Tuesday, used the ribbon-cutting ceremony to voice his frustration with world powers for failing to do more to help in the two-year-old struggle to topple Assad. … Continue reading
China unveils government restructuring plans
BEIJING (Reuters) – China unveiled details of a government restructuring plan on Sunday, which will see the number of cabinet-level entities reduced by two, including the dissolving of the powerful Railways Ministry. The government will also merge the Family Planning Commission with the Health Ministry, and strengthen the powers of the food and drug regulators, it said in a statement released during the on-going annual meeting of parliament. Continue reading
Netanyahu says Iran using nuclear talks to "buy time" for bomb
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Renewed international efforts to negotiate curbs on Iran's disputed nuclear program have backfired by giving it more time to work on building a bomb, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. Continue reading
Bank of Italy head calls for power to remove executives
Bank of Italy Governor Vincenzo Visco called on Saturday for more powers for regulators to step in at troubled banks but defended his institution’s oversight of Monte dei Paschi di Siena and said the bank was not at risk of failing. Continue reading
Iran’s Salehi says U.S. is changing approach to Tehran
BERLIN (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday he saw U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden's offer this weekend of bilateral dialogue between their two countries as a sign of a change in approach to Tehran by Washington. Iran is embroiled in a long stand-off with big powers over its nuclear program Continue reading
George Osborne Backs Bank Break-Up Powers
Chancellor to signal support for powers to force errant banks to separate high street and investment banking arms, Sky News learns Continue reading
Syrian opposition leaders fail to form government
ISTANBUL/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian opposition leaders said on Monday they had failed to put together a transitional government to run rebel-held areas of the country, a blow to the exiled group trying to present an alternative to President Bashar al-Assad's rule. Political efforts to resolve the conflict have largely faltered because of the rebels' failure to form a unified front and because world powers are backing opposing sides. .. Continue reading
Lack of deal with Iran on nuclear talks alarms Russia
MOSCOW/VIENNA (Reuters) – Russia voiced alarm on Friday at delays in agreeing new nuclear talks between world powers and Iran and the U.N. Continue reading →