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British deputy PM calls for investigation of Iraq leaks
Allegations of prisoner abuse and civilian killings in Iraq from a cache of leaked U.S. secret military documents are extremely serious and must be investigated, a top British official said Sunday.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg told…
Court orders Iraq parliament to resume sitting
Iraq's Supreme Court has ordered the country's parliament back to work, more than seven months after inconclusive elections left Iraq in political limbo.
The court said lawmakers' self-declared absence was unconstitutional.
Iraq has faced…
Somali pirates seize two ships off Kenya coast
Somali pirates seized a German freight ship off the coast of Kenya on Sunday — the second commercial vessel to be captured in the region in as many days, officials said.
The pirates took control of the German freight ship Beluga Fortune…
Iranian universities to stop teaching courses considered too ‘Western’
Iran will not allow its universities to begin teaching certain disciplines it deems too "Western," and existing courses will be revised, a senior Education Ministry was quoted as saying Sunday.
"Expansion of 12 disciplines in the social…
G20 signs pact to avert trade war
The Group of 20 major economies agreed on Saturday to shun competitive currency devaluations but stopped short of setting targets to reduce trade imbalances that are clouding global growth prospects.
At a meeting in South Korea, G20…
Nobel Prize winning economist warns UK putting economy at risk
Chancellor George Osborne is unnecessarily risking the economic recovery with his deep spending cuts, the country's new Nobel Prize winning economist was quoted as saying on Saturday.
British-Cypriot Christopher Pissarides said Osborne…
Portugal government and opposition in talks on budget
Portugal's minority government and the main opposition Social Democrats (PSD) held a first, "constructive" round of talks Saturday aiming to reach a deal on an austere 2011 budget and ease concerns over public finances.
Negotiating teams…
EU tells Italy to clean Naples or face fine
The European Commission warned Italy on Saturday it may face sanctions if it doesn't remove the 2,400 tons of trash that have piled up in the streets of Naples in the country's latest garbage crisis.
For over a week, protesters in…
French pension law nears adoption as workers fight on
The French government pledged on Saturday to restore fuel supplies but unions dug in their heels at strike-hit oil refineries after the Senate approved the pension reform bill at the heart of the dispute.
Despite weeks of protests and…
Leaked Iraq war files portray weak, divided America
The enormous cache of secret war logs disclosed by the WikiLeaks website paints a picture of an Iraq burdened by persistent sectarian tension and meddling neighbors, suggesting that the country could drift into chaos once U.S. forces leave.…