Row in Spain over Catalonia's self-government
Madrid - The 12 top newspapers of Spain's wealthy Catalonia region on Thursday published an unprecedented joint editorial urging Spain's Constitutional Court not to weaken plans to enlarge the region's self-government. Alleged plans by the court to c...
[Posted on :
2009-11-26 ] Category : [
Europe (World) ]
|
Serbian parliamentarian throws shoes at colleague
Belgrade - A session of the Serbian parliament was interrupted Thursday when a member of the opposition Radical Party threw her shoes at the chairman of the parliamentary session, Belgrade media reported. The shoes missed their target but the session...
[Posted on :
2009-11-26 ] Category : [
Europe (World) ]
|
|
|
India commemorates Mumbai attacks - Update
New Delhi - Prayer meetings and memorials were held across India Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Mumbai which led to the collapse of the India-Pakistan peace talks and forced a nationwide security revamp. In the nat...
[Posted on :
2009-11-26 ] Category : [
India (World) ]
|
Honduras is left without president ahead of poll
Tegucigalpa - Honduras has been temporarily left without a president after de facto president Roberto Micheletti stepped down ahead of Sunday's general elections, local media reported. Micheletti, who resigned late Wednesday, wanted Hondurans to focu...
[Posted on :
2009-11-26 ] Category : [
America (World) ]
|
|
|
Cyprus warns EU members it will block Turkey
Athens/Nicosia - Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias on Thursday threatened to block Turkey's negotiations to join the European Union in an upcoming summit unless Ankara opens its ports and airports to traffic from Cyprus. The Greek Cypriot presid...
[Posted on :
2009-11-26 ] Category : [
Europe (World) ]
|
Russian troops shoot dead Ukrainian crossing border
Kiev - Russian border troops on Thursday shot dead a Ukrainian attempting to enter Ukraine at an unauthorised crossing point, Interfax news agency reported. The victim, a male resident of Ukraine's Kharkiv province, had been driving a vehicle towing ...
[Posted on :
2009-11-26 ] Category : [
Europe (World) ]
|
|
|
Hundreds of Londoners evacuated after major fire
London - More than 300 people were evacuated from several blocks of flats in London Thursday after a fire spread from a nearby building site, police said. Four people, including one police officer, were taken to hospital with smoke inhalation. ...
[Posted on :
2009-11-26 ] Category : [
UK (World) ]
|
