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Crowds fight with police at Mubarak trial
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Relatives of protesters killed during Egypt's uprising scuffled with police and tried to force their way into a Cairo courtroom yesterday, demanding to be allowed to attend the latest session in the trial of the ousted president Hosni Mubarak.
Top witness undermines Mubarak case
Monday, 5 September 2011
General had agreed to give evidence backing claims that ex-regime ordered protesters to be shot.
Nepal to Ethiopia: A Study in Corrupted Adoption
Monday, 5 September 2011
As an international adoptive parent, determined not to cut corners or resort to bribery, Victoria was forced by a rapidly corrupting system to fight tooth and nail for her little girl.
More troops surround Gaddafi's town
Monday, 5 September 2011
Rebel reinforcements converged on one of Muammar Gaddafi's last strongholds in Libya today, even as they gave the town a last chance to surrender.
Talks to avert rebel attack on dictator's stronghold
Monday, 5 September 2011
Talks between tribal elders from the west Libyan town of Bani Walid and rebels encircling the city broke down last night, making an assault on the city likely to take place soon.
Foreigners 'could disrupt Libya's fragile peace' says MP
Monday, 5 September 2011
Tripoli is in a better state today than the capitals of Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo or Bosnia were when fighting ended there – but the fragile peace could be disrupted by the sudden influx of foreigners, according to the MP who has visited them all.
The hunt for Gaddafi – and his victims – goes on
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Samia Nakhoul and Mohammed Abbas in Tripoli and David Randall report on the search for the former dictator and for the disappeared.
More than half of Somalis now face starvation
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Emily Dugan: UN to announce that the famine in the Horn of Africa is spreading and the situation 'will become worse and worse'.
Libyan rebels poised to attack Gaddafi stronghold
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Libyan rebels are poised to attack one of Moammar Gaddafi's remaining strongholds, but their military spokesman said today he expected the town's tribal leaders to surrender rather than see their divided followers fight one another.
Gaddafi warned UK over Lockerbie bomber
Sunday, 4 September 2011
The Gaddafi regime warned British officials that there would be "dire consequences" for relations between the UK and Libya if Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi died in his Scottish jail cell, it has emerged.
UK hits 900 targets in Libya action
Saturday, 3 September 2011
British forces have so far hit more than 900 targets in the campaign to protect Libyan civilians from the Gaddafi regime, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) disclosed today.
Koussa's letters betray Britain's Libyan connection
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Messages show MI6 gave details of dissident exiles to Gaddafi.
Cameron revels in UK's role in regime change
Saturday, 3 September 2011
The Prime Minister rounded yesterday on the "armchair generals" who criticised his strategy in Libya as he insisted that the fall of Tripoli justified the involvement of British forces in the Nato-led operation.
Apartheid land reforms in chaos as blacks sell farms back to whites
Saturday, 3 September 2011
The South African government has conceded that 30 per cent of land it has bought since the end of apartheid for redistribution to black farmers has been resold by the beneficiaries, often to the original owners.
ANC youth leader's hearing to proceed
Saturday, 3 September 2011
South Africa's ruling African National Congress party has rejected a request from its Youth League leader, Julius Malema, to drop disciplinary charges against him, allowing a hearing to proceed that could derail the career of the populist firebrand.
Hidden Gaddafi vows 'no surrender'
Friday, 2 September 2011
Fallen dictator warned that loyalist tribes in his main strongholds were armed and preparing for battle.
Rebel military chief says he was tortured by CIA
Friday, 2 September 2011
Patrick Cockburn: Abdulhakim Belhaj's allegations suggest a close relationship between the US and Gaddafi's regime.
A fiery message from Gaddafi: my enemies deserve to die
Friday, 2 September 2011
Dictator vows to fight on, as hunt moves south. Kim Sengupta reports from Tarhuna.
Gaddafi vows to continue fighting
Thursday, 1 September 2011
In a broadcast on Syrian TV, Gaddafi vowed his forces would fight 'in every street, every village and every city.'
Libyans who grew rich in Gaddafi years are now a target
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Portia Walker: When I got into Ahmed al-Hamdi's car, he told me the city was safe. Two hours later, he pulled a loaded pistol from the glove compartment and confessed that he slept with a Kalashnikov by his bed.
Saif al-Islam vows to fight to death as foreign minister is held
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Richard Hall: Gaddafi's son claims loyalists are ready to defend final stronghold in audio broadcast.
Two suspects arrested over UN HQ bombing
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Police reveal that they arrested two men suspected of organising the car bombing days before the attack.
South African police fire tear gas in clashes with Malema followers
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Alex Duval Smith: Controversial youth leader facing possible suspension from party over outspoken demands that have embarrassed leadership.
Ultimatum for Gaddafi loyalists: surrender or face all-out attack
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Kim Sengupta: Libyan rebels claim that refusing their offer will result in many more casualties and are in talks with tribes.
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