AFP – Philippine President Benigno Aquino’s taking responsibility for a hostage crisis which left eight Hong Kong tourists dead will not absolve other officials if they are found culpable, a spokesman said Saturday.
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AFP – Police on Friday defended their handling of a phone-hacking row involving one of media baron Rupert Murdoch’s top papers after former ministers called for a new inquiry into the issue.
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AFP – Standard Bank Africa announced Friday a 100 million dollar scheme to reach some 750,000 small scale farmers in Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda in a bid to boost output.
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Reuters – Pakistan’s Taliban on Friday threatened to launch attacks in the United States and Europe “very soon” and dismissed a move by Washington to add the group to its terrorism blacklist.
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AP – A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan on Friday. The assault sharply drove up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country battered by massive flooding.
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AP – A nationwide civil service strike entering its third week is causing massive backlogs at courthouses, and a top South African lawyer said Friday that defendants whose legal proceedings are delayed could end up suing the government for damages.
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AFP – British police questioned Pakistan bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif on Friday as cricket’s governing body insisted the case was not the tip of a corruption iceberg in the game.
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AFP – The government looked to put recent controversies behind them on Friday as Prime Minister David Cameron backed his foreign secretary William Hague following an aide’s resignation over “malicious” rumours that they had an inappropriate relationship.
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AFP – State-rescued lender Royal Bank of Scotland said Thursday it was cutting another 3,500 jobs, sparking anger from trade union bosses.
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Philippine leader’s apology ‘wont’ absolve others (AFP)
Police defend handling of tabloid hacking scandal (AFP)
Bank plans 100 million dollar scheme for African farmers (AFP)
Pakistan Taliban threaten attacks in U.S., Europe (Reuters)
Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites (AP)
Strike causes delays at South African courthouses (AP)
