* World powers agreed wording of a rebuke to Iran * UN nuclear agency board was set to vote Thursday * Amendment creates "procedural chaos" - Western diplomat By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA, Sept 13 (Reuters) - South Africa proposed a last-minute change to a U.N. nuclear agency resolution rebuking Iran on Thursday, throwing the meeting into confusion, … [Read more...] about S.Africa throws UN nuclear meeting on Iran into disarray
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UPDATE 3-South African miners pressure ANC with new strike call
* Movement turning into grass-roots rebellion * Zuma feeling the heat ahead of ANC vote * Investors worried about risks to economy By Pascal Fletcher RUSTENBURG, South Africa, Sept 13 (Reuters) - A leader of a major protest by South African platinum miners called on Thursday for a national strike in the sector, deepening an industrial crisis that is evolving … [Read more...] about UPDATE 3-South African miners pressure ANC with new strike call
Islamic scholars propose new sharia board model
By Bernardo Vizcaino DUBAI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - A group of Islamic scholars is proposing a fresh solution to charges that banks' sharia boards are open to conflicts of interest: create partnerships between the boards and Muslim depositors, to insulate the boards from pressure exerted by bank managements. Sharia boards, composed of experts in Islamic financial … [Read more...] about Islamic scholars propose new sharia board model
S.Africa’s Zuma: illegal strikes will not help miners
CAPE TOWN, Sept 13 (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday the illegal strikes and intimidation spreading through the mining industry would not help workers and make the "country worse off". Zuma was addressing parliament shortly after a leader of major protests by platinum miners called for a national strike in the sector "to bring the mining … [Read more...] about S.Africa’s Zuma: illegal strikes will not help miners
Optimism is the antidote, says new World Bank chief
By Lesley Wroughton ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Whether treating patients with drug-resistant diseases in the slums of Haiti or trying to reverse the hopelessness of the world's poor, optimism is essential, insists World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. "For me optimism is a moral choice," Kim told Reuters on his first trip to Africa, two months into the job … [Read more...] about Optimism is the antidote, says new World Bank chief
