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Syria: Assad regime ‘ready to use chemical weapons’

YoopyaJul 17, 2012July 17, 20120

The most senior Syrian politician to defect to the opposition has told the BBC the regime will not hesitate to use chemical weapons if it

Sudan refugee crisis worsening, Save The Children warns

YoopyaJul 16, 20120

Save the Children has warned of an escalating refugee crisis in the border region between Sudan and South Sudan. The charity said that fighting along

Libya Olympics official ‘abducted’ in Tripoli

YoopyaJul 16, 20120

The president of Libya’s Olympic committee, Nabil Elalem, is reported to have been abducted in Tripoli. According to eyewitness accounts, Mr Elalem was in his

Veterans of 1950s Mau Mau uprising in Kenya seek UK damages

YoopyaJul 16, 20120

Three Kenyans who allege they were tortured by the British colonial authorities during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising are to begin a damages case at

Syria conflict: West ‘blackmailing’ Russia on sanctions

YoopyaJul 16, 20120

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said Western attempts to get Moscow to discuss sanctions against Syria contain “elements of blackmail”. Mr Lavrov said the

First Gaza families visit jailed relatives in Israel

YoopyaJul 16, 20120

Palestinian families from Gaza have have been allowed to visit their jailed relatives in Israel for the first time in five years. A group of

Cardinal Keith O’Brien in gay wedding vote call

YoopyaJul 16, 20120

Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic has urged the Scottish government to hold a referendum on proposals to legalise same-sex marriage. Cardinal Keith O’Brien said a

North Korea military head Ri Yong-ho ‘relieved of post’

YoopyaJul 16, 20120

North Korean military chief Ri Yong-ho has been removed from all official posts, according to state media. As well as being head of the army,

El Salvador’s gang truce cuts murder rate

YoopyaJul 16, 20120

(Reuters) – Victor Garcia, alias ‘The Duck,’ at 39 has survived longer than most gang members in El Salvador, and has seen hundreds of his

Space station crew launches into orbit on Russian craft

kiemtarJul 15, 20120

A Russian Soyuz rocket launched into orbit late Saturday, carrying three new crewmembers toward the International Space Station. The rocket rose from the Baikonur Cosmodrome