Memo says US can use drones on citizens

Memo says US can use drones on citizens
Polish dismay over CIA ‘torture’ papers
China aims weapons at Japanese warship
Iran forced to weigh nuclear compromise
Hollande demands action on euro strength
Rajoy scandal threatens political rupture
Mali seeks new leader to combat old guard
No apology for Magdalene laundry inmates
Beijing vows to raise minimum wages
US cities embrace immigrant population

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 08:28 AM PST

A leaked 2011 memo lays out the legal basis upon which the government can killed Americans without contravening the ban on assassinations

Polish dismay over CIA ‘torture’ papers

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 08:43 AM PST

European Court of Human Rights to declassify documents on to an alleged CIA secret prison in Poland where some detainees may have been tortured

China aims weapons at Japanese warship

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 04:21 AM PST

Tensions over the Senkaku Islands intensify as the Chinese navy frigate is accused of locking a fire-control radar on to a Japanese destroyer on January 30

Iran forced to weigh nuclear compromise

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:04 AM PST

Diplomats claim economic pressure could leave the supreme leader with no choice but to end the crisis in a pattern similar to the ceasefire in the Iraq-Iran war

Hollande demands action on euro strength

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:34 AM PST

President insisted he was not calling for the ECB to set an exchange rate target, but that reform of international monetary system was 'indispensable'

Rajoy scandal threatens political rupture

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:40 AM PST

Allegations about illegal payments are only the latest in a series of party financing scandals since democracy was restored in 1977

Mali seeks new leader to combat old guard

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:47 AM PST

Mali is looking for a new leader to reunite the nation, prevent Islamists returning once French troops go home and oversee spending to get the country back on its feet

No apology for Magdalene laundry inmates

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:50 AM PST

A report has revealed the Irish state played a role in funding and regulating the institutions, described by survivors as prisons and workhouses

Beijing vows to raise minimum wages

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:17 AM PST

Move is part of push to tackle growing inequality – the chasm between China's rich and poor is seen by analysts as a significant threat to political stability

US cities embrace immigrant population

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 06:40 AM PST

Barack Obama has outlined reform for a pathway to citizenship for America's 11m illegal immigrants but the push faces a rocky ride through Congress