Bahrain rejects Al Jazeera story on death

May 18, 2012

Bahrain’s Information Affairs Authority has issued a letter strongly objecting to an article published on Al Jazeera English’s website citing a forensic report that concluded a Bahraini man was electrically tortured before his drowning in January. Click on the image for the full rejoinder from Bahrain government Accusing Al Jazeera English of carrying a series of “biased [...]

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UN slaps sanctions on Guinea-Bissau

May 18, 2012

The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to impose sanctions on the leaders of last month’s military coup in Guinea-Bissau and key military officers preventing the return to constitutional rule. A resolution adopted by the council on Friday named four generals and one lieutenant colonel who will be subjected to a travel ban. The 15-member council “demands that [...]

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Europe’s economy to dominate G8 summit

May 18, 2012

Europe’s financial woes are expected to dominate the G8 summit in the US. Leaders of the world’s most industrialised nations are meeting at Camp David, just outside Washington, DC. Hours before welcoming the participants, US President Barack Obama met his French counterpart, Francois Hollande, and threw his weight behind France’s demand for pro-growth policies in [...]

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Thousands flee DR Congo violence

May 18, 2012

Fighting between government troops and rebels has displaced hundreds of thousands people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The fighting has been most intense in the hills of the North Kivu region. Many of the refugees have headed to neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda, and more are on their way. The UN’s refugee agency has described the [...]

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Sri Lanka cabinet backs general’s release

May 18, 2012

Sri Lanka’s cabinet has formally backed President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s move to free his ailing former army chief Sarath Fonseka, a spokesperson says. Rajapaksa will order the release of his jailed rival this week, sources close to him had told Reuters news agency earlier on Thursday. Sarath Fonseka, a former general revered as a hero by many [...]

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Spain to name banking sector auditors

May 18, 2012

Spain will announce the names of two independent auditors entrusted with conducting an analysis of its banking sector, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, the deputy prime minister, has said. Santamaria announced the move on Friday after a government’s weekly cabinet meeting. The independent auditors, who are expected to begin their work on Monday, will assess how much [...]

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Germany denies proposing Greek euro vote

May 18, 2012

A Greek-German row has broken out after Greece’s government spokesman said Chancellor Angela Merkel raised the idea of Athens holding a referendum about its eurozone membership next month, which Berlin vehemently denied. The confusion arose after a telephone call earlier on Friday between Merkel and Greek President Karolos Papoulias, in which Merkel conveyed her hope [...]

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Head of UN mission in Syria ‘pessimistic’

May 18, 2012

The head of the UN ceasefire monitoring mission in Syria has given a bleak assessment of the task his team faces. Major-General Robert Mood has called on all sides to step up efforts to negotiate a peaceful solution to the conflict that has killed thousands of people since March 2011. “The aspirations of the Syrian [...]

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