ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Thousands of youth supporters of Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo gathered around his presidential palace on Saturday in a show of support, as days of fierce fighting between his security forces and insurgents continued.
March 20, 2011 - March 26, 2011 Archives
March 26, 2011
Meeting the Ultras
(BBC) The fans that give Russian football a reputation for racism
Untold violence
(BBC) Why killings in Karachi could derail Pakistan
Geraldine Ferraro dies at age 75
US Democratic politician Geraldine Ferraro, who was the first woman to run for vice-president for a major party, dies at the age of 75.
New protests flare in Syria towns
(BBC) Fresh protests flare in Syria, with a ruling Baath party HQ reportedly burned down, a day after a deadly crackdown on democracy demonstrators.
VIDEO: Transfer of power 'looming' in Yemen
Agreement is close on a transfer of power from Yemen's veteran President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, a government minister says.
Japan nuclear crisis gives Earth Hour added poignancy
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Lights started going off around the world on Saturday in a show of support for renewable energy, given added poignancy by Japan's nuclear disaster, which raises doubts about nuclear power as a possible solution.
March 25, 2011
Radiation spikes in seawater off stricken Japan plant
TOKYO (Reuters) - Radiation levels have soared in seawater near Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, officials said on Saturday, as engineers struggled to stabilize the power station two weeks after it was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami.
Explosions shake Libyan capital
(BBC) Several large explosions are heard in Libya's capital, Tripoli, as coalition strikes keep up the pressure on Col Gaddafi's forces.
Former Khmer Rouge prison chief seeks acquittal
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's war crimes court will hear appeals next week in the case of of former Khmer Rouge cadre Duch, who is seeking acquittal despite admitting running a feared jail where thousands died.
Honduras drops warrant for Zelaya
(BBC) A Supreme Court judge in Honduras dismisses arrest warrants for ousted former President Manuel Zelaya, but retains corruption charges.
Syria's Assad faces crisis as mourners burn buildings
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Thousands of mourners at a funeral for a Syrian killed in anti-government protests burned a ruling Baath party building and a police station on Saturday as authorities freed 260 prisoners in a bid to placate reformists.
The Gaddafi story
(BBC) The many faces of Libya's unpredictable leader
Yemen ruler ready to step down, Syria protests spread
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah said on Friday he was ready to cede power, the third Arab ruler who may be forced out by popular protests which began in North Africa and have now spread into the Gulf, Syria and Jordan.
Egyptian protesters push for more political reforms
CAIRO (Reuters) - More than 2,000 people gathered across the Egyptian capital on Friday to demand more political reform, including a speedy trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, state news agency MENA said.
VIDEO: Anti-nuclear protests in Tokyo
Anti-nuclear protests take place in Tokyo as an investigation is under way to establish the source of a radiation leak, two weeks after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan.
Workers exposed to 10,000 times safe radiation: Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Friday that workers who suffered burns while trying to cool a crippled reactor were exposed to radiation levels 10,000 times higher than expected, adding evidence that the crucial containment vessel for nuclear fuel had been ruptured.
Quake kills 50 in Myanmar, aftershock rattles Thai north
CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - At least 50 people were killed in the strong earthquake that struck Myanmar, officials said, while another quake hit northern Thailand Friday, inflicting limited damage.
Chinese dissident gets 10 years for subversion
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court sentenced a leading Chinese dissident to 10 years in prison for urging democratic reform of the one-party state, an unusually harsh sentence that rights campaigners say could bode ill for other detained activists.
March 24, 2011
Assembly dissolved for election
The Northern Ireland Assembly was dissolved at 0001 GMT on Friday ahead of May's election.
Huge rival rallies in tense Yemen
Tens of thousands of people gather in Yemen's capital Sanaa for rival rallies, a week after some 50 people were shot dead at a protest.
Nato to control Libya no-fly zone
Nato says it will take command of the no-fly zone over Libya, and may assume broader control of the international military operation in the coming days.
Syria pledges political reforms
Syria's government announces a series of reforms, aimed at quelling rising unrest in the country's south.
Gaza rockets strike deeper inside Israel
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian rockets struck deep inside Israel Thursday close to the urban sprawl south of Tel Aviv, and Israel pounded targets in Gaza in a surging conflict that has raised fears of a new war.
Thousands chant "freedom" despite Assad reform offer
DERAA, Syria (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad made a rare public pledge to look into granting Syrians greater freedom on Thursday as anger mounted following attacks by security forces on protesters that left at least 37 dead.
Japan is tsunami risk reminder to quake-hit Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitians traumatized by a big earthquake last year have watched Japan's disaster with a mixture of sympathy and horror, and experts say the poor Caribbean state could be hit anytime by a similar tsunami.
Mexican media in drug war accord
Mexican media organisations agree common guidelines on how to report the country's drug-related violence.
West strikes deep in Libya, NATO near command deal
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO neared agreement on taking command of allied military operations in Libya on Thursday, but Western warplanes failed to stop tanks re-entering the town of Misrata and besieging its main hospital.
Gaddafi presses key rebel cities
(BBC) Fighting in Libya centres on a number of key cities after a fifth consecutive night of air strikes as Nato members debate who should lead the intervention.
Injuries to delay work at Japan's damaged nuclear plant
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will have to review its nuclear power policy, its top government spokesman said, as fear of radiation from an earthquake-damaged nuclear complex spread both at home and abroad.
Kenyan forces cross Somali border
(BBC) Kenyan forces have crossed into Somali territory to fight al-Shabab militants for the first time, a police source tells the BBC.
Portugal crisis clouds EU summit
EU leaders grapple with a new eurozone threat after Portugal's parliament rejected an austerity budget and PM Jose Socrates resigned.
Nepal tackles 'energy emergency'
(BBC) The government of Nepal launches a multi-million dollar scheme to end an energy crisis crippling many key industries.
March 23, 2011
U.S. halts Japan food imports, Tokyo water contaminated
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese authorities advised against allowing infants to drink tap water in Tokyo due to raised radiation levels and the United States became the first nation to block some food imports from Japan.
Nuclear fears shut 25 embassies in Tokyo
OSAKA (AFP Asia Pacific) : The nuclear emergency following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan has led 25 embassies to temporarily shut their doors in Tokyo, Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said Wednesday.
Saudi arrests 100 Shi'ite protesters: rights group
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi authorities arrested 100 Shi'ite protesters during demonstrations in the east of the country last week, a Saudi human rights group said on Wednesday. Hundreds attended protests in and around the region's main Shi'ite center, Qatif, calling for the release of prisoners and withdrawal of Saudi forces from Bahrain.
West will end in "dustbin of history," Gaddafi says
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Western powers attacking Libya will end up in the dustbin of history, Muammar Gaddafi said as his troops held back poorly equipped rebel forces despite four nights of coalition air strikes.
Syria mosque 'protesters killed'
(BBC) At least five people have died after security forces fired on protesters outside a mosque in the Syrian city of Deraa, human rights activists say.
Gazan rockets hit deep in Israel, minister sees war
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian rockets struck two cities deep in Israel on Wednesday, wounding a resident and prompting a deputy to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call for a new offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
March 21, 2011
Gaddafi forces attack town, some flee to caves
RABAT (Reuters) - The western Libyan town of Zintan faced heavy shelling from forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on Monday, two witnesses said, forcing residents to flee, including to caves in the mountainous region.
US 'to tone down role in Libya'
(BBC) President Barack Obama says the US will transfer its leading role on Libya "within days", but differences remain in Nato on whether to take charge.
Israel launches air strikes in Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel launched five air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Monday after militants shot mortars and rockets at the Jewish state, witnesses and militant groups said.
Syria protests spread, authorities pull back
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Unrest spread in southern Syria on Monday with hundreds of people demonstrating against the government in three towns near the main city of Deraa, but authorities did not use force to quell the latest protests.
Top Yemeni generals back democracy protesters
SANAA (Reuters) - Top generals, ambassadors and some tribes threw their support behind Yemen's anti-government protesters on Monday in a major blow to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's efforts to ride out demands for his immediate exit.
Pro-Gbagbo youth answer Ivorian army call
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Thousands of young supporters of Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo answered a call to join the army on Monday, while Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf warned the crisis risked destabilizing the West African region.
Missile destroys Gaddafi 'command centre'
(BBC) A missile strike on Libyan leader Col Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli destroys a building which coalition officials say was a command centre.
Radiation anxiety grows in disaster-struck Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Global anxiety rose over radiation from Japan's crippled nuclear plant even as engineers won ground in their battle to avert disaster from the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl.
YEMEN: Dialogue prospects diminish, as government faces mounting defections - IRINnews.org
YEMEN: Dialogue prospects diminish, as government faces mounting defections IRINnews.org SANAA, 21 March 2011 (IRIN) - The authorities' use of force against anti-government protesters demanding the ouster of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is thwarting mediation efforts and dialogue, observers warn, amid reports of defections by senior ... |
More volunteers "prepared for death" at Fukushima
OSAKA (AFP Asia Pacific) - In the scramble to avert catastrophe at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, selfless workers are volunteering to repeatedly endure high doses of radiation for the sake of millions of people.
INDONESIA: Disaster-prone, but still hungry for nuclear energy - IRINnews.org
INDONESIA: Disaster-prone, but still hungry for nuclear energy IRINnews.org JAKARTA, 21 March 2011 (IRIN) - In the hope of bringing electricity to some of Indonesia's 90 million people who are currently without it, the country is proceeding with plans to build four nuclear reactors, despite growing opposition sparked by the ... |
Haiti's election count under way
(BBC) Counting is under way after Haiti's delayed run-off presidential election passes off largely peacefully, with preliminary results not due until 31 March.
March 20, 2011
Bahrain's main opposition groups ease demands
MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's main opposition groups have eased conditions for talks to end a crisis that has drawn in neighboring Gulf armies and raised tensions in the oil-exporting region.
Wave of unrest shakes Syria, crowds torch party HQ
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Crowds set fire to a headquarters of the ruling Baath Party in the Syrian city of Deraa on Sunday, residents said, as the wave of unrest in the Arab world shook even one of its most authoritarian states.
Haitians vote in crucial election
(BBC) Haitians vote in a delayed run-off presidential poll between Michel Martelly and Mirlande Manigat as their nation faces huge challenges of rebuilding.
Trapped tsunami victims ate yoghurt to stay alive
(Reuters) - An 80-year-old woman and her 16-year-old grandson were rescued from their damaged home on Sunday in the city of Ishinomaki, nine days after the northeast was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, NHK public TV said.
Gaddafi vows 'long war' in Libya
(BBC) Col Gaddafi says Libya will fight a "long war" after air strikes against his forces by the US, France and the UK to protect rebel-held areas.
Saudis gather to demand release of prisoners
RIYADH (Reuters) - Dozens of Saudi men gathered outside the Interior Ministry in the capital Riyadh on Sunday to demand the release of jailed relatives, amid a heavy police presence.
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