20 Jun 2012International

U.K. Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise as Euro-Area Crisis Bites

jobless claims unexpectedlyrose in May, suggesting the labor market may be starting tosuccumb to Europe’s intensifying debt crisis.said today in London. The medianforecast of 20 economists in a Bloomberg News survey was for adrop of 4,000. Theas measured byInternational Labour Organization methods was unchanged at 8.2percent.“Looking ahead much depends on the euro zone crisis andthe effect this exerts...

Source : Bloomberg | 339 Day(s) AgoCategory : International

Greece inches towards a government coalition as socialist party nears a deal : dailymail

Greece has new government says Pasok party chief : Sydney Morning Herald

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World News

Wikileaks Founder Assange Seeks Asylum at Ecuador’s U.K. Embassy

Ecuador is studying the request and is in contact with theU.K. government, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino told reportersinyesterday. Assange, accused of rape by two Swedishwomen, has fought extradition to Sweden for 18 months.Assange would have to leave the embassy if his asylumrequest is rejected, Douglas McNabb, senior principal atinternational criminal law firm McNabb Associates said bytelephone...

Source : Bloomberg | 340 Day(s) AgoCategory : International

WikiLeaks’ Assange seeks asylum at Ecuador embassy : Livemint

Indictment hearing on Fakhrul July 3 : bdnews24

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dailymail

Egypt`s Hosni Mubarak â€˜critically illâ€™ after stroke

Ex-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is ‘critically ill’ and put on respirator after he suffered a stroke in prison, reports said on Wednesday.Mubarak's health had started deteriorating very fast, yesterday, and his heart stopped beating, which was then revived by defibrillation. But he suffered an attack and was taken to a military hospital.As per unconfirmed reports, he was declared "clinically dead"...

Source : Zeenews | 340 Day(s) AgoCategory : International

Pakistan Supreme Court disqualifies Gilani from office

First serving PM in the nation’s history to be convicted by a court; tensions between govt and court to increaseIslamabad: Pakistan’s increasingly assertive Supreme Court declared Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ineligible for office on Tuesday, plunging the country into fresh turmoil as it deals with Islamic militancy, a weak economy and a crisis in relations with the United States.However, there...

Source : Livemint | 340 Day(s) AgoCategory : International

Pakistan Supreme Court disqualifies prime minister : Reuters India

Awan takes a dig at Aitzaz : Khaleej Times

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BBC

Hosni Mubarak 'clinically dead': Former Egyptian president 'close to death' as he's taken off life s

'Close to death, his wife by his side': Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak taken off life support but still critical after being declared 'clinically dead' by his doctorsFormer Egyptian Preisdent Hosni Mubarak was today taken off life support but remains in a coma with his wife by his side.Last night state media reported the 84-year old, ousted in last year's uprising and now serving a life sentence...

Source : dailymail | 339 Day(s) AgoCategory : International

Mubarak on Life Supportm Adding to Confusion in Egypt : Bloomberg

Why Egypt won t change if Mubarak dies : CNN

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Sydney Morning Herald

WikiLeaks founder seeks asylum at Ecuador embassy

GONZALO SOLANO, Associated Press, RAPHAEL SATTER, Associated Press, SYLVIA HUI, Associated PressFILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, arrives at the Supreme Court in London. On Tuesday, June 19, 2012, Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino announced in Quito that Assange is seeking asylum at Ecuador's embassy in London, and that Ecuador's government is studying...

Source : News Times | 340 Day(s) AgoCategory : International

I am grateful to Ecuador, says Assange : India TV

Grateful to Ecuador for considering my asylum appln Assange : Oneindia

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BBC

France: Man claiming al-Qaeda link takes hostages

claiming to be a member of al-Qaeda has taken several hostages in a bank in the southwestern French city of Toulouse, a police union source said on Wednesday.The source said the man had fired a shot and could be holding up to four people. The Interior Ministry was not immediately available to comment.In March, an al-Qaeda-inspired gunman shot dead three soldiers, a rabbi and three Jewish children in...

Source : IBNLive | 340 Day(s) AgoCategory : International

Al-Qaeda in hostage stand-off : Sydney Morning Herald

Hostage standoff at French bank ends : CNN

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International Business Times

P.A. Sangma to resign from NCP, says Subrmanian Swamy

P.A. Sangma has decided to quit the NCP, which doesn't want him to contest the presidential election, Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy said today. "He told me that I have no option but to resign from NCP. He said he is resigning (because) his self-respect has to be protected," Swamy told the media after meeting Sangma at his residence here. Swamy quoted Sangma as saying that he was unhappy with...

Source : Headlinesindia | 339 Day(s) AgoCategory : International

Greater pain for Pakistan as Prime Minister gets the sack : Sydney Morning Herald

Pilot hopes Agatha would suport UPA s Presidential candidate : Newkerala

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Asianage

Pakistan begins search for new PM

Gilani's demise is the culmination of a bitter feud between Pakistani institutions of stateThe Pakistan People's Party is meeting on Wednesday to discuss a replacement to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who on Tuesday was disqualified from holding office by the Supreme Court.President Asif Ali Zardari has cancelled his scheduled visit to Russia as a result of the ruling.The president may convene...

Source : BBC | 339 Day(s) AgoCategory : International

Pakistan parliament to elect new PM June 22 (Second Lead) : Prokerala

Develop new practices TN Governor tells Retail Industry : Chennaionline

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BBC

'Gaps remain' after Iran talks

latest round of talks on Iran's nuclear programme has ended with no clear breakthrough, officials say.EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said "significant gaps" remained after "tough and frank" exchanges in the talks, in Russia's capital Moscow.Chief Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalili described the two days of negotiations as "serious", but reiterated enriching uranium was Iran's inalienable right.The...

Source : BBC | 340 Day(s) AgoCategory : International

Nuclear talks fail as Iran and world powers hit dead end : DNA

France Calls For Tougher Iran Sanctions After Moscow Talks Fail : International Business Times

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