Month: February 2011

AN eight-year-old girl was declared an alcoholic after she sought help for a “serious” drinking problem at a Scottish support centre. The child was helped by an alcohol charity in Dundee, northern Scotland, after admitting […] […]

THE UN refugee agency says a “humanitarian emergency” is under way as thousands of foreigners flee Libya by air, land and sea. The agency said almost 100,000 migrant workers, mostly from Egypt and Tunisia, had […] […]

SANTIAGO, Chile – President Sebastian Pinera marked the anniversary of one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history by praising his government’s progress on reconstruction and calling for national unity. Instead, his political opponents staged […] […]

ZAWIYA, Libya – With residents shouting “Free, free Libya,” anti-government rebels who control this battle-scarred city nearest to the capital deployed tanks and anti-aircraft weapons Sunday, bracing for an attack by troops loyal to Moammar […] […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—A police official says at least one person has been killed in clashes between security forces and hundreds of protesters demanding political reforms in the strategic Gulf country of Oman. Witnesses say […] […]

CAIRO—Al-Qaida’s offshoot in Yemen urged Muslims to revolt against Arab rulers and establish governments based on Islamic law, according to an audio tape posted Saturday on militant websites. The appeal came at a time of […] […]

FROM exile in London, Muhammad al-Senussi, the heir apparent in Libya’s overthrown monarchy, hails the “heroes” of the uprising and urges the international community to oust Muammar Gaddafi. In more than two decades in the […] […]

BRITISH military planes have flown into Libyan air space in a daring, secret rescue of more than 150 foreign workers as fears of a civil war triggered a desperate exodus. Those rescued by the British […] […]

IRISH Prime Minister Brian Cowen has conceded defeat in the general election, after his ruling Fianna Fail party was crushed by voters angry over the collapse of the economy and an EU-IMF bailout. Mr Cowen […] […]