France won't delay Mali troop drawdown despite killings | Reuters | November 5, 2013 - 20:47 | By John Irish and Tiemoko Diallo | PARIS/BAMAKO (Reuters) - France will stick to its timetable for withdrawing troops from Mali despite a resurgence in vi... (photo: UN / Marco Dormino) Swissinfo France Mali Photos UN Peacekeepers Wikipedia: United Nations peacekeeping |
Heavy shooting lasting hours in Libya's capital Tripoli Arab Spring | Reuters | November 5, 2013 - 12:45 | By Ghaith Shennib and Ulf Laessing | TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Heavy fighting between militias using rifles, grenades and anti-aircraft weapons erupted in ... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) Swissinfo Libya Photos Tripoli Violence Wikipedia: Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon |
ISRO a few hours away from historic Mars Mission launch Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): India's premier space agency, ISRO, is just a few hours away from its historic mission to Mars, its first-ever launch outside the Earth's sphere of influence in its 44-ye... (photo: AP / Aijaz Rahi) Deccan Chronicle ISRO India Mars Orbiter Photos Wikipedia: Mars Orbiter Mission |
Mursi goes on trial as Egypt struggles for democracy Arab Spring | Reuters | November 3, 2013 - 09:14 | By Michael Georgy | CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's first freely elected president, Mohamed Mursi, goes on trial on Monday under a security crackdown that ... (photo: AP / Maja Hitij/dapd) Swissinfo Arab World Cairo Court Photos Wikipedia: Mohamed Morsi |
Georgian PM names interior minister as his successor | Reuters | November 2, 2013 - 12:37 | By Margarita Antidze | TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's prime minister on Saturday proposed his close ally, Interior Minister Irakly Garibashvili, to succeed... (photo: AP / Shakh Aivazov) Swissinfo Business Election Photos Politics Wikipedia: Giorgi Margvelashvili |
China President Xi confident about healthy economic growth | Reuters | November 2, 2013 - 12:08 | BEIJING (Reuters) - China President Xi Jinping is confident that China will have healthy economic growth and will not fall into a middle-income trap, he t... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze) Swissinfo Beijing Business Photos Politics Wikipedia: Xi Jinping |