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Acting on the attorney general’s advice, “the government has decided to hold a referendum on this issue in which the people of Ireland will be asked to give their authorisation for the ratification of this treaty”, Kenny said. The referendum will be watched closely by the country’s European Union partners as Ireland has previously sent [...]
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said that banks it insures reported a combined full-year net income that blew past $100 billion for the first time in five years. Aggregate net income of $119.5 billion was up nearly 40 percent from 2010, the FDIC said in a quarterly report on the banking sector. Two out of [...]
Chinese woman shot dead in Pakistan city A Chinese woman was shot dead with a male companion on Tuesday in the Pakistani city Peshawar, which borders the tribal belt stronghold of Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants, police said. They were killed by gunmen on motorbikes while walking in the Kohati bazaar in the historic centre of [...]
Thai activist jailed for royal slurs A Thai political activist has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison in the latest in a series of convictions under the kingdom’s controversial royal defamation laws. The Criminal Court in Bangkok found Surachai Danwattananusorn guilty of insulting the monarchy during several public speeches he gave [...]
Major Philippine sect rallies as ties ‘sour’ with Aquino More than 200,000 members of an influential Philippine religious sect met for rallies Tuesday, police said, amid perceived political tension with its once staunch ally President Benigno Aquino. Police shut major roads in Manila from midday (0400 GMT) and deployed about 500 officers as tens of [...]
Kolobov, 39, served as deputy head of Ukraine’s National Bank after a career in state and commercial banks in the country. The previous finance minister, Valery Khoroshkovsky, held the post for just over one month before he was last week promoted to first deputy prime minister in a reshuffle of posts in the government.
“The Danish warship Absalon stopped a pirate mother ship on February 27, 2012. During the operation, two hostages were killed,” the Navy said in a statement. The nationalities of the hostages were not immediately known, nor the circumstances leading to the two deaths. “Two hostages were found seriously injured, but despite swift assistance from Absalon’s [...]
Samsung chairman sued by sister in inheritance feud The chairman of South Korea’s Samsung Electronics is being sued by his elder sister as part of a growing feud over the vast family inheritance, her lawyer said Tuesday. Lee Sook-Hee filed the suit demanding that Lee Kun-Hee return part of the sum which their father left [...]
US commander admits conditions on N. Korea aid A US commander acknowledged Tuesday that Washington has linked food aid for North Korea to progress on military issues, saying that the impoverished communist state needs to halt its nuclear program. The US State Department has repeatedly denied it is tying politics to North Korea’s requests for [...]
Pattinson returns for Australia in ODIs Fit-again paceman James Pattinson was Tuesday included in Australia’s 13-man squad for the remainder of the tri one-day series against Sri Lanka and India. Pattinson, 21, who took 21 wickets in his first four Tests and was man-of-the-match twice, developed a stress injury in his left foot early last [...]