Month: May 2011

AN emaciated 14-month-old girl apparently died of “nutritional neglect” before she was stuffed into a suitcase and put in a neighbour’s rubbish bin, according to police who charged the mother with homicide. Tania R Coleman, […] […]

LIBYA’S EU ambassador Hadeiba Hadi has defected along with his staff, the latest in a string of top diplomats to end their support for Muammar Gaddafi’s government. “After more than four months of the blood-letting […] […]

FORMER Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has said his country may take retaliatory military action should the US breach its national borders again to capture a terrorist. His comments follow the capture and killing of al-Qa’ida […] […]

AFTER 16 years on the run, a frail and haggard Ratko Mladic has been hauled before a judge – the first step in facing charges for international war crimes, including the slaughter of 8,000 Muslim […] […]

TRIPOLI/MISRATA, LIBYA—NATO launched a fourth night of airstrikes on Tripoli on Thursday, leaving smoke rising from Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s compound, after the United States said a ceasefire offer from Libya was not credible. Several […] […]

WASHINGTON—In a decision expected to spark diplomatic fallout in Israel, Egypt’s new military overseers will puncture the blockade of Gaza on Saturday by reopening the lone official Palestinian border to the outside world. The move, […] […]

ST. LOUIS—Powerful storms roared through middle America again on Wednesday, with weak tornadoes touching down in isolated spots and severe thunderstorms threatening such strikes in several states. The National Weather Service issued tornado watches and […] […]

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama has suggested that military action could end in Libya before Colonel Gaddafi leaves power, amid open acknowledgements of “tactical differences” over the conflict. Standing with the Prime Minister, Mr Obama urged […] […]

AMERICAN archaeologists using satellite imaging have discovered 17 unknown pyramids in Egypt as well as 1,000 tombs and 3,000 buildings dating back to the Pharaohs. The infra-red images, taken from a satellite orbiting 430 miles […] […]