Thursday, January 26, 2012

Arab League to take Syria peace plan to UN

Arab League to take Syria peace plan to UN


Arab League to take Syria peace plan to UN

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:46 AM PST

Bloc's chief and Qatar's PM will submit plan calling for Bashar al-Assad to step down to UN Security Council on Monday.

Ahmadinejad says Iran ready for nuclear talks

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:53 AM PST

Iranian president rejects Western claims that he is "dodging negotiations" and downplays impact of new EU sanctions.

Aid group halts work in Libya over 'torture'

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:10 AM PST

Medecins Sans Frontieres suspends work in Misrata prisons where doctors are asked to "patch up tortured detainees".

Gates pledges $750m for AIDS fund at Davos

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:48 AM PST

Microsoft chairman vows to help troubled UN global fund, as world leaders meet for second day of World Economic Forum.

Australia's Gillard dragged from protest

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:07 AM PST

Prime Minister Julia Gillard rushed to safety after becoming trapped in Aborigines' protest against Australia Day.

France makes arrest in breast-implant scandal

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:47 AM PST

Former head of company at the centre of health scare affecting women worldwide may be charged with manslaughter.

Papua New Guinea PM says mutiny 'over'

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 03:40 AM PST

Incumbent says mutiny leader has "been dealt with", after soldiers loyal to former PM had seized army headquarters.

Bahrain confirms teen died in police custody

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:50 AM PST

Government doesn't say how 18-year-old died in hospital, but an opposition leader claims cause of death was torture.

Kenya's two ICC-indicted officials quit posts

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:42 AM PST

Resignations come after ICC rules Uhuru Kenyatta and Francis Muthaura must stand trial for 2007 post-election violence.

Survivors sought in rubble of Rio high-rises

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:00 AM PST

Three bodies found after collapse of three multi-storey buildings in the centre of Rio de Janeiro.

WikiLeaks founder to host Kremlin-funded show

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:44 AM PST

Julian Assange signs talk show deal with Russia Today in which he will interview "thinkers and revolutionaries".

Faulty medicine kills scores in Pakistan

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 08:38 PM PST

Investigation under way into deaths of up to 70 people who were given free drugs by a state-run institute in Punjab.

Zetas now 'largest drug cartel' in Mexico

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 03:29 AM PST

Gang controls more than half of Mexico's 32 states, overtaking rival Sinaloa cartel, security firm Stratfor says.

Stocks jump over US Fed low rate pledge

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 03:29 AM PST

Federal Reserve promises to keep interest rates near zero for almost three more years.

Iran oil halt 'would raise price 30 per cent'

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:18 PM PST

IMF says pause in Iranian production would inflate costs, and sanctions amount to "embargo", as Iran mulls EU sale ban.

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