(Mosaic Intelligence Report: March 5, 2010) Dubais Police Chief declares that hes certain that the Israeli Mossad killed Hamas commander al-Mabhouh. Israel is accused of forging European, and other countries passports. But is Israel acting alone? And did the CIA know of the Mossads caught-on-tape operation in Dubai ?
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Dramatic amateur video was released on Thursday showing how a tsunami that followed the massive magnitude 8.8 quake wreaked havoc in the small town of Penco in southern Chile on Saturday. (March 5)
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There have been some interesting movements in insurance in the last week or so, most notably the impending purchase of AIG's Asian business by British giant Prudential. Counting the Cost looks at the impact this news has had on Prudential's share price. Plus, why the slogan "the car in front is a Toyota" really could not be truer in Middle East.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed, jeopardizing a top Obama administration priority and boosting bank share prices.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 hit a 17-month closing high as rising bank shares led a late rally that lifted stocks on Thursday, more than offsetting worries China may move to cool its overheating economy.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates (left) meets with Saudi King Abdullah bin... US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Abu Dhabi on Thursday as Washington sought support from oil-rich Gulf allies to build pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme. The visit came a day after Gates appealed to Saudi leaders to back a US-led drive for crippling sanctions against Iran in a visit to Riyadh. In his talks in Abu...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis were still awaiting preliminary results on Thursday four days after a national election they hoped would bring stable government and help end years of sectarian conflict as U.S. troops ready to leave. Officials count parliamentary election ballots at the tally centre in Baghdad March 10, 2010. (REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani) Elections officials had expected to release the first results on Wednesday, but by early afternoon on...
China has reacted angrily to a speech by the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, in which he accused authorities of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" and expressed sympathy for Uighur protesters in China's western region of Xinjiang. In an address marking the anniversary of a failed 1959 uprising against Chinese rule he also said Buddhists monks in Tibet were living in prison-like conditions and said talks with China on limited autonomy for his homeland had gone nowhere. The speech was quickly condemned by Chinese state media with a commentary by the state-run Xinhua news agency describing the Dalai Lama's remarks as "resentful" and full of "angry rhetoric". "Regardless of his...
BRUSSELS, March 11 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Thursday it had paid Latvia a further, 0.5 billion euro ($678.5 million) tranche of the Baltic country's 7.5-billion-euro international bailout package. "I am glad that Latvia has complied with the policy conditions for the third EU disbursement," European Union Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said in a statement. (Reporting by Marcin Grajewski, editing by Dale Hudson)...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate is pushing to strengthen pilot training and hiring requirements in an effort to improve the safety of regional airlines, a problem exposed by an air crash last year that killed 50 people....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The roads today are full of hazards: Runaway Toyotas, teen drivers texting, commuters using the rearview mirror to check their hair while juggling cups of scalding coffee. Nonetheless, the number of people dying on the highway is the lowest since the 1950s....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The troubled Justice Department unit that investigates corruption of public officials is getting new leadership amid a criminal probe into how it handled evidence in the prosecution of Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska....
DENVER (AP) -- Suspected gang member Willie Clark was found guilty of murder Thursday in the drive-by shooting death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams after a New Year's Eve outing three years ago....
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Merlin Olsen, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman and member of the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" who followed up football with a successful television career in "Little House on the Prairie," NFL broadcasts and commercials, has died. He was 69....
