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Last updated: Saturday, June 02 2012 04:30 PM

GlobalNews: 02 Jun 12 Former President Hosni Mubarak sentenced

Saturday, June 02 2012 02:07 PM

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak convicted and sentenced to life in prison / Anger in court as six police chiefs are acquitted, and Mr Mubarak and his sons are cleared of corruption / The international envoy Kofi Annan warns that Syria is...

GlobalNews: 01 Jun 12 PM New massacre reported in Syria

Friday, June 01 2012 03:55 PM

BP wants to sell its share in leading Russian company / Economic crisis drives young Spaniards overseas / Why it's good to cry at work / Decoding the genome of the tomato / Why some in UK are not celebrating Queen's Jubilee....

GlobalNews: 01 Jun 12 AM Breakthrough in treating spinal injuries

Friday, June 01 2012 03:33 AM

Reports of a Russian cargo ship delivering weapons to the Syrian government / A new breakthrough in treating spinal injuries / John Edwards - former contender for the White House - acquitted on a corruption charge...

GlobalNews: 31 May 12 PM Israel returns Palestinian bodies

Thursday, May 31 2012 04:05 PM

Is civil war imminent in Syria ? / China's crackdown in Tibet / Hardship in Sudan following South's breakaway / Could lung-transplants be easier after new discovery ? / The pros and cons of wind-farms....

GlobalNews: 31 May 12 AM Ultimatum from the Free Syrian Army

Thursday, May 31 2012 03:13 AM

An ultimatum from the Syrian rebels / A grim package in the mail for Canada's governing party / The environmental impacts of mining the deep ocean floor / Using satellite technology to get vaccines to those who need them...

GlobalNews: 30 May 12 PM 50 years in jail for Charles Taylor

Wednesday, May 30 2012 04:01 PM

Julian Assange loses appeal against extradition / Why some Indians want boycott of Olympics / Tymoshenko's daughter says Euro 2012 should go ahead / Does Western media create body-image obsession among children ? / Sexism and misogyny in the gaming...

GlobalNews: 30 May AM Romney seals Republican presidential nomination

Wednesday, May 30 2012 03:01 AM

Mitt Romney becomes the Republican Party's US presidential election challenger of choice against Barack Obama/ Liberia's Charles Taylor due to be sentenced at the Hague/ Chagas disease: the spread of the 'silent killer'/ Revelations of airliner near...

GlobalNews: 29 May 12 PM Syrian diplomats expelled

Tuesday, May 29 2012 03:50 PM

New protests in Egypt / Rise in overseas adoptions of African children / Brutality of Mexican drugs-gangs / Scandal within the Vatican / Is China losing its urban heritage ? / Growing vegetables in Manhattan....

GlobalNews: 29 May AM Syrian Houla massacre: fresh details emerge

Tuesday, May 29 2012 03:26 AM

Increasing number of eye-witness accounts over the murder of more than 100 people in Houla/ Egyptian presidential candidate's HQ attacked/ Ethiopia hosting renewed Sudan - South Sudan talks/ Michelle Obama urges eating home-grown vegetables in US...

GlobalNews: 28 May 12 PM Kofi Annan flies to Syria

Monday, May 28 2012 03:59 PM

Tony Blair appears at UK media inquiry / Is China still the "factory of the world" ? / How Greeks respond to economic crisis / Rapper makes documentary about UK's young homeless....

GlobalNews: 28 May AM UN Security Council condemns Syria attack

Monday, May 28 2012 02:37 AM

The UN condemns the use of heavy weapons by Syrian forces during a massacre in which more than 100 people were killed/ Sri Lanka: senior official says north 'no longer Tamil'/ Leveson: former British PM Tony Blair faces inquiry/ How to get ahead in...

Global News: 27 May 12 Afghanistan deaths

Sunday, May 27 2012 03:47 PM

Nato airstrike, rebels united in Mali and reaction to Syria massacre...

GlobalNews: 26 May 12 UN observers in Houla

Saturday, May 26 2012 03:14 PM

UN observers visit Syrian "massacre" site / Bankia explains bailout request / Azerbaijan to host Eurovision final...

GlobalNews: 25 May 12 PM Super telescope

Friday, May 25 2012 04:28 PM

Super telescope for South Africa, Australia and New Zealand / Shares in Spain's troubled Bankia suspended / Scottish independence supporters launch referendum campaign....

GlobalNews: 25 May 12 AM: US Cuts Aid To Pakistan

Friday, May 25 2012 03:29 AM

US Pakistan Relations/ Al-Qaeda and Syria/ Chief Alien-Hunter Retires...

GlobalNews: 24 May 12 PM European business activity low

Thursday, May 24 2012 02:29 PM

European business activity falling fast / Zuma asks court to have portrait removed / Australian mining magnate declared the richest woman in the world....

GlobalNews: 24 May 12 AM: New ICC Chief "Blackmail" Claim

Thursday, May 24 2012 02:36 AM

ICC Blackmail Claim/ The Return of Polio/ New Species/ The Dons of Corleone...

GlobalNews: 23 May 12 PM Pakistani doctor found guilty of treason

Wednesday, May 23 2012 02:42 PM

Pakistani doctor guilty of treason for helping CIA / Egyptians vote in historic presidential election / Beijing toilets....

GlobalNews: 23 May 12 AM Egypt votes

Wednesday, May 23 2012 02:33 AM

Egyptians go to the polls / Yemen on the brink of a catastrophic food crisis / Talks on a new government for Somalia / Former Greek Prime Minister on leaving the Euro / Skydiving without a parachute...

GlobalNews: 22 May 12 PM Jail sentences for Egyptian policemen

Tuesday, May 22 2012 03:01 PM

Five Egyptian policemen given jail sentences / OECD warns of debt vicious cycle / Robofish....

GlobalNews: 22 May 12 AM Mali interim president attacked

Tuesday, May 22 2012 03:03 AM

NATO endorses timeable for Afghanistan withdrawal / A violent attack on Mali's interim president / Report says husbands are more dangerous than guns in parts of West Africa / Political debate on the streets of Cairo ahead of Egypt's presidential...

GlobalNews: 21 May 12 PM Yemen attack

Monday, May 21 2012 03:30 PM

Scores killed in Yemen suicide bomb / Lockerbie bomber buried / Chess in India....

GlobalNews: 21 May 12 AM Obama and Karzai at NATO conference

Monday, May 21 2012 02:50 AM

NATO leaders lay out the path towards their withdrawal in 2014 / Libya gets ready to bury the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing / A look back at the life of Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees...

GlobalNews: 20 May 2012 Lockerbie Bomber Dies

Sunday, May 20 2012 03:08 PM

Lockerbie Bomber, Al-Megrahi dies; Italy quake; NATO discusses Afghanistan pull-out....

GlobalNews: 19 MAY 12 Aborted space launch

Saturday, May 19 2012 02:43 PM

Aborted US space lauch to the International Space Station / Bomb blast in Syria / Call to Prayer / Top Hat....

GlobalNews: 18 May 12 PM The trading of Facebook shares

Friday, May 18 2012 04:38 PM

Facebook fanfare on stock market debut / European stock markets hit slump / Legendary Arab singer, Warda, dies....

GlobalNews: 18 May 12 AM Facebook sets share price in $100bn flotation

Friday, May 18 2012 02:02 AM

Social networking company set to release some 420 million shares priced at $38 each/ President Obama holds African food security talks/ The right protocol for a Diamond Jubilee lunch/ Tributes paid to disco icon Donna Summer...

GlobalNews: 17 May 12 PM Mladic trial suspended

Thursday, May 17 2012 04:05 PM

Cameron's warning about Eurozone / Spain auctions off bonds / Greeks' anxiety over economy / Denmark's push for renewable energy / Is Harry Potter great literature ? / Internet stardom for London's singing fish-seller....

GlobalNews: 17 May 12 AM Greece: Merkel 'playing poker with lives'

Thursday, May 17 2012 03:15 AM

Greek leftist leader George Tsipras accuses the EU and Germany of 'playing poker with people's lives'/ ICC: Congo warlord Bosco Ntaganda 'will be caught'/ Robotic arm controlled by thought/ Cuba's art extravaganza...

GlobalNews: 16 May PM The trial of Ratko Mladic

Wednesday, May 16 2012 04:25 PM

Mladic trial opens in the Hague / Witnesses coerced, says Liberia's Charles Taylor / The pliosaur who suffered painful arthritis....

GlobalNews: 16 May 12 AM Mladic Trial Begins

Wednesday, May 16 2012 03:06 AM

Mladic to face charges of genocide/ Truth Commission in Brazil/ New drug in Russia/ Carlos Fuentes...

GlobalNews: 15 May 12 PM Greek parties fail to form coalition

Tuesday, May 15 2012 03:52 PM

Hollande sworn-in as French president / Charges against former Murdoch aide / Palestinians mark anniversary of "The Catastrophe" / How one native American tribe is tackling alcoholism / How a 9 year-old boy became a sensation - with cardboard....

GlobalNews: 15 May 12 AM Greek currency crisis

Tuesday, May 15 2012 05:00 AM

What if Greece quit the Eurozone? / Conflict minerals / Gamers celebrate Diablo's return...

GlobalNews: 14 May 12 PM Did NATO kill Libyan civilians ?

Monday, May 14 2012 04:08 PM

Fresh fighting in Syrian city of al-Rastan / How Greeks respond to political stalemate / Reality TV show angers America's Iranian community / The world's longest taxi-journey....

GlobalNews: 14 May 12 AM Massacre in Monterrey

Monday, May 14 2012 05:00 AM

Narco-gang massacre in Mexico / Nato under fire for civilian deaths / Historic victory for Manchester City football club...

GlobalNews: 13 May 12 PM

Sunday, May 13 2012 03:21 PM

Afghan advisor killed / Uganda LRA man caught / Austrian cat cafe...

GlobalNews: 12 May 12 PM

Saturday, May 12 2012 01:24 PM

New Greek vote likely / Indonesia plane recovery / Berlin train...

GlobalNews: 11 May 12 PM Contraction of Eurozone economy predicted

Friday, May 11 2012 02:51 PM

Spain bolsters banks as eurozone contracts / Breivik trial disrupted by relative / London 2012's Olympic tower....

GlobalNews: 11 May 12 AM JP Morgan lost billions

Friday, May 11 2012 03:35 AM

JP Morgan lost billions//Algeria elections//Pills to prevent HIV infections//Clooney raises fund for Obama//World Chess Championship returns to Moscow...

GlobalNews: 10 May 12 PM Suicide car bombs in Damascus.

Thursday, May 10 2012 03:57 PM

Many killed in bombs in Syria / German chancellor says 'No change of course' / London Olympic flame lit....

GlobalNews 10 May 12 AM: Obama supports gay marriage

Thursday, May 10 2012 03:04 AM

Obama supports gay marriage//Alegria elections//Sukhoi Superjet missing over Indonesia//Fragile ceasefire in Homs//Universal flu vaccine//Vidal Sassoon has died...

GlobalNews: 09 May 12 PM Roadside bomb explodes near UN monitors in Syria

Wednesday, May 09 2012 04:15 PM

Bomb explodes near UN mission chief in Syria / Breivik killing survivors tell their story / Punch and Judy....

GlobalNews: 09 May 12 AM Al-Qaeda bomber 'was double agent'

Wednesday, May 09 2012 02:17 AM

US officials say would-be bomber 'was working for CIA and Saudi intelligence'/ Kofi Annan warns Syria peace plan 'last chance' to avoid civil war/ US state votes on gay marriage ban/ Snakes alive! How Guam is battling a serpent infestation...

GlobalNews: 08 May 12 PM Libya Prime Minister's headquarters attacked

Tuesday, May 08 2012 03:11 PM

US 'foils underwear-bomb airline plot' / Headquarters of Libya PM attacked / Driverless cars....

GlobalNews: 08 May 12 AM US 'foils underwear bomb plot'

Tuesday, May 08 2012 02:59 AM

US officials say airline bomb plot conceived by al-Qaeda in Yemen, device now in FBI possession/ Greek coalition woes following election/ Nigeria's other Islamist group/ The BBC stages the 'World's Biggest School Assembly'...

GlobalNews: 07 May 2012 PM Markets react to French and Greek elections

Monday, May 07 2012 03:08 PM

Mr Hollande takes charge / Are wealthy French people leaving France? / Vladimir Putin is sworn in as President of Russia / Curry ingredient may hold the secret to bowel cancer treatment....

GlobalNews: 07 MAY 12 AM

Monday, May 07 2012 05:03 AM

A new president for France/ Greek voters turn on the establishment/ South Korea's eco-border...

GlobalNews: 06 May 12: Europe Votes

Sunday, May 06 2012 02:57 PM

France's presidential poll / World's oldest graduate / A magic cockerel for Putin?...

GlobalNews: 9/11 Trial Begins

Saturday, May 05 2012 02:00 PM

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial / Japan's nuclear shutdown / French political satire....

GlobalNews: 4 May 12 PM China says Chen can leave

Friday, May 04 2012 04:21 PM

New protests in Cairo / UK government suffers setback in local elections / Indian women campaign against sexual harassment / Plight of Nuba refugees in Sudan / Was Hitler mad ? / Why Afghan children are looking to the stars....

GlobalNews: 4 May 12 AM Chinese activist's plea

Friday, May 04 2012 03:00 AM

Chinese activist's plea / Microchip eye implants / Japan's last nuclear reactor...