Moussa Koussa TRIPOLI, March 31, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM) – A Libyan government spokesman on Thursday confirmed that Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa had resigned but said he did not know of any other official who had resigned or left the country, REUTERS reported on Thursday. “We now understand he (Koussa) has resigned from his position … It […]
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Fatah leader says ‘split must end’
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GAZA CITY, March 31, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM ) — Member of Fatah’s Revolutionary Council Abdullah Abu Samhadaneh spoke out on Land Day, telling fellow Fatah members in a statement that “Palestinians are in so much need for unity, unity now” and calling for an end to the internal division, Ma’an News Agency reported on Thursday. As […]
Read moreChavez and Gaddafi — best friends forever?
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By William J. Dobson, Washington Post ( Dobson is guest-blogging for The Post ) March 31, 2011 ( WASHINGTON POST ) — I recently wrote an article on the likely exile destinations Col. Moammar Gaddafi would have to choose from if he decides to flee Libya. Venezuela made the list, if for no other reason than […]
Read morePhoto : Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor meets Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad
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Photo : Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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RIA Novosti journalist wins Best Photo award at international contest
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RUSSIA, March 31, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / RIA NOVOSTI) — The head of RIA Novosti’s Georgian bureau, Besik Pipiya, has been awarded Best Photo prize in an international journalism competition for a series of pictures showing the everyday life of residents of the Pankisi Gorge at the Russian-Georgian border. The contest, entitled Best in Profession, was […]
Read moreVatican: Airstrikes killed 40 civilians in Tripoli
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ROME, March 31, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM) — At least 40 civilians have been killed in airstrikes by Western forces on Tripoli, the top Vatican official in the Libyan capital told a Catholic news agency on Thursday citing witnesses, The Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday. “The so-called humanitarian raids have killed dozens of civilian victims […]
Read moreSarkozy arrives in Japan to discuss nuclear issues with Kan
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JAPAN, March 31, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / KYODO NEWS) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived Thursday in Japan to discuss the drawn-out crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant with Prime Minister Naoto Kan, as reported by KYODO NEWS AGENCY. Sarkozy became the first foreign leader to visit Japan since the March 11 earthquake and […]
Read moreNo options but to close Fukushima nuke plant – Japanese Prime Minister
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JAPAN, March 31, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / RIA NOVOSTI / KYODO NEWS ) — Japan’s troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant will most likely be closed down, the Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday, quoting Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan. “We cannot but close this nuclear power plant,” Kan said during a meeting with the leader […]
Read morePhoto : Former US President Jimmy Carter meets Cuba’s Fidel Castro
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I don’t know Umar Patek, says Ustadz Abu Bakar Ba’asyir
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JAKARTA, March 31, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM) — Terrorism defendant Abu Bakar Ba’asyir says he is not acquainted with Umar Patek, another terrorism suspect who was recently reported to have been arrested in Pakistan, The Jakarta Post reported on Thursday. Ba’asyir said he had only heard the name in the media. “His name is strange, too. […]
Read moreChina issues white paper on national defense to enhance transparency
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BEIJING, March 31 (KATAKAMI.COM) — China on Thursday issued a white paper on national defense, aiming to enhance its military transparency and boost the world’s trust in its commitment to peaceful development, XINHUA reported on Thursday. The document, the seventh of its kind the Chinese government has issued since 1998, says China will never seek […]
Read moreSouth Korean President to hold press conference on scrapped airport plan
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S. Korea scraps plan to build new int’l airport SEOUL, March 31 (KATAKAMI.COM) – President Lee Myung-bak plans to hold a press conference later this week to express his position on the government’s decision to abort a major airport construction project, his aides said Thursday, amid fierce backlash from local residents, authorities and lawmakers, YONHAP […]
Read morePhotostream : Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger
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Reuters correspondent and photographer missing in Syria
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LONDON, March 31, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM) – Two Reuters journalists are missing in Syria. As reported by REUTERS, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday that correspondent Suleiman al-Khalidi, a Jordanian national based in Amman, had been detained by the Syrian authorities in Damascus on Tuesday. Photographer Khaled al-Hariri, a Syrian based in Damascus, has not been in […]
Read moreChinese President Hu Jintao meets French President Sarkozy, saying force is no solution to Libyan issue
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BEIJING, March 31 (KATAKAMI.COM) — History has repeatedly shown that the use of force is not an answer to problems, but only makes them more complicated, Chinese President Hu Jintao said in Beijing Wednesday in reference to the recent events in Libya, XINHUA reported. “Dialogue and other peaceful means are the ultimate solutions to problems,” […]
Read morePalestinians to ask UN recognition in September
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RAMALLAH, March 30 (KATAKAMI.COM) — The Palestinian leadership will ask the United Nations to recognize the Palestinian state in September despite Israeli objection, Foreign Affairs Minister Riad al-Maliki said Wednesday, XINHUA NEWS AGENCY reported. The Palestinians will ask the U.N. Security Council to recognize an independent Palestinian state on the lands that Israel occupied in […]
Read moreJapan orders immediate safety upgrade at nuclear plants
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TOKYO, March 30, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / Reuters) – Japan ordered an immediate safety upgrade at its 55 nuclear power plants on Wednesday in its first acknowledgement that standards were inadequate when an earthquake and tsunami wrecked a facility nearly three weeks ago, sparking the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986. As operators struggle to […]
Read morePhotostream : Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter meets Cuba’s President Raul Castro
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‘US operations in Libya cost $550mn’
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March 30, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM) —The US military expenditures for ongoing airstrikes in Libya have topped $550 million amid warnings that a protracted conflict could emerge in the country, the Pentagon says, PRESS TV CHANNEL reported. According to the US Defense Department, 60 percent of the funds were spent on munitions, mostly Raytheon Tomahawk missiles and […]
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