November 4, 2012
Etana gives birth to Second Child
Reggae artiste Etana has given birth to her second child. The singer gave birth to a baby girl in the United States on Thursday. The child is fathered by her husband André Morris. Etana also has a teenage son, Shevaun, from a previous relationship.…
November 4, 2012
Bishop Tawadros new pope of Egypt’s Coptic Christians
Bishop Tawadros has been chosen as the new pope of Egypt's Coptic Christians, becoming leader of the largest Christian minority in the Middle East. His name was selected from a glass bowl by a blindfolded boy at a ceremony in Cairo's St Mark's…
November 4, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi Refuses to Take Sides in Burma Ethnic Violence
Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has urged tolerance in response to a wave of ethnic violence in the west of the country, but says she will not take sides. In an interview with the BBC Saturday, the Nobel Peace laureate said she does “not…
November 4, 2012
Egypt’s Coptics Choose New Pope
Egypt's Coptic Christian Church has chosen a new pope. Bishop Tawadros became the new head the church early Sunday when a blindfolded boy picked his name from a transparent container in a ceremony at Cairo's Coptic Cathedral. Bishop Tawadros, who is…
November 4, 2012
Syrian activists say more than 4,500 people died last month.
Libyan officials say a car bomb has exploded near a police station in the country's second largest city, wounding three people. Authorities say the blast Sunday in the Mediterranean city of Benghazi heavily damaged the front of the police……
November 4, 2012
France’s Hollande in Beirut to Discuss Syria
The French president is in Lebanon for a short visit to show support for the country amid ongoing violence in neighboring Syria. That violence has spilled across the border into Lebanon, and has been growing worse in recent months. Francois…
November 4, 2012
Beijing Hit by Early Snows
Beijing has issued its second-highest blizzard alert, after the Chinese capital was hit by an unusually early snowstorm. China's National Meteorological Center issued an orange alert Sunday, predicting that heavy snow will also hit central and…
November 4, 2012
Apple paid only 2% corporation tax outside US
Apple paid less that 2% corporation tax on its profits outside the US, its filing with US regulators has shown. Apple paid $713m (£445m) in the year to 29 September on foreign pre-tax profits of $36.8bn (£23.0bn), a rate of 1.9%. It is the latest…
November 4, 2012
US economy adds 171,000 new jobs
The US economy added 171,000 new jobs in October, which was much more than had been expected. But the official figures from the Labor Department showed that the unemployment rate still rose to 7.9%, having fallen to 7.8% in September, as more…
November 4, 2012
TNT’s John Jeremie criticises PNM’s Clico bailout plan
SINCE at least November 2009, former PNM Attorney General John Jeremie was aware of flaws in two agreements signed by his own PNM administration with CL Financial governing the State’s 2009 bailout. In particular, Jeremie, who assumed the post of…