Monthly Archives: April 2011

TORONTO (Reuters) – The Conservative Party is still leading the May 2 election campaign, with the left-leaning New Democrats firmly in second place, according to a poll released on Saturday. The Nanos Research tracking poll of results for three days … Continue reading →

BANGALORE, India (AFP) – Infosys on Saturday named a prominent banker to take charge of India’s second-largest software exporter as the firm struggles to boost performance in the face of slow global recovery. Infosys Technologies appointed K.V. Kamath chairman to … Continue reading →

TRIPOLI, Libya – NATO powers rejected Moammar Gadhafi’s call for a cease-fire and negotiations on Saturday, saying they need “actions not words,” and aid ships were prevented from docking in a besieged coastal city while the alliance swept the port … Continue reading →

TRIPOLI (AFP) – Moamer Kadhafi vowed Saturday not to step down and proposed talks to end Libya’s conflict, a call rejected by rebels and by NATO, as his forces pressed an offensive against the key port of Misrata. At the … Continue reading →

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Writer Ernesto Sabato, who led the government’s probe of crimes committed by Argentina’s dictatorship, has died at 99. The writer died of complications of bronchitis, his friend and collaborator Elvira Gonzalez Fraga told Radio Mitre. Sabato … Continue reading →

BAGHDAD – Iraqi lawmakers approved a controversial $400 million settlement Saturday for Americans who claim they were abused by Saddam Hussein’s regime during the 1990 invasion of Kuwait. The settlement is part of a deal reached between Baghdad and Washington … Continue reading →

At the moment, the project that will transform the future of El Hierro doesn’t look like much more than a hole in the ground. Or two, to be exact: one on top of a mountain, another smaller one down below, … Continue reading →

KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) – Three suspected al Qaeda members had been planning a bomb attack in Germany for four months when they were arrested, federal prosecutors said. Rainer Griesbaum, a federal prosecutor, told a news conference on Saturday that the … Continue reading →