Month: March 2011

The parents of the woman dragged by security men from a Tripoli hotel after alleging she had been raped by militiamen loyal to Muammar Gaddafi claimed today that she was being held hostage in the […] […]

President Barack Obama will today offer Congress and an anxious public his first detailed accounting of his rationale for United States military involvement in Libya and perhaps an answer to the burning question: what’s next? […] […]

CHINA’S Communist Party leaders have turned their sights on students with “radical thoughts” after locking up a key critic, Liu Xianbin, for 10 years. Peking University, China’s top tertiary institution, is planning to screen all […] […]

Deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his family are under house arrest, and they have not fled to Saudi Arabia, Egypt’s military rulers said today. “There is no truth to reports that former president Hosni […] […]

HIGHLY radioactive water, endangering workers and hindering repair efforts at the Fukushima nuclear plant, was the result of a “partial meltdown” of the fuel rods in the plant’s No 2 reactor, Japan’s chief government spokesman […] […]

NINE powerful explosions shook the city of Sirte, a strategic target for the rebels whose advance towards Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s home town was halted last night, despite earlier boasts of victory. Sirte, 360km east […] […]

TERROR has gripped the port city of Latakia on Syria’s Mediterranean coast as snipers on rooftops and gangs of young men armed with knives and clubs take root in the scenic resort. Fifteen people have […] […]

MUAMMAR Gaddafi’s brutal grip on power is weakening after rebel forces retook the main oil districts of Libya and used the cover of western bombing raids to advance on the dictator’s home town. Despite fresh […] […]

RADIATION levels have jumped 10-fold in days in seawater near Japan’s tsunami-hit nuclear plant officials have confirmed. Drinking a half-litre (20-ounce) bottle of similarly contaminated fresh water would expose a person to their annual safe […] […]

FORCES loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were retreating last night after rebels recaptured the key eastern towns of Ajdabiya and Brega. Their first significant victory since Western-led air strikes began a week ago came […] […]