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Bangladesh, India sign $1.5b power plant deal
DHAKA (AFP) ― State firms from Bangladesh and India on Sunday signed a deal to build a $1.5-billion coal-fired power station that would be Bangladesh’s biggest and help ease acute power shortages.The chairmen of Bangladesh’s Power Development Board Alamgir Kabir and India’s National Thermal Power Corp. Arup Roy Choudhury sealed the agreement in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.Under the deal, a joint venture company registered in Bangladesh will be set up to construct a 1,320 megawatt daily generat
World BusinessJan. 30, 2012
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Canon president steps down as forecast misses
Canon Inc. said its president will step down after the world’s largest camera maker forecast profit will increase by less than 1 percent for a second straight year. President and Chief Operating Officer Tsuneji Uchida, 70, will leave the posts effective March 29 and be replaced by Chairman Fujio Mitarai, 76, the Tokyo-based company said in a statement. Uchida, who will become an adviser, offered to resign as Canon plans to introduce a younger management team, Chief Financial Officer Toshizo Tana
World BusinessJan. 30, 2012
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Five buyers for bankrupt Saab: administrators
STOCKHOLM (AFP) ― Up to five companies are keen to buy Saab, one of the bankrupt Swedish carmaker’s three administrators said Sunday.“I can’t comment on who we are in discussions with, but we are conducting dialogues with four to five interested parties who we consider are seriously interested,” Hans Bergqvist told the TT news agency.He said the aim was to sell all of Saab, which filed for bankruptcy on Dec. 19, to a single buyer.“That is our main tack (since) we ... will get the most value,” he
World BusinessJan. 30, 2012
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Senegal president clear to run for 3rd term
DAKAR (AP) ― Senegal’s highest court ruled just after midnight on Monday that the West African country’s aging leader was eligible to run for a third term in next month’s election, rejecting appeals filed by the opposition and eliminating the last legal avenue for challenging President Abdoulaye Wade’s candidacy.The court also rejected the appeal of music icon Youssou Ndour, stating that his candidacy was invalidated because he did not file enough valid signatures.The opposition has called on th
World NewsJan. 30, 2012
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Sudan tensions dominate African Union talks
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) ― The African Union’s new chairman faced tough challenges Sunday as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon warned that a furious row between Sudan and South Sudan threatened regional security.Thomas Boni Yayi, the president of Benin, vowed to work for peace in his one-year tenure as the 54-member bloc’s rotating head, as sideline talks at the two-day summit tried to tackle several hotspots across the continent.Top of these were Sudan tensions. Ban said both Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir an
World NewsJan. 30, 2012
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Hamas leader visits Jordan
AMMAN (AP) ― A high-profile visit to Jordan by the leader of Hamas has revived contacts with the Palestinian militant group, but Jordan will not lift a ban on its activities there, a senior Jordanian official said Sunday.Khaled Mashaal’s visit was part of Jordan’s efforts to engage with previously shunned Islamists, who have been gaining ground across the region in Arab Spring uprisings.“It will only break the ice, following years of estrangement,” said the official, who was attending talks betw
World NewsJan. 30, 2012
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Sudan army frees 14 of ‘kidnapped’ Chinese
KHARTOUM (AFP) -- The Sudanese military has freed 14 Chinese workers “kidnapped” by rebels in the country’s South Kordofan state, the official SUNA news agency reported on Monday.“SAF troops succeeded in freeing 14 of the Chinese workers,” SUNA quoted state governor Ahmad Harun as saying.Harun said the Chinese were in good condition and had been taken to nearby El Obeid in neighboring North Kordofan.The fate of other Chinese reported captured with the group was not immediately clear.China confir
World NewsJan. 30, 2012
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Raul Castro defends Cuba’s party system
HAVANA (AP) ― President Raul Castro delivered a full-throated defense of Cuba’s one-party political system on Sunday, and a sharp warning to Communist Party delegates to fight corruption he said was a greater threat to the revolution than anything the United States could dream up.In a stern closing speech to the party’s national conference, Castro reiterated a pledge to institute term-limits for Cuban officials, saying a constitutional amendment would be required but that leaders should begin to
World NewsJan. 30, 2012
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Twisted ‘honor’ results in tragic family murder
KINGSTON, Ontario (AP) ― A jury on Sunday found an Afghan father, his wife and their son guilty of killing three teenage sisters and a co-wife in what the judge described as “cold-blooded, shameful murders” resulting from a “twisted concept of honor.”The jury took 15 hours to find Mohammad Shafia, 58; his wife Tooba Yahya, 42; and their son Hamed, 21, each guilty of four counts of first-degree murder in a case that shocked and riveted Canadians from coast to coast. First-degree murder carries an
World NewsJan. 30, 2012
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‘Occupy’ shows flicker of resurrection
OAKLAND, California (AP) ― For weeks the protests had waned, with only a smattering of people taking to Oakland’s streets for occasional weekend marches that bore little resemblance to the headline-grabbing Occupy demonstrations of last fall.Then came Saturday, which started peacefully enough ― a midday rally at City Hall and a march. But hours later, the scene near downtown Oakland had dramatically deteriorated: clashes punctuated by rock and bottle throwing by protesters and volleys of tear ga
World NewsJan. 30, 2012
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Big money, big results in U.S. Republican race
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Polls show Newt Gingrich will likely be clobbered by Mitt Romney in Tuesday’s pivotal Republican primary election in Florida, even though the former speaker of the House of Representatives crushed Romney last weekend in South Carolina. Money for television attack ads appears to be a key factor in the former Massachusetts governor’s resurgence.Overall spending figures show Romney and his supporters having outspent Gingrich in the Florida campaign by at least five to one.That lik
World NewsJan. 30, 2012
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Underprivileged Indian children rally in Gandhi costumes
Underprivileged Indian children dressed in costume to look like the late Mahatma Gandhi sit in the street befor attempting a world record in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. (AP) Local non-government organizations put on the event and a total of 485 children took part in the rally ahead
World NewsJan. 30, 2012
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Taiwanese celebrate upcoming Chinese Lantern Festival
Hundreds of Taiwanese release "sky lanterns" in hopes of good fortune and prosperity in the new year and to celebrate the upcoming traditional Chinese Lantern Festival on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in the Pingxi district of New Taipei City, Taiwan. The start of the Chinese Lantern festival falls
World NewsJan. 30, 2012
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Jury finds Afghan family guilty in honor killings
Mohammad Shafia, front, and Tooba Yahya are escorted into the Frontenac County courthouse in Kingston, Ontario, Canada on Friday. (AP)KINGSTON, Ontario (AP) -- A jury on Sunday found three members of an Afghan family guilty of killing three teenage sisters and another woman in what the judge describ
World NewsJan. 30, 2012
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Officer shot, killed by fellow police in Calif.
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — A police officer under investigation for sexual misconduct with a teenage minor was shot and killed while on duty by fellow officers Saturday as they tried to arrest him on California's central coast, authorities said.The officer was manning a DUI checkpoint when the
World NewsJan. 30, 2012
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Iran bill to ban oil sales to EU postponed
Iran's parliament has postponed a vote on a bill requiring the government to immediately halt crude oil sales to Europe, an Iranian lawmaker said Sunday.File photo taken on Jan. 13, 2012 shows a view of Abadan refinery, the largest one in Iran, in southwestern Iranian city of Abadan. Iran's Oi
World BusinessJan. 30, 2012
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Fitch downgrades five eurozone countries
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ― U.S. ratings agency Fitch says it is downgrading the credit ratings of five countries that use the euro, including economic heavyweights Italy and Spain.The downgraded countries ― also including Belgium, Cyprus, and Slovenia ― faced financial and economic difficulites due to the eurozone’s debt crisis that could make it harder for them to repay their debts, Fitch said Friday after financial markets closed in Europe.The move by Fitch was largely expected, as the agency h
World BusinessJan. 29, 2012
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Facebook IPO could value it among top companies
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the ranks of the largest public companies in the world, alongside McDonald’s, Amazon.com and Bank of America. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Facebook is preparing to file initial paperwork for an offering that could raise as much as $10 billion and value the company at $75 billion to $100 billion. The filing with the Securities and Exc
World BusinessJan. 29, 2012
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Twitter’s censorship plan rouses global furor
Company to block dissenting tweets in specific countriesNEW YORK (AP) ― Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.It was a stunning role reversal for a youthful company that prides itself in promoting unfettered expression, 140 characters at a time. Twitter insisted its commitment to free speech remains firm, and sought t
World BusinessJan. 29, 2012
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Obama expands aid for mortgage delinquents
The Obama administration, seeking to help more homeowners lower their interest rates and shed mortgage debt, will relax the rules on a federal loan-modification program and triple its incentives to banks. The revised Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP, also would pay Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive debt on homes that have lost value. The government-owned companies, citing cost, don’t reduce principal, a policy that has limited HAMP’s reach because they own or guarantee nearly ha
World BusinessJan. 29, 2012