World News

5:10 PM
9-February
2010 Venezuela's Chavez Blames U.S. for UnrestVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez is accusing the United States of trying to destabilize his government after a series of demonstrations rocked the capital of Caracas recently.
Topics: international relations, diplomacy, politics, World

3:38 PM
9-February
2010 Report Advises Australia, Fiji To Moderate CriticismAustralia and Fiji should soften their ongoing crossfire of criticism so the countries' diplomatic relationship can move forward, a recent report advises.
Topics: international relations, diplomacy, politics, World

2:21 PM
9-February
2010 Israelis Guess How Their Compatriots Overseas May VoteIsraeli politicians were at each others' throats Tuesday over a proposal by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to allow Israelis living abroad to vote in the country's national elections. Netanyahu told a meeting of his right wing Likud party on Monday that his government plans to submit a bill in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, that would allow Israeli citizens to vote from outside the country.
Topics: national elections, election, politics, conflict (general), unrest, conflicts and war, World

1:54 PM
9-February
2010 Political Will Said Lacking To Patch Fiji, Australia SplitA lack of political will is holding back what Fiji and Australia can do to put relations on a positive footing quickly, according to a consultant to several South Pacific governments.
Topics: international relations, diplomacy, politics, World

12:46 PM
9-February
2010 European Parliament Approves New European CommissionThe European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, today (Feb. 9) got the nod from the European Parliament by 488 votes to 137, with 72 abstentions, at the Strasbourg, France Session.
Topics: parliament, politics, international organization, government, World

   

9:55 AM
9-February
2010 Israel Running Out of Space for Tourists To StayThe Israeli tourism ministry is pushing to increase tourism but some worry there is a shortage of hotel rooms for visitors Israeli Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov told Israel's yearly tourism fair in Tel Aviv on Tuesday that while tourism figures were rising, Israel hopes to increase the number of annual visitors to five million by 2015.
Topics: hotel and accommodation, tourism and leisure, economy, business and finance, tourism, lifestyle and leisure, ministers (government), government, politics, World

9:52 AM
9-February
2010 Bahrain Accused Of blacklisting Shi'a BooksA human rights organization has accused the Bahraini government of preventing Lebanese publishers from selling their wares at an upcoming book fair. The Movement of Liberties and Democracy-HAQ alleges that the government is trying to block publishers from disseminating Shi'ite literature the government does not want displayed.
Topics: islam, religion and belief, book, media, economy, business and finance, censorship, politics, World

7:58 AM
9-February
2010 Australian Sanctions on Fiji Travel Not Working: AcademicAustralia's travel bans on members of the Fiji government and their immediate families have had no effect and should be loosened. That's the view of Richard Herr, deputy director of the Center for International and Regional Affairs at the University of Fiji.
Topics: diplomacy, politics, World

6:57 AM
9-February
2010 Fiji Appoints Envoy To UNA former senior civil servant has been appointed Fiji's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Peter Thomson has spent 16 years in civil service working in the Rural Development and Foreign Affairs departments. He will assume his duties in New York later this month.
Topics: diplomacy, politics, World

6:50 AM
9-February
2010 Labor Party Of England Suspends Three MPs Over False Accounting Of ExpensesThe Labor Party in England suspended three Members of Parliament over charges of false accounting of expenses. The suspended MPs are Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine.
Topics: parties and movements, politics, trials, crime, law and justice, parliament, World