Articles by sandrea

CLASHES between Egyptian security forces and protesters against continued military rule killed eight people and wounded another 299, the health ministry said today, overshadowing the vote count in the latest round of a landmark general […] […]

THE Italian appeals court that cleared Amanda Knox in the slaying of her British roommate has given the reasons for its ruling: the evidence that had been used by a lower court to convict the […] […]

A 10-year-old boy has confessed to killing a four-year-old by strangling him with a skipping rope after an argument, Swedish police say. The boy’s confession came after a 59-day investigation into the playground killing in […] […]

CHINESE authorities have freed a former newspaper reporter and cyber dissident who was jailed for subversion in 2003, a human rights group says. Huang Jinqiu was released from prison in October after serving eight years […] […]

Another mysterious explosion in Iran this week, the third in a month, has stirred speculation that a mysterious hand was once again striking at Iran’s nuclear programme. The blast on Sunday occurred at a steel […] […]

French police have neutralised a letter bomb sent to the Greek embassy in Paris from Italy in what appeared to be the latest in a string of explosive parcel attacks, officials said. The Greek foreign […] […]

New Canadians will have to remove any face coverings, such as the Islamic niqab or burqa, while they take the oath of citizenship, the country’s immigration minister has said. Jason Kenney said he’s received complaints […] […]

A BELGIAN court has sentenced four members of a Pakistani family to prison for the murder of their law student daughter and sister in the country’s first “honour killing” trial. After pronouncing the family members […] […]

A school bus taking primary students home slipped off a country road and into an irrigation ditch in eastern China, killing 15 children and highlighting continuing safety problems in the country’s school transport system following […] […]