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 Six Somalis go on trial in Paris for yacht attack Six Somalis have gone on trial in a Paris court for their alleged roles in a 2008 attack on the luxury yacht "Le Ponant" that ended with the release of 30 hostages and payment of a $2.5 million ransom. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:24:30Z Fitch cuts Japan as politics hinders debt plan TOKYO (Reuters) - Fitch cut Japan's sovereign credit status on Tuesday to the lowest level among global ratings agencies as a political stalemate dims the chance that the country can curb its snowballing debt. Fitch Ratings cut Japan's long-term foreign currency rating by two levels from AA to A plus, the fifth highest investment grade. It cut the more important local currency rating by one notch from AA minus to A plus. Both were given a negative outlook. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:55:01Z Organizers: Don't mess with the Olympic brand  One day, the small espresso shop near the site of the London Games was the "Olympic" cafe. The next day, it was the "Lympic."Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:59:19Z Mauritius: Murder trial of Irish woman to begin Court officials in Mauritius say the trial of two men charged with murdering a honeymooning Irish woman is set to begin Tuesday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:35:27Z Ghosts of ethnic strife haunt Ghana vote ACCRA (Reuters) - When Ghanaian parliamentary hopeful Ursula Owusu toured the capital Accra to watch voters register for December's elections, events took a turn for the worse at one of the downtown markets she visited. "I heard people saying 'leave this place, leave this place, what are you doing here? ... The next thing I knew was pah, pah - slaps from behind," said Owusu, a candidate for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). Pointing to a cut on her face, Owusu alleges she and her team were set upon by around 20 "heavily built men" wielding broken bottles and hurling stones. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:03:34Z UAE gives 10 life sentences in piracy case A federal court in the United Arab Emirates has convicted 10 people captured during a raid to retake a ship hijacked by Somali pirates and sentenced them to life behind bars. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:40:24Z Egypt's struggle will go on after vote: activists CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt holds its first genuinely contested presidential election this week, but Amr Adel believes nothing will really change as long as the military keeps an overt or covert grip on power. Adel, 23, is one of the mostly middle-class, secular-minded young people who galvanised last year's demonstrations that in just 18 days snuffed out President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. Like many of them, he feels the struggle is unfinished. "Any president who comes with Egypt's military dictatorship still in place means nothing. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:32:12Z After bombing, somber Yemen marks National Day  Grieving Yemenis held somber ceremonies Tuesday to mark the country's National Day following a suicide bombing a day earlier that killed nearly 100 soldiers and deeply shook the faith of many people in the nation's future.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:55:45Z Powell not ready to endorse Obama for re-election Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is declining to renew the endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, when he called Obama "a transformational figure." Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:33:39Z Brad Pitt brings 'Killing Them Softly' to Cannes  Brad Pitt has arrived in Cannes with a hardboiled crime film featuring heavy doses of President Barack Obama and a backdrop of the economic crisis.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:01:59Z |