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Government Forces Move Into al-Shabab Stronghold
Full Article Voa News
01 Oct 2012

NAIROBI — Witnesses in Kismayo confirm to VOA that Somali government forces have entered the city on Monday and are taking control of former al-Shabab bases. But Johnnie Carson, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, warned that al-Shabab has been "effectively degraded" but not entirely defeated. African Union and...
Government Forces Move Into al-Shabab Stronghold
photo: UN / Stuart Price

updated 12 Jun 2012; published 21 Dec 2008
2:54
Al-Shabab maintains grip on Somali port city - 21 Dec 08
updated 20 Sep 2012; published 03 Jun 2011
2:38
Somalia, African Union Forces take on Al-Shabab and capture bases
updated 08 Aug 2012; published 13 Jul 2012
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Al-Shabab maintains grip on Somali port city - 21 Dec 08 - Hot Latest News
updated 15 Sep 2012; published 24 Aug 2012
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Somali TFG and AMISOM Crush Shabaab
updated 06 Jul 2012; published 08 Jun 2012
2:49
War On Al Shabaab
updated 01 Oct 2012; published 30 Sep 2012
5:28
AU troops to enter former al-Shabab strengthold
Syria accuses US of chemical weapons propaganda
Full Article Gulf News
01 Oct 2012

Beirut: The US wants to oust the Damascus regime by raising fears overs its chemical weapons stockpiles, creating a scenario similar to that which led to the invasion of Iraq, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mua’alem said in an interview broadcast on Monday. “This issue [chemical weapons] is an invention of the American...
In this image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network (SNN), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians dig through rubble of a building destroyed by a government airstrike as they search for survivors in Azaz, Syria, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012.
photo: AP / Shaam News Network SNN

updated 22 Jul 2012; published 18 Jul 2012
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Syrian regime is 'stockpiling' chemical weapons
updated 24 Sep 2012; published 19 Sep 2012
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Syrian Chemical Weapons: Rockets aimed at Tel Aviv, Nato and Aleppo
updated 27 Jul 2012; published 27 Jul 2012
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KT McFarland on WMAL 07-25-12
updated 18 Sep 2012; published 09 Sep 2012
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John McCain on Syria "Arm Freedom Fighters and Establish Buffer Zone Inside Syria Now" 9--8-12 CNN
updated 19 Aug 2012; published 17 Aug 2012
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Diabolical US Secretary Panetta says "Syria Secret Police Should Stay" in Post-Assad Era 8-17-12
updated 26 Aug 2012; published 18 Aug 2012
1:50
18+ Syria - Assad Soldiers Kill Protesters, Abuse Bodies - Leon Panetta Wants to Save This Army
AU forces enter Somali port of Kismayo
Full Article Al Jazeera
01 Oct 2012

Somali and Kenyan armed forces have entered the southern port city of Kismayo, a former rebel stronghold, from the west. The African Union forces entered the city from the west, and did not face any resistance when doing so, reported Al Jazeera's Abdirahman Sahal from the city. Witnesses confirmed that forces had entered the city, with some putting...
In this photo released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, Kenyan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) sit on the back of a military vehicle as part of a re-supply convoy at their sector headquarters in the town of Dhobley, in southern Somalia, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012.
photo: AP / AU-UN IST, Stuart Price

updated 01 Oct 2012; published 30 Sep 2012
5:28
AU troops to enter former al-Shabab strengthold
updated 30 Sep 2012; published 29 Sep 2012
0:31
Shebab Islamists abandon last stronghold in Somalia
updated 29 Sep 2012; published 06 Sep 2012
1:19
KDF'S SIEGE OF KISMAYU
updated 30 Sep 2012; published 30 Sep 2012
5:28
Rebel al Shabab fighters pull out of the southern port of Kismayo
updated 30 Sep 2012; published 30 Sep 2012
1:41
Somali government says its troops to enter Kismayo
updated 29 Sep 2012; published 27 May 2012
1:20
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Georgia given choice of facing East or West in crucial election
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
01 Oct 2012

Georgians head to the polls today in a hotly contested parliamentary election seen as a referendum on the nation's future: back the party of the one-time revolutionary hero, President Mikheil Saakashvili, or vote for his arch-enemy, one of the richest men in the world, who has promised democratic reform and better relations with Russia. Mr...
People stand in line to vote at a polling station in Tbilisi, Georgia, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012.
photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky

updated 27 Sep 2012; published 26 Sep 2012
1:11
Growing protests in Georgia threaten to unseat ruling party
updated 30 Sep 2012; published 05 Jul 2012
7:08
Violence and attacks on activists Bidzina Ivanishvili
updated 30 May 2012; published 28 May 2012
4:03
Georgian Dream - ქართული ოცნება (2012/05/27) part 4
updated 28 May 2012; published 28 May 2012
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Georgian Dream - ქართული ოცნება (2012/05/27) part 8
updated 23 Jan 2012; published 12 Jan 2012
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Georgia: the oligarch and the opposition-INfocus-01-11-2012
updated 28 May 2012; published 28 May 2012
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Georgian Dream - ქართული ოცნება (2012/05/27) part 7
South Africa shooting: Marikana mine inquiry to begin
Full Article BBC News
01 Oct 2012

A judicial commission of inquiry into the fatal August shootings of 34 striking miners at the Marikana mine is due to begin. The inquiry was set up by South African President Jacob Zuma. The investigation will determine the roles played by the police, the management of the...
In this Wednesday, Sept. 5. 2012 file photo, striking mineworkers take part in a protest march in the main road in Marikana, South Africa. The small town of Marikana, a former farming turned mining town in South Africa’s northwest, shot to fame last month when police opened fire Aug. 16 on striking platinum mineworkers killing 34 and injuring scores of workers in the worst act of state violence since apartheid ended in 1994.
photo: AP / Denis Farrell

updated 27 Sep 2012; published 18 Aug 2012
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Miners are protesting after Marikana killings
updated 23 Aug 2012; published 23 Aug 2012
2:41
Mine protest deaths inquiry outlined by President Jacob Zuma
updated 04 Sep 2012; published 23 Aug 2012
2:41
S Africa's Zuma outlines mine protest inquiry
updated 20 Aug 2012; published 17 Aug 2012
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SA Policeman mine killings
updated 04 Sep 2012; published 04 Sep 2012
0:55
South African Miners Released - After Shooting
updated 24 Aug 2012; published 18 Aug 2012
4:04
shooting dead of 34 mine workers
US military deaths in Afghanistan hit 2,000
Full Article The Miami Herald
30 Sep 2012

KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. military deaths in the Afghan war have reached 2,000, a cold reminder of the human cost of an 11-year-old conflict that garners little public interest at home as the United States prepares to withdraw most of its combat forces by the end of 2014. The toll has climbed steadily in recent months with a spate of attacks by...
CAMP MIKE SPANN, Afghanistan (Oct. 1, 2010) Gunnery Sgt. Javier Vega, right, and Cmdr. Tim DeWitt, commanding officer of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 40, discuss logistics before conducting rifle range qualifications near Camp Mike Spann, in Afghanistan.
photo: US Navy / Chief Mass Communication Specialist Michael B. Watkins

updated 01 Oct 2012; published 30 Sep 2012
0:55
US Troop Deaths in Afghanistan Hit 2000
updated 30 Sep 2012; published 21 Oct 2011
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US Special Ops & Afghan Special Forces night raid to kill capture Taliban
updated 30 Sep 2012; published 02 Jan 2011
3:47
Afghan War - To our Troops British Army French Army Canadian Forces
updated 19 Sep 2012; published 23 Aug 2012
3:26
Inside Job: 'Green-on-blue' attacks paint Afghan peace hopes black
updated 30 Sep 2012; published 14 Oct 2008
4:12
Fighting Alongside Stoned Afghan Soldiers - VICE
updated 29 Sep 2012; published 24 Aug 2012
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LI Marine Killed [Gregory Buckley Jr's Father speaks out] BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!
Ancient market burns as fighting rages in Syria's Aleppo
Full Article Reuters
30 Sep 2012

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hundreds of shops were burning in the ancient covered market in Aleppo on Saturday as fighting between rebels and state forces in Syria's largest city threatened to destroy a UNESCO world heritage site. The uprising-turned-civil war that is now raging across Syria has killed more than 30,000 people, according to activist groups...
In this image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network (SNN), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a fire rages at a medieval souk in Aleppo, Syria.
photo: AP / Shaam News Network SNN via AP video

updated 30 Sep 2012; published 29 Sep 2012
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Syrian fighting torches historic medieval market in Aleppo Syria
updated 30 Sep 2012; published 29 Sep 2012
1:32
Syria - Ancient Aleppo Souk Medina in Ruins after Assad Burns Hundreds of Shops 9-29-12
updated 30 Sep 2012; published 29 Sep 2012
1:31
Syria - Ancient Souk Fire Covers Aleppo Sky with Smoke 9-29-12 Assad Burns Down Al Medina Souk
updated 30 Sep 2012; published 30 Sep 2012
2:01
Syrian army, rebels fight for control of Aleppo; marketplace burns
updated 01 Oct 2012; published 29 Sep 2012
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Syria - Ancient Aleppo Souk Medina Burns From Assad Shelling - Hundreds of Shops Destroyed 9-29-12
updated 30 Sep 2012; published 30 Sep 2012
1:36
Syria violence: Aleppo souk burns as battles rage
Somalia Islamists 'leave Kismayo' amid AU attack
Full Article BBC News
29 Sep 2012

Islamist militants in Somalia say they have withdrawn from their southern stronghold of Kismayo, following an African Union military attack. Kenyan and Somali forces launched a beach assault on...
This undated photo provided by Kenya's Ministry for Defence on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, is said by them to show Kenya Defence Forces troops at an undisclosed location in Kenya, engaged in recent preparations for an assault on the Somali port city of Kismayo.
photo: AP / Kenya Ministry for Defense

updated 16 Sep 2012; published 18 Oct 2011
2:03
Kenya to 'continue fighting al-Shabab'
updated 08 Sep 2012; published 05 Sep 2012
1:27
AMISON and KDF intensify attacks on Shabaab
updated 29 Sep 2012; published 25 Sep 2012
1:01
News: KDF hit al shaab's Kismayo stronghold
updated 14 Jun 2012; published 04 Oct 2011
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Dispatch: Al Shabaab Claims Somali Explosion
updated 30 Sep 2012; published 31 May 2012
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The Advance on Al Shabaab in Somalia (Dispatch)
updated 02 Jun 2012; published 13 Jan 2012
1:38
Al-Shabaab changing tact
Israel PM in 'full agreement' with US on Iran
Full Article Al Jazeera
29 Sep 2012

The US president and the Israeli PM have expressed agreement on the goal of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, the White House said. Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu sought on Friday to ease tensions over how to deal with Iran's nuclear programme, presenting a show of solidarity over how to confront Tehran. Obama, widely seen as...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel shows an illustration as he describes his concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions during his address to the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012.
photo: AP / Richard Drew

updated 30 Sep 2012; published 07 Sep 2012
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US President Obama Refuses to Back Israeli Strike on Iran's Nuclear Program: Yediot Achronot Says
updated 29 Sep 2012; published 12 Sep 2012
3:42
Obama Avoids Meeting With Benjamin Netanyahu: US - Israel Tension over Iran
updated 01 Oct 2012; published 17 Sep 2012
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Israel's coming War with Iran. Explained to a very STUPID caller who gets OWNED! (Mirrored)
updated 01 Oct 2012; published 28 Sep 2012
1:41
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu draws Red Line on Iran's nuclear program United Nations UN
updated 25 Sep 2012; published 06 Mar 2012
4:29
US and Israel Disagree on Iran
updated 06 Aug 2012; published 04 Apr 2012
3:00
Experts Discuss Israel's Action Against Nuclear Iran
China accuses disgraced Bo Xilai of multiple crimes
Full Article The Star
28 Sep 2012

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party accused disgraced former senior politician Bo Xilai of abusing his power, taking huge bribes and other crimes on Friday, opening a new phase in a scandal of murder and cover-ups that has shaken a leadership succession due at a congress to start on November 8. China's Chongqing Municipality...
In this March 13, 2012 photo, former Chongqing Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai attends the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China.
photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan

updated 24 Aug 2012; published 31 Mar 2012
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Bo Xilai Followers in Chongqing Could Be Purged by May
updated 29 Sep 2012; published 29 Sep 2012
13:26
China News - September 28th, 2012: Bo Xilai Kicked Out of Communist Party
updated 24 Sep 2012; published 06 Sep 2012
2:34
Wang Lijun Shielded from More Serious Crimes: Analyst
updated 06 Aug 2012; published 20 Mar 2012
2:34
Bo Xilai May Lose Politburo Position, Advisor to Former CCP Chairman Predicts
updated 24 Sep 2012; published 24 Sep 2012
1:14
Chongqing Police Chief Wang Lijun Gets 15 Years Behind Bars
updated 26 Jul 2012; published 26 Jul 2012
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Bo Xilai scandal: Gu Kailai charged with Heywood murder

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If Mitt Romney wins the Nov. 6 election, would he become our most religious president? It's an odd question, but one that has come up in recent days after writer Nicholas Lemann...
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Cry “Havoc,” and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial Julius Caesar Act 3, scene 1 William...
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As Mitt Romney sees it, this week’s economic data ought to be bad news for President Obama. The economy slowed to a crawl in the second quarter and the current quarter looks...

Rescuers check on a half submerged boat after it collided Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.
At least 36 people have been killed and dozens injured in a collision between a ferry and another boat south of Hong Kong during a festival....
photo: AP / Kin Cheung
At UN General Assembly, African leaders call for reform to tackle war, poverty
Print Email 1 October 2012 – Speaking on the last day of General Assembly’s high-level debate, a range of African leaders and government officials today called for greater United Nations help in combating the twin scourges of war and...
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
Ban praises contribution of small States to global peace and development
Print Email 1 October 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today lauded the contribution of small States to global peace and development, and highlighted the unique challenges they face in the international system....
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
Jobless people line up in a public employment office in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Thursday, June 28, 2007. Germany's unemployment rate improved again in June, falling to 8.8 percent from 9.1 percent the month before in a clear reflection of better times in Europe's biggest economy, and raising concerns about labor shortages for some jo
Unemployment across the eurozone remained at its record high of 11.4% in August, renewing concerns that efforts to slash debts have sacrificed jobs. While European leaders have managed to calm financial markets in recent months with promises to cut...
photo: AP / Martin Meissner
A woman raises her arm near Chinese national flags which are displayed to celebrate National Day Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, in Shanghai, China.
Beijing: Bracing for once-in-a-decade power change, China's top leadership on Monday appeared relaxed at the 63rd National Day celebrations as they laid the floral wreaths at Hero's Monument in Tiananmen Square here. The old guard of Communist Party...
photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko
Maldives' former President Mohamed Nasheed, center, meets supporters after prayers in Male, Maldives, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.
The Maldives' first democratically elected president is due to go on trial on abuse of power charges, seven months after being replaced in what he has called a "coup d'etat". Mohamed Nasheed was forced out of office by a police mutiny in February,...
photo: AP / Gemunu Amarasinghe
Students shout slogans during a demonstration in front of the Senate in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. Nationwide protests and strikes over government plans to change the retirement age from 60 to 62 have disrupted French life and the country's economy for weeks, canceling trains, causing school closures and shutting down one gas station in four.
Paris: Thousands of demonstrators are marching peacefully in Paris to denounce austerity measures in Europe that have sparked violent protests in other EU countries struggling to...
photo: AP / Thibault Camus
updated 01 Oct 2012; published 01 Oct 2012
2:25
Kismayu Victory
Voa News 01 Oct 2012, NAIROBI — Witnesses in Kismayo confirm to VOA that Somali government forces have entered the city on Monday and are taking control of former al-Shabab bases. But Johnnie Carson, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, warned that al-Shabab has been "effectively degraded" but not entirely defeated. African Union and...

updated 30 Sep 2012; published 28 Sep 2012
3:27
Syrians moving chemical weapons
Gulf News 01 Oct 2012, Beirut: The US wants to oust the Damascus regime by raising fears overs its chemical weapons stockpiles, creating a scenario similar to that which led to the invasion of Iraq, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mua’alem said in an interview broadcast on Monday. “This issue [chemical weapons] is an invention of the American...

updated 01 Oct 2012; published 01 Oct 2012
1:15
Somalia: AU troops advance into Kismayo
Al Jazeera 01 Oct 2012, Somali and Kenyan armed forces have entered the southern port city of Kismayo, a former rebel stronghold, from the west. The African Union forces entered the city from the west, and did not face any resistance when doing so, reported Al Jazeera's Abdirahman Sahal from the city. Witnesses confirmed that forces had entered the city, with some putting...

updated 01 Oct 2012; published 01 Oct 2012
1:26
Georgia votes in historic election showdown
Belfast Telegraph 01 Oct 2012, Georgians head to the polls today in a hotly contested parliamentary election seen as a referendum on the nation's future: back the party of the one-time revolutionary hero, President Mikheil Saakashvili, or vote for his arch-enemy, one of the richest men in the world, who has promised democratic reform and better relations with Russia. Mr...

updated 30 Sep 2012; published 25 Sep 2012
9:20
South African Platinum Miners Win Pay Raise
BBC News 01 Oct 2012, A judicial commission of inquiry into the fatal August shootings of 34 striking miners at the Marikana mine is due to begin. The inquiry was set up by South African President Jacob Zuma. The investigation will determine the roles played by the police, the management of the...

updated 01 Oct 2012; published 30 Sep 2012
0:55
US Troop Deaths in Afghanistan Hit 2000
The Miami Herald 30 Sep 2012, KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. military deaths in the Afghan war have reached 2,000, a cold reminder of the human cost of an 11-year-old conflict that garners little public interest at home as the United States prepares to withdraw most of its combat forces by the end of 2014. The toll has climbed steadily in recent months with a spate of attacks by...

updated 30 Sep 2012; published 30 Sep 2012
0:13
Syria - Smoke from Aleppo Souk Fire Covers Sky Over City 9-29-12.
Reuters 30 Sep 2012, BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hundreds of shops were burning in the ancient covered market in Aleppo on Saturday as fighting between rebels and state forces in Syria's largest city threatened to destroy a UNESCO world heritage site. The uprising-turned-civil war that is now raging across Syria has killed more than 30,000 people, according to activist groups...

updated 01 Oct 2012; published 01 Oct 2012
1:15
Somalia: AU troops advance into Kismayo
BBC News 29 Sep 2012, Islamist militants in Somalia say they have withdrawn from their southern stronghold of Kismayo, following an African Union military attack. Kenyan and Somali forces launched a beach assault on...

updated 01 Oct 2012; published 27 Sep 2012
4:00
Netanyahu draws 'red line' over Iran, Abbas seeks more independence
Al Jazeera 29 Sep 2012, The US president and the Israeli PM have expressed agreement on the goal of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, the White House said. Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu sought on Friday to ease tensions over how to deal with Iran's nuclear programme, presenting a show of solidarity over how to confront Tehran. Obama, widely seen as...

updated 30 Sep 2012; published 29 Jun 2012
17:59
Bo Xilai: Inside the Scandal - A WSJ Documentary
The Star 28 Sep 2012, BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party accused disgraced former senior politician Bo Xilai of abusing his power, taking huge bribes and other crimes on Friday, opening a new phase in a scandal of murder and cover-ups that has shaken a leadership succession due at a congress to start on November 8. China's Chongqing Municipality...

updated 01 Oct 2012; published 30 Sep 2012
1:07
Fighting between Syrian forces, rebels intensifies in Aleppo - NewsX
BBC News 28 Sep 2012, Fierce fighting has been reported in Syria's second city of Aleppo, a day after the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) said a "decisive" battle had begun. Both residents and activists described the clashes as "unprecedented", and said rebel fighters were attacking government positions on several fronts. The fighting had spread to...

updated 06 Aug 2012; published 05 Aug 2012
2:29
Sudan oil deal:Warring neighbours agree on sharing formula
Al Jazeera 28 Sep 2012, World leaders have welcomed the security and oil deals between Sudan and South Sudan that eased tensions between the countries. Expressing a combination of relief and praise, Britain, the United States and the European Union all lined up to laud Thursday’s deal. "This agreement breaks new ground in support of the international vision of two...

updated 27 Sep 2012; published 27 Sep 2012
1:48
French budget to test Hollande's credibility
BBC News 28 Sep 2012, French President Francois Hollande's government is due to present its first budget, and is expected to commit to a sharp reduction in the public deficit. The budget will include measures to plug a 30bn euro (£23.8bn; $38.7bn) hole in the country's finances. Officials have suggested roughly two-thirds of the money will be come from...

updated 01 Oct 2012; published 29 Sep 2012
8:54
Netanyahu UN Speech - 'Clear Red Line' For Iran
CNN 28 Sep 2012, updated 7:16 PM EDT, Thu September 27, 2012 (CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exhorted the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday to draw "a clear red line" to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. In a theatrical gesture, Netanyahu held up a cartoon-like drawing of a spherical bomb and drew a red line below the fuse,...