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Talks Begin in Effort to Repair Bahrain Rift - New York Times
Jul 2, 2011 - By REUTERS MANAMA, Bahrain (Reuters) — Talks between opposition and pro-government groups began here Saturday, aimed at repairing the deep rifts caused by the crackdown on protests this year by Shiites, who are a large majority of the population yet
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Huge protests grip Syria; 12 killed in clashes - The Associated Press
Jul 1, 2011 - BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded cities around Syria on Friday in one of the largest outpourings against the regime of President Bashar Assad since the uprisings began more than three months ago. At least 12 people were killed
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African Union tries to reach consensus on Libya - The Associated Press
Jul 1, 2011 - MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AP) — Africa's heads of state spent the day behind closed doors on Friday, trying to reach a consensus on what to do with Libya's defiant leader Moammar Gadhafi, whose ouster would be a source of discomfort for the
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2 Journalists Freed by Taliban Return to France - New York Times
Jun 30, 2011 - PARIS — Two French journalists who had been held hostage in Afghanistan arrived in France on Thursday, after 547 days in captivity. The reporters, Stéphane Taponier and Hervé Ghesquière, were freed on Wednesday along with their
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Public sector strikes: your opinions - Telegraph.co.uk
Jun 30, 2011 - The public sector strikes have generated a large response from Daily Telegraph readers, both on the website and in the newspaper, with over 1000 letters, comments and emails. Here are some of the best, reflecting differing opinions: By Andy Bloxham I
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Irish boat drops out of flotilla, cites sabotage - The Associated Press
Jun 30, 2011 - ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An Irish ship on Thursday dropped out of the pro-Palestinian flotilla planning to break Israel's blockade of Gaza, citing sabotage, and a US ship declared it may set sail from a Greek port for Gaza without permission,
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Chávez Says a Cancerous Tumor Was Removed - New York Times
Jun 30, 2011 - CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez surprised the nation on Thursday night in an unusually concise 15-minute address on state television in which he acknowledged that he was battling cancer. Mr. Chávez made the revelation from
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Russia Says France Is Violating Embargo - New York Times
Jun 30, 2011 - By REUTERS Russia accused France on Thursday of committing a “crude violation” of a United Nations weapons embargo by arming Libyan rebels. France confirmed Wednesday that it had air-dropped arms to rebels in the Misurata and the Nafusah Mountains,
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Chinese Party Marks Nine Decades - Wall Street Journal
Jun 30, 2011 - A girl dressed as a Red Army soldier at a revolutionary-song contest Thursday in Chongqing to mark the anniversary of China's Communist Party. BEIJING—Eager to bolster its legitimacy in the eyes of an increasingly restive and
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China opens world's longest sea bridge - Telegraph.co.uk
Jun 30, 2011 - China has opened the world's longest sea bridge, a 26.4 mile-long structure that could easily span the English Channel. By Malcolm Moore, Shanghai Stretching across the wide blue waters of Jiaozhou bay, the vast Y-shaped bridge connects the booming
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Police, protesters clash for 2nd day in Egypt - The Associated Press
Jun 29, 2011 - CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces clashed for a second day in Cairo with hundreds of youths demanding that the country's military rulers speed up prosecution of police officers accused of brutality during mass protests that forced Hosni Mubarak to
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Iran 'carrying out secret nuclear missile tests' - Telegraph.co.uk
Jun 29, 2011 - Iran has carried out secret tests of nuclear missiles, Britain has claimed, drawing an angry denial from Tehran. By James Kirkup, Political Correspondent The claim comes as the Iranian regime mounts a visible show of its military technology with 10
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Experts Question DNA Evidence in Amanda Knox Case - New York Times
Jun 29, 2011 - ROME — A report by forensic experts filed with a court of appeal on Wednesday cast doubt on the DNA evidence used to convict Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend for the 2007 murder of a British student, a development that
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Venezuela postpones summit due to Chavez's health - The Associated Press
Jun 29, 2011 - CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government postponed next week's summit of Latin American leaders on Wednesday, citing President Hugo Chavez's health as he recovers from surgery in Cuba. The decision to put off the July 5-6 meeting until later
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Yet Again in Sudan - New York Times
Jun 29, 2011 - The world capital for crimes against humanity this month probably isn't in Libya or Syria. Instead, it's arguably the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, where we're getting accounts of what appears to be a particularly vicious campaign of
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