PARIS (New York Times) Which woman had the weight of China on her shoulders? It was not easy to tell in this French Open final, not with Francesca Schiavone looking edgier and misfiring more often than Li Na.
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June 4, 2011
Yemen leader hurt by 'shrapnel'
(BBC) Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh suffered shrapnel wounds and burns in Friday's attack on his compound in Sanaa, sources tell the BBC.
NATO helicopters raise pressure on Gaddafi
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - British and French attack helicopters struck inside Libya for the first time overnight on Saturday, hitting targets in the oil port of Brega as NATO forces stepped up their air war against Muammar Gaddafi.
China dismisses U.S. call on Tiananmen anniversary
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China dismissed a U.S. call for it to free dissidents and fully account for the victims of the bloody Tiananmen crackdown, on the anniversary of the crushing of the pro-democracy uprising 22 years ago.
Australia to deport lone children
(BBC) The Australian government says it will send unaccompanied children to Malaysia for asylum claims processing as part of a controversial plan.
Greenland oil drill protest ended
(BBC) A protest against oil exploration in Arctic waters has ended, according to the Edinburgh-based company behind the drilling.
June 2, 2011
Qatar deports Libya 'rape victim'
(BBC) Libyan woman Eman al-Obeidi, who said she was raped by Col Gaddafi's supporters, is deported from Qatar to eastern Libya, UN officials say.
Bahrain wary of protests before Formula One ruling
MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain, eager for Formula One organizers to reinstate a motor race postponed after popular protests erupted in February, acted to prevent any unrest on Thursday after lifting martial law earlier in the week.
Syrian forces kill 13 in besieged town: activists
ANTALYA, Turkey (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed at least 13 civilians in the central town of Rastan on Thursday, activists said, in the latest attempt to quell a revolt against the 11-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad.
Mexican teens turn to kidnapping in drug war city
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - School dropout Toby was just 15 when he and his friends started kidnapping businessmen, truck drivers and lawyers for ransom in Mexico's most violent city, Ciudad Juarez.
Romney joins US presidential race
(BBC) Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney enters the race to be the Republican presidential candidate for 2012, saying Barack Obama has "failed America".
Protests in SA against xenophobia
(BBC) A march takes place in the South African city of Johannesburg in defence of foreigner shopkeepers threatened by xenophobic violence.
Global war on drugs a failure, high-level panel says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A high-level international commission on Thursday declared the global "war on drugs" a failure and urged nations to consider steps such as legalizing marijuana to help undermine the power of organized crime.
Yemen fighting intensifies, envoy Brennan in talks
SANAA (Reuters) - Forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh battled with tribal fighters in Yemen's capital on Thursday in clashes that killed dozens as U.S. envoy John Brennan flew around the region to try to stop a looming civil war.
MYANMAR: Bride trafficking to China unveiled - IRINnews.org
MYANMAR: Bride trafficking to China unveiled IRINnews.org BANGKOK, 2 June 2011 (IRIN) - Most cross-border human trafficking in Myanmar involves women tricked into travelling to China to get work, only to find a groom waiting for them on the other side. Thazin* was trafficked to China from Yangon and forced ... |
12 people, one idea
(BBC) How a loop of red ribbon conquered the world
China rejects Gmail spying claims
(BBC) China rejects allegations of involvement in a cyber-spying campaign targeting the Gmail accounts of top US officials, military personnel and journalists.
"Cooperative" Mladic to face tribunal on Friday
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic used his power to commit atrocities that tore a nation apart and destroyed communities, and he must be held to account, a U.N. war crimes prosecutor said on Wednesday.
May 31, 2011
9/11 suspects face fresh charges
(BBC) Military prosecutors file new charges against self-styled 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre.
Philippine clan chief sparks gasps as he denies massacre
MANILA (Reuters) - The head of a southern Philippine political clan sparked courtroom gasps on Wednesday when he denied 57 charges of murder in a November 2009 massacre that shocked a nation accustomed to political violence.
Haiti earthquake toll 'far lower'
(BBC) Fewer people died or were left homeless by last year's earthquake than officially claimed by Haiti, a draft report to the US government says.
Japan 'underestimated risk' - UN
(BBC) A UN nuclear safety team on a visit to the country says that Japan underestimated the risk of a tsunami hitting a nuclear power plant.
Journalists' deaths 'unpunished'
(BBC) More than 251 journalists in 13 countries were killed "with impunity" in the past decade, the Committee to Protect Journalists reports.
Dutch seaside cell for Mladic
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Ratko Mladic, nicknamed "the butcher of Bosnia," joins a who's who of accused genocidal dictators, warlords and mass murderers at the international war crimes detention center in the Hague.
Acidic oceans have bad effect on clownfish hearing
Baby clownfish, the coral reef dwellers feted in the movie Finding Nemo, appear to lose some of their hearing capacity in water more acidic than normal.
In Brief: Disaster conference opens in Beijing - IRINnews.org
In Brief: Disaster conference opens in Beijing IRINnews.org The four-day event, organized by the World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine and the Chinese Medical Association, aims to share groundbreaking scientific findings for improved disaster response, with more than 500 presenters from 60 ... |
Yemen truce ends in blasts, stokes civil war worries
SANAA (Reuters) - Street fighting raged in Yemen's capital on Tuesday ending a tenuous ceasefire between tribal groups and forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and edging the impoverished Arab state closer to civil war.
May 30, 2011
Serbia to consider Mladic appeal
(BBC) Serbia's war crimes court is to consider the appeal of Ratko Mladic against his transfer to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague to face genocide charges.
Spain seeks 20 for Jesuit murders
(BBC) A judge in Spain charges 20 Salvadoran military officers over the murder of six Jesuit priests and two women during El Salvador's civil war.
Thai inmates 'routinely shackled'
(BBC) Thai prisoners are routinely shackled and kept in shockingly overcrowded conditions, says Bangkok-based Union for Civil Liberties.
Dangerous desert flight
(BBC) Niger flooded with African migrants escaping Libyan violence
May 29, 2011
NATO strike kills civilians, Afghans say most were kids
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An air strike by NATO-led troops in southern Afghanistan killed at least nine civilians, NATO and Afghan officials said on Sunday, and many of the victims were children.
VIDEO: Mladic to launch extradition appeal
(BBC) Lawyers representing the former Bosnian-Serb army chief, Ratko Mladic, will launch a formal appeal later against plans to transfer him to the International Tribunal in the Hague to face charges of genocide.
VIDEO: Taiz: 'A city turned battleground'
(BBC) Reports from Yemen say forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh have opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in the southern city of Taiz.
Icy battlefield focus of India and Pakistan talks
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A military standoff at the world's highest battlefield is the focus of a fresh round of talks between India and Pakistan, and any progress on one of the least thorny issues may give a boost to the tortuous peace process between the nuclear-armed rivals.
German nuclear plants to be shut
Germany says all of its nuclear power plants will be shut by 2022 in the wake of the Fukushima crisis in Japan, reversing an earlier policy.
Lagarde in IMF charm offensive
Christine Lagarde plans to visit China, India and Brazil to drum up support for her bid to head the International Monetary Fund.
Thousands 'lack social care help'
800,000 people who need social care in England receive no support from the state or private sector, campaigners say - and the numbers are rising.
Abandoned village
Palestinians battle luxury housing project in Israeli court
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