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Globe and Mail | Maldives: Day after 'coup', the island resort on boil Times of India MALE: The ousted president of the Maldives, credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean island resort, said on Wednesday he was forced out of power at gunpoint, prompting clashes between police and angry supporters. UN official meeting with top Maldives leaders Maldives since independence UN envoy in Maldives, ex-president urges fresh polls |
![]() AFP | New Rio strike threatens Brazil carnival AFP RIO DE JANEIRO ? Rio police planned to strike for better pay on Friday, warning people to stay off the streets and close shops a week before the famed Carnival festival, expected to attract millions of revelers. Union leaders rejected a deal approved ... Police strike in Rio, bringing fears for Carnival Police strike threatens Rio carnival crime wave Police Strike by Brazilians Makes Holiday Seem a Threat |
Sky News | Troops Mass On Outskirts Of Homs Sky News Up to 10000 Syrian troops are on the outskirts of Homs as the assault on the city continues, according to opposition fighters. Sky News chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay said families have been making preparations to die ahead of an anticipated major ... Syria's Homs under new deadly blitz Syrian troops pound Homs with mortar strikes As Syria Strikes Kill Scores, Opposition Seeks Backing |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Apple founder Steve Jobs 'took drugs and abandoned his family Telegraph.co.uk A secret FBI file on the late Apple founder Steve Jobs shows that his friends and former colleagues describe him as an abrasive and ruthless character who took drugs and abandoned his family. By Rosa Prince, New York The 191 page dossier was drawn up ... Revealed: the FBI's secret dossier on Steve Jobs FBI file casts light on the sinister side of Steve Jobs FBI files of the rich and famous |
BBC News | China lock-down seals off Tibetan unrest BBC News By Michael Bristow BBC News, Sichuan province, China In the past year, twenty-one people have publicly set themselves on fire, five in the past week alone, in a campaign calling for more freedom for Tibetans. From the air, the snow-capped mountains of ... Report Says 2 Tibetans Killed by Security Forces China: Self-Immolation Protest Two Tibetans killed by security: report |
FRANCE 24 | President grilled by military wives The Press Association As Mali's army confronts attacks from ethnic Tuareg separatists, the country's president is battling some tough critics - the wives of military personnel who grilled him for nearly two hours on state television about the government's failure to put ... Mali army tries to fend off Tuareg rebels as crisis grows ECOWAS Team to Investigate Fighting in Mali 22000 have fled Mali, says UN |
BBC News | 'Violent' Madonna stalker escapes BBC News A man who was convicted of stalking and threatening pop star Madonna has escaped from a psychiatric hospital, police in Los Angeles say. Robert Dewey Hoskins Hoskins was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 1996. After leaving prison he spent time in ... Madonna stalker escapes from mental hospital 'Very violent': Madonna stalker escapes psych hospital Madonna's Stalker Escapes From Mental Unit |
![]() BBC News | Rosenberg's Russia: On the election trail BBC News Russians go to the polls on 4 March to elect a president to replace Dmitry Medvedev. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is widely predicted to win the race, and with it a third term in office. In his latest report ahead of the poll, the BBC's Moscow ... In Area Embodying Putin Base, Dispirited City Voices Tepid Support Putin Seeks Payments From Those Who Made Fortunes in '90s Documentaries on Russia |
![]() USA TODAY | Cruise ships to hold pre-departure drills Financial Times By Robert Wright, Shipping and Logistics Correspondent Passengers travelling with companies belonging to the three biggest cruise shipping organisations will go through safety drills before leaving port, under a shake-up in the wake of the January 13 ... Costa Concordia: divers launch rescue mission for boy's teddy bear All cruise ship passengers to get safety briefings before leaving port Cruise ship disaster captain knew "it was over" |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Spain's leading human rights judge Baltasar Garzon convicted of wiretapping Telegraph.co.uk Spain's Supreme Court convicted judge Baltasar Garzon on Thursday in an illegal wiretapping case, ending the judicial career of a man who won world renown for pursuing human rights abuses and Augusto Pinochet's arrest. "We condemn the accused, ... Prominent Rights Judge Is Convicted in Spain Spain Judge Baltasar Garzon vows to fight conviction Rights Judge Convicted in Spain |
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