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Demjanjuk pronounced fit for war-crimes trial - Summary
Munich - Doctors believe John Demjanjuk, 89, is physically and mentally able to stand trial for his alleged role in killing 29,000 Jews at a Nazi concentration camp, German prosecutors said Friday. But he would not be able to stand more than two dail...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

German bar-owner jailed over fatal drink duel with teen
Berlin - A German bar-owner was sent to prison for 41 months Friday for a drinking duel with a teenaged boy which plunged the schoolboy into a fatal coma. The Berlin bar owner cheated, mainly pouring himself water, while 16-year-old Lukas drank at le...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

New finance minister confirmed in Lithuania
Vilnius - Ingrida Simonyte was confirmed as Lithuania's new finance minister Friday. Simonyte, 34, has worked at the ministry since 1997. From 2002 she headed the tax department. She was appointed a ministerial undersecretary in 2004. ...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Finance (General) ]

Demjanjuk deemed able to stand trial
Munich - John Demjanjuk, 89, is deemed physically and mentally able to stand trial for his alleged role in killing 29,000 Jews at a Nazi concentration camp in 1943, German prosecutors said Friday, quoting a medical report. Ukrainian-born Demjanjuk, a...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

'Big return' Serbian flights to Croatia get scrapped early
Zagreb/Belgrade - Loudly billed as the big return after 18 years, tourist charters from Belgrade to the Croatian resort of Dubrovnik have been scrapped after only two flights, authorities in Zagreb confirmed Friday. Only two promotional flights h...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Chimney-turned-minaret project draws controversy in Poland
Warsaw - An art project that would transform a tall chimney into a minaret drew controversy in western Poland as critics said it mocked Catholics, a Polish daily reported Friday. Architect Joanna Rajkowska was invited to design a project in Poznan, t...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Culture (General) ]

Britain relaxes travel restrictions for its citizens to Sri Lanka
Colombo - The British government has relaxed travel restrictions on its citizens visiting Sri Lanka nearly five weeks after Tamil separatist rebels were defeated to end a more then 30-year war in the South Asian country, the British High Commission i...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Portugal gets new economy minister after insult in parliament
Lisbon - Portuguese Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos will on Monday be sworn in as economy minister after Manuel Pinho resigned from the post over making an offensive gesture to a political opponent, government sources said Friday. Teixe...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Finance (General) ]

Germany toughens up rules on tax havens
Berlin - Germany's parliament passed legislation Friday that increases taxation scrutiny of companies and private individuals who have business ties to tax havens. The bill, drafted by Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck but later watered down by the g...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Finance (General) ]

After protests, Yemenia suspends flight in and out of Marseille
Paris - The Yemeni airline Yemenia has suspended flights in and out of the French city of Marseille after several hundred protesters disrupted the registration of passengers on their way to Sana'a, French media reported Friday. The protesters were re...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

 

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