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isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170432</guid> <description><![CDATA[FREETOWN (Reuters) &#8211; The United Nations was pressured by the president of Sierra Leone to cut short the tour of its mission chief ahead of an election later this year, the envoy said in a letter seen by Reuters yesterday. Michael von der Schulenburg, who had been expected to stay until next year but has [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/14/sierra-leone-president-forced-out-un-envoy-%e2%80%93letter/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Israel blames Iran after attacks on embassy staff</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/14/israel-blames-iran-after-attacks-on-embassy-staff/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/14/israel-blames-iran-after-attacks-on-embassy-staff/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:04:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170436</guid> <description><![CDATA[(Reuters) &#8211; National fundraising committees for the Democratic and Republican parties, President Barack Obama, and other major politicians have declined to return campaign donations totaling $1.8 million from Houston financier R Allen Stanford, now on trial for allegedly masterminding a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. The court-appointed receiver charged with returning money to Stanford investors obtained [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/14/obama-other-politicians-decline-to-return-stanford-money/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>US Supreme Court justice, wife robbed in Caribbean</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/14/us-supreme-court-justice-wife-robbed-in-caribbean/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/14/us-supreme-court-justice-wife-robbed-in-caribbean/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:02:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170437</guid> <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) &#8211; US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and his wife Joanna were robbed last week at their vacation home on the Caribbean island of Nevis by a man armed with a machete, a court spokeswoman said yesterday. Spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said the robbery took place on the evening of Feb 9, the intruder [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/14/us-supreme-court-justice-wife-robbed-in-caribbean/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Adele triumphs at Grammys with six wins</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/14/adele-triumphs-at-grammys-with-six-wins/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/14/adele-triumphs-at-grammys-with-six-wins/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:01:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170394</guid> <description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) &#8211; Soul singer Adele triumphed in her return to music’s stage on Sunday, scooping up six Grammys and winning every category in which she was nominated including album of the year for ‘21’ and best record with “Rolling In the Deep”. As joyous as the show was for Adele, it was equally [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/14/adele-triumphs-at-grammys-with-six-wins/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Arab League backs Syria opposition, calls for peacekeepers</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/13/arab-league-backs-syria-opposition-calls-for-peacekeepers/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/13/arab-league-backs-syria-opposition-calls-for-peacekeepers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:05:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170330</guid> <description><![CDATA[CAIRO,  (Reuters) - The Arab League threw its support yesterday firmly behind the opposition mounting an uprising against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, and called for the U.N. Security Council to send peacekeepers to halt bloodshed. A resolution approved by Arab League ministers meeting in Cairo called for “opening communication channels with the Syrian opposition and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/13/arab-league-backs-syria-opposition-calls-for-peacekeepers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Henrique Capriles: Venezuela’s opposition candidate</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/13/henrique-capriles-venezuela%e2%80%99s-opposition-candidate/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/13/henrique-capriles-venezuela%e2%80%99s-opposition-candidate/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:04:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170331</guid> <description><![CDATA[CARACAS, (Reuters) &#8211; State governor Henrique Capriles won the Venezuelan opposition coalition’s primary yesterday and will face President Hugo Chavez in an October presidential vote, sources said. Here are some facts about him: * Capriles, 39, is governor of Venezuela’s second-most populous state, Miranda, which includes parts of Caracas. The state ranges from the Venezuelan [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/13/henrique-capriles-venezuela%e2%80%99s-opposition-candidate/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Commonwealth questions leadership change in Maldives</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/13/commonwealth-questions-leadership-change-in-maldives/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/13/commonwealth-questions-leadership-change-in-maldives/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:03:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170333</guid> <description><![CDATA[MALE, (Reuters) - The Commonwealth is sending a team to the Maldives to  investigate why the first democratically elected president of the Indian Ocean nation has suddenly been replaced, the 54-nation group said yesterday. Ex-president Mohamed Nasheed says he was ousted in a coup carried out on Tuesday in a mutiny by police and military [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/13/commonwealth-questions-leadership-change-in-maldives/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sun arrests pile pressure on Murdoch media empire</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/13/sun-arrests-pile-pressure-on-murdoch-media-empire/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/13/sun-arrests-pile-pressure-on-murdoch-media-empire/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:03:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170334</guid> <description><![CDATA[LONDON, (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch is under pressure over his Sun tabloid after the arrests of several senior staff in a corruption probe, but whistleblowers inside his media empire may pose more of a threat than the public outrage that forced the closure of its sister paper. Murdoch closed his News of the World weekly [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/13/sun-arrests-pile-pressure-on-murdoch-media-empire/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>U.S. Navy: Iran prepares suicide bomb boats in Gulf</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/13/u-s-navy-iran-prepares-suicide-bomb-boats-in-gulf/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/13/u-s-navy-iran-prepares-suicide-bomb-boats-in-gulf/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:01:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170335</guid> <description><![CDATA[MANAMA, (Reuters) - Iran has built up its naval forces in the Gulf and prepared boats that could be used in suicide attacks, but the U.S. Navy can prevent it from blocking the Strait of Hormuz, the commander of U.S. naval forces in the region said yesterday. Iran has made a series of threats in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/13/u-s-navy-iran-prepares-suicide-bomb-boats-in-gulf/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/singer-whitney-houston-dies-at-48-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/singer-whitney-houston-dies-at-48-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:14:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Local]]></category> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170221</guid> <description><![CDATA[(CNN) — Legendary singer Whitney Houston has died at age 48, according to her representative Kristen Foster. The cause of death was not immediately known. According to her official website, Houston has sold more than 170 million albums, singles and videos over her career. That includes seven straight Billboard No. 1 hits in the 1980s, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/singer-whitney-houston-dies-at-48-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Syrian forces shell Homs; truce in mountain town</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/syrian-forces-shell-homs-truce-in-mountain-town/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/syrian-forces-shell-homs-truce-in-mountain-town/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:06:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170187</guid> <description><![CDATA[AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) &#8211; Syrian forces bombarded districts of the city of Homs yesterday in their drive to crush a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, whose ally Russia said it would not support an Arab peace plan circulating at the United Nations. Activists said 11 people were killed in the latest attacks in a week-long government [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/syrian-forces-shell-homs-truce-in-mountain-town/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UK police arrest five at Murdoch’s Sun newspaper</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/uk-police-arrest-five-at-murdoch%e2%80%99s-sun-newspaper/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/uk-police-arrest-five-at-murdoch%e2%80%99s-sun-newspaper/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:05:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170186</guid> <description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; British police yesterday arrested five people at The Sun newspaper, its parent company News Corporation said, as part of an investigation into illegal news gathering that forced the closure of another of the firm’s British tabloids. Media sources said a police officer and defence ministry employee were among eight people arrested in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/uk-police-arrest-five-at-murdoch%e2%80%99s-sun-newspaper/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Libya wants Gaddafi son extradited, Niger balks</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/libya-wants-gaddafi-son-extradited-niger-balks/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/libya-wants-gaddafi-son-extradited-niger-balks/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:04:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170185</guid> <description><![CDATA[TRIPOLI  (Reuters) &#8211; Libya urged Niger yesterday to extradite Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi, saying his call for Libyans to prepare for a “coming uprising” threatened bilateral ties. Niger responded that it could not hand over Saadi, who fled south to the West African state in September as Libyan forces gain the upper hand over his [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/libya-wants-gaddafi-son-extradited-niger-balks/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Greece warns bailout rebels of disaster</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/greece-warns-bailout-rebels-of-disaster/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/greece-warns-bailout-rebels-of-disaster/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:03:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170184</guid> <description><![CDATA[ (Reuters) &#8211; Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos told lawmakers to back a deeply unpopular EU/IMF rescue in a vote today or condemn the country to a “vortex” of recession. He spoke in a televised address to the nation, ahead of today’s vote on 3.3 billion euros ($4.35 billions) in wage, pension and job cuts as [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/greece-warns-bailout-rebels-of-disaster/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Romney wins Maine Republican caucuses</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/romney-wins-maine-republican-caucuses-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/romney-wins-maine-republican-caucuses-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:02:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170183</guid> <description><![CDATA[Portland, Maine &#8211; Repub-lican front-runner Mitt Romney bounced back from midweek losses in three states to win the Maine presidential caucuses, the state’s Republican Party announced  yesterday.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/romney-wins-maine-republican-caucuses-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>EAB report on elections now due later this month</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/eab-report-on-elections-now-due-later-this-month/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/eab-report-on-elections-now-due-later-this-month/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:01:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170135</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) has once again moved its public submission report on the 2011 Regional and General Elections to later this month. “To produce a quite comprehensive and accurate confident report we had to change the previous date given, to some time late this month but definitely before February ends it will be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/12/eab-report-on-elections-now-due-later-this-month/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>T&amp;T PM calls on Gibbs to explain raid on newspaper</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/11/tt-pm-calls-on-gibbs-to-explain-raid-on-newspaper-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/11/tt-pm-calls-on-gibbs-to-explain-raid-on-newspaper-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:03:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170103</guid> <description><![CDATA[(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs must give an “immediate explanation” as to why the offices of Newsday and the home of its political reporter Andre Bagoo were raided, says Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. In a release to the press yesterday, Persad-Bissessar made it clear that her Government had no prior knowledge of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/11/tt-pm-calls-on-gibbs-to-explain-raid-on-newspaper-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bombings, bombardments kill across Syria</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/11/bombings-bombardments-kill-across-syria/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/11/bombings-bombardments-kill-across-syria/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:02:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170107</guid> <description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) - London’s U.N. ambassador warned Argentina yesterday that Britain would “robustly” defend the Falkland Islands if necessary, but added that his country remained open to bilateral talks with Buenos Aires on any issue except the islands’ sovereignty. British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant was speaking to reporters after Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/11/uk-to-%e2%80%9crobustly%e2%80%9d-defend-falklands-argentina-seeks-un-aid/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>In cyber era, militaries scramble for new skills</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/10/in-cyber-era-militaries-scramble-for-new-skills/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/02/10/in-cyber-era-militaries-scramble-for-new-skills/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:04:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[World News]]></category><guid
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