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Ben Shatwan says billions stolen in LibyaRevolutions can be messy affairs, especially when there is a resort to arms, a regime turns in on… 19/08/11 18:45 CET
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A Somali woman and her child wait for medical careA woman looks after her child as they wait for medical care at Camp Seyidka, a camp for displaced… 19/08/11 13:38 CET
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Suu Kyi meets Myanmar PresidentMyanmar’s pro-democracy leader Ang San Suu Kyi met the country’s President Thein Sein on Friday, in… 19/08/11 22:44 CET
Libyan rebels claim progress to east of TripoliLibyan rebels celebrating major advances on the road to Tripoli now say they have almost captured… 19/08/11 20:03 CET
Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko tells court she’s illFormer Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has told the court trying her for abuse of office… 19/08/11 19:57 CET
European markets fall for second dayFollowing Black Thursday’s falls of up to six percent, there was another sharp sell-off on European… 19/08/11 18:57 CET
Hazare hails start of ‘new revolution’ in IndiaA lashing monsoon rain was not enough to put off the jubilant crowds in New Delhi as India’s… 19/08/11 18:24 CET
Isolation continues for ‘tortured’ Norway killerA judge has ruled that Anders Behring Breivik must remain in solitary confinement for another four… 19/08/11 18:13 CET
Violence over? 14 killed in Syrian crackdownSyrian President Bashar al-Assad may have pledged that his crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators… 19/08/11 17:54 CET
Israel-Gaza violence escalatesThe violence has intensified in the aftermath of the deadly ambush of Israeli vehicles near the… 19/08/11 16:45 CET
Turkish PM visits famine victims in SomaliaTurkey’s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become the most high profile leader so far to… 19/08/11 16:44 CET
Footage captures horror of Belgian festival tragedyDramatic amateur footage captured the moment a deadly storm swept through an outdoor pop festival… 19/08/11 16:13 CET
Dozens killed in Pakistan mosque blastMore than 40 people have been killed in a suspected suicide attack at a mosque in Pakistan. The… 19/08/11 14:44 CET
Symbolic El Escorial visit for Pope BenedictOn day two of Pope Benedict’s visit to Spain the pontiff left Madrid, boarding the pope-mobile for… 19/08/11 14:44 CET
Jubilant Indians greet freed corruption activistIndian anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare has launched his public hunger strike after being… 19/08/11 14:14 CET
Kabul suicide attack on British Council leaves nine deadTaliban gunmen have killed at least nine people as they stormed the British Council charity in… 19/08/11 13:23 CET
Russia opposes West call for Syria’s Assad to goRussia says it opposes American and European calls for Syria’s President al-Assad to step down… 19/08/11 12:34 CET
The anti-Gorbachev coup: 20 years onTwo decades on, the image of Boris Yeltsin climbing onto a tank outside parliament remains the… 19/08/11 12:33 CET
Suicide attack and gunfight at British Council in KabulTaliban suicide fighters have stormed the British Council charity in the Afghan capital Kabul… 19/08/11 10:33 CET
Belgian festival death toll rises to fiveThe death toll has risen to five after a violent storm lashed an outdoor pop festival in Belgium… 19/08/11 09:23 CET
Chile acknowledges thousands more Pinochet victimsChile is reliving the horrors of the Pinochet era, with a new report exposing almost 10,000 new… 19/08/11 08:33 CET
Global markets continue to experience fallsAsian markets opened as much as four per cent down on Friday, amid increasing fears that the … 19/08/11 06:13 CET
Storms cause five deaths at Belgian music festivalCollapsed stages at a Belgian music festival have left at least five people dead. Two of the… 19/08/11 06:03 CET
Israel strikes back after attacks near Egypt borderThe Gaza Strip has been rocked by a series of Israeli airstrikes, following a number of attacks in… 19/08/11 05:03 CET
Talk gets tougher on Syrian President’s positionThe United States and European Union have called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down… 19/08/11 03:33 CET
Madrid protesters fail to mount anti-Pope demosProtesters unhappy with the Pope’s visit to Spain were out in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol square on… 19/08/11 02:03 CET
Recap of Pope’s 1st day in SpainPope Benedict XVI began his four day visit to Spain on Thursday by denouncing the principle of… 19/08/11 00:45 CET
