- Guatemala: Ex dictador to face genocide charges (AP) Latin AmericaJanuary 27, 2012
- Chavez taps hardline generals for inner circle (AP) Latin AmericaJanuary 27, 2012
- Cuba: Tough prison terms for mahogany tree thefts (AP) Latin AmericaJanuary 27, 2012
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Guatemala: Ex dictador to face genocide charges (AP)
AP – The lawyer for ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt says a judge violated his client’s due process when she charged him with genocide.
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Chavez taps hardline generals for inner circle (AP)
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Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratings (Reuters)
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Facebook to file IPO documents soon as Wednesday: report (Reuters)
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EU, IMF press Greece on reforms, Rehn upbeat on debt (Reuters)
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UK court says lawyers can help right-to-die man (AP)
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Criticism mounts of RBS bonus for CEO (AP)
PEN writers condemn attacks on Mexico journalists (AP)
AP – Several Nobel prize laureates are joining the PEN International writers group in...
US Embassy: US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed (AP)
AP – A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta has...
French Afghan troops to leave Kapisa in March (Reuters)
Reuters – French troops will start handing over security to the Afghan army in March...
US Embassy: US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed (AP)
AP – A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta has...
Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratings (Reuters)
Reuters – Fitch Ratings on Friday downgraded the sovereign credit ratings for Italy,...
Facebook to file IPO documents soon as Wednesday: report (Reuters)
Reuters – Facebook plans to file documents as early as Wednesday for a highly anticipated...
Guatemala: Ex dictador to face genocide charges (AP)
AP – The lawyer for ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt says a judge violated his client’s due process when she charged him with genocide.
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Chavez taps hardline generals for inner circle (AP)
AP – President Hugo Chavez has been filling top posts in Venezuela’s armed forces with hardline political loyalists, raising concerns among critics that the military leaders might not accept the results of this year’s election if it goes against him.
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Cuba: Tough prison terms for mahogany tree thefts (AP)
AP – Cuba convicted six people of cutting down African mahogany trees in the National Botanical Gardens and sentenced them to eight and 10 years in prison, Communist Party newspaper Granma said Friday.
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PEN writers condemn attacks on Mexico journalists (AP)
AP – Several Nobel prize laureates are joining the PEN International writers group in condemning attacks on journalists in Mexico.
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US Embassy: US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed (AP)
AP – A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said Friday.
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Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratings (Reuters)
Reuters – Fitch Ratings on Friday downgraded the sovereign credit ratings for Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Belgium and Cyprus indicating there is a 1-in-2 chance of further downgrades in the next two years.
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Facebook to file IPO documents soon as Wednesday: report (Reuters)
Reuters – Facebook plans to file documents as early as Wednesday for a highly anticipated IPO that will value the world’s largest social network at between $75 billion and $100 billion, the Wall Street Journal cited unidentified sources as saying on Friday.
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EU, IMF press Greece on reforms, Rehn upbeat on debt (Reuters)
Reuters – The European Union and IMF want Greece to push through more budget cuts and implement a series of long-agreed austerity reforms before they sign off on a new bailout the country needs to avert bankruptcy, a report obtained by Reuters shows.
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UK court says lawyers can help right-to-die man (AP)
AP – A paralyzed British man who wants to die won the first round in his legal battle Friday, when the High Court ruled his lawyers won’t be prosecuted if they seek out experts to help him commit suicide.
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Criticism mounts of RBS bonus for CEO (AP)
AP – U.K. politicians are fuming about a bonus of nearly a million pounds ($1.5 million) given to the chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, which cost the U.K. government 45 billion pounds to bail out and nationalize three years ago.
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