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23 February 2012, 10:30 am |
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magdalena wlmlihe [ mail: magdalena.wlmlihe[at]bongfaschist.de | homepage: magdalena.bongfaschist.de ]
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Iraq attacks kill 60, raise sectarian fears |
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 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Simultaneous early morning attacks on mostly Shi'ite targets across Iraq killed at least 60 people and wounded dozens Thursday in the one of the bloodiest days of violence since U.S. troops pulled out in mid-December. The attacks that appeared to pitch al Qaeda-linked Sunni Muslim insurgents against Shi'ites raised fears of a return to the widespread sectarian carnage that tore Iraq apart and cost thousands of lives in 2006 and 2007. ...
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23 February 2012, 10:21 am |
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theresa hgfltote [ mail: theresa.hgfltote[at]ich-blicks.net | homepage: theresa.ich-blicks.net ]
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Centrica sees upstream business driving growth |
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 LONDON (Reuters) - British utility Centrica expects to deliver improved growth this year helped by higher profits from its upstream oil and gas business, after lower consumption at its supply business pegged back growth in 2011. Centrica, which owns Britain's biggest household energy supplier British Gas, on Thursday said full-year adjusted operating profit was flat year-on-year as higher commodity prices and mild weather drove down power use in Britain. Higher commodity prices, however, benefited the company's UK upstream oil and gas business, where profits grew 33 percent. ...
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23 February 2012, 9:54 am |
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olga saeuml [ mail: olga.saeuml[at]jasmin-wagner-fans.com | homepage: olga.jasmin-wagner-fans.com ]
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Cyclists risk life and limb to beat Jakarta jams |
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 JAKARTA (Reuters) - Traffic in Indonesia's capital snarls so badly during rush hour that even motorbikes face gridlock and to get ahead a group of commuters have taken up an extreme sport: cycling to work. Their logic is simple. It makes more sense to inhale the fumes and risk being flattened by a vehicle than it does to sit in a car or a taxi for hours going nowhere fast. The professionals who belong to the Bike 2 Work club have another motivation: in a city in which cars, motorbikes, taxis, buses and trains are the main transport options, cycling is a cooler alternative. ...
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23 February 2012, 9:52 am |
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rüdiger egror [ mail: rüdiger.egror[at]bemon.de | homepage: rüdiger.bemon.de ]
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Australian PM calls leadership ballot |
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 Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday called a ballot on the leadership of the ruling Labor party, bringing to a head an increasingly bitter and ugly row with her predecessor Kevin Rudd.
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23 February 2012, 7:38 am |
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eleonore voleir [ mail: eleonore.voleir[at]btcom.de | homepage: eleonore.btcom.de ]
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RBS losses hit £2bn amid bonus row |
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 Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland remained at the heart of the row over bankers' pay as it unveiled total losses of £2 billion for 2011 at the same time as paying £785 million in bonuses to its staff.
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