News headlines in February 2011, page 12
PERU-ISRAEL: Diplomatic Impasse over Corruption Cases
- Inter Press Service

The Peruvian government has offered to put Israeli citizen Dan Cohen on trial in Peru, after refusing to extradite him to Israel on the grounds that there is no extradition treaty between the two countries. Cohen is alleged to have taken bribes of 4.1 million dollars while serving on the board of directors of the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC).
PERU-ISRAEL: Diplomatic Impasse over Corruption Cases
- Inter Press Service

The Peruvian government has offered to put Israeli citizen Dan Cohen on trial in Peru, after refusing to extradite him to Israel on the grounds that there is no extradition treaty between the two countries. Cohen is alleged to have taken bribes of 4.1 million dollars while serving on the board of directors of the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC).
LIBYA: Gaddafi Hits Out With Deadly Force
- Inter Press Service

Libyan leader Muammar Al-Gaddafi has unleashed the bloodiest crackdown so far against pro-democracy protestors seeking his ouster, killing dozens of people in only four days of protests.
MIDEAST: Train Connections Fail to Bridge
- Inter Press Service

The apex of modern times for one of the world's oldest cities is when what looks like a silvery car glides by. A cruise on Jerusalem's first light rail is a dream of perfection promising to relieve traffic congestion in the city.
CHINA: Men Becoming More Suicide-Prone
- Inter Press Service

While new research indicates that China’s overall suicide rate has been in decline for the last two decades, some segments of the population — including urban males and the elderly — are increasingly likely to take their own lives, the result of breakneck social change in the world’s most populous country.
Egypt Takes a Step Back From IMF Ways
- Inter Press Service

Egypt could soon be looking for a new economic model — one that will be different from the traditional system that has been promoted for years by international financial institutions such as the World Bank, the IMF, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), under the reign of ousted president Hosni Mubarak.
MEXICO: China Is Hiring; Only Professionals Need Apply
- Inter Press Service

Mexican pilot Armando Arauz is preparing the thick pile of documents and exams he needs to work for an airline in China.
U.S. House Pushes Through Deep Aid Cuts
- Inter Press Service

With a 2015 deadline fast approaching to meet a collective global promise to tackle poverty and improve education, health and environmental sustainability around the world, development and humanitarian advocates are up in arms over conservative lawmakers' proposals to slash and burn entire chunks of the United States' foreign aid budget.
ITALY: Berlusconi Gets ‘Automatic Justice’, for a Start
- Inter Press Service

The trial of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on charges of underage prostitution has just taken a turn that some commentators are calling an appropriate twist of fate: the trial, due to begin on April 6, will be adjudicated by a panel of female judges.
When Asia Put Some Dictators Behind
- Inter Press Service

As Egypt takes tentative steps to replace ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s three-decade authoritarian rule with a democratic culture, its political planners may want to look halfway across the world to the most populous Muslim country for lessons on how to prevent a return to strongman rule.
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