Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Youssou N'Dour - "If I win the elections in the first round Senegal will go into orbit."

Youssou N'Dour - "If I win the elections in the first round Senegal will go into orbit."

Youssou N'Dour - "If I win the elections in the first round Senegal will go into orbit."

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 12:11 PM PST

A few days ago the international music star Youssou N'Dour announced he would be a candidate in February's Presidential elections in Senegal. In…

Bible belt beckons for Romney and co

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 11:19 AM PST

As favourite to win in New Hampshire, Mitt Romney lived up to expectations emerging on top in the first primary to choose the Republicans'…

French u-turn on Rwandan assassination

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 10:52 AM PST

A plane carrying the Rwandan president in 1994 was shot down by his own troops, according to a French judge. The latest inquiry into Juvenal…

Romney seeks southern comfort in Carolina

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 10:34 AM PST

No sooner is victory in his pocket than Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney looks south to the bigger challenge of South Carolina. New…

EU heads gather to launch Danish presidency

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 10:28 AM PST

Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has welcomed EU leaders to Copenhagen for the official launch of the country's six month EU…

French reporter killed in Syria

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 10:23 AM PST

A French reporter has become the first Western journalist to have died in the ongoing unrest in Syria. Gilles Jacquier, who worked for France 2…

Human rights activists protest 10 years of Guantanamo

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 10:03 AM PST

As the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay reaches the 10-year milestone, human rights organisations in Europe's major cities took to the streets.…

Dotcom dilemma for world bodies

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 09:03 AM PST

International internet regulators are trying to reassure world bodies such as the UN and the IMF about an expansion of website address names that…

EU threatens Hungary with legal action

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 08:27 AM PST

Hungary's difficulties with the EU have taken a new twist with Brussels threatening legal action if the country does not do more to get a grip of its…

Merkel says Greek deal needed before other reforms

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 08:05 AM PST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the euro zone's top priority for the beginning of this year is to secure a second aid package for Greece.…

NZ: protection and recovery as Rena continues to break

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 07:54 AM PST

Almost the whole stern of the Rena which ran aground on a reef off the coast of New Zealand is now underwater. More than 100 containers have…

Nigerian unions continue strike over oil subsidies

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 07:03 AM PST

Nigeria was deadlocked for a third straight day on Wednesday amid an ongoing general strike in protest at the scrapping of oil subsidies. The…

Crowds cheer Assad in Damascus

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 05:33 AM PST

Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad took to the frontline of his domestic crisis on Wednesday, speaking to a crowd of thousands in Damascus. Just a day…

Romney rides to victory in New Hampshire

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:28 AM PST

The votes are in from New Hampshire's Republican primary, results which produced no big surprises with Mitt Romney winning by a comfortable margin.…

Romney wins in New Hampshire

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 03:43 AM PST

Mitt Romney shrugged off allegations from his rivals of ever-shifting policy stances to win the New Hampshire primary. He remains in the driving…

10-year anniversary highlights Obama's Guantanamo failure

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 03:13 AM PST

It has been 10 years since the first prisoners arrived at the Guantanamo detention centre in Cuba. A total of 779 prisoners have passed through…

Iranian scientist dies in Tehran car bombing

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 02:13 AM PST

An Iranian nuclear scientist has been killed after a bomb attack on his car in northern Tehran. State news agency Fars named the victim as…

Beijing's air pollution getting worse

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 02:12 AM PST

no comment : Beijing's air pollution getting worse

North Korean military officers pledge allegiance to Kim Jong-un

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 02:08 AM PST

no comment : North Korean military officers pledge allegiance to Kim Jong-un

Gingrich aims to go for broke in South Carolina

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 12:33 AM PST

New Hampshire may not have provided the boost that Newt Gingrich was looking for to revive his bid to be the next president of the United States.…

Nigeria fuel strike enters third day

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:34 PM PST

Nigeria's fuel strike enters its third day as deadlock remains between the government and unions over the removal of a vital motor fuel subsidy.…

Ortega sworn in forthird term as president

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:34 PM PST

Visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad joined leaders from Central America in congratulating Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega as he was sworn in for…

Mubarak trial to end by mid February

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:34 PM PST

A judge in Cairo has set an end date of February 16 for the prosecution and defence to make their cases in the trial of ousted President Hosni…

Deadly car bomb explodes in Tehran

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:34 PM PST

A car bomb exploded in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Wednesday, killing at least one person and wounding several others. State media quoted…

Romney claims New Hampshire primary

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 09:29 PM PST

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has claimed victory in the New Hampshire primary. It means together with last week's win in Iowa,…
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