Sarkozy offers Gaddafi 'options'

Sarkozy offers Gaddafi 'options'


Sarkozy offers Gaddafi 'options'

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:50 PM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy tells journalists at the G8 summit in France that "all options are open" if Libya's leader steps down quickly.


Syrian forces fire on Deraa protesters: witnesses

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:50 PM PDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian security forces fired live rounds on Thursday at hundreds of protesters marching in a night demonstration in the southern city of Deraa to demand the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, two witnesses said.


Iraqi cleric threatens US troops

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:45 PM PDT

Iraqi cleric and militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr warns that his followers will take up arms against US troops unless they leave the country by the end of the year.


Kolo Toure banned for six months

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:45 PM PDT

Manchester City defender Kolo Toure is banned for six months after failing a drugs test.


Skin cells 'turned into neurons'

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:25 PM PDT

A Californian team claim they have succeeded in converting human skin cells directly into functioning brain cells.


At War: A Marine's Mom Writes

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:18 AM PDT

I'm counting the days until I can wrap my arms around my son and hear him say, "I love you, Mama."


Evidence of Water Beneath Moon’s Stony Face

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:42 AM PDT

Scientists analyzing bits of hardened lava from long-ago lunar eruptions found about as much water as in similar magmas on Earth.


Nadal overcomes stubborn Andujar

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:20 PM PDT

World number one Rafael Nadal is forced to dig deep to see off the challenge of compatriot Pablo Andujar in the French Open second round.


Court backs Arizona immigrant law

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:48 AM PDT

The US Supreme Court has upheld a law in Arizona's that imposes penalties on businesses that hire illegal immigrants.


VIDEO: Mladic: 'No sense of the rules of warfare'

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:26 AM PDT

The BBC's John Simpson profiles the life and reputation of Ratko Mladic.


South Sudan leader against war over Abyei

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:35 AM PDT

Salva Kiir calls on Khartoum to withdraw its troops from the oil-rich region to avoid further violence.


Live - Diamond League athletics

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:28 AM PDT

Usain Bolt is the main draw as Rome hosts the third Diamond League meeting of the season.


Tory MP declares NHS 'red lines'

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:40 AM PDT

The BBC learns that Conservative MPs are organising to oppose changes that Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg wants to make to the government's NHS overhaul.


Syrian opposition in exile plans to meet in Turkey

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:06 PM PDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - Exiled Syrian opposition activists will meet in Turkey next week to support the uprising in their homeland and help coordinate the campaign to end almost five decades of Baathist rule, organizers said on Thursday.


U.S. Has Held Meetings With Aide to Taliban Leader, Officials Say

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:33 AM PDT

U.S. officials have met with an aide to Mullah Mohammad Omar at least three times in recent months in the first direct exploratory peace talks, officials in the region said.


Deadly street battles sweep Yemeni capital

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:55 AM PDT

More than 40 killed and hundreds flee as fighters loyal to rival tribal leader clash with forces of President Saleh.


U.S. Has Held Meetings With Aide to Taliban Leader, Officials Say

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:33 AM PDT

U.S. officials have met with an aide to Mullah Mohammad Omar at least three times in recent months in the first direct exploratory peace talks, officials in the region said.


Bloomberg States Case, Emphatically and Personally, for Same-Sex Marriage

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:08 AM PDT

In a speech at Cooper Union, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg frames the issue as a promotion of freedom and tolerance, and a question of civil law and not faith.


Captured Mladic in Serbian court

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:32 PM PDT

Ratko Mladic faces a Belgrade court within hours of his arrest as Serbia seeks to send the former Bosnian Serb army chief to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague.


Teacher attack Muslims are jailed

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:32 AM PDT

Four Muslim men who assaulted a religious education teacher because they did not approve of him teaching Muslim girls, are jailed.


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