Monthly Archives: February 2013
Egypt: Ex-interior minister gets new jail sentence
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has sentenced the country’s former interior minister to three years in prison after finding him guilty of abusing his position in power by forcing police conscripts to work on his mansion and land outside Cairo.
Why is Beckham sitting on the bench for nothing?
PARIS (AP) — David Beckham has won league championships in three countries on two continents, earns millions of dollars in endorsements and his name is practically synonymous with celebrity itself. He has his own cologne, for goodness sake. So why is he even bothering to sit on the bench for the Paris Saint-Germain football club?
Egypt ‘bodyguards’ take stand against sex assault
CAIRO (AP) — With bright neon vests and hardhats gleaming at dusk, a dozen Egyptian volunteers fanned out through Cairo's crowded Tahrir Square. Their project: end a surge in sexual assaults on women that activists say has become the darkest stain on the country's opposition street movement.
Hackers call Iraqi PM ‘oppressor’ on his website
BAGHDAD (AP) — Hackers have broken into the official website of the embattled Iraqi prime minister, calling him an “oppressor.”
Ahmadinejad unveils Iran’s newest fighter jet
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran unveiled on Saturday its newest combat jet, a domestically manufactured fighter-bomber that military officials claim can evade radar.
Twitter says hackers compromise 250K accounts
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The social media giant Twitter acknowledged that it has become the latest victim in a number of cyber-attacks against media companies, saying hackers may have gained access to information on 250,000 of its more than 200 million active users.
Quotations of the day
“A suicide bombing on the perimeter of an embassy is by definition an act of terror. It is a terrorist attack.” — White House spokesman Jay Carney after a suicide bomber struck the American Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, the second deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in five months.
Biden underlines willingness for direct Iran talks
MUNICH (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S. is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran in the standoff over its nuclear ambitions — but only if the leadership in Tehran "is serious."
AFCON Update
The Super Eagles face the Elephants at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium on Sunday, Cote d’Ivoire having already secured their spot in the last-eight with a match to spare.
The perennial AFCON favourites lost out to Zambia in last year’s final, but unlike the ousted champions, Sabri Lamouchi’s team have looked a potent unit in 2013.
Welcome to the New Month
Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.
Let’s go start February off on a good start!
