| Original 'Schindler's List' found in Sydney( 2009-04-20 01:35) | | SYDNEY (AFP) – A list of Jews saved by Oskar Schindler that inspired the novel and Oscar-winning film "Schindler's List" has been found in a Sydney library, its co-curator said. Workers at the New South Wales State Library found the list,... |
| Canada pension plans hit by falling markets( 2009-04-19 15:20) | | TORONTO (Reuters) – Private pension plans in Canada were hurt last year as falling stock markets drove asset levels below the plans' liabilities, Canada's financial regulator said on Thursday. The average solvency ratio of the 400 defined benefit pe... |
| Israeli conductor Barenboim gets ovation in Egypt(By JASON KEYSER, Associated Press Writer Jason Keyser, Associated Press Writer 2009-04-18 14:35) | | CAIRO – Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim stirred a sold out Cairo Opera House Thursday with a performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, drawing ovations in his first visit to Egypt. The famed musician's enthusiastic welcome in a major Arab capita... |
| Australia to build $30 bln broadband network( 2009-04-17 01:50) | | CANBERRA (AFP) – Australia announced plans on Tuesday to build a 30 billion US dollar broadband network, its biggest infrastructure project ever, opting to retain government control rather than contract out the deal. In a surprise move, Prime Minist... |
| Wreck of first US ship sunk in WWII seen( 2009-04-17 01:42) | | SYDNEY (AFP) – The wreck of the first US ship sunk during World War II has been revealed in detail for the first time on the seabed off southeastern Australia, researchers said Wednesday. Images of the merchant vessel City of Rayville, which was sun... |
| U.S. WWII shipwreck found off Australia( 2009-04-17 01:42) | | CANBERRA (Reuters) – The wreck of the first American ship sunk during World War II has been located off Australia's southern coast, ocean researchers said on Wednesday. The freighter MS City of Rayville, carrying a cargo of lead, wool and copper fro... |
| Obama pays homage to Rwanda genocide victims( 2009-04-17 01:38) | | WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama paid homage Tuesday to victims and survivors of the Rwandan genocide and vowed that the world was committed to never allowing a similar slaughter to happen again. Obama, in a statement marking the 15th an... |
| Aid expulsion heavy blow to Darfur women, children(By SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press Writer Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Writer 2009-04-17 01:26) | | ABU SHOUK CAMP, Sudan – With her health options limited, one woman in this Darfur refugee camp is considering a risky alternative: a traditional healer who promises his potion of holy water, charcoal and glue, touched by verses of the Quran, can cur... |
| Australian library finds copy of Schindler's list(By TANALEE SMITH, Associated Press Writer Tanalee Smith, Associated Press Writer 2009-04-16 23:14) | | SYDNEY – Australian researchers sifting papers belonging to the author of "Schindler's List" discovered a yellowing roll of 801 men saved from the Holocaust by the German industrialist — the very copy the writer used to bring the story to the w... |
| Wreck of first US ship sunk in WWII seen( 2009-04-16 11:13) | | SYDNEY (AFP) – The wreck of the first US ship sunk during World War II has been revealed in detail for the first time on the seabed off southeastern Australia, researchers said Wednesday. Images of the merchant vessel City of Rayville, which was sun... |
| Chinese-Australian woman denies spy claims( 2009-04-09 06:24) | | SYDNEY (AFP) – A Chinese-Australian businesswoman at the centre of a spy scandal has denied she is a security threat, saying in an interview published Tuesday she is "broken-hearted" at the suggestion. Beijing-born Helen Liu, whose links t... |
| 100,000 Thais rally against king's adviser(By GRANT PECK, Associated Press Writer Grant Peck, Associated Press Writer 2009-04-09 05:17) | | BANGKOK – About 100,000 protesters seeking to topple Thailand's government turned their wrath Wednesday on the 88-year-old top adviser to the country's revered king, accusing him of undermining democracy by orchestrating a pivotal 2006 coup. Most of... |
| Demjanjuk's son: No word from panel on deportation(By M.R. KROPKO, Associated Press Writer M.r. Kropko, Associated Press Writer 2009-04-09 05:13) | | CLEVELAND – The family of John Demjanjuk said Wednesday they still haven't heard from an immigration appeals panel on a request to block his deportation to Germany, where an arrest warrant alleges the frail 89-year-old was a Nazi death camp guard. T... |
| Obama speech draws praise in Mideast(By SAM F. GHATTAS, Associated Press Writer Sam F. Ghattas, Associated Press Writer 2009-04-09 05:09) | | BEIRUT – Syria's foreign minister praised President Barack Obama's address to the Arab and Islamic world in Turkey, and many Arabs were cheered by the American leader's promises to push for a Palestinian state. On his first visit as president to a p... |
| Bouteflika seeks huge majority(by Pierre-Yves Julien Pierre-yves Julien 2009-04-09 05:05) | | ALGIERS (AFP) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is hoping for big turnout and a crushing victory over his five rivals in the presidential poll on April 9. "Vote, even vote against me, but vote," he has been urging the country's 20.... |
| Ottawa confirms kidnapping of Canadian in Sudan( 2009-04-09 05:02) | | OTTAWA (AFP) – The Canadian government on Monday confirmed the kidnapping of a pair of Canadian and French aid workers in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan over the weekend. In an email to AFP, the Canadian foreign affairs department said it "... |
| Australia warns 'big gorilla' Telstra to back off(by Neil Sands Neil Sands 2009-03-04 19:01) | | MELBOURNE (AFP) – Australia's finance minister on Sunday told the country's biggest telecoms firm Telstra to stop acting like a "big gorilla" and adopt a less aggressive stance towards the government. Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said T... |
| Canada TV biz balks at U.S. spending clampdown(By Etan Vlessing Etan Vlessing 2009-03-04 19:00) | | TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) – Canadian broadcasters are criticizing a proposal by the country's TV regulator to curb their U.S. programing expenditures in a bid to promote homegrown production. The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commi... |
| Scotia, BMO post profits; bad loan provisions up(By Jeffrey Hodgson Jeffrey Hodgson 2009-03-04 18:59) | | TORONTO (Reuters) – Two of Canada's largest banks pushed through the global financial crisis to report profits on Tuesday, but also disclosed higher provisions for bad loans that point to tougher quarters ahead. Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montr... |
| Docs seek gag orders to stop patients' reviews(By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner, Ap Medical Writer 2009-03-04 05:31) | | CHICAGO – The anonymous comment on the Web site RateMDs.com was unsparing: "Very unhelpful, arrogant," it said of a doctor. "Did not listen and cut me off, seemed much too happy to have power (and abuse it!) over suffering people." Such reviews are... |
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