Salaam Fayyad Resigns: Prime Minister Of Palestine Steps Down RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad resigned on Saturday, leaving the Palestinians without one of their most moderate and well-respected voices just as the U.S. is launching a new push for Mideast peace. A statement from the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said […]
Stock index futures fall
12 April 2013 by
(Reuters) – Stock index futures fell on Friday, a day after Wall Street scaled fresh heights, as investors awaited a round of economic data and quarterly results from major banks. The Dow and benchmark S&P 500 closed at record highs on Thursday, extending this year’s rally to a 13.4 percent gain for the Dow and […]
After Hugo
12 April 2013 by
Nicolas Maduro and rival Henrique Capriles make last-ditch appeals at mass rallies before Sunday’s crucial election. CARACAS, Venezuela — Interim president Nicolas Maduro and opposition challenger Henrique Capriles made their final speeches to voters as official campaigning closed ahead of Venezuela’s election. Hundreds of thousands rallied in Caracas, the capital, to support Maduro, on Thursday. Some […]
Former CNN chief business correspondent joins Al Jazeera America
12 April 2013 by
Ali Velshi’s New Half-Hour Series Will Focus On The Economy’s Impact On Everyday Americans Al Jazeera America, the new US-based news channel set to launch later this year, today announced that Ali Velshi, CNN’s former chief business correspondent and anchor of “Your Money” and CNN International’s “World Business Today,” has joined Al Jazeera America to […]
No Big Macs or Whoppers in NYC today
8 April 2013 by
NYC fast-food workers strike for better pay Hundreds of employees stop work at scores of restaurants, saying $7-$9 per hour is not enough to survive About 400 fast food workers in New York City are holding a one-day strike at scores of McDonald’s, Domino’s, Taco Bell and other fast-food restaurants. Backed by a union coalition, the […]
Qatar pledges $500 million for reconstruction in Darfur
8 April 2013 by
Hundreds of delegates meet in Qatar’s capital to raise funds to rebuild Sudanese region racked by conflict. Qatar has pledged $500m in aid to rebuild Sudan’s Darfur region after a decade-long conflict, an official has said. Monday’s announcement came as hundreds of delegates met for the final day of a two-day donor conference in Doha […]
Sectarian violence in Egypt
8 April 2013 by
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has condemned deadly clashes at the Cairo headquarters of the Coptic Christian pope as “an attack against myself”, ordering a quick probe into the violence, a statement said. “I consider any attack on the cathedral an attack against myself,” Morsi Second to pharmacy express that. The active ingredient in cialis black […]