World roundup, July 24 An Army colonel testified Tuesday the three-star general who headed the training mission in Afghanistan made him retract a request for an inspector general's investigation into conditions at a U.S.-funded Afghan military hospital. Egypt's president Tuesday appointed a young, independent U.S.-educated Cabinet minister as the new premier, assigned to turn the nation's economy and internal security ...
Sept. 12, 2013 - San Antonio Express-News
G20 sherpa joins Russia's central bank MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's central bank appointed Group of 20 summit coordinator Ksenia Yudayeva on Wednesday to a monetary policy role in a move likely to tilt decision-making towards more rate cuts over the longer term. The long-expected selection of U.S.-educated Yudayeva as first deputy in charge of monetary policy is likely to cement new central bank head Elvira Nabiullina's authority and ...
Sept. 11, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News