Africa NGOs make camp appeal in Somalia Aid agencies have made an appeal for aid to fund a camp in Dadaab, where nearly 400,000 people are seeking refuge. They claim that the world’s largest refugee camp is running out...
North America US begins Agent Orange clean up The United States (US) has begun the cleaning up of Agent Orange contamination in one of Vietnam’s region. It is the first time the US has made such a move since the end o...
Europe Italy try 22 CIA Agents on kidnap charges Italy’s highest court of appeal has found 23 Americans, all bar one being CIA agents, guilty of kidnapping Abu Omar, an Egyptian cleric, in Milan in 2003. The prosecution alleg...
Africa and Middle East Abortion boat barred from Morocco port A Dutch boat that offers abortions in international waters has been barred entry to the port of Smir in Morocco. The country’s health minister announced the block....
Europe UK economy: officially in a double dip recession The day after the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced another fiscal U-turn – this time on fuel – official statistics have today confirmed a double ...
Middle East Suicide bomber kills Afghan MP A Member of the Afghan Parliament has been killed in a suicide attack, killing a further 20 people. The attack took part in the northern province of Samangan at a wedding, according to...
Europe UK ‘threaten’ to storm Ecuadorian Embassy The Ecuadorian consul has accused the UK of ‘threatening’ to storm its UK embassy in a bid to arrest Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange. The UK Foreign Office has said t...
Europe UK Parliament’s first steps for upper House reform The House of Commons voted last night to enable a Lords reform bill to move on to the next stage of its parliamentary passage. The Bill proposes a reform to the lower ...
Asia Chinese Premier transition begins The Communist Party congress began today, with the Chinese President Hu Jintao beginning the transfer of power at the end of the ten-year term. The congress will take a week to unveil the ...