News Headlines - 11 January 2014
It was not until the following April that ministers in the Israeli government voted unanimously to declare Sharon “permanently incapacitated” and his successor, Ehud Olmert, was promoted from acting PM to Prime Minister.
By then, it was clear there was going to be no comeback – not even for Ariel Sharon. Recovery after a stroke is notoriously unpredictable and few neurologists were prepared to dismiss the possibility at the time he was struck down.
▽Central African Republic's capital tense as ex-leader heads into exile | Reuters
Central African Republic's president flew into exile in Benin on Saturday and a new interim team started the process of identifying leaders who might restore order to a nation gripped by months of inter-religious violence.
▽Labour plans to license teachers in new move to raise standards | The Guardian
Teachers would have to be licensed and could face the sack if they fail to meet tough new standards, the shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has pledged.
In a sign of how Labour hopes to outflank education secretary Michael Gove on teaching standards, Hunt is to revive a plan the last government abandoned on the eve of the 2010 general election.
▽China-Japan disputes spill into BBC studio with ambassadors separated | South China Morning Post
Growing tensions between Japan and China spilled over into a BBC news studio when the countries' British ambassadors were interviewed on live TV.
The envoys were kept apart because producers and embassy staff feared a heated exchange between the diplomats over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's December 26 visit to the Yasukuni shrine, which honours "Class A" war criminals among others, and over disputed islands.
▽BBC News - Japan: Artificial servant girl sparks sexism row
A Japanese academic journal has drawn criticism for putting a broom-wielding female robot on its cover, it seems. The cover of the January 2014 Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence journal
The illustration appears on the front of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence journal, and was submitted as part of a competition, the Asahi Shumbun newspaper reports. It was created by a female artist to show how artificial intelligence could affect our daily lives.
