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Hungary charges top Nazi war crimes suspect, 98

Agence France-PresseJune 18, 2013 12:01
Hungarian prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 98-year-old top Nazi war crimes suspect over his brutal alleged role in deporting some 12,000 Jews to death camps in World War II. Laszlo Lajos Csatari was "actively involved in and assisted the deportations" in 1944 of Jews from a ghetto in a town then in Hungary and now in Slovakia, prosecutors said in a statement. The former police officer "regularly beat the interned Jews with his bare hands and whipped them with a dog-whip without any special reasons, regardless of their sex, age or health," prosecutors said.

Hungary charges top Nazi war crimes suspect, 98

Agence France-PresseJune 18, 2013 08:03
Hungarian prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 98-year-old top Nazi war crimes suspect over his brutal role in organising the deportation of some 12,000 Jews to World War II death camps. Laszlo Lajos Csatari, who has been under house arrest in Budapest for a year, was "actively involved in and assisted the deportations" in 1944 of Jews from a ghetto in a town that was then Hungary and is now in Slovakia.

Texas governor courts Conn. gun makers dissatisfied by gun-control laws that followed Newtown

The Canadian PressJune 17, 2013 14:01
HARTFORD, Conn. - Texas Gov. Rick Perry extolled the tax policies and regulatory climate of his state as he courted gun manufacturers that have threatened to leave Connecticut since the state passed new gun-control laws in response to the Newtown school massacre.

Top Nazi war crimes suspect, 98, charged in Hungary

Agence France-PresseJune 18, 2013 07:01
Hungarian prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 98-year-old top Nazi war crimes suspect over his brutal role in organising the deportation of some 12,000 Jews to World War II death camps. Laszlo Lajos Csatari, under house arrest in Budapest since last year, was "actively involved in and assisted the deportations" in 1944 of Jews from a ghetto in then-Hungarian Kassa, now known as Kosice in Slovakia, prosecutors said.

Report: Slowdown in US health care costs may turn into a trend, not a pause

The Canadian PressJune 18, 2013 06:01
WASHINGTON - There's good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America's slowdown in medical costs may be turning into a trend, rather than a mere pause. A report Tuesday from accounting and consulting giant PwC projects lower overall growth in medical costs for next year, even as the economy gains strength and millions of uninsured people receive coverage under President Barack Obama's health care law.

Report: Slowdown in US health care costs may turn into a trend, not a pause

The Canadian PressJune 18, 2013 01:01
WASHINGTON - There's good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America's slowdown in medical costs may be turning into a trend, rather than a mere pause. A report Tuesday from accounting and consulting giant PwC projects lower overall growth in medical costs for next year, even as the economy gains strength and millions of uninsured people receive coverage under President Barack Obama's health care law.

Chinese dissident to leave New York University shortly

June 17, 2013 13:02
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who left his home country last year and became a visiting scholar at New York University, will leave the school this summer, but will likely remain in the United States, university officials said on Thursday.

Portuguese teachers boycott exams in anti-austerity strike

June 17, 2013 12:31
LISBON (Reuters) - Thousands of teachers across Portugal walked away from final exams held at secondary schools on Monday to protest against planned spending cuts in education, leaving many pupils unable to take the tests, unions said. The cuts are among the most recent austerity measures proposed by Portugal's center-right administration to meet the fiscal targets of an EU/IMF bailout. Portugal is in the third year of its worst economic recession since the 1970s and unemployment is at a record 18 percent.

Singapore, Malaysia choking on haze from Indonesia

Agence France-PresseJune 17, 2013 10:30
Singapore urged Indonesia on Monday to take "urgent measures" to tackle its forest fires as severe air pollution blown from Sumatra island choked the densely populated city-state. Singapore's skyscrapers including the famous Marina Bay Sands casino towers were shrouded in haze and the acrid smell of burnt wood pervaded the island-state. The city-state's Pollutant Standards Index soared to 152 at 9:00pm (1300 GMT) Monday, well past the officially designated "unhealthy" threshold of 100, according to the National Environment Agency (NEA) website.

Singapore, Malaysia choking on haze from Indonesia

Agence France-PresseJune 17, 2013 09:32
Singapore urged Indonesia to take "urgent measures" on Monday as severe air pollution from a rash of forest fires on Sumatra island choked the densely populated city-state. Singapore's skyscrapers including the famous Marina Bay Sands casino towers were shrouded in haze and the acrid smell of burnt wood pervaded the central business district. Parts of neighbouring Malaysia were also suffering from the smoky haze, a recurring problem Southeast Asian governments have failed to solve despite repeated calls for action.
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