VIDEO: Dubai hoping to attract budget tourists

VIDEO: Dubai hoping to attract budget tourists

VIDEO: Dubai hoping to attract budget tourists

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 11:13 PM PST

As the financial crisis hits Fiona Foster looks at how Dubai is trying to attract a different type of tourist.


Death Toll Surges in Libya

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:50 PM PST

Violent clashes between protesters and security forces snowballed in cities throughout eastern Libya, as the country's leader Moammar Gadhafi struggled to crush an uprising aimed at ending his 42-year rule.


Witnesses describe violence, chaos in Libyan cities

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:20 PM PST

While state TV bounced between scenes of serene concert footage and orderly rallies in support of leader Moammar Gadhafi, eyewitnesses describe a far different, far more chaotic Libya -- one with arms-toting mercenaries, demonstrators ramming stolen tanks into a military base and masked men firing guns and blasting pro-government tunes from their sport untility vehicles.

Suicide car bomb in Somalia kills 10: police

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 11:02 PM PST

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed at least 10 people near a police training camp in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, and the number of dead was likely to rise, police said.

Ministry: Libyan rioters storm S. Korean construction site

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:50 PM PST

Hundreds of Libyans stormed a South Korean-operated construction site near the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday, wounding 17 and causing a stand-off between police and rioters, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said.

First Pakistan drone attack in weeks kills seven (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:37 PM PST

Reuters - A U.S. drone strike killed at least seven people on Monday in a tribal region along Pakistan's western border, Pakistani officials said, the first such attack in a month as a diplomatic feud strains U.S.-Pakistani ties.


Death sentence upheld for gunman in Mumbai attacks (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:50 PM PST

AP - An Indian appeals court Monday confirmed the conviction and death sentence for only surviving gunman from the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, which killed 166 people and derailed peace talks with neighboring Pakistan.


First Pakistan drone attack in weeks kills seven

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:37 PM PST

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed at least seven people on Monday in a tribal region along Pakistan's western border, Pakistani officials said, the first such attack in a month as a diplomatic feud strains U.S.-Pakistani ties.

Iceland set for Icesave referendum

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:29 PM PST

President announces referendum on new plan to repay UK and Netherlands for debts incurred after Icesave bank's collapse.


Suicide car bomb near Mogadishu police camp in Somalia (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:15 PM PST

Reuters - A suicide car bomb exploded near a police training camp in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, but the number of casualties was not immediately clear, police said.


Kadhafi's son says Libya faces bloody civil war (AFP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:00 PM PST

An image grab taken off Libya's state television station shows a televised address by Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's son, Saif Al-Islam. Saif al-Islam said Monday that Libya was on the verge of civil war and branded the unprecedented protests against his father's rule a foreign plot.(AFP/LIBYAN TV)AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's son warned Monday that the country faces a bloody civil war if protesters refuse to accept reform offers, in a speech broadcast as gunfire rang out in the capital.

SKorea probes break-in of Indonesian envoy's room (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:29 PM PST

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, second from right, shakes hands with chief Indonesian delegate Hatta Rajasa at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean police said Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, they are investigating who broke into a hotel room occupied by visiting Indonesian officials amid speculation they were South Korean government spies seeking to steal confidential documents for a defense contract.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Chun Soo-young) KOREA OUTAP - Police are investigating who broke into an Indonesian official's hotel room in Seoul amid media reports that South Korean spies tried to steal confidential documents about a possible arms deal.

Crocodile kills boy in Outback community (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:27 PM PST

AP - A crocodile attacked and killed a 14-year-old boy who was swimming in a creek in an Outback Aboriginal community, police said Monday.


Suicide car bomb near Mogadishu police camp in Somalia

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:15 PM PST

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb exploded near a police training camp in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, but the number of casualties was not immediately clear, police said.

China calls for unrest to be defused after "Jasmine" revolt

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 09:43 PM PST

BEIJING, Feb 21 (Reuters) - China's domestic security chief said the government must find new ways to defuse unrest in a fast-changing society, underscoring Beijing's anxiety about control even after police squashed weekend calls for gatherings inspired by Middle East uprisings.

Unrest spreads to Libyan capital as Arab protests simmer (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:42 PM PST

Reuters - Violent unrest against Libya's Muammar Gaddafi spread to the capital Tripoli on Sunday and his son vowed to fight until the "last man standing" after scores of protesters were killed in the east of the country.


China calls for unrest to be defused after "Jasmine" revolt (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 09:43 PM PST

Reuters - China's domestic security chief said the government must find new ways to defuse unrest in a fast-changing society, underscoring Beijing's anxiety about control even after police squashed weekend calls for gatherings inspired by Middle East uprisings.


Libya: Gaddafi's Son Issues Crackdown Warning in TV Speech (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:40 PM PST

Time.com - In a rambling speech, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's son -- and a darling of the West -- says his family is Libya's only way out of catastrophe


Wenger stumped by Orient hero Tehoue (AFP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 09:47 PM PST

Arsenal's Sebastien Squillaci (left) gestures after Leyton Orient players confront the referee Kevin Friend over a possible handball in the penalty box during their FA Cup 5th round match at The Matchroom Stadium, Brisbane Road in London, on February 20. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admitted he had never heard of the player whose late equaliser earned Leyton Orient of League One (third division) a 1-1 draw in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Death sentence confirmed for Mumbai attacker (AFP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 09:43 PM PST

<p/>AFP - Two Indian judges on Monday rejected the appeal of the sole surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks against his conviction and death sentence, television reports said.
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