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 The New York Times Thu 18 Aug 2011
Resistance Transforms a Once Mute Syrian City
| This article was reported by an employee of The New York Times from Syria, and written by Anthony Shadid from Beirut, Lebanon. Related | The Lede Blog: Notes From Homs: A Reporter's Trip to One of S... (photo: AP / Bilal Hussein)
Democracy Photos Protest Syria Wikipedia: 2011 Syrian uprising |
 The Times Of India Wed 17 Aug 2011
Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign: Hazare's threat to fast stirs debate on protest tactics
NEW DELHI: Activist Anna Hazare's threat to fast to death unless the government amends an anti-corruption bill has sparked debate about whether the traditional Indian form of protest has any place in ... (photo: AP / Saurabh Das)
Corruption India Photos Protest Wikipedia: 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement |
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 The Independent Wed 17 Aug 2011
Theresa May clashes with Cameron over use of plastic bullets
| Theresa May said police were right not to use rubber or plastic bullets to stop rioters, putting the Home Secretary at odds with the Prime Minister, David Cameron, who ... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis)
London Photos Plastic Police Wikipedia: 2011 England riots |
 BBC News Wed 17 Aug 2011
Bin Laden raid: China denies inspecting US helicopter
China has denied a report that Pakistan gave it access to the wreckage of a US "stealth" helicopter used in the covert raid to kill Osama Bin Laden in May. | "Those repor... (photo: AP / Mohammad Zubair)
Al Qaeda China Pakistan Photos Wikipedia: Death of Osama bin Laden |
 The Independent Wed 17 Aug 2011
Huge pay-off for reporter who kept quiet about scale of hacking
| News International executives were told four years ago that phone hacking was rife at the News of the World and subsequently paid a jailed employee a quarter of a milli... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Conspiracy Crime Photos UK Wikipedia: News International phone hacking scandal |
 IRINnews Tue 16 Aug 2011
EASTERN AFRICA: Tough lifestyle changes as food prices continue to rise
Photo: Jaspreet Kindra/IRINThe price of many staple foods has skyrocketed (file photo)NAIROBI, 11 August 2011 (IRIN) - Drought, poor rains and continuing high fuel prices... (photo: UN / Albert Gonzalez Farran)
Africa Food Photos Poverty UN Wikipedia: East Africa |
 Khaleej Times Tue 16 Aug 2011
Gunfire in Syrian coastal city; 35 dead in 4 days
BEIRUT ' Heavy machine-gun fire erupted across the besieged Syrian city of Latakia on Tuesday as the death toll rose to 35 from a military assault now in its fourth day, ... (photo: AP)
Human Rights Mideast Photos Syria Wikipedia: 2011 Syrian uprising |
 Al Jazeera Tue 16 Aug 2011
The private trial of the Mubaraks
| When Hosni Mubarak, once the Arab world's most powerful leader, was wheeled into a courtroom on a stretcher to face charges of murder and corruption, Egyptians were abl... (photo: AP)
Arab Egypt Photos Politics Wikipedia: Hosni Mubarak |
 BBC News Tue 16 Aug 2011
North Korea fury at South Korea-US military exercise
The US and South Korea have begun a joint military drill to improve combat readiness on the Korean peninsula. | The annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise brings together... (photo: US Navy / MCS2 Kenneth R. Hendrix)
Defence Photos S Korea US Wikipedia: South Korea United States relations |
 Al Jazeera Tue 16 Aug 2011
UN probing theft of Somalia food aid
| The UN has acknowledged that it has been investigating food theft in Somalia for two months. | Stefano Porretti, the World Food Programme's Somalia country directo... (photo: AP / Ali Bashi)
Africa Aid Photos Somalia Wikipedia: 2011 Horn of Africa famine |
