ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast security officials are torturing dozens of detainees by administering electric shocks and other forms of abuse, Amnesty International alleged Friday.The victims include people charged with endangering state security in the wake of a recent spate of attacks targeting military installations. Since early August, unknown gunmen have...
Anglo American chief to step down
Label: Business 26 October 2012 Last updated at 12:11 ETCynthia Carroll is to step down as chief executive of mining giant Anglo American after six years in the job. Earlier this year a group of shareholders, unhappy with a sharp drop in profits, asked the chairman to look for a new chief executive.Anglo said it was her decision to leave and chairman Sir...
Oct
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EDF to raise energy cost by 10.8%
Label: Business 26 October 2012 Last updated at 06:56 ETEDF Energy customers will see a 10.8% rise in gas and electricity prices from 7 December, the company has announced. EDF, which has three million domestic customers, is the fifth major energy firm to announce price rises and it is the biggest average increase so far.The company blamed the cost of wholesale...
Ken Marino preps ‘Burning Love’ seasons 2 & 3: which comedic heavyweights will cameo?
Label: Lifestyle NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Yahoo and Paramount are bringing back Ken Marino‘s satirical web series “Burning Love” for two more seasons, the companies announced on Thursday.In the first season, Marino spoofed “The Bachelor,” starring as a thick-headed, single man choosing between demented beauties played by the likes of Malin Akerman and Kristen Bell. Marino...
China adopts mental health law to curb forced treatment
Label: Health BEIJING (Reuters) – China adopted a law on Friday to protect for the first time the rights of the mentally ill after years of accusations that psychiatric hospitals are used to lock up people against their will and silence dissidents.Human rights advocates called the hard-fought for law, which has been debated for more than two decades, significant, even though they...
China adopts mental health law to curb forced treatment
Label: Health BEIJING (Reuters) – China adopted a law on Friday to protect for the first time the rights of the mentally ill after years of accusations that psychiatric hospitals are used to lock up people against their will and silence dissidents.Human rights advocates called the hard-fought for law, which has been debated for more than two decades, significant, even though they...
Oct
25
Olympics help return UK to growth
Label: Olahraga 25 October 2012 Last updated at 06:59 ETThe UK economy emerged from recession in the three months from July to September, helped by the Olympic Games. The economy grew by 1.0%, according to official gross domestic product figures (GDP), which measure the value of everything produced in the country.The Office for National Statistics said that...
Facebook Barely Beats Twitter, Trounces Google+ Among Teens [VIDEO]
Label: Olahraga It came as little surprise that Facebook was the social network of choice in a recent survey of 7,700 teens across the U.S. But now that the study’s authors have revealed its numbers, we can see just how much — or indeed, how little — Facebook won by.[More from Mashable: Facebook Messages Update Rolls Out To More Users] The teenagers in the...
Steve Carell to executive-produce Fox comedy starring “Daily Show” correspondent Jason Jones
Label: Olahraga LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Steve Carell is getting back into the television game – as a producer this time.The former star of “The Office,” Carell will executive-produce a new comedy at Fox which will star his “Daily Show” colleague Jason Jones. The as-yet-untitled comedy centers around a single man who has shunned the family life until...
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