Sunday, 28 November 2010 10:02
Sunday, 28 November 2010 09:40
'Tens of thousands of people have marched through Dublin in protest at the government's austerity programme. Protest leaders said it was the first of many demonstrations over plans to raise taxes and cut public spending.
The austerity programme is designed to cut the Irish Republic's massive government deficit, exacerbated by the rescue of the country's banks. The march came as officials met to hammer out the final details of a financial bail-out for the country.'
Read more: Dublin Protesters March Against Cuts as Bail-out Looms
Sunday, 28 November 2010 09:38
Sunday, 28 November 2010 09:22
'Iceland’s President Olafur R. Grimsson said his country is better off than Ireland thanks to the government’s decision to allow the banks to fail two years ago and because the krona could be devalued.
“The difference is that in Iceland we allowed the banks to fail,” Grimsson said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Mark Barton today. “These were private banks and we didn’t pump money into them in order to keep them going; the state did not shoulder the responsibility of the failed private banks".'
Read more: Iceland Is No Ireland as State Free of Bank Debt, Grimsson Says
Sunday, 28 November 2010 08:46
'Private firm gets go-ahead for the first corporate takeover of a district general hospital in the history of Britain's NHS. A private company headed by a former banker was chosen to run an entire NHS district general hospital today in an unprecedented step towards a fully privatised US-style health system.
Circle - headed by former Goldman Sachs banker Ali Parsa - was named as the recommended bidder to run services at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, by the NHS East of England.'
Sunday, 28 November 2010 08:41
'As part of a new expansion of government power over information, the Department of Homeland Security has begun seizing and shutting down internet websites (web domains) without due process or a proper trial. DHS simply seizes web domains that it wants to and posts an ominous "Department of Justice" logo on the web site.'
Read more: US Government Seizure of the Internet has Begun; DHS Takes Over 76 Websites
Sunday, 28 November 2010 08:09
'The Korean Peninsula seems to be on the brink of war as reports indicate North Korea has deployed surface-to-air missiles near its disputed Yellow Sea border with the South.
"(The missiles) appear to be targeting our fighter jets that fly near the Northern Limit Line (NLL)," a South Korean official said on condition of anonymity, referring to the Yellow Sea border, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.
According to the report, the North has deployed the Soviet-designed SA-2 missiles that have a range of between 13 and 30 kilometers.'
Sunday, 28 November 2010 08:03
'Iraq's recently-reinstated prime minister has warned against any extension to the foreign presence on the strife-weary country's soil.
Nouri al-Maliki, who was mandated earlier in the month to remain premier for another four years, said on Saturday, "I do not feel the need for the presence of any other international forces to help Iraqis control the security situation," the Associated Press reported. "The security agreement with what it included of dates and commitments will remain valid," he said.
US Vice President Joe Biden, however, said last Saturday that the American forces had to stay in Iraq beyond the deadline mentioned in the deal, claiming that the Iraqi security forces were not yet ready to fully operate on their own.'
Sunday, 28 November 2010 07:51
'More than 100,000 demonstrators joined members of Italy's largest labor union to protest against the austerity plans proposed by the government. The Saturday demonstrations against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's center-right government were organized by the Italian General Confederation of Labor (CGIL).
Protesters, including union members and students, carried flags and red balloons and shouted anti-government slogans. They were angry with job losses across the country and a weak economy.'
Sunday, 28 November 2010 07:05
'The European Commission has banned the use of baby bottles containing the chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) from the early next year, fearing it may pose harm to children.
The compound may affect the development of the immune system and its response in young children, the commission said. Parents "can be sure that as of mid-2011 plastic infant feeding bottles will not include BPA," said John Dalli, commissioner in charge of health and consumer policy.'
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