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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Algeria in bloody raid to free hostages

Algeria in bloody raid to free hostages


Algeria in bloody raid to free hostages

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:29 AM PST

Officials defend bloody show of force at In Amenas plant after reports that dozens of hostages had been killed alongside kidnappers

Algiers response thwarts jihadists’ move

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:57 AM PST

Large-scale kidnapping, likely to have been planned by jihadists over many months, and its timing forced army to use tactics deployed in civil war

Mali soldiers battle Islamist militants

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:48 AM PST

Fighting is reported in the town of Konna, French aircraft have struck Diabaly and Malian troops have been sent to Banamba, 90 miles from the capital

DeMint urges face-off over debt ceiling

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:27 AM PST

Jim DeMint, ex-senator and next head of the Heritage Foundation, urges Republicans to hold their nerve in budget confrontation with White House

EU à la carte not on menu, Paris tells UK

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:23 AM PST

Senior French figures have expressed annoyance over David Cameron's call to renegotiate the terms of Britain's EU membership

China’s smog emerges from invisible cloak

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 04:50 AM PST

Politicians can no longer ignore the scale of the air pollution problem as increasing data and social media are fuelling public demands for a clean-up

PKK funerals show support for peace talks

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 12:44 PM PST

Ceremony showed the depth of sympathy in the Kurdish heartland for the murdered women – Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Saylemez – and the support for fledgling peace talks between the PKK and Mr Erdogan's government

Pakistan reaches deal with rebel cleric

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:10 AM PST

Government tries to defuse crisis, with PM Ashraf and Tahirul Qadri signing a five-point declaration on election procedures and ref­orm of electoral practices

No Nato plans for full exit - top officer

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:36 AM PST

A senior officer in the alliance denies a 'zero option' is being prepared despite a US security adviser's claim that it is being considered by the White House

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