Tag Archives: televised
Margaret Thatcher: Funeral Preparations Begin
The former Prime Minister will be laid to rest with a televised ceremonial funeral with full military honours. Continue reading
Portugal Premier to Speak on Crisis
By BARRY HATTON LISBON, Portugal (AP) Co Despite two years of corrosive austerity measures since it needed an international financial rescue, Portugal’s prime minister told his country Sunday to brace for even harder times after a court ruling forced his government to find more savings through steep spending cuts. Continue reading
Ethnic clashes flare in Guinea, president asks for calm
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinean President Alpha Conde appealed for calm on Friday after rival ethnic gangs fought with knives and truncheons in the capital in a third day of violence over an upcoming election in the volatile West African nation. Security forces in full anti-riot gear took to the streets of the crumbling seaside capital Conakry to try to stem violence in which at least 65 people were injured, according to a statement from the presidency Continue reading
Ex-pope relaxes as cardinals prepare for vote
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A relaxed and rested Pope Emeritus Benedict read messages from well-wishers and strolled in his retirement palace gardens on Friday as cardinals due to elect his successor planned pre-vote meetings for next week. The 85-year-old former pope watched televised reports of his departure from the Vatican on Thursday evening, then slept soundly in the papal summer residence Castel Gandolfo, where he will stay for about two months, a Vatican spokesman said Continue reading
BHP’s Kloppers Says Chinese Mineral Demand to Slow
Growth in China’s demand for mineral commodities could slow substantially over the coming years, forcing miners to focus on cutting costs, outgoing BHP Billiton Ltd. Continue reading
Mexico quashes Frenchwoman’s kidnap charge after seven years in jail
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico's top court freed a Frenchwoman convicted of kidnapping on Wednesday, ruling that her trial was tainted and ending a seven-year imprisonment that strained ties with France. Florence Cassez, 38, was sentenced to 60 years in prison after she was arrested in 2005 at a ranch near Mexico City with her former boyfriend, who led a kidnapping gang called the Zodiacs. Supreme Court Judge Jorge Pardo ordered her release during a televised court session, which at one point looked to be going against Cassez. Continue reading
Abbas sees Palestinian unity as Fatah rallies in Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) – President Mahmoud Abbas predicted the end of a five-year split between the two big Palestinian factions as his Fatah movement staged its first mass rally in Gaza with the blessing of Hamas Islamists who rule the enclave. “Soon we will regain our unity,” Abbas, whose authority has been limited to the Israeli-occupied West Bank since the 2007 civil war between the two factions, said in a televised address to hundreds of thousands of followers marching in Gaza on Friday, with yellow Fatah flags instead of the green of Hamas Continue reading
Venezuela’s Chavez to have another cancer operation
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday he would undergo another cancer operation in coming days after doctors found malignant cells during tests in Cuba. “It is necessary for me to have a new intervention in the coming days,” Chavez said in a televised broadcast, adding he would return to Havana on Sunday. Continue reading
Libya’s national assembly elects former diplomat as prime minister
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s national assembly elected a new prime minister on Sunday, the second within a month to face the daunting challenge of forming a government acceptable to the country’s many factions. Ali Zeidan, a former career diplomat who had defected in the 1980s to become an outspoken critic of Muammar Gaddafi, was elected in a televised count just a week after the last prime minister was dismissed in a vote of no confidence Continue reading
Vice Presidential Debate Gets Underway
Joe Biden and Paul Ryan get into a heated televised debate in Kentucky, as the vice presidential hopefuls slug it out. Continue reading
