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Madagascar's Rajoelina not eligible to run in election - AU
Reuters* Rajoelina seized power in a 2009 coup * Ousted leader's wife should not stand either, AU says * Four-year political crisis has rocked economy By Alain Iloniaina ANTANANARIVO, May 17 (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) has said it will not recognise...Tags: Andry Rajoelina, Madagascar, Politics, France, African Union
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U.S. banks push back on change in loan loss accounting
Reuters* U.S. banks pan accounting change to speed up loan reserves * Banks urge alignment of U.S. and international rules By Dena Aubin NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - More than a dozen of the biggest U.S. banks have questioned a proposed accounting change...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Banking, Science and Technology, Citigroup Incorporated, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares gain, dollar up against yen after G20 backs Japan
Reuters* Dollar eyes 100 yen after G20 accepts Japan stimulus * European Milan shares jump as Italian political crisis eases * Gold jumps over 1 pct, rebounding from last week's tumble By Richard Hubbard LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) - The dollar strengthened...Tags: G20, Economy, Business and Finance, Market and Exchange, Nikkei, DAX
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Richard Morefield dies at 81; diplomat was seized in Iran hostage crisis
Richard Morefield, a former career diplomat who was the U.S. consul general in Tehran in 1979 when the American Embassy was seized by Iranian militants and he and 51 other Americans were held hostage for 444 days, has died. He was 81.
Morefield, a...Tags: University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco, Iran, Television, Family
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'Argo's' Oscar gets a thumbs-down in Iran
TEHRAN -- Since the news from Hollywood flashed early Monday in Iran, text messages have been passing the word: A film widely denounced here as a stereotyped, anti-Iranian caricature won the coveted Oscar for best picture. "I am secular, atheist and not...
Tags: Movies, Argo (movie), Iraq War (2003-2011), Film Festivals, Iran
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Hostage crises, then and now
The State Department is probably very pleased with the outcome of last week's hostage crisis in Algeria, although given the loss of innocent lives it would be impolitic for officials to say so. In case you missed it, Islamic militants had held an...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Morgan State University, Politics, U.S. Congress, U.S. Navy
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France approves European treaty on public-spending limits
World NowFrance approves the European treaty to limit public spending, a key element in Europe's strategy to combat its debt crisis. Critics say that it will enshrine austerity into French law.... -
Strategy to improve 'alarming situation' in Mali expected at U.N.
World NowThe question of how to help Mali cope with rebels, the aftermath of a military coup and religious extremists, is slated to be taken up Wednesday at the sidelines of the United Nations, at a closely watched meeting on security in the troubled Sahel.... -
Bali marks 10th anniversary of devastating bombing
World NowTen years ago, the bombing of two nightclubs in Bali killed 202 people and unsettled the long-peaceful island popular with Western tourists. On Friday, hundreds of survivors and their families gathered in Bali to remember the bombing, a devastating attack... -
'Argo' writer Chris Terrio on Affleck collaboration
It's a truism that all Hollywood screenwriters learn, either the easy way or the hard way, that filmmaking is a collaborative art. Still, some personality types struggle with that. Not Chris Terrio. That becomes all the more clear when, intending to...
Tags: John Chambers, U.S. Department of State, Argo (movie), George Clooney, Staten Island (New York City)
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Algerian assault ends crisis, 19 hostages dead
AIN AMENAS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the middle of the Sahara desert on Saturday in a "final assault" that ended a four-day-old hostage crisis, according to the state news agency and two foreign...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Criminals, Armed Conflicts, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, William Hague
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Window of opportunity may open in U.S.-Iran nuclear standoff
A multi-front campaign to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon has been stalled for months by the distractions of a U.S. presidential campaign, Tehran’s stop-and-go negotiating tactics and its role in deadly clashes in Syria and Gaza....Tags: Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Department of State, United Nations, Petroleum Industry
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