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The United States has announced it’s suspending another charge of military aid to Egypt untilit’s seized more progress towards democracy. The State Department spokeswoman said areview directed by President Obama had concluded that the US needed to recalibrate itsassistance. Katy Watson reports from Washington.
The US has been under pressure to respond to the ousting of President Morsi but thisannouncement is more a slap on the wrist than severe punishment. In August, the US delayeda delivery of F16 jets and canceled a joint military exercise. Now the State Department says itwill withhold the further delivery of aircraft, tanks, missiles and helicopters as well as 260 milliondollars in cash. But it will continue to provide funding for education, health, military training andassistance for counter-terrorism and security in the Sinai Peninsula.
President Obama has nominated Janet Yellen as the new head of the US Federal Reserve. Ms.Yellen is currently vice chair of the bank and will take over from Ben Bernanke, its current headin January. President Obama urged the Senate to confirm Ms. Yellen’s straightaway. In heracceptance speech, she said more work needed to be done to pull the economy away from therecession.
“Well we have to need progress. We have further to go. The mandate of the Federal Reserve isto serve all the American people and too many Americans still can’t find a job and worry howthey will pay their bills and provide for their families. The Federal Reserve can help if it does itsjob effectively.”
The leader of the Pakistan Taliban Hakimullah Mehsud has told the BBC he wants to hold talkswith the government. In a rare interview, the militant leader who’s been blamed for thousandsof killings in Pakistan and Afghanistan said the authorities had made no formal approach to hisgroup. He said an end to an American drone strikes would be necessary as part of anyceasefire. From Islamabad, Aleem Maqbool has more.
The backdrop is this huge debate in Pakistan about whether or not the government should talkto the Taliban, they came out four or five weeks ago and Nawaz Sharif, the Prime Minister said"Yes, we're gonna to pursue a strategy. After talking to the Taliban ,it was gunmen that madethat first move and you know it caused huge debate in this country. And so him coming outnow and making the statement is interesting, you felt he was in a position of stress because hewas saying to the government, you know, if you want those talks, you have to come to me."
The governor of the US state of California has signed into law a bill that will allow nurses andmiddle wives to perform some types of earlier abortions. The legislation was put forward by theDemocrats Assembly majority leader Toni Atkins who said it would extend abortion services inthe state. More than half the counties in California currently have no abortion providers.
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The Cuban Communist Party has replaced the editors of the country’s two main newspapers,Granma and Juventud Rebelde. The new editor of Granma, Pelayo Terry is seen as less of ahardliner than his predecessor who has been in this job for eight years. Sarah Rainsford reportsfrom Havana.
Forty-seven-year-old Pelayo Terry has an account on Twitter and a blog where he enthusesabout the role of social media in promoting dialogue between the press and the public. Hisappointment and that of a new woman director at Cuba’s second paper is a shakeup that theParty described as a renewal. It’s the first significant step since the Congress this summerwhere senior politicians called for a new type of journalism in Cuba in tune with the demand ofthe time and the society. Cuba has always seen critical reporting as playing into the hands of itsenemies.
A six-year-old child in Argentina has become the first underage person in the country to benefitfrom a new gender law. Her mother said the child was born with male genitals and christenedman will but began to identify herself as a girl as soon as she began to speak. The legislationallows children and teenagers to have their gender officially changed without the need ofauthorization by a doctor or judge.
A gunman who fired more than 20 shots at a federal court building in the US state of WestVirginia has died after police returned fire. The local mayor said he’d been identified as a formerpolice officer. Witnesses said he was armed with an assault raffle. Police say they are trying toestablish a motive for the shooting.
A newly appointed football coach in Bulgaria has resigned after fans who didn’t want him tohave the job stormed into his inaugurate news conference and striped him off the team shirt.Ivaylo Petev called the incident extremely ugly and said he didn’t want to work with the team,Levski Sofia in such an environment. Fans accused him of being a supporter of their big rivalsCSKA Sofia.
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