fullscreen
Bahrain police 'continue to torture detainees'
Full Article BBC News
Human Rights Watch has accused Bahrain's police of continuing to beat and torture detainees, including minors. The report comes nearly six months after an independent inquiry prompted the government to pledge reforms. The country insists it is committed to putting the recommendations of its own report into the handling of protests in 2011 into...
Bahraini anti-government protesters stand in tear gas fired by riot police Saturday, April 28, 2012, in Abu Saiba, Bahrain, one of several areas where clashes erupted during protests supporting jailed opposition rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja.
photo: AP / Hasan Jamali

Sudan arrests foreigners in disputed border region
Full Article Mail Guardian South Africa
Sudan said it had arrested a Briton, a Norwegian and a South African on Saturday, accusing them of illegally entering a disputed oil-producing border area to spy for its enemy South Sudan. South Sudanese officials denied the allegations and said the men were working with the United...
In this Tuesday, April 24, 2012 photo, Sudanese armed forces stand near burnt oil pipes at the oil-rich border town of Heglig, Sudan.
photo: AP / Abd Raouf

Iran skeptical but open to U.S. overture on nuclear program
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
TEHRAN — Iranian officials expressed skepticism Saturday about possible Obama administration support for allowing the country to continue enriching some uranium but said it could be a good start for further negotiations on its disputed nuclear program. Senior U.S. officials have said they might agree to let Iran enrich uranium up to 5% purity...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to a technician during his visit of the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran
photo: AP / Iranian Presidents office

Lebanon holds ship 'carrying weapons for Syria rebels'
Full Article BBC News
The Lebanese navy is holding a Sierra Leone-registered ship and says it has confiscated a large consignment of arms and ammunition it was carrying. The 11 crew members were detained after three shipping containers full of heavy and light weapons were found on the Lutfallah II. The BBC's Jim Muir in Beirut says it is believed the consignment...
The ship "Lutfallah II" believed to be carrying three containers of weapons, is docked at a Lebanese navy base, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday April 28, 2012.
photo: AP / Hussein Malla

Saudi recalls Cairo envoy in blow to Egypt ties
Full Article The Star
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Saturday it had recalled its ambassador in Cairo for security reasons after protests in Egypt against the kingdom's arrest of an Egyptian lawyer, marking a diplomatic rupture between the long-time allies. The withdrawal of the Saudi envoy appeared a sharp message to Egypt's rulers of the need to maintain good...
A protester is detained by security forces in front of the Saudi Embassy in Cairo, Egypt during a demonstration to demand the release of an Egyptian human rights lawyer detained in Saudi Arabia for allegedly insulting the kingdom's monarch, Saturday, April 28, 2012.
photo: AP / Ahmed Gomaa

1 dead after storm blows St. Louis beer tent over
Full Article The Guardian
JIM SALTER Associated Press= ST. LOUIS (AP) — One person died Saturday and more than a dozen were taken to a hospital with injuries after high winds blew over a beer tent near Busch Stadium in St. Louis. At least five others were critically injured and up to 100 people were treated at the scene after straight-line winds whipped through a large tent...
Image take at Busch Stadium Open House, April 8th 2006
photo: Public Domain / Mdglazerman

Sarkozy rocked by evidence of Gaddafi gift
Full Article NZ Herald
Nicolas Sarkozy's dwindling hopes of being re-elected to the French presidency were last night rocked by new evidence that Colonel Gaddafi donated NZ $83 million to the campaign that brought him to power. French law bans candidates from receiving cash payments above NZ $12,450, but a news website claimed that the massive donation was laundered...
 French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, greets Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi upon his arrival a
photo: AP Photo

Failed assassination try in Afghanistan leaves 4 dead
Full Article The Los Angeles Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — Turban bombs had become too obvious. So the two men who apparently set out Saturday to assassinate Kandahar's governor looked to their footwear instead. The assailants used the unusual tactic of concealing weapons and explosives in their boots to make their way past police checkpoints and into the governor's heavily...
U.S. soldiers, left, stand outside the governor's compound, where used bullets are seen on the ground after an attack of Taliban militants in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 28, 2012.
photo: AP / Alludddin Khan

Tear gas used as 25,000 rally for Malaysia reforms
Full Article The Independent
Malaysian police said in a statement that 222 people were arrested. Lawyers said most were expected to be released soon after having their details recorded, but it was not immediately clear if they would be charged later with any offense. Officials said three demonstrators and 20 police were injured. At least 25,000 demonstrators swamped Malaysia's...
Protesters encounter Malaysian police, not in photo, during a rally to demand for electoral reforms in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, April 28, 2012.
photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin

China dissident Chen Guangcheng 'under US protection'
Full Article BBC News
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is under "US protection" in Beijing following a dramatic escape from house arrest, a US-based rights group says. The group, ChinaAid, also says high-level talks are under way between US and Chinese officials over his fate. Earlier, fellow activist Hu Jia said Mr Chen was in the US embassy. Neither...
In this image made from video released Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, by China Aid Association, Chinese activist and lawyer Chen Guangcheng speaks in Dongshigu village, Shandong province, China in January, 2011. A secretly made video of Chen  released Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, was smuggled out of his home and given to a U.S.-based rights group.
photo: AP / China Aid Association


JERUSALEM — The traditional Passover retelling of Exodus was barely underway in 2002 when...
Follow Us OnFacebookFollow @washtimesQuestion of the DayWill the state of the economy swing...

France's President and candidate for re-election in 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy, shakes hands with supporters as he leaves the meeting in Villepinte, east of Paris, Sunday, March 11, 2012.
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy dismissed a report that deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi sought to fund his 2007 campaign as a ploy by opponents to distract from the weakness of their candidate in next weekend's presidential...
photo: AP / Lionel Bonaventure
Protesters encounter Malaysian police, not in photo, during a rally to demand for electoral reforms in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, April 28, 2012.
Kuala Lumpur: A massive street rally demanding electoral reforms in Malaysia raised questions on Sunday about whether the long-ruling coalition government will delay calling elections in the face of such a strong show of force by the opposition....
photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin
Children hold anti government posters during a protest in a town in north Syria, Friday, March 2, 2012. Syria has faced mounting international criticism over its bloody crackdown on the uprising, which started with peaceful protests but has become increasingly militarized.
Syria has accused the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of bias and encouraging terrorism, after he blamed government forces for violating a ceasefire it agreed to earlier this month. An editorial in the state-run Tishreen newspaper...
photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd
Soldier says deployment eased by having dad along
OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — Soldiers will tell you that one of the hardest parts of military service is leaving family behind. This year, an Ottumwa man got to bring his dad along to Afghanistan. Senior Airman Cory LaRue, 22, of Ottumwa, shipped out with...
photo: DOD / Public Domain
Security Council Welcomes Conviction of Charles Taylor
Saturday, 28 April 2012, 3:38 pm Press Release: United Nations Security Council Welcomes Conviction in War Crimes Trial of Charles Taylor New York, Apr 27 2012 6:10PM The Security Council today joined welcomed the guilty verdict handed down against...
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
Louis Armstrong, jazz trumpeter in 1953
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A live recording of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong playing his trumpet for one of the last times is being released to the public for the first time. On Jan., 29, 1971, Armstrong was a featured performer at the National Press Club in...
photo: Creative Commons / Calliopejen1
FILE- In this March 21, 2012 file photo, ruling party presidential candidate and Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior gestures after the electoral commission announced provisional election results giving him the lead in the first round of presidential voting, in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.
Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors Soldiers on Friday released two leading politicians they arrested in an April 12 coup, and the army said it would agree...
photo: AP / Tanya Bindra, File

Bahrain protests grow ahead of anniversary; updated 21 Apr 2012; published 04 Feb 2012
1:45
Bahrain protests grow ahead of anniversary
BBC News 29 Apr 2012, Human Rights Watch has accused Bahrain's police of continuing to beat and torture detainees, including minors. The report comes nearly six months after an independent inquiry prompted the government to pledge reforms. The country insists it is committed to putting the recommendations of its own report into the handling of protests in 2011 into...

hide
President Obama's Message to the People of Sudan and South Sudan; updated 25 Apr 2012; published 21 Apr 2012
2:50
President Obama's Message to the People of Sudan and South Sudan
Mail Guardian South Africa 29 Apr 2012, Sudan said it had arrested a Briton, a Norwegian and a South African on Saturday, accusing them of illegally entering a disputed oil-producing border area to spy for its enemy South Sudan. South Sudanese officials denied the allegations and said the men were working with the United...

hide
'Israel strike on Iran ill-advised, given our nuclear intel'; updated 28 Apr 2012; published 22 Apr 2012
10:56
'Israel strike on Iran ill-advised, given our nuclear intel'
The Los Angeles Times 29 Apr 2012, TEHRAN — Iranian officials expressed skepticism Saturday about possible Obama administration support for allowing the country to continue enriching some uranium but said it could be a good start for further negotiations on its disputed nuclear program. Senior U.S. officials have said they might agree to let Iran enrich uranium up to 5% purity...

hide
Lebanon stops ship with Syria-bound weapons; updated 29 Apr 2012; published 28 Apr 2012
7:55
Lebanon stops ship with Syria-bound weapons
BBC News 29 Apr 2012, The Lebanese navy is holding a Sierra Leone-registered ship and says it has confiscated a large consignment of arms and ammunition it was carrying. The 11 crew members were detained after three shipping containers full of heavy and light weapons were found on the Lutfallah II. The BBC's Jim Muir in Beirut says it is believed the consignment...

Egyptians protest outside the Saudi embassy in Cairo.; updated 26 Apr 2012; published 25 Apr 2012
1:39
Egyptians protest outside the Saudi embassy in Cairo.
The Star 29 Apr 2012, CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Saturday it had recalled its ambassador in Cairo for security reasons after protests in Egypt against the kingdom's arrest of an Egyptian lawyer, marking a diplomatic rupture between the long-time allies. The withdrawal of the Saudi envoy appeared a sharp message to Egypt's rulers of the need to maintain good...

One killed, 120 injured in tent collapse near Busch Stadium in St. Louis; updated 29 Apr 2012; published 29 Apr 2012
1:25
One killed, 120 injured in tent collapse near Busch Stadium in St. Louis
The Guardian 29 Apr 2012, JIM SALTER Associated Press= ST. LOUIS (AP) — One person died Saturday and more than a dozen were taken to a hospital with injuries after high winds blew over a beer tent near Busch Stadium in St. Louis. At least five others were critically injured and up to 100 people were treated at the scene after straight-line winds whipped through a large tent...

Compelling evidence: Sarkozy got €50m campaign financing from Gaddafi; updated 29 Apr 2012; published 29 Apr 2012
2:49
Compelling evidence: Sarkozy got €50m campaign financing from Gaddafi
NZ Herald 29 Apr 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy's dwindling hopes of being re-elected to the French presidency were last night rocked by new evidence that Colonel Gaddafi donated NZ $83 million to the campaign that brought him to power. French law bans candidates from receiving cash payments above NZ $12,450, but a news website claimed that the massive donation was laundered...

20 Killed In Coordinated Attack On Kandahar Police Headquarters; updated 09 Aug 2011; published 12 Feb 2011
1:14
20 Killed In Coordinated Attack On Kandahar Police Headquarters
The Los Angeles Times 29 Apr 2012, KABUL, Afghanistan — Turban bombs had become too obvious. So the two men who apparently set out Saturday to assassinate Kandahar's governor looked to their footwear instead. The assailants used the unusual tactic of concealing weapons and explosives in their boots to make their way past police checkpoints and into the governor's heavily...

Malay clashes video: Police fire tear gas at 25000 protesters; updated 29 Apr 2012; published 28 Apr 2012
1:08
Malay clashes video: Police fire tear gas at 25000 protesters
The Independent 28 Apr 2012, Malaysian police said in a statement that 222 people were arrested. Lawyers said most were expected to be released soon after having their details recorded, but it was not immediately clear if they would be charged later with any offense. Officials said three demonstrators and 20 police were injured. At least 25,000 demonstrators swamped Malaysia's...

Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Releases Video Shortly After Escaping House Arrest; updated 28 Apr 2012; published 27 Apr 2012
4:34
Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Releases Video Shortly After Escaping House Arrest
BBC News 28 Apr 2012, Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is under "US protection" in Beijing following a dramatic escape from house arrest, a US-based rights group says. The group, ChinaAid, also says high-level talks are under way between US and Chinese officials over his fate. Earlier, fellow activist Hu Jia said Mr Chen was in the US embassy. Neither...

The Taliban Spring - Afghanistan; updated 28 Apr 2012; published 16 Apr 2012
13:00
The Taliban Spring - Afghanistan
Newstrack India 28 Apr 2012, Islamabad, Apr 28(ANI): Pakistan, US and Afghanistan have agreed to provide a 'safe passage' to Taliban militants willing to join the reconciliation talks and set up a working group to settle modalities for their...

EU's Ashton urges 'irreversible' Myanmar reforms; updated 28 Apr 2012; published 28 Apr 2012
0:44
EU's Ashton urges 'irreversible' Myanmar reforms
Al Jazeera 28 Apr 2012, Catherine Ashton, European Union foreign policy chief, has been in Myanmar to open a "new chapter" of relations following an easing of sanctions that could prompt a surge of investor interest in the long-isolated state. Her visit is the most prominent by the EU since a military government made way a year ago...

Escobar: EU needs Iran's oil, shoots itself in foot; updated 16 Apr 2012; published 23 Jan 2012
4:49
Escobar: EU needs Iran's oil, shoots itself in foot
The Star 28 Apr 2012, MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia pressed its case against new sanctions over Iran's nuclear programme on Friday, saying an European Union ban on purchasing Iranian oil would end up hurting the bloc's member countries. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds a news conference at the end of a NATO-Russia meeting during a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting...

New Full Взрывы Днепропетровск Terrorist Attack Ukraine Bomb Explosion; updated 28 Apr 2012; published 27 Apr 2012
2:39
New Full Взрывы Днепропетровск Terrorist Attack Ukraine Bomb Explosion
Newsday 28 Apr 2012, KIEV, Ukraine -- Four explosions rocked an eastern Ukrainian city Friday, injuring 27 people. Authorities say it was a terrorist attack, but an opposition lawmaker claims it could be a government plot to divert attention from the imprisonment of opposition leader . Top law enforcement officials rushed to Dnipropetrovsk, 250 miles southeast of Kiev,...





The World News (WN) Network, has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to user privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for wn.com, as well as e-mail newsletters.

1. Personal Information Collection and Use

We do not collect personally identifiable information about you, except when you provide it to us. For example, if you submit an inquiry to us or sign up for our newsletter, you may be asked to provide certain information such as your contact details (name, e-mail address, mailing address, etc.).

When you submit your personally identifiable information through wn.com, you are giving your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. If you would prefer that we not collect any personally identifiable information from you, please do not provide us with any such information. We will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to third parties without your consent, except as otherwise disclosed in this Privacy Policy.

Except as otherwise disclosed in this Privacy Policy, we will use the information you provide us only for the purpose of responding to your inquiry or in connection with the service for which you provided such information. We may forward your contact information and inquiry to our affiliates and other divisions of our company that we feel can best address your inquiry or provide you with the requested service. We may also use the information you provide in aggregate form for internal business purposes, such as generating statistics and developing marketing plans. We may share or transfer such non-personally identifiable information with or to our affiliates, licensees, agents and partners.

We may retain other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Such third parties may be provided with access to personally identifiable information needed to perform their functions, but may not use such information for any other purpose.

In addition, we may disclose any information, including personally identifiable information, we deem necessary, in our sole discretion, to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal proceeding or governmental request.

2. E-mail addresses

We do not want you to receive unwanted e-mail from us. We try to make it easy to opt-out of any service you have asked to receive. If you sign-up to our e-mail newsletters we do not sell, exchange or give your e-mail address to a third party.

E-mail addresses are collected via the wn.com web site. Users have to physically opt-in to receive the wn.com newsletter and a verification e-mail is sent. wn.com is clearly and conspicuously named at the point of

collection.

If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each newsletter or communication or by e-mailing us at michaelw(at)wn.com

The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during registration and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100 percent secure, however. Therefore, though we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

If we decide to change our e-mail practices, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we think appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

If we make material changes to our e-mail practices, we will notify you here, by e-mail, and by means of a notice on our home page.

3. Third Party Advertisers

The advertising banners and other forms of advertising appearing on this Web site are sometimes delivered to you, on our behalf, by a third party. In the course of serving advertisements to this site, the third party may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. For more information on cookies, you can visit www.cookiecentral.com.

4. Business Transfers

As we continue to develop our business, we might sell certain aspects of our entities or assets. In such transactions, user information, including personally identifiable information, generally is one of the transferred business assets, and by submitting your personal information on Wn.com you agree that your data may be transferred to such parties in these circumstances.