Thursday, January 12, 2012

Battling Beatrix wades into row

Battling Beatrix wades into row


Battling Beatrix wades into row

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:44 PM PST

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, on a tour of the Gulf states has intervened in a row stirred up by Geert Wilders' Freedom Party at home. It…

World's smallest frog discovered

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:22 AM PST

Researchers working in Papua New Guinea believe they discovered the world's smallest frog. Paedophryne amauensis, to give it its Latin name measures…

Three new planets spotted

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:22 AM PST

In brief: astronomers have discovered the three smallest planets yet detected orbiting a star beyond our sun. The smallest is about the size of…

Clinton dismayed over 'US Marine video'

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:44 AM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed her dismay at a video that appears to show American marines urinating on the dead bodies of…

Resignation replaces revolution in Tunisia

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:43 AM PST

A year ago Tunis's streets shook to gunfire and screaming. One year after the revolution many Tunisians remain frustrated, uncertain, and yet…

Iran scientist death adds to growing stack of nuclear stresses

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:16 AM PST

The tension between Iran and the West has cost the life of another nuclear scientist in Tehran. A limpet bomb on his car killed 32-year-old Mostafa…

Iran sanctions, who suffers most?

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:13 AM PST

For more on the Iran sanctions situation, we're joined by Mehrdad Emadi, External Economic Consultant with the European Union. "Mr Emadi, with…

Polish communist jailed for Solidarity crackdown

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:34 AM PST

A Polish communist-era interior minister has been handed a two-year suspended jail term for his role in the crackdown on the pro-democracy trade…

Nigerian oil workers announce output shutdown

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:23 AM PST

Nigeria is on the brink of even deeper economic disruption with oil workers threatenening to shut down output of crude. The country is in the grip of…

Latvian Nationalists try to block referendum

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:04 AM PST

The February referendum on making Russian a second official language looms, and in Latvia the issue is coming to a head. Parliament saw a sign-in…

Monti calls on EU to do more to boost growth

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:03 AM PST

European leaders must do more to boost growth, according to Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti. He said that once new budget rules are in place…

Denmark seeks to unify EU divisions

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:21 AM PST

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and European Commission Chief Jose Manuel Barroso have stressed the need for unity if Europe is to solve…

Grim day for UK bank workers

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:15 AM PST

Royal Bank of Scotland is to cut 3,500 jobs in its investment banking section and sell or close divisions dealing with shares and mergers and…

Putin campaign website attracts calls for resignation

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:13 AM PST

The most popular comments on Vladimir Putin's presidential campaign website are ones calling for him to quit politics. Just three hours after…

Japan joins US, EU in Iranian oil embargo

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 06:43 AM PST

As the EU finalises sanctions against Iran, Japan has become the latest country to impose measures against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear…

Algeria rejects criticism of Arab League in Syria

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:44 AM PST

The Algerian government on Thursday downplayed suggestions from one of its former Arab League monitors in Syria that the mission was a "farce".…

After austerity, Italy's Monti looks to growth

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:14 AM PST

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has said that Europe cannot rely on austerity to fix its economic problems. The former European Commissioner…

N'Dour speaks about Senegalese candidacy

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 03:54 AM PST

World famous Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour says he wants to give up music for politics and will run for president of his West African nation.…

Senegal's President Wade fuels controversy

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 03:54 AM PST

Pressure has been increasing to convince Abdulaye Wade not to run for president of Senegal for a third time. Many say the 85-year-old has no place on…

Afghan Taliban: abuse video will not stop peace talks

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 03:04 AM PST

There has been anger in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar at a video appearing to show US troops urinating on the dead bodies of insurgents in…

Amnesty International protesters mark 10 years of Guantanamo

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 02:50 AM PST

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Military training for South Korean special forces

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 02:34 AM PST

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Haitian anger at slow pace of post-quake reconstruction

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 02:33 AM PST

Two years to the day since a powerful earthquake killed more than 300,000 people, Haiti is slowing trying to rebuild homes for those affected by the…

Myanmar government and Karen rebels agree ceasefire

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 01:33 AM PST

Decades of fighting have ended after the government in Myanmar signed a ceasefire with ethnic rebel group the Karen National Unit. The…

Back in the Day: dead man frozen, just in case...

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:35 AM PST

*January 12, 1967* James Bedford, a university psychology professor from California, becomes the first person to be cryogenically preserved- frozen…

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