Fate of hostages unclear after assault

Fate of hostages unclear after assault
Attack dismantles comfort of protected lives
Mali joins list of US ‘terror’ boomerangs
Chinese labour pool begins to drain
Defiant Netanyahu set to confound critics
Armstrong’s past haunts cycling’s future
Spain on collision course with Cern
Ned Kelly given final farewell
IMF Greece could need €10bn more
Former Ivorian militia leader held in Ghana

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 10:38 AM PST

Condemnation of government response mounts as at least 650 hostages freed but no official word on how many hostages had died

Attack dismantles comfort of protected lives

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 11:05 AM PST

Raid on the In Amenas gas plant will raise questions about the safety of economically crucial but high-risk hydrocarbon facilities throughout the region

Mali joins list of US ‘terror’ boomerangs

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 11:00 AM PST

Washington's military policy in Africa post 9/11 has been contentious and now US-trained officers are potentially using knowhow against French forces

Chinese labour pool begins to drain

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 11:42 AM PST

China's working age population has shrunk for the first time in recent history, marking the beginning of a trend that will accelerate over two decades

Defiant Netanyahu set to confound critics

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 09:43 AM PST

Israelis are expected to re-elect a prime minister who isolated his country internationally but personifies the national mood of pessimism

Armstrong’s past haunts cycling’s future

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 10:40 AM PST

Cyclist's confession, which threw a light on the sport's dark and troubled hinterland, might even strengthen the campaign against doping

Spain on collision course with Cern

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 09:10 AM PST

Madrid has built up the only large debt of the institute's 20 member countries, famous for developing the Large Hadron Collider

Ned Kelly given final farewell

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 06:04 AM PST

More than 300 people attend a memorial service for Australia's infamous outlaw ahead of his burial – 100 years after he was hanged for murder

IMF Greece could need €10bn more

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 12:11 PM PST

Fund praises a raft of Athens austerity and reform legislation, but warned that the biggest risk to the plan's success remained the country's political stability

Former Ivorian militia leader held in Ghana

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 12:43 PM PST

An ally of Laurent Gbagbo, the ex-president and war crimes defendant, is accused of crimes including incitement to hatred, torture and kidnapping