Daily News Roundup – 8 August 2012

  Europe Standard Chartered shares recover Shares in British bank Standard Chartered have rebounded after their steepest one-day decline in decades.  The crash came as New York’s State Department of Financial Services a...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 24 AUGUST 2012

Europe Anders Brevik considered sane and sentenced A unanimous decision by five judges has declared Anders Breivik sane after his attacks on a Christian youth camp in July 2011, which left 77 people dead and more than 240 wound...
by Tom Dunbar
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Daily News Roundup – 12 October 2012

Europe European Union win Nobel Peace Prize The European Union (EU) has won the Nobel Peace Price for its work to obtain, manage and sustain peace within Europe. The supra-national body was initially set up as a resource trade ...
by Tom Dunbar
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Daily News Roundup – 3 December 2012

  Africa Judges refuse to oversee Morsi referendum Judges in Egypt have refused to oversee a vote on the country’s new draft constitution, due to be held in two weeks.  The Judges’ Club’s decision follows a confrontatio...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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DAILY NEWS ROUND UP – 27 JULY 2012

Middle East & Africa  Syria army sparks further conflict in Aleppo The United States (US) has expressed grave concern over the Syrian army’s assault on the rebel stronghold Aleppo, Syria’s second city. The US state dep...
by Tom Dunbar
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Daily News Roundup – 30 July 2012

  Europe Spanish recession deepens, but borrowing costs fall  Official figures show a contraction of 0.4% inSpain’s GDP for the second quarter of the year.  This shows the country’s recession deepening as it follows ...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Daily News Roundup – 13 September 2012

Asia North Korea refuses aid from South North Korea has refused to accept food aid from Seoul just weeks after Pyongyang appealed to the United Nations for aid following a series of heavy flooding. It highlights the tensions be...
by Tom Dunbar
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SEAREPA: South East Asia’s Energy Revolution

Over 130 people from across 11 countries have flown into Sandakan, Malaysia for South East Asia’s first ever “game changing” gathering on Renewable Energy. For the next week, Sandakan’s Rainforest Discovery Centre will ...
by Chris Wright
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Daily News Roundup – 14 January 2013

  Africa Mali Islamists capture new town amid French intervention Islamist fighters in Mali have seized a town in government-controlled territory amid a military intervention by France.  Though French Defence Minister Jean-Yv...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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