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Canadian miner’s complaint can proceed under El Salvador law

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:06:24 +0000

TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian company Pacific Rim can move forward under El Salvador law with a case against that country’s government for blocking a gold mining project, but cannot file suit under a regional trade agreement, a World Bank arbitration panel ruled. The panel, known as the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, or ICSID, found Pacific Rim “did not and does not have substantial activities in the USA” to argue its case under the Central American Free Trade Agreement with the United States, or CAFTA. …

Darfur rebels attack Sudanese troops

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:04:25 +0000

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Rebels in Sudan’s Darfur region launched an attack on government troops on Saturday, with both sides claiming to have inflicted heavy casualties. The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), part of a rebel alliance that wants to topple the government in Khartoum, said it attacked an army camp in Wad Ganja in northeastern Darfur, killing several soldiers, destroying 15 army vehicles and taking several prisoners. Army spokesman al-Sawarmi Khalid confirmed the attack but said the rebels had been defeated. “They suffered heavy losses. …

Michigan congressman ends write-in campaign

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:02:52 +0000

A five-term Michigan congressman who didn’t get enough valid signatures to get on the ballot says he is ending his write-in campaign for re-election.

NYT: Warren avoids Senate primary in Mass.

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:39:09 +0000

Elizabeth Warren gains the endorsement of the state Democratic Party and avoids a party runoff in the race against Sen. Scott P. Brown in November.

Democrat Warren talks tough in tight Senate race

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:21:06 +0000

Democrat Warren talks tough in tight Senate race

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:21:00 +0000

BOSTON (Reuters) – Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren took the offensive against Republican Senator Scott Brown on Saturday, attempting to put questions about her ethnic heritage in the rear-view mirror with a fiery speech at a state convention. Warren's attack came as two opinion polls showed the rivals locked in a tight race for Brown's Senate seat for Massachusetts, one of the most closely watched Congressional contests in the November election, in which the Democrats are seeking to protect a slim Senate majority. "Scott Brown is a Wall Street Republican. A big oil Republican. …

Olympic flame makes symbolic journey to Northern Ireland

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:18:26 +0000

BELFAST (Reuters) – The flame for the London Olympics arrived in Northern Ireland on Saturday in a celebration that would have seemed impossible a generation earlier amid a bloody war between Catholic Irish nationalists and pro-British Protestants.

Obama Walks His Chicago Neighborhood

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 20:28:25 +0000

CHICAGO — President Obama went out for a four-block stroll through his Hyde Park neighborhood this morning after spending his first night at home in over a year. The president, dressed in tan slacks and a white, open-collared shirt with sleeves rolled up, walked down…

Florida to continue voter purge in defiance of warning

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:48:30 +0000

(Reuters) – Florida, a key electoral battleground where the 2000 presidential election was decided by a few hundred ballots, will defy the Justice Department’s warning to stop its effort to purge ineligible voters, a state spokesman said on Saturday.

Timeline: Egypt’s Mubarak — from presidency to prison

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:45:11 +0000

(Reuters) – Here is a look at Hosni Mubarak from the start of his presidency to when he was sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday for his role in killing protesters involved in a uprising that toppled him from power last year: October 6, 1981 – Vice-President Mubarak is thrust into office when Islamist radicals gun down President Anwar Sadat at a military parade. He is approved as president in a referendum in November. June 26, 1995 – Gunmen attack Mubarak’s car as he arrives at an African summit in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. He escapes unhurt and returns to Egypt. …

Florida to continue voter purge in defiance of warning

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:08:27 +0000

(Reuters) – Florida, a key electoral battleground where the 2000 presidential election was decided by a few hundred ballots, will defy the Justice Department's warning to stop its effort to purge ineligible voters, a state spokesman said on Saturday. The warning issued this week by the head of the Justice Department's voting section said the move to purge voters appeared to violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which protects minorities. It demanded a response by Wednesday. …

Italy’s Monti sees eurobonds becoming reality

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:40:21 +0000

ATHENS (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti believes eurobonds will become a reality in the 17-nation euro zone and that Greece will remain in the single currency, he told a Greek newspaper on Saturday. Monti, a respected former European commissioner who became Italy’s prime minister in November, was known to be a supporter of eurobonds – unlike politicians in European Union paymaster Germany – but his comments were some of his strongest on the subject yet and looked like an attempt to sway Berlin. …

Obama gets his wish: Night at his Chicago home

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:34:54 +0000

It had been more than a year since President Obama had spent a night at his home, and he was determined to do so Friday. “I am sleeping in my bed tonight,” he told a group of fellow Chicagoans at a fundraiser.

GOP leaders make final push for Wisconsin Gov. Walker

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:14:09 +0000

Top Republicans were out in full force Saturday morning with just three days to go before the all-important recall election in the Badger State, stumping for incumbent Republican Gov. Scott Walker.

Photo of breastfeeding National Guardswomen stirs U.S. debate

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:56:12 +0000

(Reuters) – Two members of the U.S. National Guard photographed breastfeeding in uniform are not expected to face discipline in spite of rules forbidding the use of uniforms to promote a cause, a military spokesman said on Saturday. Instead, the incident will be used as a “teachable moment” to make clear the U.S. military is not opposed to breastfeeding, Washington National Guard spokesman Keith Kosik said. “I believe recent events are being viewed as an educational opportunity and I do not anticipate the citizen-airmen in question will receive formal disciplinary action,” Kosik said. …

Germany has three months to stem euro crisis – Soros

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:44:11 +0000

TRENTO, Italy (Reuters) – Germany and its central bank are unlikely to lead the way out of the euro zone debt crisis within three months time, after which it will be too late, U.S. billionaire George Soros said on Saturday. Speaking at an economic conference in Trento, Italy, Soros said that the euro crisis – which he defined as a sovereign debt crisis and a banking crisis closely interlinked – threatened to destroy the European Union and plunge it into a lost decade like Latin America in the 1980s. "A similar fate now awaits Europe. …

Wis. governor works to meet voters before recall

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:40:45 +0000

Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Tom Barrett began a final push Saturday to connect with voters in person before next week’s historic recall election, appearing at farm breakfasts and restaurants and rallying campaign workers.

Wisconsin recall vote to resonate in presidential race

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:26:03 +0000

LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (Reuters) – The battle over whether to recall Wisconsin’s Republican governor, Scott Walker, has sharply divided the state and become a nationally watched test of his party’s push to limit government, slash spending and challenge public-sector labor unions.

Marijuana initiative could make or break Obama in Colorado

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:18:44 +0000

DENVER (Reuters) – Throughout his presidency, Barack Obama hasn’t exactly been a friend to marijuana users.

Wisconsin recall vote to resonate in presidential race

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:15:34 +0000

LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (Reuters) – The battle over whether to recall Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker, has sharply divided the state and become a nationally watched test of his party's push to limit government, slash spending and challenge public-sector labor unions. Tuesday's recall vote also has the attention of two very interested outsiders: Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, who are gearing up for their November 6 showdown for the White House. …