CAIRO (AFP) — Khartoum and Sudan’s largest opposition bloc on Saturday signed a landmark reconciliation agreement that officials said would boost efforts to bring peace back to Africa’s largest country. But an opposition leader told AFP that despite the signing, all issues had not been resolved and negotiators would remain …
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UN probe team may question Lebanese, Syrian officials
BEIRUT (AP) — UN investigators said a truck bomb probably was used to kill former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, but they are not sure whether the bomber died as well. “We are talking here about a probability of 99.9 per cent†that the explosion was above ground, chief UN investigator …
Read More »EU in deeper crisis after summit failure
BRUSSELS (Reuters) — The European Union was plunged deeper into crisis on Saturday after its leaders failed to agree on a long-term budget, two weeks after French and Dutch voters rejected a proposed EU constitution. The summit breakdown threatens the enlarged 25-nation bloc with financial paralysis on top of the …
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