February 2012
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BBC condemns attack on its Yemen reporter
The BBC has condemned an attack on its Yemen reporter, urging the authorities in Sanaa to ensure the safety of all journalists working in the country.
It says reporter Abdullah Ghorab was set upon by men with batons and knives, “who appeared to be supporters of the outgoing president Ali Abdullah Saleh”.
Mr Ghorab escaped, but his two brothers were badly beaten up.
The BBC says...
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BBC News: US drone strikes 'kill Pakistan...
Two separate attacks by an unmanned US drone aircraft in north-west Pakistan have killed at least 21 suspected militants, Pakistani security officials say.
The missiles struck targets in the North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border.
Pakistan has previously complained that such attacks violate its sovereignty.
Last month US President Barack Obama defended the use of drones to target...
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BBC News: Uganda gay workshop raided by ethics...
A Uganda cabinet minister has raided a workshop for gay activists and tried to arrest the organiser, a Ugandan paper and UK-based rights group have said.
Minister for Ethics and Integrity Simon Lokodo said the gathering was “illegal” and ordered delegates out of the hotel near the capital.
It comes days after an MP retabled a controversial anti-gay bill.
It proposes increasing the...
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BBC News: Fresh Somalia fighting forces thousands...
Thousands of internally displaced Somalis have been forced to flee again to avoid heavy fighting in the Afgoye corridor, just south of the capital.
A BBC correspondent says he saw hundreds of loaded lorries and small vehicles streaming into Mogadishu.
African Union forces say they launched a major assault on Wednesday on Afgoye, a stronghold of Islamic militants.
Up to 400,000 people live in...
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BBC News: Nigeria jailbreak: Boko Haram claims...
Armed men have broken into a jail in Nigeria using bombs and heavy gunfire, freeing 119 inmates, officials say.
A prison service spokeswoman told the BBC the armed men killed a jail officer during the attack, in the central Kogi state, on Wednesday evening.
Most of the prisoners were awaiting trial and none were high-profile detainees, according to officials.
Islamist militant group Boko Haram...
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BBC News: Mexico drugs: cartel 'meth boss' Jaime...
Mexican police say they have captured one of the country’s main producers of the illegal synthetic drug, methamphetamine.
The suspect Jaime Herrera Herrera was detained in Culiacan in Sinaloa state along with an alleged accomplice.
He is alleged to have close links to Mexico’s most-wanted drug trafficker, the fugitive Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Mr...
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BBC News: Falklands tension: Argentina condemns UK...
Argentina has condemned a planned visit to the Falkland Islands by UK MPs as another sign of Britain’s “militarisation” of the South Atlantic.
The plans for a visit by members of the Commons defence select committee emerged on Tuesday.
Tension over the islands - which Argentina claims as the Malvinas - has been rising in the run-up to the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war.
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BBC News: Iraq's Sunni Vice-President Hashemi 'ran...
Iraq’s judicial panel has backed accusations against the Sunni Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi that he was behind attacks on security officials and Shia pilgrims.
The panel - set up by the Supreme Judicial Council - said he had orchestrated such attacks for years.
In December, an arrest warrant was issued for him by Shia Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, triggering a row between Shia and...
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BBC News: Underwear bomber Abdulmutallab sentenced...
A Nigerian man accused of trying to bomb a US-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009 has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 25, pleaded guilty to attempting to blow up a commercial plane as a would-be suicide mission for al-Qaeda.
His family quickly called on the US government to review the sentence.
Abdulmutallab was badly burned when a bomb sewn into his...
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Reuters: Iran "shadow war" intensifies, crosses...
BANGKOK/LONDON (Reuters) - The loudest noise that Thongma Danoi had ever heard was followed 20 minutes later by the strangest sight: a dazed and bloodied Iranian carrying two wire-adorned devices through the usually sleepy Bangkok neighborhood.
“He was losing a lot of blood,” said Thongma, 68, who saw the Iranian man, later identified as Saeid Moradi, fleeing a rented house blown...
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Reuters: Al Gore takes aim at "unsustainable"...
LONDON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore wants to end the default practice of quarterly earnings guidance and explore issuing loyalty-driven securities as part of an overhaul of capitalismwhich he says has turned many of the world’s largest economies into hotbeds of irresponsible short-term investment.
Together with David Blood, senior partner of ‘green’ fund...
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Agence France-Presse: UN General Assembly condemns...
The UN General Assembly on Thursday demanded an immediate halt to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s brutal crackdown on dissent, in a strongly worded resolution adopted by a 137-12 vote.
China, Russia and Iran opposed the text put forward by Egypt and other Arab states, and supported by Western powers, that vigorously condemned “widespread and systematic violations of human...
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Agence France-Presse: Canada eyes fix of 'broken'...
Canada’s government proposed reforms Thursday to its political asylum laws, aiming to speed up the process for dealing with what a top official called “bogus refugees.”
“To be blunt, Canada’s asylum system is broken,” Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said in presenting the proposal to parliament in Ottawa.
Kenney noted that 42,000 people are awaiting a...
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Reuters: Venezuela ships fuel to war-torn Syria
CARACAS/GENEVA (Reuters) - The government of Venezuela’sHugo Chavez is emerging as a rare supplier of diesel to Syria, potentially undermining Western sanctions and helping the Syrian government fuel its military in the middle of a bloody crackdown on civilian protests.
A cargo of diesel, which can be used to fuel army tanks or as heating fuel, was expected to arrive at Syria’s...
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Reuters: New Jersey assembly OKs gay marriage;...
TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) - The New Jersey Assembly passed legislation legalizing same-sex marriage on Thursday, sending the bill to Republican Governor Chris Christie, a possible vice-presidential candidate who has promised to veto the measure.
The Assembly vote of 42 to 33 followed Senate approval on Monday and increased the scrutiny on Christie, a supporter of Republican presidential...
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CBC News: Arrests made in Montreal anti-government...
There were at least four arrests on the ground and the whiff ofpepper spray in the air Thursday as hundreds of protesters took to the streets near Montreal’s stock exchange.
Students, unions and women’s groups held a joint protest over increasing fees for tuition, healthcare, and other services.
They gathered in the area around the local stock exchange, and access to a hotel was cut...
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CBC News: Vancouver Stanley Cup rioter gets 17...
Ryan Dickinson has been sentenced to 17 months in jail for his part in the Vancouver Stanley Cup riot of June 15, 2011.
The sentence was handed down Thursday in Vancouver.
Crown prosecutors had asked the court for a sentence as long as 18 months because Dickinson, who was 20 at the time of the incident, was on bail in connection with an assault charge when he threw a newspaper box onto a police...
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Associated Press: Actor Sean Penn meets...
CARACAS, Venezuela - Actor Sean Penn criticized Republican presidential candidates during a visit to Venezuela on Thursday, saying that right-wing policies in the United States aim to benefit the wealthy.
Penn made the remarks after meeting with socialist President Hugo Chavez at Venezuela’s presidential palace, when he was asked by a reporter about criticisms of Chavez by some Republican...
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