четверг, 15 марта 2012 г.

Tunisian police crack down on protest

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian police fired tear gas at participants in an anti-government demonstration in the heart of the Tunisian capital, Tunis.

Security forces succeeded in breaking up Thursday's demonstration of several hundred mostly young people in about an hour. The protesters complained Tunisia's new caretaker government has not followed …

WTA Tour Rankings

Through April 26

Singles

1. Serena Williams, United States, 7,946 points.

2. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 6,255.

3. Dinara Safina, Russia, 6,150.

4. Venus Williams, United States, 5,817.

5. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 5,620.

6. Elena Dementieva, Russia, 4,965.

7. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 4,740.

8. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 4,190.

9. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 4,080.

For the record

* Bankruptcy filings

The following people filed petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court forthe Southern District for Aug. 28, 2003: * Jason Lee and BarbaraFaye Lowe, 11 Greenbrier Drive, Holly Hill Estates, Bluefield.Chapter 7. Assets: $11,454.61. Liabilities: $46,573.50.

* Kristofer Wayne Miller, P.O. Box 851, White Sulphur Springs.Chapter 7. Assets: $700. Liabilities: $ 88,004.

* Kendra Jeannene Boyce, Route 2, Box 117A, Sinks Grove. Chapter7. Assets: $2,760. Liabilities: $27,635.20.

* Terry Lee Roberts, P.O. Box 1853, Princeton. Chapter 7. Assets:$7,875. Liabilities: $31,032.25.

* Shannon Hope Collins, 39 Township Road 1372, Apt. 301,Proctorville, …

среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Disgraced ex-Boston archbishop leaves Rome job

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Bernard Law, who resigned in disgrace as Boston's archbishop in 2002 after the priest sex abuse scandal erupted in the United States, has retired from his subsequent job as head of a major Roman basilica.

The Vatican said Monday that Pope Benedict XVI had accepted the 80-year-old Law's resignation as archpriest of St. Mary Major basilica and had named Spanish Monsignor Santos Abril y Castello to replace him.

Law's 2004 appointment as the archpriest of one of Rome's most important basilicas had been harshly criticized by victims of priestly sex abuse, who charged that bishops who covered up for pedophile priests should be punished, not …

Migrant worker beaten to death in India

An Indian laborer was beaten to death on a train, the latest attack on migrant workers in the country's financial and entertainment capital, police said Wednesday.

Police have opened a murder inquiry and detained two people for questioning, said K.P. Raghuvanshi, additional director-general of Railway Police.

Dharamdev Rai, 25, and three other laborers from impoverished Uttar Pradesh state were attacked Tuesday by a half dozen people aboard a local train, Raghuvanshi told The Associated Press.

Tension has been building for nearly two weeks in Mumbai since supporters of a fiery politician attacked students from northern India, many of them from …

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Report Shows N. Korea Set to Cooperate

VIENNA, Austria - North Korea is prepared to extend wide cooperation to the International Atomic Energy Agency in its mission to help shut down Pyongyang's weapons-capable nuclear facilities, an IAEA report made available Tuesday to The Associated Press suggests.

The confidential four-page report outlines events linked to the agency's foreseen role in shutting down North Korea's plutonium producing Yongbyon facility, up to last week's visit by a high-ranking agency delegation.

It also documents North Korea's stated willingness to provide agency experts with needed technical information, access and other help needed for IAEA experts to do the job.

The report will …