News
Rupert Murdoch's News of the World stops its existence
10:39 08.07.2011 |
World
The Murdoch family's decision to close the disgraced mass circulation tabloid at the center of a deepening scandal has shifted Britain's media and political landscape, with an arrest seeming imminent for the paper's once politically influential former editor.
Greece to approve final austerity bill to secure 12 billion euros of international aid
14:19 30.06.2011 |
World
Greece's parliament is expected to approve legislation implementing a crucial five-year austerity plan later Thursday, analysts said, one day after a closely fought parliamentary vote approved the overall outlines of the plan.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi plans first trip after release
14:47 29.06.2011 |
World
Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest in November following Burma's first election in 20 years.
Suicide bombers attack Hotel Inter-Continental in Kabul
12:31 29.06.2011 |
World
Eight suicide bombers attacked Kabul's Hotel Inter-Continental in a brazen, carefully orchestrated operation that began Tuesday night and continued into Wednesday, ending with their deaths and those of 10 others, officials said.
Over 1,500 Syrian refugees crossed to Turkey in one day
12:59 24.06.2011 |
World
More than 1,500 Syrian refugees crossed to Turkey on Thursday, according to state-run Anatolian news agency, as the Syrian army swept up to the border in its campaign to stamp out anti-government protests.
