Politics

Kadhafi daughter files second war crimes charge - 06/10/2011

PARIS- Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's daughter filed a second war crimes complaint against NATO and France in Paris on Friday over air strikes that killed family members including three infants, her...

Powers plot 'post-Kadhafi' as rebels eye cash - 06/10/2011

ABU DHABI, Lachlan Carmichael- Key powers met Thursday to map out what Washington calls an inevitable "post-Kadhafi Libya" as more signs emerged the strongman wants out and more than one billion...

Syrians vow new protests, Paris charges 'massacre' - 06/10/2011

DAMASCUS- Pro-democracy activists vowed more protests against President Bashar al-Assad for Friday, as his regime came under increased international pressure and faced "massacre" accusations....

Syrian town awaits attack as pressure piles on Assad - 06/08/2011

DAMASCUS- A Syrian town braced for a military assault Tuesday as international pressure piled on President Bashar al-Assad's regime amid reports his envoy to France had quit in solidarity with...

Kadhafi vows no surrender as NATO jets pound Tripoli - 06/08/2011

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi vowed on state television Tuesday that he would never surrender as NATO-led warplanes pounded Tripoli with one of the heaviest bombardments of the...

Syria says 120 police killed, activists see mutiny - 06/07/2011

DAMASCUS- One hundred and twenty policemen were killed by "armed gangs" in northwest Syria, state television said on Monday, as the authorities warned of a firm response. Activists who spoke to...

More Syria deaths as dissidents urge Assad isolation - 06/06/2011

DAMASCUS- Thirty-eight people were killed in clashes in two days in northwest Syria, a rights activist said on Sunday, as dissidents meeting in Brussels called for the isolation of President Bashar...

Yemen opposition vows to keep out injured Saleh - 06/06/2011

SANAA, Hammoud Mounassar- Yemen's opposition vowed Sunday to prevent the return of wounded President Ali Abdullah Saleh from a Saudi hospital, as tens of thousands of protesters celebrated despite...

6 dead in Syria clashes as burials draw 100,000 - 06/05/2011

DAMASCUS- Security forces on Saturday killed six demonstrators in northwestern Syria, after more than 100,000 mourners turned out in Hama for the funerals of protesters, rights groups said. In...

Egypt presidential hopefuls make their pitch - 06/05/2011

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- For a country where over-the-top venality characterised politics for decades, Egypt's first ever presidential candidates' debate on Saturday was a sedate and courteous...
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