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The Hindu Assange 'casualty of war and truth'Times LIVEWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose activities have angered the US and other governments, should be sent to Sweden from the UK to face questioning about sex crime allegations, the London High Court has ruled, rejecting his appeal against …WikiLeaks founder Assange to be extradited to Sweden to [...]
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The Hindu For the record: UP's Nargis is world's 7 billionth citizenTimes of IndiaMALL (LUCKNOW): Nargis Yadav of Dauraha village on the outskirts of the city was declared the symbolic seven billionth resident of the world on Monday. Nargis was born at 7:20am at Mall block's community health centre to farmer couple Ajay and Vinita [...]
CTV.ca Tunisia's next stepThe Daily StarBy Daily Star Editorial The week of a new beginning for Tunisia ended with the victorious Ennahda party seeking to allay fears that their election could lead to the country's regression. Several groups had voiced disquiet that the party, …Alridha pulls elected members out of assemblyArab NewsTunisian Tempers Flare in [...]
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CBC.ca Moderate Islamist party declares victory in Tunisia electionsLos Angeles TimesREPORTING FROM TUNIS, TUNISIA — Tunisia's moderate Islamist party appeared to win elections for an assembly to draft a constitution Monday, a sign of religion's growing influence over politics in the country that inspired uprisings across the Arab …Islamists claim lead in Tunisia electionSky News [...]
The Hindu Death toll in Turkish earthquake rises to at least 88Toronto StarRescue workers help people trapped under debris after an earthquake in a village near the eastern Turkish city of Van on Sunday. Selcan Hacaoglu and Suzan Fraser Associated Press ANKARA, TURKEY—Cries of panic and horror filled the air as a …Hundreds feared dead [...]
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Sydney Morning Herald Gadhafi's death a violent record caught on phone videoGlobe and MailThere was a moment Thursday when journalists in newsrooms around the world huddled around a photo editor's desk and studied the AFP photograph that had just moved on the wires from Libya. Amidst the confusion of limbs in the photo, …Rebels accused [...]
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Telegraph.co.uk Reports: French first lady gives birth to girlKansas City StarAP French media reports say first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has given birth to a baby girl – the first infant born to a sitting president in modern-day France. President Nicolas Sarkozy was returning from a meeting in Frankfurt on the euro debt crisis …Dollar mixed [...]
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USA Today Arab League stops short of suspending SyriaUSA TodayCAIRO (AP) – Gulf countries seeking to suspend Syria's membership to the Arab League over its bloody crackdown on protesters failed to gain enough support Sunday to push the measure through, reflecting deep divisions among the body's 22 nations. …An idle leagueThe Daily StarArab League stops [...]
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Globe and Mail US Coptics praying and fasting after deadly attacks against fellow Christians …Washington Post (blog)By AP, DETROIT — Egyptian Christians living in the US said Monday that they are horrified by violence that has erupted against Copts back home, including a deadly assault on those trying to stage a peaceful protest in Cairo [...]
Reuters Suicide blast kills at least 70 in Somali capitalBBC NewsAt least 70 people have been killed by a huge suicide blast near a government compound in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, say officials. Eyewitnesses said a truck carrying explosives was driven into a gate near a government ministry and detonated. …More than 70 killed in [...]
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