MOGADISHU, Somalia - A suicide bomber disguised as a woman attacked a graduation ceremony in Somalia on Thursday, turning a rare reason to celebrate into carnage that killed at least 22 people - including medical students, doctors and three government ministers. The blast was blamed on Islamic militants who have shown a rising ability to carry out sophisticated large-scale bombings against high- profile targets - and highlighted the inability of Somalia's weak government to protect even the small section of the capital it controls.
PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad. CMC': A NUMBER of senior Cabinet ministers, including finance minister Karen Nunez Tesheira, were among the major causalities of Monday's historic general election that paved the way for Kamla Persad Bissessar to become Trinidad and Tobago's first woman head of government.
When the elite of the Spanish establishment -- captains of industry, congressmen, ambassadors and senior government Ministers -- assembled in the trading hall of Madrid's stock exchange in early April to hear Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's State of the Nation address, they were treated to a self-congratulatory description of economic success. Zapatero's administration has done little more than ride the favorable tides and keep a tight rein on public finances. Fierce competition has driven some of Spain's banks into the riskier segments of the financial markets and there is concern about the danger of an abruptly rising personal bankruptcy rate. In essence, inside a monetary union, currency risks turn to credit risks and this will be felt in Spain once the remarkably prope...
Minister resigns over remark TOKYO -- Japan's new trade minister resigned Saturday over a remark seen as insensitive to nuclear evacuees, dealing a blow to a government that took office just eight days ago in the hopes it could better tackle the daunting tsunami recovery. "A series of my remarks caused serious distrust among the people, especially the people of Fukushima," Yoshio Hachiro said at a news conference. "I seriously reflected on my remarks, and I made the decision to step down." Noda, Hachiro and other government ministers were visiting the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant Thursday when Hachiro called the desolate evacuation zone around the plant "a town of death." Sweating heavily under intense questioning by reporters, Hachiro said the remarks "rubbed the feelings of...
LONDON, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Commonwealth Secretary- General Kamalesh Sharma will lay particular stress on youth employment, underachievement by boys and strengthening economic resilience during his six-day trip to the Caribbean region, 12-17 June 2011. Mr Sharma is scheduled to visit Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Jamaica, and St Vincent and the Grenadines. He will meet Heads of Government, ministers, Speakers and Leaders of the Opposition.
JOHANNESBURG - As delegates gather in South Africa to plot the next big push against climate change, Western governments are saying it's time to move beyond traditional distinctions between industrial and developing countries and get China and other growing economies to accept legally binding curbs on greenhouse gases. It will be a central theme for the 25,000 national officials, lobbyists, scientists and advocates gathering under U.N. auspices in the coastal city of Durban on Monday. Their two weeks of negotiations will end with a meeting of government ministers from more than 100 countries.
JERUSALEM - Israel on Sunday formed a panel of government ministers and some of the country's leading economic experts to draw up a plan to reduce the soaring cost of living, marking a new effort to defuse demonstrations over prices that drew over a quarter- million people onto the streets the night before. The announcement comes after three weeks of mushrooming protests sparked by complaints over housing costs. Since then, the protests have gained new momentum as Israelis grow increasingly frustrated with their struggle to make ends meet despite economic growth in the country that is outpacing that of other developed nations. Saturday's turnout of over 250,000 people in public squares presented Israel's most stable government in years with a chorus of discontent it could not afford to ...
ATHENS, Greece - Greece's new technocrat Prime Minister Lucas Papademos assumed power Friday at the helm of an interim coalition government that will seek to push through tough economic reforms and ensure the country avoids a catastrophic default. Papademos, a former European Central Bank vice president, leads a government including ministers from three parties. Although the vast majority of posts are retained by members of outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou's Socialists, the bitter rivalry between that party and the conservatives of Antonis Samaras is being at least temporarily set aside as Greece's politicians struggle to put the country back on track financially and ensure it can retain its cherished position in the eurozone.
BAGHDAD -- Five Cabinet ministers loyal to Iraq's first post- Saddam Hussein leader will boycott government meetings, further deepening the political crisis that threatens to swamp the administration of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, two lawmakers said Monday. The boycott of Iraqiya List ministers loyal to former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi leaves the government, at least temporarily, with no Sunni participants. It was a deep blow to al-Maliki's attempt to craft reconciliation among the country's majority Shiites and minority Sunnis and Kurds.
BALI, Indonesia - Never before have so many people converged to try to save the planet from global warming, with more than 10,000 jetting into this Indonesian resort island, from government ministers to Nobel laureates to drought-stricken farmers. But critics say they are contributing to the very problem they aim to solve.
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