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US-based credit rating group calls for a devaluation of EC dollar
New York, United States (CMC) – The US-based Moody's Investor services is calling for a devaluation of the Eastern Caribbean (EC) dollar in a bid to assist the region address the debt crisis.
In addition, Moody’s Investor is also…
Democrats take New York and Virginia as Republicans win New Jersey
(BBC) Moderate Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has won a landslide re-election, a possible launch pad for a 2016 White House run.
In Virginia, Terry McAuliffe - a key Hillary Clinton ally - narrowly beat a Republican to…
Yasser Arafat ‘may have been poisoned with polonium’
(BBC) The late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with radioactive polonium, says a Swiss forensic report obtained by al-Jazeera.
Arafat's official medical records say he died in 2004 from a stroke resulting from a…
French police search for motorcyclist after Alps killings
(CNN) More than a year after the mysterious execution-style slaying of four people in the French Alps, investigators say they're looking for a motorcyclist in connection with the case. A French police sketch released Monday shows a bearded…
Voters head to polls in Virginia, New Jersey and New York
Voters in the US are heading to the polls in the first major round of elections since President Barack Obama won a second term one year ago.
In New Jersey and Virginia, voters will pick governors.
New York City will…
US Senate backs ‘Enda’ gay rights bill
(BBC) A bill banning workplace discrimination against gay and transgender people has passed a critical test of support in the US Senate, 17 years after a similar bill failed by a single vote.
The Democratic-led Senate voted 61-30 to open…
Is India’s Mars mission the latest escalation in Asia’s space race?
Hong Kong (CNN) -- A successful mission by India's Mars orbiter would make the country the first Asian nation to reach the Red Planet -- and provide a symbolic coup as neighboring China steps up its ambitions in space.
Tuesday's launch was…
Jamaican pleads guilty in international lottery scam
Florida, United States, (CMC) – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says a Jamaican national has pleaded guilty in connection with a Jamaica-based international lottery scheme.
The DOJ said that Oneike Mickhale Barnett pleaded…
Afghan President criticizes U.S. drone strike that killed Pakistani Taliban leader
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has criticized the timing of the U.S. drone strike that killed the leader of the Pakistani Taliban last week, his office said in a statement.
Karzai made the comments when he met…
Plane crashes in Bolivia, killing 8
(CNN) A plane carrying 18 people crashed Sunday, killing eight, while landing in Bolivia, according to state news agency ABI.
Ten other people were injured in the crash at the Riberalta airport, 1,000 kilometers (about 620 miles) from La…
Report raps doctors over roles in post-9/11 interrogations
(CNN) U.S. military and intelligence agencies pushed doctors working in military detention centers to violate medical ethics by taking part in the mistreatment of prisoners by interrogators, medical and legal experts conclude in a new…
NYU student wedged between buildings recovering
New York, United States (AP) — Fire officials say a 19-year-old New York University student may have been trapped between two buildings for as long as two days.
The victim, Asher Vongtau, was rescued at 6:25 pm Sunday.
A fire department…
South African Anene Booysen rapist jailed for life
(BBC) A South African man found guilty of the rape and brutal murder of a 17-year-old girl has been sentenced to two life terms in prison by a court near Cape Town.
State prosecutors had requested this sentence - without parole - for…
Germany hopes for Snowden meeting on US spying
(BBC) The German government says it is keen to hear directly from the fugitive NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden about the US spy agency's activities.
"If the message is that Mr Snowden wants to give us information then we'll gladly accept…
Google ‘outraged’ by government snooping; NSA chief denies claim
Washington (CNN) -- The National Security Agency's director flatly denied a Washington Post report Wednesday that the NSA secretly broke into communications links to Google and Yahoo servers overseas.
Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the NSA…