Month: February 2013

February 5, 2013

Gay marriage: MPs back legislation

MPs have approved same-sex marriage in England and Wales in a key Commons vote, despite the opposition of almost half the Conservative MPs. The Commons voted in favour of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, by 400 to 175, a majority of 225, at the…

February 5, 2013

Netanyahu: Hezbollah planning ‘global terror attacks’

World leaders should declare Hezbollah a terrorist entity, Israel's leader has said, hours after Bulgaria blamed the Lebanese group for a deadly bus bomb. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hezbollah had built a "worldwide terrorist" network and…

February 5, 2013

Chadian Forces Move to Secure Mali’s Kidal

Chadian soldiers have begun securing the Malian city of Kidal, which was the last major stronghold of Islamist militants in the country. French officials Tuesday said about 1,800 Chadian soldiers have begun entering the city. The move comes about a…

February 5, 2013

Egypt’s Top Cleric Rebuffs Iranian President on Gulf

Egypt's top Muslim cleric told visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday that his Shi'ite-led government must refrain from interfering in the affairs of Gulf Arab states and must give full rights to Sunnis living in Iran. Sheikh Ahmed…

February 5, 2013

Study says It Really is Better to Give Than Receive

A new study has established the accuracy of the Biblical advice, "It is better to give than receive." Researchers from three American universities identified about 850 people who reported experiencing significant stress during the previous year,…

February 5, 2013

White Gold: How Salt Made and Unmade the Turks and Caicos Islands

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February 4, 2013

Albray Butterfield Jr writes Open Letter to The Rt. Hon. William Hague

TCI Belonger Albray V. Butterfield, Jr. who describes himself as a concerned proactive Turks and Caicos Islands corporate citizen has written a four page letter to the British Foreign Secretary William Hague telling him that the intention of the…

February 4, 2013

TCI ELECTORAL LIST

  Turks and Caicos Islanders will be given the opportunity to view the 2013 Preliminary Electors list from Friday 1ST February.  The Supervisor of Elections Dudley Lewis will post the Preliminary List of voters at sixty three locations across the…

February 4, 2013

Super Bowl: Baltimore Ravens beat San Francisco 49ers in thriller

Jacoby Jones scored two of the most spectacular touchdowns in Super Bowl history as Baltimore Ravens edged San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in a thriller. First Jones, playing in his native New Orleans, caught a long Joe Flacco pass before running into the…

February 4, 2013

French jets bomb northern Mali

French warplanes have carried out air strikes in Mali's far north as they try to secure the final rebel stronghold of Kidal after a three-week offensive. Thirty jets targeted Islamist militants' training and communication centres around Tessalit - a…