Tuesday, January 10, 2012

French court clears Kagame

French court clears Kagame


French court clears Kagame

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 01:50 PM PST

A probe in France has overturned 16 years of pointing the finger of blame at Rwanda's Tutsi rebels for killing the former president in 1994 and…

Pundits weigh Romney's chances

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 12:53 PM PST

It is New Hampshire primary day but professional candidate-watchers already have their eyes on the next electoral rendezvous - South Carolina. It…

Polish art student hangs his own work in museum

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:33 AM PST

Why wait decades for your talent to be recognised? One young artist in Poland wanted his work displayed now. So he added one of his paintings to…

Humour plays serious part in US political point-scoring

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:11 AM PST

Veteran political journalist Cokie Roberts shared her insight on the US primary process with euronews, interviewed by satellite link, from the…

Syria's Assad defiant

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:06 AM PST

President Bashar al-Assad has dismissed all suggestions he give up power, as bloody upheaval in Syria continues. In a speech at Damascus…

Syria: Assad speech denounced by opposition

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 08:53 AM PST

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's speech was watched closely beyond the country's borders. In Turkey, prominent Syrian dissident and former…

Romney remains Republicans favourite in New Hampshire

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 08:33 AM PST

Polls continue to indicate a lead for Republican presidential candidate hopeful Mitt Romney as voting in the New Hampshire primary takes place on…

Monti loses junior minister to bribery claims

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 08:02 AM PST

A junior minister in Italy's government of technocrats, Carlo Malinconico, has resigned over allegations he was favoured with free hotel stays in…

Danish court fines RojTV 400,000 euros

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 08:02 AM PST

A court in Copenhagen has fined a Kurdish-language TV based there 400,000 euros for making propaganda for a terrorist organisation. The Danes say…

Israel accused of building record number of homes

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 08:01 AM PST

Israel's Peace Now movement has accused the government of Benjamin Netanyahu of overseeing a record year in settlement building on West Bank land…

Iliad launches mobile service

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 07:37 AM PST

A shake-up in mobile phone services in France as Xavier Niel, the billionaire founder of broadband provider Iliad, launched its long-awaited mobile…

Japan's Olympus sues bosses over scandal

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 07:37 AM PST

Olympus is suing its current president and 18 other executives, past and present, for 37 million euros in compensation over a massive accounting…

Nigerians keep up petrol protests

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 07:23 AM PST

It is day two of a general strike in Nigeria called by unions to protest against the scrapping of petrol subsidies. Lagos' multi-lane motorways…

King Eric for president? Cantona eyes the Elysée

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 07:04 AM PST

In the red half of Manchester, Eric Cantona is already known as 'the King'. Now King Eric has his eye on the Elysée Palace, the official…

Bosnia's national treasures on their knees

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 05:43 AM PST

Bosnia's National Museum in Sarajevo is almost a miracle in itself, outlasting the Habsburg empire, and emerging bloodied but unbowed from two World…

Pakistan bomb may have targeted pro-government militia

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 04:43 AM PST

The death toll has risen to at least 35 after a bombing near a busy market-place in Jamrud in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber region. Seventy…

N Korea frees prisoners to commemorate dead leaders

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 03:43 AM PST

An amnesty for political prisoners in North Korea has been announced - though the exact number of how many people will be freed remains unclear.…

Syria's Assad attacks Western powers and Arab League

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 03:33 AM PST

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday that his government is the victim of a foreign plot, backed by the West to destabilise the country…

Romney still leads in New Hampshire GOP race

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 02:23 AM PST

Mitt Romney is still the favourite to win Tuesday's New Hampshire Republican presidential primary after voting in the state began in the early hours…

Assad blames 'outside forces' for Syrian unrest

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 02:14 AM PST

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has blamed foreign interference for stirring up the ten month uprising against his rule. He claimed the…

Three killed in Nigeria fuel protests

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 01:57 AM PST

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Bomb blast kills more than 20 in Pakistan

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 12:53 AM PST

A bomb blast has killed at least 23 people and wounded at least 26 others in northwest Pakistan. The explosion happened near at a bus stop in…

Stern of stricken NZ ship sinking into the sea

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 12:03 AM PST

A stricken cargo ship off the east coast of North Zealand is sinking into the sea, authorities said on Tuesday. Rena is stranded on a reef some…

Deadly bomb blast hits northern Pakistan

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:13 PM PST

A bomb blast in northern Pakistan killed at least 13 people and wounded at least twenty five others on Tuesday. The explosion happened near a bus…

Syria is headed into civil war warns Turkey

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 09:04 PM PST

Turkey's premier has give his starkest warning yet over the violent uprisings in neighbouring Syria. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the country is…

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