Algeria warns hostage toll will rise

Algeria warns hostage toll will rise
West faces ‘decades’ of conflict in N Africa
Crisis threatens Algeria’s future growth
Africans seek aid to tackle Mali rebels
Merkel coalition takes wafer-thin majority in poll
Japan seeks joint pact to boost economy
Obama sworn in for second term
Colombian rebels kidnap five mine workers
Beijing tries to clean up its act
Monti vows ‘radical reform’ if elected

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:55 AM PST

Western officials refrain from criticising Algeria over its decision to intervene to end the four-day hostage crisis at its remote In Amenas gas facility

West faces ‘decades’ of conflict in N Africa

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:09 PM PST

Cameron compares situation with that in Afghanistan, saying: 'What we face is an extremist, Islamist, violent al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group'

Crisis threatens Algeria’s future growth

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 09:17 AM PST

The hostage crisis at the southern In Amenas gasfield jeopardises the international reputation of the country as being a safe place to do business

Africans seek aid to tackle Mali rebels

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 08:24 AM PST

France has joined calls for urgent international financial and logistical help to ensure that a large regional force can fight Islamist insurgents

Merkel coalition takes wafer-thin majority in poll

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 10:47 AM PST

Result from state election in Lower Saxony should give a boost to the German chancellor's campaign for re-election in Berlin, with FDP partners picking up support

Japan seeks joint pact to boost economy

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 11:58 PM PST

The BoJ and Shinzo Abe's new government is expected to agree a policy pact to overcome the deflation that has dogged Japan for the past two decades

Obama sworn in for second term

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:23 AM PST

There is less fanfare this time as the 44th president of the US faces partisan battles over debt, gun control and immigration and a stalled approval rating

Colombian rebels kidnap five mine workers

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 07:45 AM PST

A Canadian, two Peruvians and two Colombians were abducted by the ELN, the country's second guerrilla group, while doing exploratory work

Beijing tries to clean up its act

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 07:36 AM PST

City government has published a draft of new rules online, asking for public feedback – an unusual step that illustrates how carefully it is treading around the issue.

Monti vows ‘radical reform’ if elected

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 10:55 AM PST

At his first campaign rally, the technocrat prime minister has pledged a cut in the number of Italian MPs and changes to slash government costs