MARSEILLE: A stage being constructed for a concert by pop star Madonna collapsed on Thursday (July 16), killing two workers and injuring eight others in the southern French city of Marseille.
The July 19 concert at the Velodrome stadium, home to the Olympique Marseille soccer team, was immediately cancelled.
The dead workers include a 53-year-old Frenchman and [...]
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2 Workers Die As Stage For Madonna Concert Collapses
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2 Workers Die As Stage For Madonna Concert Collapses
Friday, July 17th, 2009Russian Minister Gunned Down
Friday, July 17th, 2009MOSCOW: Two people were killed in an attack on a car in Ingushetia on Friday.
Officials initally denied reports that a regional minister was among the dead.
Unidentified assailants opened fire at a Kia car in the village of Sredniye Achaluki in Ingushetia.
Ruslan Balayev was the sports and tourism minister for Ingushetia, and his death follows a [...]
Al-Jazeera Reporter to Launch Legal Action Against Bush
Friday, July 17th, 2009GUANTANAMO BAY: An Al-Jazeera reporter, who was imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, plans to launch joint legal action with other detainees against George Bush and other U.S. administration officials.
They are taking action to protest the illegal detention and torture that they suffered.
The case will be initiated by the Guantánamo Justice Centre, open to former prisoners at [...]
Iran Replaces Head of Country’s Nuclear Program
Friday, July 17th, 2009TEHRAN: Iran’s official IRNA news agency reports that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed a new chief for the country’s nuclear program.
Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran’s former envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, has replaced his veteran predecessor, Gholam Reza Aghazadeh.
Officials gave no reason for Aghazadeh’s resignation, but he has long been close to reformist opposition [...]
Rafsanjani to Offer Solution to the Iran Situation
Friday, July 17th, 2009TEHRAN: Powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said he will offer a “solution” to Iran’s current political situation, as he began his Friday prayer address.
Rafsanjani spoke on the need for the country to go ahead into the future with the same greatness, unity and consensus which it possessed in the beginning.
Rafsanjani, a key backer of Iranian [...]
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