Palestinians Crack Down on Hamas after Shooting
Security Forces Arrest 250 Hamas Members after Group Killed 4 Israelis on Eve of New Peace Talks
Greenpeace rig activists arrested
Four Greenpeace activists are arrested after giving up their occupation of a Scottish company’s drilling rig off Greenland.
Reshuffle after Tajik jail break
Tajikistan’s security chief is replaced following the escape of 25 prisoners, including several Islamic militants, from a Dushanbe jail.
Feeling the heat
Unease spreads over Sarkozy’s Roma expulsions
President Obama compares Gulf of Mexico oil leak to 9/11
President Obama predicted a wholesale rethink of America s love affair with oil today, saying he believed the Gulf disaster would have as profound an impact on the American psyche and policy as 9/11.
Gunmen Attack Aid Workers at Congo Air Strip
Three Americans, 1 Georgian Rescued after Fleeing into Forest; Were Treating Scores of People Raped in Rebel Attacks
Turkish aid flotilla was bringing wheelchairs, toys and hope
For the people of Gaza the most precious commodity on board the Turkish flotilla stormed by Israel last month was not electric wheelchairs or children s toys or medicine: it was hope.
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Pakistan mourns as Lahore bomb toll rises
Three days of mourning begins in Pakistan after bomb attacks on a Shia Muslim procession in Lahore city kill 31 people.
200 killed in ethnic fighting in Kyrgyzstan
China sends plane to rescue its nationals
Cricketer’s village react to scandal
What do Mohammad Amir’s family and home-village make of his alleged involvement in a cricket betting scam?
‘Scores died’ in Delhi metro work
Over 100 workers have died during the construction of the metro railway in the Indian capital, Delhi, say authorities.
Zeta Jones reveals cancer anger
Catherine Zeta Jones reveals she is “furious” that doctors failed to detect husband Michael Douglas’ throat cancer earlier.
Independent backs Australia PM
One of four key independent lawmakers endorses Australian PM Julia Gillard, leaving her just two seats short of the majority needed to form the next government.
‘Noo Yoik’
Documenting New Yorkers’ changing accents
South Africa strike set to go on
South Africa’s prolonged public sector strike is set to continue after the main trade union federation rejects an improved wage offer by the government.
Russia poised to intervene as ethnic violence rages in Kyrgyzstan
The Kremlin edged closer last night to military intervention in Kyrgyzstan as the number of people killed in ethnic violence spiralled and as many as 100,000 refugees flooded neighbouring Uzbekistan.
