Fears raised over Syria uranium stockpile

Fears raised over Syria uranium stockpile
Giffords launches gun control campaign
Social protest leaders seek Israeli ballot success
Abe prepares fresh stimulus measures
President Hollande mired in policy paradox
Qatar extends $2.5bn lifeline to Egypt
EU jobless total hits fresh record high
Chinese miners flock to Ghana gold boom
Australia warns of ‘catastrophic’ fires
Gunfire as Mali militants move south

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 09:50 AM PST

Iran, which is closely allied to Bashar al-Assad's regime and wants fissile for its nuclear programme, might be trying to seize such stocks, say officials

Giffords launches gun control campaign

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 08:44 AM PST

Gabrielle Giffords, the former US congresswoman who was injured in a 2011 shooting, is encouraging politicians of both parties to find ways to prevent gun violence

Social protest leaders seek Israeli ballot success

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 09:21 AM PST

Labour's campaign is focused on economic issues, including high living costs and some of the worst indicators on inequality in the west

Abe prepares fresh stimulus measures

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 05:12 AM PST

The Japanese prime minister is set to unveil a stimulus package to boost the country's deflation-prone economy but some fear it could add to its debt burden

President Hollande mired in policy paradox

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 10:29 AM PST

President Hollande must reconcile the sharp increase in the tax regime with the government's parallel insistence that it is building a 'new French model'

Qatar extends $2.5bn lifeline to Egypt

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 10:37 AM PST

The move by Qatar to help President Morsi is another attempt by the gas-rich Gulf state to use its cash to cement ties with new Islamist leaderships

EU jobless total hits fresh record high

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 08:17 AM PST

Unemployment across the 27 member countries of the EU rises to a record 11.8 per cent, while the eurozone rate also hit a fresh record of 11.8 per cent

Chinese miners flock to Ghana gold boom

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 04:23 AM PST

The shooting of a Chinese miner last year highlights the mounting social and environmental problems arising from an influx of workers to small-scale pits

Australia warns of ‘catastrophic’ fires

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 10:19 AM PST

Firefighters in New South Wales were scrambling to put out scores of wildfires on Tuesday night while Tasmania has been counting the cost of the blazes

Gunfire as Mali militants move south

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 08:39 AM PST

Troops fire warning shots at Islamists, who control the country's north and are reported to have advanced closer to government controlled territory