-
Italy forms new government after 2-month stalemate
A coalition of Silvio Berlusconi's forces and centre-left rivals forged a new Italian government today, an unusual alliance that broke a two-month deadlock following inconclusive elections in the recession-mired country. #Elections #NewsTracker #Silvio Berlusconi #Italy
-
Doubts over Marines' trial should be set aside : Khurshid to Italy
The Foreign Minister said that they had asked the NIA to investigate the matter only because it was the only agency available to the government. #World #India #Supreme Court #Salman Khurshid #TheySaidIt #Italy #fishermen deaths
-
Italian marines case: SC says NIA to continue probe, death penalty possible
The apex court said that the day-to-day proceedings will be conducted by a special court against the marines. #India #NewsTracker #Supreme Court #Italy #NIA #Italian Marines
-
Enrico Letta appointed Italian premier-designate
Italy's president today appointed Enrico Letta as premier-designate, asking him to form a coalition government representing Italy's main parties to end two months of political paralysis and put the country back on the path of reform and growth. #NewsTracker #Silvio Berlusconi #Italy #Giorgio Napolitano #Enrico Letta
-
Emotional Italian president slams parties, govt in sight
ROME (Reuters) - Newly re-elected president Giorgio Napolitano delivered an emotional rebuke to Italy's warring political factions on Monday and announced talks that could see a grand coalition government formed within days to end two months of post-election stalemate. The 87-year-old Napolitano said he had only accepted an unprecedented second term as head of state because of the "dramatic alarm" facing Italy since national elections on February 24 and 25 left no party able to govern alone. In an inaugural address to parliament, two days after it elected him, he called for the swift formation of a new government backed by the main political parties #China #Japan #Brazil #Technology #Russia #Italy #Argentina #Latin America #opinion
-
Another bird flu death in China as number of infected grows to 95
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported another death and four new infections from a new strain of bird flu on Saturday, raising the death toll to 18, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The H7N9 virus has been found in 95 people, mostly in eastern China. The latest victim is a 69-year old man surnamed Xu from Zhejiang province who passed away Friday night after emergency treatment failed, Xinhua said #facebook #Politics #Business #Japan #Brazil #Technology #Arabic #markets #Italy #Argentina #Latin America #Entertainment
-
Napolitano elected for second term as Italy president
ROME (Reuters) - The Italian parliament on Saturday re-elected 87-year-old President Giorgio Napolitano to serve a second term in an attempt to resolve the political stalemate left by February's inconclusive election. As most of parliament cheered his re-election, demonstrators protested outside. By evening the crowd had swelled as thousands of people vented anger at an outcome that was widely seen as perpetuating the grip on the country of a discredited political class and favouring centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi. #facebook #United States #India #China #Japan #markets #Italy #United Kingdom #Latin America #Entertainment #opinion
-
China hits back at U.S. in annual human rights survey
BEIJING (Reuters) - China accused the United States on Sunday of spying on its own citizens, discriminating against women and ethnic minorities and allowing gun crime to run out of control, in Beijing's annual rebuttal to Washington's criticism of its rights record. #facebook #United States #India #China #Arabic #markets #Italy #Argentina #United Kingdom #Latin America #Entertainment #lifestyle
-
FBI probe held up Boston bombing suspect's citizenship bid - NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials decided in recent months not to grant Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's application for citizenship after a background check showed he had been interviewed in 2011 by the FBI, the New York Times reported on Saturday #facebook #Business #Japan #Technology #Russia #Italy #United Kingdom #lifestyle
-
Japan PM Abe's war shrine offering likely to infuriate China
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a ritual offering of a pine tree to a shrine seen as a symbol of Japan's former militarism on Sunday, a gesture likely to upset Asian victims of Japan's war-time aggression, including China and South Korea. Abe, an outspoken nationalist, offered the tree to the Yasukuni Shrine, where 14 Japanese leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied tribunal are honoured along with other war dead #Politics #United States #Brazil #Technology #Arabic #NewsTracker #Italy #North Korea #Argentina #Latin America #japanese #lifestyle