All The Stuff What Happens

WORLD

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/ian-birrell-bob-geldofs-obsession-with-aid-hurt-africa-but-now-trade-is-healing-the-scars-7792579.html - Ian Birrell: Bob Geldof’s obsession with aid hurt Africa. But now trade is healing the scars

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/27/kidney-trade-illegal-operations-who - Illegal kidney trade booms as new organ is ‘sold every hour’

SYRIA

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/un-condemns-syria-after-massacre-of-civilians-7792685.html - UN condemns Syria after massacre of civilians

http://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2012/05/bloodshed-syria?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/houlashorror - Houla’s horror

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-the-west-is-horrified-by-childrens-slaughter-now-soon-well-forget-7794149.html - Robert Fisk: The West is horrified by children’s slaughter now. Soon we’ll forget

http://storyful.com/stories/30678 - Syrian filmmaker Bassel Shehadeh killed in Homs shelling

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/20125310523975167.html - Pessimism at UN as Syria crisis worsens

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/05/29/uk-syria-crisis-idUKBRE84S0P320120529  - Western powers expelled Syria’s envoys on Tuesday in outrage at a massacre of 108 people.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/06/201261164830925840.html - UN orders investigation into Houla massacre

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=272276&R=R3 - US condemns reported Russian arms ship to Syria

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Jun-01/175375-12-syria-workers-killed-in-new-massacre-activists.ashx#axzz1wWc0hX00 - Divided world leaders agree Syria on brink of civil war

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2116135-1,00.html - The Case Against Intervention in Syria

BAHRAIN

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012527143426694817.html - Bahraini activists convicted over ‘Iran plot’

TIBET

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/28/monks-tibet-set-on-fire - Two monks in Tibet set themselves on fire, says report

PALESTINE

http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-companies-win-un-bids-to-reconstruct-gaza-angering-palestinians/ - Israeli companies win UN bids to reconstruct Gaza, angering Palestinians

ISRAEL

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-hints-it-may-be-behind-flame-supervirus-targeting-iran-7800935.html - Israel hints it may be behind ‘Flame’ super-virus targeting Iran

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012529222833219432.html - UN to issue warning on Flame computer virus

EGYPT

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201252710381172852.html - Former Mubarak aide jailed for corruption

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012528222430249653.html - Egypt protesters storm Shafiq’s Cairo office

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/28/egypt-presidential-election-morsi-shafiq - Egypt confirms Mohammed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq in election runoff

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18268142 - Egypt: Hosni Mubarak’s sons face new corruption trial

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012531134021732460.html - Egypt’s infamous emergency law expires

SOMALIA

http://www.voanews.com/content/somalia_president_ambush/1120660.html - Somalia President Survives Attack

RWANDA

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/africa/2012/05/201253115477360769.html - Rwanda ‘training rebels to fight Congo army’

GEORGIA

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/billionaire-brings-georgians-out-against-the-president-7792718.html - Billionaire brings Georgians out against the President

NORTH KOREA

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia-pacific/2012/05/2012530184134744750.html - North Korea admits hit by severe drought

MOROCCO

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/20125282530957495.html - Mass anti-government protest in Morocco

PHILIPPINE

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/05/201252992220148225.html - Philippine senate convicts top judge

MEXICO

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/2012531185349897344.html - Mexico gears up for tight election

SOUTH AFRICA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/29/terreblanche-verdict-south-africa - Terre’Blanche verdict: what does it mean for South Africa?

TIMOR-LESTE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/may/31/timor-leste-celebrate-10th-birthday - Timor-Leste has much to celebrate on its 10th birthday

ITALY

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-deal-to-arm-italys-drones-opens-new-front-in-arms-trade-7800844.html - US deal to arm Italy’s drones opens new front in arms trade

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/29/north-italy-earthquake-deaths - Earthquake

UK POLICING AND JUSTICE

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-misused-powers-during-royal-wedding-protesters-claim-7792774.html - Police misused powers during royal wedding, protesters claim

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-kampfner-we-shouldnt-let-the-spooks-get-away-with-this-7800886.html - John Kampfner: We shouldn’t let the spooks get away with this

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/29/julian-assange-extradition-supreme-court - Julian Assange to find out extradition fate on Wednesday

http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2012/05/30/geek-news-possible-extradition-of-the-day/ - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to Sweden has been approved by Britain’s Supreme Court

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/special-report-tamil-asylumseekers-to-be-forcibly-deported-7804982.html - Special report: Tamil asylum-seekers to be forcibly deported

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tamil-asylum-seekers-due-for-deportation-given-reprieve-7808284.html - Tamil asylum seekers due for deportation given reprieve

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/31/watchdog-51-allegations-met-racism - Watchdog receives 51 allegations of Met police racism in two months

UK CUTS

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/shock-report-cuts-to-have-a-catastrophic-effect-on-child-poverty-7801016.html - Shock report: cuts to have a ‘catastrophic’ effect on child poverty

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/osbornes-got-it-wrong-on-the-economy-warns-public-7794140.html - Osborne’s got it wrong on the economy, warns public

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/28/george-osborne-u-turns-pasties-caravans - George Osborne forced into pasty tax U-turn

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/29/kensal-rise-library-stripped-books - Kensal Rise library stripped in night of books and Twain plaque

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/may/29/benefits-system-fit-for-work - ‘I could not look after myself, but the benefits system deemed me fit for work’

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/government-announces-third-budget-uturn-as-charity-tax-relief-plans-are-scrapped-7807944.html - Government announces third Budget U-turn as charity tax relief plans are scrapped

UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/28/energy-policy-up-in-smoke - Britain’s climate change policy is going up in smoke

HACKING

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/news-international-tried-to-blackmail-select-committee-7792687.html - News International ‘tried to blackmail select committee’

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/30/andy-coulson-charged-with-perjury - Andy Coulson charged with perjury

MEDICINE

http://www.economist.com/node/21555885?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/melancholyjourney - How man has dealt with mental illness

PEOPLE

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2012/05/201252914517305992.html - Vatican rebukes US nuns for ‘feminist themes’

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/29/graduated-aged-90-bertie-gladwin - I graduated aged 90 – you’re never too old to learn

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/30/everest-mountaineer-crowding-hobby-tragedy - Everest mountaineer says crowding by ‘hobby climbers’ is path to tragedy

BUSINESS

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/29/christine-lagarde-pays-no-tax - Christine Lagarde, scourge of tax evaders, pays no tax

SPACE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jun/01/final-frontier-starship-enterprise-plan?CMP=twt_fd - The final frontier? Trillion-dollar plan to build Starship Enterprise

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/may/31/spacex-dragon-spacecraft-return-journey-earth  - SpaceX Dragon capsule returns to Earth

VIDEO

http://youtu.be/qu8Y3f_-JIA - Ben Aaron NBC talks to old friends. Very old

http://youtu.be/drzq1x0mqjo - Magic meerkat moments - Planet Earth Live - BBC One

WORLD

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/22/charitable-rape-peacekeepers-dirty-little-secrets/ - Charitable rape: Peacekeepers’ dirty little secrets

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/22/islam-is-not-%E2%80%9Cthe-enemy%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%93-irrational-hatred-is/ - Islam is not “the enemy” – irrational hatred is

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2012/05/201252416836407993.html - Interactive: World nuclear club

SYRIA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201252019539939156.html - At least two killed in overnight street battles amid fears that Syrian conflict is spilling across border into Lebanon.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/20/syrian-army-shells-town-hama - Syrian army shells town in Hama region

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/21/syrian-rebels-cling-to-bullets-and-hope - Syrian rebels cling to bullets and hope

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012525133112667140.html - Syrian troops continue protest crackdowns

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/22/syrian-kidnap-lebanese-pilgrims-shia - Syrian kidnapping of Lebanese pilgrims raises fears conflict will cross border

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/michaelweiss/100159613/syrian-rebels-say-turkey-is-arming-and-training-them/ - Syrian rebels say Turkey is arming and training them

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/french-philosopher-bernardhenri-lvy-calls-for-west-to-intervene-in-syria-7788822.html - French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy calls for West to intervene in Syria

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2012/05/201251211237960579.html - Turkey funds school for Syrian refugees

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2012/05/20125134598567409.html - Syria crisis still dire despite outside help

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2012/05/201252282716685450.html - Hardships exposed at Jordan refugee centre

YEMEN

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/23/yemen-food-aid-agencies-warning - Yemen food crisis reaching ‘catastrophic proportions’

http://news.yahoo.com/massacre-somber-yemen-marks-national-day-082138879.html - After massacre, somber Yemen marks National Day

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/9280543/Al-Qaeda-kills-nearly-100-soldiers-in-Yemen-attack.html - Al-Qaeda kills nearly 100 soldiers in Yemen attack

PAKISTAN

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/flurry-of-tweets-mocks-pakistans-twitter-ban-7769704.html - Flurry of tweets mocks Pakistan’s Twitter ban

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/05/20125222034296187.html - Deaths in renewed Karachi violence

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/24/us-pakistan-aid-doctor-bin-laden - US cuts Pakistan’s aid in protest at jail for doctor who helped find Bin Laden

EGYPT

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypt-court-gives-12-christians-life-sentences-in-case-set-off-by-religious-tension/2012/05/21/gIQAfEfEgU_story.html - Egypt court gives 12 Christians life sentences in case set off by religious tension

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/22/egyptians-choose-a-leader-presidential-election - Egyptians choose a leader – and for once their votes will count

http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/05/25/free-egypt-s-first-task-rein-army - A free Egypt’s first task is to rein in the army

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/5/24/egyptian_voters_on_the_promise_and - Egyptian Voters on the Promise, and Limits, of Historic Election: Sharif Kouddous Reports from Cairo

LIBYA

http://livewire.amnesty.org/2012/05/22/%E2%80%98not-what-we-fought-for%E2%80%99-endemic-beatings-and-torture-in-the-new-libya/langswitch_lang/es/ - ‘Not what we fought for’: Endemic beatings and torture in the new Libya

DRC

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/africa/2012/05/20125181131799659.html - DR Congo troops shell rebel bases

AFGHANISTAN

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/2012520152448128385.html - NATO leaders discuss Afghan withdrawal

BAHRAIN

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/20125250115973704.html - Bahrain jails daughter of hunger striker

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/5/15/as_obama_oks_weapons_to_bahrain - As Obama OKs Weapons to Bahrain, Neurosurgeon Tortured by Regime Faces Trial for Treating Protesters

ISRAEL

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/24/tel-aviv-protest-violence-immigration - African asylum seekers injured in Tel Aviv race riots

GREECE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/20/eurozone-crisis-david-cameron-greek - Eurozone crisis: high-stakes gamble as David Cameron warns Greek voters

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/eurozone-set-to-abandon-greece—and-austerity-7782669.html - Eurozone set to abandon Greece – and austerity

SPAIN

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/05/201252461034848317.html - Spain plans $11bn rescue of troubled bank

SAUDI ARABIA

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/manal-alsharif-they-just-messed-with-the-wrong-woman-7778800.html - Manal al-Sharif: ‘They just messed with the wrong woman’

CANADA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/2012522215350248850.html - Quebec students mark 100 days of fee protests

ITALY

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/20/italy-earthquake-kills-five-history - earthquake

UK POLICING AND JUSTICE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/21/shafilea-ahmed-killing-chester-crown-court - Shafilea Ahmed ‘honour killing’ witnessed by sister, court told

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/21/bush-blair-pre-iraq-conversation - Bush and Blair’s pre-Iraq conversation must be disclosed, tribunal rules

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-mps-gagged-welfaretowork-whistleblowers-7778896.html - Tory MPs ‘gagged’ welfare-to-work whistleblowers

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/22/prisoners-right-to-vote-echr - Prisoners must be given right to vote, European court rules

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/22/metropolitan-police-anti-corruption-allegations - Metropolitan police anti-corruption unit investigated over payments

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/the-venture-capitalists-and-the-scandalhit-childrens-homes-7782676.html - The venture capitalists and the scandal-hit children’s homes

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/thousands-of-police-accused-of-corruption—just-13-convicted-7786257.html - Thousands of police accused of corruption – just 13 convicted

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/what-1000-text-messages-tell-us-about-a-special-relationship-7786262.html - What 1,000 text messages tell us about a special relationship

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/24/crimbos-we-could-be-heading-for-eastenders-gone-mad/ - Crimbos? We could be heading for EastEnders gone mad

UK CUTS

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/recession-deeper-than-feared-after-contraction-of-03-7784819.html - Recession deeper than feared after contraction of 0.3%

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/21/everything-must-go-poor-vulnerable - The austerity deniers want to get us out of this crisis by hacking at the poor and vulnerable

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/may/22/jobseekers-alcohol-drug-addiction-benefits-cut - Jobseekers who reject help for alcohol and drug addiction face benefits cut

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/may/24/families-disabled-children-loans-basics - A third of parents of disabled children took out loans to buy basics last year

UK

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/born-poor-stay-poor-the-scandal-of-social-immobility-7771336.html - Born poor, stay poor: the scandal of social immobility

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/21/nuclear-reactor-reprieve-energy-plans-doubt - Nuclear reactor reprieve puts UK energy plans in doubt

http://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/supermarkets-accused-of-ripping-off-shoppers-with-misleading-offers-7782515.html - Supermarkets accused of ripping off shoppers with ‘misleading’ offers

US

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/20/chicago-nato-g8-summit-inequality - Nato talks security and peace, Chicago has neither

http://shortformblog.com/post/23301507062/bradley-manning-ad - An ad sponsoring Bradley Manning’s fight for freedom.

http://gizmodo.com/5912636/the-huge-difference-between-food-in-the-1950s-and-today - The Huge Difference Between Food in the 1950’s and Today

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/22/john_brennans_new_power/singleton/ - John Brennan’s new power

PEOPLE

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-abdelbaset-ali-almegrahi-is-dead-now-well-never-know-the-truth-about-lockerbie-7769684.html - Robert Fisk: Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is dead. Now we’ll never know the truth about Lockerbie

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/laurie-penny-in-the-age-of-camera-phones-the-message-is-that-protesters-are-watching-police-too-7769674.html - Laurie Penny: In the age of camera phones the message is that protesters are watching police too

BUSINESS

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/2012523222757499449.html - Tech titan HP to lay off 27,000 employees

SCIENCE

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/baby-saved-after-doctors-use-smallest-manmade-heart-7786184.html - Baby saved after doctors use smallest man-made heart

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/feeding-a-hungry-world—or-meddling-with-laws-of-nature-7786187.html - Feeding a hungry world – or meddling with laws of nature?

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia-pacific/2012/05/201252212136422248.html - New bionic eye for the totally blind

SPACE

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/05/201252023221141226.html - ‘Ring of fire’ eclipse thrills skygazers

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57438915/spacex-rocket-blasts-off-cargo-ship-heads-to-space-station/ - SpaceX rocket blasts off; Cargo ship heads to space station

VIDEO

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2012/05/mark-fiore-blasty-the-drone - WATCH: The Adventures of Blasty the Drone [Fiore Cartoon]

WORLD

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201251502351773351.html - ‘Over-consumption’ threatening Earth

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/01/internet-freedom-threat-hasty-legislation - Internet freedom ‘under threat from hasty legislation in UK and US’

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/14/problem-nerd-politics?CMP=twt_gu - The problem with nerd politics

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/14/nearly-one-in-four-people-were-sexually-abused-as-a-child-why-is-it-swept-under-the-carpet/ - Nearly one in four people experienced sexual abuse as a child. Why is this swept under the carpet?

http://www.economist.com/node/21554566?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/itsahit - Google casts its web across the African continent. Any complaints?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/the-day-the-world-comes-out-for-tolerance-7758142.html - The day the world comes out for tolerance

EUROPE

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/owen-jones-this-austerity-backlash-across-europe-could-transform-britain-7734670.html - Owen Jones: This austerity backlash across Europe could transform Britain

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/14/euro-single-currency-greece - European leaders and financial markets braced for Greece exit from euro

SYRIA

http://www.economist.com/node/21554224 - Try to stay peaceful

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201251383952809563.html - Several dead in clashes in Lebanon’s Tripoli

https://www.npr.org/2012/05/13/152498438/largely-unseen-syria-carries-out-arrest-campaign - Largely Unseen, Syria Carries Out Arrest Campaign

http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/05/13/syria-activists-arrested-held-despite-pledge-annan - Syria: Activists Arrested, Held Despite Pledge to Annan

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/16/syria-bashar-assad-vows-display-mercenaries - Syria’s Bashar al-Assad vows to display captured foreign mercenaries

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/17/syria-opposition-rift-burhan-ghalioun - Syria opposition rift widens with resignation of Burhan Ghalioun

YEMEN

http://dawn.com/2012/05/16/44-killed-in-offensive-on-yemen-militants/ - 44 killed in offensive on Yemen militants

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/president-obama-executive-order-will-give-treasury-authority-to-freeze-us-based-assets-in-yemen/2012/05/15/gIQALWPUSU_story.html - President Obama executive order gives Treasury authority to freeze Yemeni assets in U.S.

http://www.wbur.org/npr/152854335/why-the-u-s-is-aggressively-targeting-yemen - Why The U.S. Is Aggressively Targeting Yemen

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/18/drone_filmmaker_denied_visa/ - Drone filmmaker denied visa

BAHRAIN

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/05/2012515155335968439.html - Autopsy finds torture behind Bahrain drowning

LIBYA

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/2012/05/12/libyas-election-challenges - Libya’s election challenges

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/05/201251620515544315.html - Deadly clashes in Libyan border town

EGYPT

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egypt-vote-monitors-say-state-hindering-their-work - Egypt vote monitors say state hindering their work

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/mona-eltahawy-egypts-angry-young-woman-7758081.html - Mona Eltahawy: Egypt’s angry young woman

ISRAEL

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012512145233442891.html - ‘Progress’ in Palestinian hunger strike talks

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4227941,00.html - Israel, Egypt to sign prisoner swap

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/13/palestinian-hunger-strikers-close-to-death - Israel warned of volatile situation as Palestinian hunger strikers near death

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/14/palestinian-prisoners-end-hunger-strike - Palestinian prisoners end hunger strike

IRAN

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/14/iranian-rapper-death-threat-fatwa - Iranian rapper faces death threats and fatwa for ‘blasphemous’ song

http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/05/iran-mp-withdraws-complaint-against-cartoonist-after-outcry/ - A sentence handed to an Iranian cartoonist may be quashed after the MP who brought the case withdrew his complaint

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-hangs-mossad-spy-majid-jamali-fashi-for-killing-scientist-7754332.html - Iran hangs ‘Mossad spy’ Majid Jamali Fashi for killing scientist

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/17/iran-persecution-gay-community-revealed - Iran’s persecution of gay community revealed

MEXICO

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/2012513141518960684.html - Headless bodies dumped on Mexican highway

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/14/mexico-drug-cartel-massacres-analysis - Mexican drug cartel massacres have method in their brutal madness

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/201251622273367218.html - Mexican generals detained ‘for gang links’

DRC

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/05/2012514204554119431.html - DR Congo villagers attack UN peacekeepers

SOUTH AFRICA

http://blogs.aljazeera.com/africa/2012/05/13/mob-justice-south-africa - Mob justice in South Africa

UKRAINE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/16/marcel-theroux-ukraines-street-children - Marcel Theroux: life with Ukraine’s street children

RUSSIA

http://blogs.aljazeera.com/europe/2012/05/13/muscovites-march - Muscovites on the march

JORDAN

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/05/14/jordan-campaign-launched-against-rape-marriage-law/ -  Campaign Launched Against “Rape-Marriage” Law

JAPAN

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/in-japan-the-lights-are-already-starting-to-go-out-7754469.html - In Japan, the lights are already starting to go out…

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/3Abyjm/www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/17/japan-bank-freezes-iran-accounts-after-court-order-afp/ - Japan bank freezes Iran accounts after court order

SPAIN

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nationwide-protests-in-spain-over-economic-woes-7742040.html - Nationwide protests in Spain over economic woes

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/panic-and-violence-in-the-streets-as-protesters-turn-against-politicians-7746779.html - Panic and violence in the streets as protesters turn against politicians

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-crisis-rocks-europe-as-moodys-downgrades-banks-including-santander-7763992.html - Spain crisis rocks Europe as Moody’s downgrades banks including Santander

UGANDA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/05/20125131322546999.html - Ugandan forces capture key Kony ally

FRANCE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/15/francois-hollande-angela-merkel-summit - François Hollande meets Angela Merkel for summit in Berlin

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/05/20125172304807201.html - New French cabinet takes pay cut

GERMANY

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/angela-merkels-party-humiliated-by-shock-election-defeat-7743508.html - Angela Merkel’s party humiliated by shock election defeat

GUATEMALA

http://blogs.aljazeera.com/americas/2012/05/11/guatemalas-land-grab-and-massacre - Guatemala’s land grab and massacre

MYANMAR

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/13/gay-people-burma-challenge-repression - Gay people in Burma start to challenge culture of repression

COLOMBIA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/2012515171355808667.html - Colombia blast targets former minister

GREECE

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/05/201251513332434853.html - Greece edges towards new elections

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2012/may/16/cost-greek-exit-euro-emerges - Cost of Greek exit from euro put at $1tn

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/16/greece-crisis-analysis - Greece in crisis: this is not a quarrel in a faraway land

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/05/2012516174530232391.html - ECB halts lending to some Greek banks

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/vulture-funds-circle-as-greece-fears-grow-7758127.html - ‘Vulture funds’ circle as Greece fears grow

ITALY

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/14/italian-mafia-boss-tomb-exhumed - Italian mafia boss’s tomb opened in search for missing girl

CHINA

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/12/freak-hail-storm-kills-dozens-in-china/ - freak hailstorm

PERU

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/14/magnitude-6-2-earthquake-strikes-southern-peru-near-chile/ - earthquake

UK CUTS

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/13/crime-rates-police-cuts-orde - Crime rates could rise as police cuts bite, warns Acpo chief

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-forces-put-15bn-privatisation-plan-on-hold-7763993.html - Police forces put £1.5bn privatisation plan on hold

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9263453/500000-to-lose-disability-benefit.html - 500,000 to lose disability benefit

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/fury-as-blind-people-hit-by-benefit-reform-7754452.html - Fury as blind people hit by benefit reform

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/trust-in-tories-slides-as-george-osborne-blames-europe-for-britains-double-dip-7754463.html - Trust in Tories slides as George Osborne blames Europe for Britain’s double dip

UK POLICING AND JUSTICE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/17/sam-hallam-murder-conviction-quashed - Sam Hallam criticises Metropolitan police after murder conviction quashed

UK

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/occupy-protesters-in-new-london-protest-7742038.html - Occupy protesters in new London protest

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/13/republican-vigilante-campaign-violence-derry - Derry: fear and republican vigilantes stalk new city of culture

US

http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-05-11/story/jacksonville-woman-sentenced-20-years-prison-stand-your-ground#ixzz1uZavvhzD - Jacksonville woman sentenced to 20 years in prison in ‘Stand Your Ground’ controversy

http://blogs.aljazeera.com/americas/2012/05/14/when-non-lethal-weapons-become-deadly - When non-lethal weapons become deadly

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/15/carlos-texas-innocent-man-death - The wrong Carlos: how Texas sent an innocent man to his death

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/2012514204617823521.html - US army to open combat-related jobs to women

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/20125168525973553.html - Equality in army and society

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-the-ninth-largest-economy-in-the-world-resorts-to-austerity-7754327.html - California, the ninth largest economy in the world, resorts to austerity

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/2012516215036645965.html - US to assign army brigade to Africa

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-lawyers-for-nato-protesters-allege-improper-arrests-20120517,0,7231046.story - Lawyers for NATO protesters allege improper arrests

http://www.bradleymanning.org/news/tell-the-obama-campaign-its-time-to-free-bradley-manning - Tell the Obama campaign it’s time to free Bradley Manning

http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/ninth-circuit-presses-government-lawyer-watch-lists - Ninth Circuit Presses Government Lawyer on Watch Lists: “What Would You Do?”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tasering-a-pregnant-woman-excessive-police-force-or-not-7763952.html - Tasering a pregnant woman: excessive police force or not?

BUSINESS

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/13/jp-moragn-wrong-trading-2bn-loss - JP Morgan ‘dead wrong’ to dismiss concerns over trading, admits boss

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/15/jp-morgan-justice-department-jamie-dimon - JP Morgan: justice department opens investigation into $2bn trading losses

http://www.economist.com/blogs/gametheory/2012/05/sailing-crisis?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/fastandfailures - The fast and the failures

PHONE HACKING

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/12/george-osborne-brooks-murdoch-bskyb - George Osborne’s secret meeting with Murdoch clan at country estate

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/15/rebekah-brooks-charged-in-phone-hacking-scandal.html - Rebekah Brooks Charged in Phone-Hacking Scandal

PEOPLE

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/australia-mourns-angel-of-the-gap-don-ritchie-the-man-who-talked-160-out-of-suicide-7754339.html - Australia mourns ‘Angel of the Gap’ Don Ritchie, the man who talked 160 out of suicide

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/charles-rothschild-the-banker-who-changed-the-world-for-good-7737977.html - Charles Rothschild: The banker who changed the world for good

http://mashable.com/2012/05/13/reddit-terminally-ill-man/#63911 - Reddit Users Surprise Terminally Ill Man With Random Acts of Kindness

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/05/20125162133193486.html - Ratko Mladic goes on trial for genocide

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/memorial-service-in-london-for-journalist-marie-colvin-murdered-in-syria-3110465.html - Memorial service in London for journalist Marie Colvin murdered in Syria

SCIENCE

http://www.economist.com/node/21554502?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/turningaline - The race to extend the periodic table continues

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/may/15/doctors-rewire-hands-paralysed-man - Doctors ‘rewire’ hands of paralysed man

http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/05/sugar-corn-syrup-dumb - Does Eating Corn Syrup Kill Your Memory?

WORLD

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-arab-spring-has-washed-the-regions-appalling-racism-out-of-the-news-7718707.html - Robert Fisk: Arab Spring has washed the region’s appalling racism out of the news

http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php/usa-war-on-terror/1391-americas-right-to-kill-children-anywhere-in-the-world-whats-morality-got-to-do-with-it - America’s right to kill children anywhere in the world: what’s morality got to do with it?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/07/online-porn-regulate-kids-not-net - Worried about online porn? Don’t regulate the net – regulate your kids

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/08/indignados-make-change-contagious - The indignados make change contagious

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/201255112042394786.html - Islamophobia: Europe’s new political disease

SYRIA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/07/syrians-vote-parliamentary-elections - Syrians vote in parliamentary elections

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201251052757617657.html - Dozens dead in twin Damascus blasts

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201258173538281971.html - Annan sounds Syria civil war warning

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/fears-for-security-of-unarmed-observers-in-syria-as-bomb-narrowly-misses-un-monitor-convoy-7728881.html - Fears for security of unarmed observers in Syria as bomb narrowly misses UN monitor convoy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/10/syria-blame-game-damascus-bombs?CMP=twt_fd - Syria mired in blame game over Damascus bombs

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201259194358489662.html - West incapable of offering Syria solutions

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/20125825450678313.html - Free Syrian Army ‘regrouping’

YEMEN

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/07/us-airstrike-kills-al-qaida-leader-yemen - US air strike kills top al-Qaida leader in Yemen

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/10/yemen-jihad-iran-saudi-interference - Yemenis choose jihad over Iranian support

SOMALIA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/08/outgunned-somali-pirates-luck - Outgunned Somali pirates can hardly believe their luck

EGYPT

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012527225578247.html - Egypt deploys army to quell deadly clashes

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/11/egypt-presidential-candidates-debate - Egyptian presidential candidates in first television debate

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egypt-gets-1-bn-saudis-clearing-imf-hurdle - Egypt gets US$1 bn from Saudis, clearing IMF hurdle

AFGHANISTAN

http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2012/05/07/children-among-20-killed-isaf-air-raids - Children among 20 killed in ISAF air raids

IRAQ

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012588321522579.html - Interpol issues arrest alert for Iraqi VP

RUSSIA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/07/vladimir-putin-russia-president - Vladimir Putin sworn in as Russian president amid protests

ISRAEL

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/07/ulpana-outpost-israel-palestinian - Ulpana illegal outpost must be gone by July, Israeli government is warned

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/2012579746987569.html - Slamming the door to justice on Palestinians

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/09/gilad-shalit-real-prisoner-of-war - Gilad Shalit: the real Prisoner of War

IRAN

http://ukun.fco.gov.uk/en/news/?view=News&id=763560982#.T60wrEcUiaE.twitter - UK appalled by sentencing of cartoonist in Iran

MEXICO

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/201259225216316127.html - Decapitated bodies found in Mexico

PERU

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/201251020222692452.html - Illegal mining in Peru destroying Amazon

GREECE

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greek-election-runnerup-alexis-tsipras-rejects-coalition-deal-7720435.html - Greek election runner-up Alexis Tsipras rejects coalition deal

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/deadlock-pushes-greece-closer-to-euro-exit-7720676.html - Deadlock pushes Greece closer to euro exit

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greeces-radical-new-leader-alexis-tsipras-plots-course-to-tear-up-bailout-deal-7729069.html - Greece’s radical new leader Alexis Tsipras plots course to tear up bailout deal

FRANCE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2012/may/07/francois-hollande-france-mr-normal - François Hollande: France’s Mr Normal gets his chance to shine

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nicolas-sarkozy-wanted-to-fix-france-but-leaves-a-broken-nation-7718668.html - Nicolas Sarkozy wanted to fix France, but leaves a broken nation

CHINA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/07/chen-guangcheng-nephew-china - Chen Guangcheng fears detained nephew may be tortured

http://livewire.amnesty.org/2012/05/03/chinafor-activists-the-internet-is-like-dancing-in-shackles/langswitch_lang/es/ - China:’For activists, the internet is like dancing in shackles’

NEPAL

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/scores-believed-dead-after-nepal-floods-7720442.html - floods

JAPAN

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/boy-killed-by-tornado-near-tokyo-7718699.html - tornado

PHILIPPINES

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/thousands-left-homeless-in-philippines-shanty-town-fire-in-outskirts-of-manila-7737533.html - Thousands left homeless in Philippines shanty town fire in outskirts of Manila

UK CUTS

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/may/07/david-cameron-big-society-cuts-distrust - Cameron’s ‘big society’ undermined by cuts and distrust, says study

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/may/09/public-sector-workers-strike-cuts - Public sector workers prepare to strike over cuts and pension reforms

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/08/osborne-growth-detroit-uk-double-dip - George Osborne’s growth policy is turning British cities into Detroit UK

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/union-leaders-threaten-more-public-sector-strikes-7732981.html - Union leaders threaten more public sector strikes

UK POLICING AND JUSTICE

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/londons-criminals-to-get-a-break-during-olympics-as-courts-close-7718677.html - London’s criminals to get a break during Olympics as courts close

UK

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tories-veer-right-in-panic-after-poll-collapse-7718661.html - Tories veer right in panic after poll collapse

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/09/queens-speech-bills-what-mean - Queen’s speech: all the bills and what they mean

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/09/ed-miliband-queens-speech-labour-tories - Ed Miliband: Queen’s speech offers ‘no change, no hope’

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britains-army-of-unpaid-carers-being-pushed-to-breaking-point-7720677.html - Britain’s army of unpaid carers ‘being pushed to breaking point’

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/yasmin-alibhai-brown/yasmin-alibhaibrown-discuss-these-horrors-openly-or-play-straight-into-racists-hands-7723400.html - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Discuss these horrors openly or play straight into racists’ hands

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/2012514505415433.html - Fracking: A dehydrated UK, watered only by capitalism

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia/2012/05/20125851543506851.html - UK to review 1948 Malaysia massacre

US

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/total-war-islam/ - U.S. Military Taught Officers: Use ‘Hiroshima’ Tactics for ‘Total War’ on Islam

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/20125513038361782.html - The ‘United’ States? A house divided

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/09/north-carolina-passes-amendment-1 - North Carolina passes Amendment 1 banning same-sex unions

http://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/the-elephant-in-the-courtroom/ - The Elephant in the Courtroom

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/10/obama-historic-affirmation-same-sex-marriage - Obama’s historic affirmation of same-sex marriage

ADAM YAUCH

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/08/adam-yauch-not-just-celebrity - Beastie Boy Adam Yauch: not just a celebrity activist

http://thedailywh.at/2012/05/04/rip-adam-yauch-at/

BUSINESS

http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/05/greenpeace-bp-photos - 2 Years Later, Grim Photos From the BP Disaster

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/09/commerzbank-must-pay-bankers-bonuses-credit-crunch?CMP=twt_gu - Commerzbank must pay bankers €50m in bonuses dating back to credit crunch

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/20125112045682458.html - JPMorgan acknowledges $2 billion trading loss

TECH

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/2012510152655867215.html - Video-game tech to aid cancer treatment

WORLD

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/shortcuts/2012/apr/29/pass-notes-may-day - may day -For around half the world’s population it’s a holiday. Why?

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/rivers-run-dry/ - 8 Mighty Rivers Run Dry From Overuse

http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/piratebay-is-blocked-the-state-is-monitoring - I think that “VPNs” - cheap online services that hide your web traffic - are about to have a massive spike in business. Here’s why

SYRIA

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17892505 - Deadly blasts rock Idlib

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/01/syria-ceasefire-violated-un-chief - Syria ceasefire violated, says UN chief

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syrian-forces-raid-university-7711656.html - Syrian forces ‘raid university’

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201254135020764806.html - UN says Syria plan on ‘track’ amid violence

http://blog.amnestyusa.org/middle-east/inside-syrias-crackdown-i-found-my-boys-burning-in-the-street/ - Inside Syria’s crackdown: ‘I Found My Boys Burning in the Street’

YEMEN

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/30-Apr-2012/qaeda-frees-73-yemen-soldiers - Qaeda frees 73 Yemen soldiers

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/118566 - US drone controllers kill 15 people in Yemen

BAHRAIN

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/30/britain%E2%80%99s-craven-silence-over-bahrain-stinks-of-hypocrisy/ - Britain’s craven silence over Bahrain stinks of hypocrisy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/30/bahrain-retrial-hunger-striker-khawaja - Bahrain announces retrial for hunger striker Khawaja

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/20125118359316194.html - Bahrain police fire tear gas at protesters

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201253171926431856.html - Bahrain king enacts parliamentary reforms

EGYPT

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/protester-killed-and-30-injured-in-cairo-clashes-7689046.html - Protester killed and 30 injured in Cairo clashes

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/02/egyptian-protester-killings-presidential-campaign - Egyptian protester killings disrupt presidential campaign

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/20125311103405678.html - Egypt’s military renews pledge to step down

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/05/04/212064.html - Egypt imposes curfew in Abbassiya after clashes; 2 killed, 130 injured, 170 arrested

ISRAEL

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/201242794549292257.html - The impotence of Israel’s Supreme Court

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/2012429112310206368.html - Palestinian prisoners revive Arab determination

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201251193818140881.html - Israel closes file on Gaza family killing

IRAN

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/28/iran%E2%80%99s-appalling-human-rights-record-has-not-deterred-organised-opposition/ - Iran’s appalling human rights record has not deterred organised opposition

AFGHANISTAN

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/05/201252280371778.html - Taliban claim deadly attacks in Kabul

PAKISTAN

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/29/kidnapped-british-doctor-beheaded-pakistan - Kidnapped British doctor found beheaded in Pakistan

SOMALIA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/05/201251173343323302.html - MPs killed in central Somalia suicide attack

INDIA

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/35-dead-and-165-missing-in-india-boat-accident-7697614.html - 35 dead and 165 missing in India boat accident

CHINA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/04/2012429175344563964.html - Details emerge of China activist’s escape

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/04/20124301525526312.html - Chinese warships dock in Hong Kong

NIGERIA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/29/nigeria-gunmen-kill-churchgoers - Gunmen kill 16 at Nigerian church services

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/05/20125310272271815.html - Dozens killed by attackers in Nigeria

MALI

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/05/2012514022453752.html - Mali’s military leaders ‘repel counter coup’

MYANMAR

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/201242483348490775.html - New Battle

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/05/20125213629935697.html - Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sworn in to parliament

MALAYSIA

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/238464.html - Malaysians stage anti-government protest in Kuala Lumpur

MEXICO

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/20125403327421542.html - Three journalists slain in Mexico’s Veracruz

RUSSIA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/05/201253223139481803.html - Deaths in Russia’s Dagestan blasts

LIBERIA

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/prosecution-demands-80year-sentence-for-former-liberian-president-charles-taylor-7712058.html - Prosecution demands 80-year sentence for former Liberian president Charles Taylor

TUNISIA

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=20108 - Convictions over Persepolis screening show Tunisia’s ‘failure’ on free expression rights

NEPAL

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/bomb-explodes-at-political-rally-in-southern-nepal-killing-four-7697613.html - Bomb explodes at political rally in southern Nepal, killing four

JAPAN

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/01/tsunami-japan-debris-us-canada - Japan tsunami debris moves towards US and Canada

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/03/japan-nuclear-power-closure - Anxious Japan prepares for life without nuclear power

GREECE

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/fascism-rises-from-the-depths-of-greeces-despair-7712276.html - Fascism rises from the depths of Greece’s despair

SPAIN

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/04/201243003310476658.html - Thousands protest austerity cuts in Spain

ITALY

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vatican-accepted-one-billion-lire-to-bury-crime-boss-in-basilica-next-to-former-popes-7689047.html - Vatican ‘accepted one billion lire’ to bury crime boss in basilica next to former popes

UK POLICING AND JUSTICE

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/238407.html - British protesters face new hurdle

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cornered-cameron-rejects-inquiry-on-hunt-7697843.html - Cornered Cameron rejects inquiry on Hunt

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/snipers-missiles-and-fighter-jets-over-london-get-ready-for-a-1bn-olympic-ring-of-steel-7697856.html - Snipers, missiles and fighter jets over London: Get ready for a £1bn Olympic ring of steel

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/may/03/london-olympics-anti-terrorism-tactics - London Olympics anti-terrorism tactics bring missile launchers to Blackheath

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-coverup-the-lieutenants-and-the-blame-game-mps-go-on-record-7704397.html - The cover-up, the lieutenants, and the blame game: MPs go on record

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/conservatives-to-discuss-plan-to-censor-the-internet-after-campaign-in-rightwing-press-7712393.html - Conservatives to discuss plan to censor the internet after campaign in right-wing press

UK CUTS

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/apr/29/sickness-benefit-cuts - As sickness benefit cuts take effect, thousands face hard times

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/20125142044487975.html - Britain ‘does’ austerity so the US doesn’t have to

http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/may/02/labour-peer-legal-aid-cuts - Labour peer condemns legal aid cuts

UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/29/co-op-israel-west-bank-boycott - Co-op boycotts exports from Israel’s West Bank settlements

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/29/guy-hands-terra-firma-four-seasons - Guy Hands’ Terra Firma poised to buy Four Seasons care homes

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/01/occupy-movement-london-stock-exchange - Occupy movement takes over parts of London Stock Exchange

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/02/radioactive-waste-contaminating-uk-sites - Radioactive waste ‘may be blighting 1,000 UK sites’

US

http://www.startribune.com/local/blogs/149160775.html - ‘McDonald has said the stabbing was accidental and that she was acting in self-defense after the melee was prompted by the victim’s gay-bashing and racist remarks.’

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/05/2012430235151881966.html - US defends drone use for targeted killing

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/2012429121559630524.html - 39 ways to limit free speech

BUSINESS

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/apr/29/cruise-firm-performance-bonuses-tips - P&O cruise ship staff paid basic salary of 75p an hour

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/01/rupert-murdoch-news-corp-report-unjustified - Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp calls MPs’ report ‘unjustified’

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/02/murdoch-phone-hacking-us-senator - Murdoch facing new challenge as US senator contacts Leveson over hacking

SPACE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/may/02/esa-mission-jupiters-moons-europa - Esa approves Jupiter’s moons mission

SPORT

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/apr/29/dwain-chambers-pariah-mentor - Dwain Chambers goes from pariah to mentor as opinions turn

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/apr/30/dangerous-message-athletes-doping - Now more athletes will be willing to take the risk of doping

VIDEO

http://thelastword.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/01/11489064-the-west-wing-reunites-for-a-walk-and-talk?lite - The West Wing reunites for a walk and talk

http://youtu.be/HbjSWDwJILs - Texting and driving test

http://youtu.be/CpF3326_b5g - Ethan W and Piano Man

http://youtu.be/7XKGorkDvg0 - Improv Everywhere: Instant Date

http://youtu.be/lgFZbrwmndA - Newsroom - Trailer 2

http://vimeo.com/41074044 - a different view of North Korea

http://thedailywh.at/2012/04/27/early-bird-special-287/ - the new World Trade Center

WORLD

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/2012424114919152388.html - It will be wonderful… when women can walk freely

INTERNET FREEDOMS

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/20/twenty-fighters-open-internet - The Guardian’s Open 20: fighters for internet freedom

SYRIA

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/24/world/meast/syria-unrest/?hpt=hp_t2 - Annan: Syria resuming violence as monitors leave

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/201242422832721994.html - Annan says Syria violence ‘unacceptable’

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/michaelweiss/100153001/assads-thugs-are-raping-and-impregnating-women-in-syria/ - Assad’s thugs are raping and impregnating women in Syria

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/2012425223022589689.html - Blast in Syria’s Hama kills many

http://youtu.be/KW9ctQe3eIo - Danny Abduldayem & one of chemical infections form syrian 19-4-2012

BAHRAIN

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/22/bahrain-grand-prix-angry-protests - Bahrain Grand Prix fails to drown out angry protests

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/20124231124916976.html - Bahrain court delays ruling in activists case

SUDAN

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/04/201242312474778727.html - Sudan’s president rules out talks with South

YEMEN

http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20120425-white-house-oks-more-yemen-drone-strikes.ece - White House OKs more Yemen drone strikes

PAKISTAN

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2133282/The-boy-sitting-photos-protesting-deadly-US-drone-strikes—Three-days-later-killed—US-drone-says-Jemima-Khan.html - “The boy, 16, sitting with me in these photos was protesting against deadly US drone strikes… Three days later he was killed – by a US drone, says Jemima Khan”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/anything-you-can-do-pakistan-follows-india-with-its-own-missile-test-7679184.html - Anything you can do… Pakistan follows India with its own missile test

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/04/20124264512802169.html - Pakistan PM found guilty in contempt case

IRAQ

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-iraqs-road-back-from-oblivion-7670582.html - Robert Fisk: Iraq’s road back from oblivion

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-the-children-of-fallujah—sayefs-story-7675977.html - Robert Fisk: The Children of Fallujah - Sayef’s story

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-the-children-of-fallujah—the-hospital-of-horrors-7679168.html - Robert Fisk: The Children of Fallujah - the hospital of horrors

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-the-children-of-fallujah—families-fight-back-7682416.html - Robert Fisk: The Children of Fallujah - families fight back

EGYPT

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/13-candidates-to-run-for-egyptian-presidency-7682213.html - 13 candidates to run for Egyptian presidency

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/201242295533366889.html - The return of Tahrir?

BRAZIL

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/22/brazil-rainforest-awa-endangered-tribe - ‘They’re killing us’: world’s most endangered tribe cries for help

BANGLADESH

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17779413 - Child marriages blight Bangladesh

INDIA

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/25/india%E2%80%99s-continued-demonization-of-rape-victims/ - India’s continued demonization of rape victims

SIERRA LEONE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/24/charles-taylor-war-crimes-verdict - Charles Taylor verdict: ‘He should taste the bitterness of the law’

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/04/201242693846498785.html - War crimes court finds Charles Taylor guilty

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/04/who-is-charles-taylor-war-crimes - Charles Taylor Convicted of War Crimes. Finally!

AZERBAIJAN

http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijani_rally_demands_aliyev_resignation/24556606.html - Azerbaijani Rally Demands Aliyev’s Resignation

KUWAIT

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/kuwait/kuwait-to-regulate-social-networking-sites-1.1013382 - Kuwait to regulate social networking sites

NIGERIA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/23/shell-nigeria-oil-spill-bigger?CMP=twt_fd - Shell Nigeria oil spill ‘60 times bigger than it claimed’

SRI LANKA

http://groundviews.org/2012/04/23/bigoted-monks-and-militant-mobs-is-this-buddhism-in-sri-lanka-today/ - Bigoted monks and militant mobs: Is this Buddhism in Sri Lanka today?

MYANMAR

http://blogs.aljazeera.com/asia/2012/04/23/parliamentary-no-show-myanmar - Parliamentary no-show in Myanmar

CHINA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/26/bo-xilai-brother-quits-everbright - Bo Xilai’s brother quits as China Everbright director

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/27/chinese-activist-flees-house-arrest - Chinese activist flees house arrest

ISRAEL

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2012/al-monitor/israel-domestic-backlash-growsbr.html - Netayahu Iran Policies Rejected By Increasing Numbers in Israel

NORTH KOREA

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/201242373036724717.html - The ghost of North Korea

TURKEY

http://blog.amnestyusa.org/iar/kurdish-kids-and-turkeys-shameful-prisons/ - Kurdish Kids and Turkey’s Shameful Prisons

CHILE

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/04/2012425213944530855.html - Chile students rally for free education

JAPAN

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/26/japan-court-clears-ichiro-ozawa - Japan court clears Ichiro Ozawa, prompting talk of challenge to PM

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/04/201242733733409278.html - US and Japan reach Okinawa troop deal

ICELAND

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/04/2012423141121527195.html - Mixed verdict for Iceland’s former PM

NETHERLANDS

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dutch-government-collapses-after-economic-talks-fail-7670130.html - Dutch government collapses after economic talks fail

NORWAY

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/26/thousands-sing-anders-breivik-hates - Thousands gather in Oslo to sing song Anders Breivik hates - this is all media should focus on.

UK CUTS

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/treasury-orders-ministers-to-find-16bn-more-in-cuts-7669236.html - Treasury orders ministers to find £16bn more in cuts

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/apr/23/doldrums-britain-jobs-blow-corby - Doldrums Britain: jobs blow has a familiar feel in Corby

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/24/london-exporting-council-tenants - London looks to export council tenants

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/apr/24/newham-london-housing-crisis-export - Newham housing situation is a legacy of Margaret Thatcher’s policy on rent

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/camerons-remarkable-achievement/?smid=tw-NytimesKrugman&seid=auto - Cameron’s Remarkable Achievement

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17836624 - UK economy in double-dip recession

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/hamish-mcrae/hamish-mcrae-behind-the-implausible-ons-figures-we-still-have-problems-7679229.html - Hamish McRae: Behind the implausible ONS figures we still have problems

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-workers-reveal-lack-of-staff-804629 - A day in the strife: NHS workers reveal lack of staff, no breaks, unpaid hours and patient neglect

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/more-children-go-to-school-hungry-warn-teachers-7682545.html - More children go to school hungry, warn teachers

UK POLICING AND JUSTICE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/23/british-empire-crimes-ignore-atrocities - Deny the British empire’s crimes? No, we ignore them

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/apr/23/olympic-park-security-guards-journalists-photos - Olympic park security guards forcibly stop journalists from taking photos

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/23/peak-district-mass-trespass-planning-laws - Peak District ‘mass trespass’ to highlight dangers of new planning laws

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/pc-cleared-over-student-death-crash-7675816.html - Pc cleared over student death crash

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/apr/24/charities-unite-against-changes-drugs-policy - Charities unite in opposition to government drugs policy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/apr/26/freedom-of-information-data - Freedom of Information requests 2011: how many were there and which were turned down?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/26/rupert-murdoch-leveson-lawyers-words - Rupert Murdoch killed softly with Leveson lawyer’s words

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/26/rupert-murdoch-apologises-leveson-inquiry - Rupert Murdoch apologises, and says there was a ‘cover-up’ at the NoW

UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/23/nick-clegg-house-of-lords-reform - Boost for Nick Clegg as majority of voters favour House of Lords reform

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/23/spy-in-bag-death-coroners-inquest - Gareth Williams: coroner’s inquest over spy found dead in bag

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/warnings-of-flash-floods-as-britain-set-for-a-real-soaking-7685042.html - Warnings of flash floods as Britain set for a ‘real soaking’

US

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/women-sue-us-military-chiefs-over-rapes-7670580.html - Women sue US military chiefs over rapes

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333278/20120425/dina-frank-tsa-7-cerebral-palsy-screening.htm - Dina Frank: 7-Year-Old With Cerebral Palsy Gets Rigorous TSA Pat-Down; Family Misses Flight Over Incident

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/apr/26/how-national-security-agency-gone-rogue - How the National Security Agency has gone rogue

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/04/201242420354870767.html - US veterans lack ‘timely’ mental health care

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2012/04/201242643313204451.html - US soldier sacked over Facebook post

BRADLEY MANNING

http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2012/04/23/convicting-bradley-manning-in-secret/# - Convicting Bradley Manning in Secret

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/24/bradley-manning-lawyer-case-mishandled?newsfeed=true - Bradley Manning lawyer says case ‘mishandled’ as hearings continue

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2OR9IP/www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/25/judge-rejects-bradley-manning-dismissal-in-wikileaks-case/ - Judge rejects Bradley Manning dismissal in WikiLeaks case

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/26/bradley-manning-judge-warns-prosecutors - Bradley Manning judge warns military prosecutors in WikiLeaks case

BUSINESS

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/23/tories-third-largest-donor-tax - Tories’ third largest donor is company that paid no tax for three years

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/24/harvard-university-journal-publishers-prices?CMP=twt_fd - Harvard University says it can’t afford journal publishers’ prices

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/24/news-corp-leveson-inquiry-jeremy-hunt - News Corp dossier appears to show contacts with minister over BSkyB bid

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/24/jeremy-hunt-murdochs-bskyb-bid - Jeremy Hunt and the Murdochs: how minister oiled wheels of BSkyB bid

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/25/jeremy-hunt-special-adviser-bskyb - Jeremy Hunt loses special adviser in defence of BSkyB role

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/04/20124259426292169.html - Murdoch denies using power to sway politics

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/52976737/Barclays%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf - Fact Sheet: Barclays 

http://www.independent.co.uk/money/tax/goldman-sachs-pays-41m-tax-on-19bn-profit-7682535.html - Goldman Sachs pays £4.1m tax on £1.9bn profit

SPACE

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/out-of-this-world-the-view-from-space-7675819.html?action=gallery&ino=1 - Out of this world: The view from space

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2012/apr/25/google-james-cameron-mine-asteroids-video?CMP=twt_fd - Google and James Cameron to finance plan to mine asteroids – video

VIDEO

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2012/apr/23/rare-footage-white-orca-video - Rare footage of white orca in wild – video

http://youtu.be/rfAryQU9WNM - Hot Right Now Drum cover.

http://youtu.be/trcqDmu91-w - World’s Largest Simultaneous Flashmob feat. Alfonso Ribeiro 

http://www.treehugger.com/aviation/amazing-video-shows-all-roads-air-and-shipping-routes-earth-never.html - Amazing Video Shows All Roads, Air, and Shipping Routes on Earth Like Never Before!

http://www.mamahope.org/unlock-potential/ - Our latest video in Mama Hope’s “Stop the Pity, Unlock the Potential”

http://youtu.be/ZNY3i6MybpU - Deb ‘Spoons’ Perry Does The Black Keys

WORLD

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/27-statistics-about-the-european-economic-crisis-that-are-almost-too-crazy-to-believe - 27 Statistics About The European Economic Crisis That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/04/2012415202912826108.html - Americas summit ends in acrimony

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/16/twitter-users-turned-on-english-defence-league - How Twitter users turned the tables on the English Defence League

http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/urgent-action-network-blog/award-winning-journalists-targeted - Award-winning journalists targeted

INTERNET FREEDOMS

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/15/commotion-wireless-new-america-foundation - Inside Washington’s high risk mission to beat web censors

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/15/web-freedom-threat-google-brin - Web freedom faces greatest threat ever, warns Google’s Sergey Brin

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/15/estonia-ussr-shadow-internet-titan - How tiny Estonia stepped out of USSR’s shadow to become an internet titan

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/18/cispa-unprecedented-access-internet-privacy - Cispa will give US unprecedented access, internet privacy advocates warn

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2012/apr/16/china-censorship-internet-freedom - China’s censorship can never defeat the internet

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/16/internet-china-censorship-weibo-microblogs - China’s censors tested by microbloggers who keep one step ahead of state media

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/15/kremlin-purge-russia-internet-western-influences - Nervous Kremlin seeks to purge Russia’s internet of ‘western’ influences

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/201241373429356249.html - The UK government’s war on internet freedom

SYRIA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/201241415291219636.html - UN approves ceasefire monitors for Syria

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/201241464750115376.html - Syrian forces ‘shell districts of Homs’

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/german-ship-carrying-syria-arms-7645588.html - German ship ‘carrying Syria arms’

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/20124157938564727.html - UN monitors head to Syria as fighting rages

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/assad-launches-fresh-military-offensive-as-un-monitors-arrive-in-syria-7648298.html - Assad launches fresh military offensive as UN monitors arrive in Syria

https://en.avaaz.org/324/the-town-where-they-do-the-best-banners - The town where they do the best banners

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/2012417184936512691.html - Syria urged to implement peace plan

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/2012416132131379581.html - Syria Street, Lebanon

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/4m-more-aid-for-syrian-refugees-7661134.html - £4m more aid for Syrian refugees

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/04/2012418162237555962.html - Syria’s carnival that ended in bloodshed

http://blogs.aljazeera.com/middle-east/2012/04/19/blush-syrias-rose-desert - Blush is off Syria’s ‘Rose of the Desert’

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2012/04/201241572614142900.html - Ali Ferzat: Breaking the barrier of fear

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/4/19/back_from_syria_journalist_anand_gopal - Back from Syria, Journalist Anand Gopal Warns Protesters “Face Slaughter” by Assad Regime

YEMEN

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-14/middle-east/31341492_1_qaida-al-qaida-drone - US drone kills 7 al-Qaida members in Yemen, officials say

http://news.yahoo.com/222-killed-five-days-yemen-003544126.html - ‘222 dead’ in Qaeda battle for Yemen’s Loder

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2012/04/20124151205494490.html - Yemeni children bear brunt of food crisis

BAHRAIN

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/2012415202021771599.html - Bahrain activists set off Grand Prix protests

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/18/bahrain-formula-one-yates-safety - Bahrain unable to guarantee safety for Formula One says former Met officer

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/201241812371021925.html - Bahrainis rally against Formula One race

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/19/bahrain-braces-f1-unrest - Bahrain braces for wave of F1 protests

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/21/sports/autoracing/21iht-srf1prix21.html?_r=2&pagewanted=2 - In Bahrain, Business Is Not as Usual

SUDAN and SOUTH SUDAN

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/world/africa/sudan-and-south-sudan-keep-up-attacks.html?_r=4 - Sudan and South Sudan Keep Up Their Border Attacks

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/18/international-community-looming-sudan-disaster - The international community must wake up to looming Sudan disaster

LIBYA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/04/201241885157816359.html - UK’s Straw faces Libya rendition legal action

EGYPT

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/2012417103332557940.html - Chaos marks Egypt football riot trial

AFGHANISTAN

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/14/young-afghans-march-to-demand-justice-for-women/ - Young Afghans march to demand justice for women

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/04/2012415125419254906.html - Taliban ‘spring offensive’ rocks Afghanistan

http://blog.amnestyusa.org/women/punishing-moral-crimes-in-afghanistan/ - Punishing “Moral Crimes” in Afghanistan

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/04/2012417142921275408.html - Afghan schoolgirls poisoned in alleged attack

IRAQ

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/2012419614371880.html - Wave of bombings rocks Iraqi cities

PAKISTAN

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/127-feared-dead-in-pakistani-passenger-death-crash-7665639.html - 127 feared dead in Pakistani passenger death crash

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/04/20124152216409871.html - Taliban free hundreds in Pakistan jail raid

INDIA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/04/20124193146830195.html - India tests long-range ballistic missile

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-indias-nuclear-ambition-should-not-be-ignored-7661556.html - India’s nuclear ambition should not be ignored

MEXICO

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/04/201241825444427848.html - Dismembered bodies found in Mexico town

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mexico-volcano-spews-glowing-rock-and-tower-of-ash-7665660.html - Mexico volcano spews glowing rock and tower of ash

ISRAEL

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/201241545637130915.html - Pro-Palestinian activists detained in Israel

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/15/israel-blocks-entry-pro-palestinian-activists - Israel blocks entry to pro-Palestinian activists at airport

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/16/israeli-soldier-clubs-danish-protester - Israeli soldier clubs Danish protester with rifle

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/18/israeli-commander-dismissed-danish-protester - Israeli commander dismissed from post over assault on Danish protester

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/palestinian-inmates-in-israeli-jails-start-mass-hunger-strike-today-7648297.html - Palestinian inmates in Israeli jails start mass hunger strike today

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/bright-minds-and-broken-fingaz-7648119.html - Bright minds and Broken Fingaz

BELARUS

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/we-must-not-forget-hundreds-still-in-belarus-gulag-warns-freed-dissident-7648294.html - We must not forget hundreds still in Belarus gulag, warns freed dissident

RUSSIA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/17/russia-overtakes-uk-france-arms - Russia overtakes UK and France in global arms spending league table

JORDAN

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/15/us-jordanian-king-idUSBRE83E0G320120415 - Jordanian king pardons 20 detained activists

IRAN

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/16/iranian-canadian-imminent-execution - Iranian-Canadian ‘spy’ faces imminent execution, says family

GUINEA BISSAU

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/04/2012415231359430772.html - Guinea-Bissau moves towards transition deal

SOUTH AFRICA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/19/south-africa-alleged-rape-disabled - South Africa searches soul over alleged rape of disabled 17-year-old girl

EAST TIMOR

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/04/201241612630412630.html - East Timor votes for new president

ARGENTINA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/04/2012416221957497731.html - Argentina to seize control of oil company

VIETNAM

http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/news-item/viet-nam-must-release-jailed-blogger-facing-propaganda-trial - Viet Nam must release jailed blogger facing ‘propaganda’ trial

INDIA

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/04/15/300-trapped-in-factory-collapse.html - 300 Trapped in Factory Collapse

HONDURAS

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/04/201241915516662950.html - Thousands of Honduran workers occupy land

CHILE

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/04/201241741525227953.html - earthquake

FRANCE

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/20124148940676157.html - For the sake of Europe, Sarkozy must stand down

ITALY

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/201241181710274748.html - Does Italy want Berlusconi back?

UK CUTS

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2012/04/2012413154722612264.html - Charities act to feed ‘starving’ in Britain

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/apr/16/uk-economy-growth-dismal - ‘Dismal’ growth forecast for UK economy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/16/tax-giveaway-multinationals-george-osborne?CMP=twt_gu - This tax giveaway to multinationals must be stopped

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/apr/15/treasury-reveals-super-rich-tax-rates - Treasury reveals how little tax the super-rich pay

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/exclusive-crisis-in-care-of-elderly-as-1bn-cuts-bite-7654873.html - Crisis in care of elderly as £1bn cuts bite

UK OLYMPICS

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/workers-bullied-as-shop-hours-extended-for-games-7646734.html - ‘Workers bullied’ as shop hours extended for Games

UK POLICING

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/17/police-officer-accused-racial-abuse-charged - Police officer accused of racially abusing black suspect charged

http://boingboing.net/2012/04/14/londons-dystopian-olympics.html - As London ramps up for the 2012 Olympics, a dystopian regime of policing and censorship on behalf of the games’ sponsors is coming online. 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/18/richard-odwyer-extradition-piracy-charges - Richard O’Dwyer: Lib Dems fight to halt extradition to US on piracy charges

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/19/metropolitan-police-accused-racism-firefighter - Black fireman says he was abused and Tasered by Met

UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/18/britain-destroyed-records-colonial-crimes - Britain destroyed records of colonial crimes

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/16/drought-wildlife-farming-disaster-warning - Wildlife and farming disaster warning as drought spreads across England

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/15/racism-britain-affirmative-action - Britain must find its own way to overcome its racism

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/17/gas-fracking-gets-green-light - Gas ‘fracking’ gets green light

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/17/fracking-aquifers-tap-water - This is the fracking truth

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/17/britain-right-take-lead-cybersecurity - Britain is right to take the lead on cybersecurity

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-lords-should-not-be-lobbyists-7654714.html - Lords should not be lobbyists

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/04/2012415131621369702.html - Scottish independence: Who’ll pay the price?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/20/coalition-u-turn-nuclear-energy-subsidies - Ministers planning ‘hidden subsidies’ for nuclear power

US

http://jezebel.com/5887627/the-ten-scariest-places-in-america-to-have-ladyparts - The Ten Scariest Places to Have Ladyparts in America

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/04/201241682318260912.html - Gulf seafood deformities alarm scientists

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/15/oklahoma-tornado-two-dead - Five killed, 29 hurt, as 100 tornadoes rake central US

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/apr/16/tarek-mehanna-punished-speaking-truth - Tarek Mehanna: punished for speaking truth to power

http://reagan-was-a-horrible-president.tumblr.com/post/21172808205/rape-victims-say-military-labels-them-crazy-cnn-com - These women joined different branches of the military but they share a common experience: Each received the psychiatric diagnosis and military discharge after reporting a sexual assault.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/16/americas-deadly-devotion-guns - America’s deadly devotion to guns

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/18/us-photos-troops-afghan-corpses - US quick to condemn ‘reprehensible’ photos of troops with Afghan corpses

BUSINESS

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/apr/16/jim-yong-kim-world-bank-president - Jim Yong Kim secures World Bank job amid criticism of US domination of role

SPACE

http://boingboing.net/2012/04/17/space-shuttle-discoverys-fin.html - Discovery’s last flight

WORLD

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/10/slavery-is-far-from-over/ - Slavery is far from over

http://blog.amnestyusa.org/women/the-horror-of-honor-killings-even-in-us/ - The Horror of ‘Honor Killings’, Even in US

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/10/wisdom-women-written-out-of-history - The wisdom of women written out of history

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/achim-steiner-we-havent-even-begun-to-understand-the-damage-we-are-bringing-to-bear-on-the-sustainability-of-our-planet-7627545.html - ‘We haven’t even begun to understand the damage we are bringing to bear on the sustainability of our planet’

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/04/2012410123154923754.html - From Bahrain to India and Guantanamo Bay, the age-old hunger strike is back in vogue as a protest tactic.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/12/war-on-terror-corrupting - The war on terror is corrupting all it touches

SYRIA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/08/syria-peace-plan-doubt-deadline-troops - Syria peace plan doubt as Assad refuses to meet deadline for troop withdrawal

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/gunfire-from-syria-hits-refugee-camp-in-turkey-7627800.html - Gunfire from Syria hits refugee camp in Turkey

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-shot-in-the-heart—the-journalist-assad-made-into-a-martyr-7631276.html - Robert Fisk: Shot in the heart - the journalist Assad made into a martyr

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/201241092145250519.html - Troops being pulled out from provinces

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=265799&R=R3 - Syria truce deadline passes; no reported violence

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/12/syria-ceasefire-kofi-annan-plan  - Syria ceasefire: five potential stumbling blocks

BAHRAIN

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/apr/09/formula-one-bahrain-grand-prix - F1 teams want FIA to postpone Bahrain Grand Prix

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/2012413222599517.html - FIA says F1 Bahrain Grand Prix to go ahead

http://www.stopwar.org.uk/index.php/middle-east-and-north-africa/1337-bahrain-democracy-protester-close-to-death-who-cares-when-theres-a-car-race-to-worry-about - As the Bahrain tyranny cracks down on pro-democracy protests, and hunger-striking protest leader Abdulhadi Alkhawaja nears death, Formula 1 organisers refuse to cancel the 22 April Grand Prix.

EGYPT

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/08/mubarak-intelligence-chief-egypt-presidency - Mubarak’s intelligence chief joins race for Egypt presidency

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/2012410134358646345.html - Egypt court suspends constitutional panel

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/2012412222655917727.html - Egypt MPs back poll ban on Mubarak officials

YEMEN

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp - 133 killed in Qaeda violence in Yemen

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/04/11/206975.html - At least 72 killed as fighting against Qaeda enters its third day in southern Yemen

SAUDI ARABIA

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17446831 - Saudi princess: What I’d change about my country

NORTH KOREA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/04/20124814328267329.html - North Korea readies rocket for launch, I believe it failed.

RUSSIA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/08/russia-red-square-protest - Russian dissenters allowed to protest in Red Square

JAPAN

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/04/20124914856968903.html - Calls for nuclear compensation grow in Japan

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/04/20124965347931138.html - Japan’s Sony to ‘cut 10,000 jobs’

LEBANON

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/20124775835431799.html - When suicide is the only escape

PHILIPPINES

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/04/201241112736382783.html - Philippine navy in standoff with China ships

PERU

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/peruvian-miners-rescue-could-take-three-more-days-7627801.html - Peruvian miners’ rescue could take three more days

INDONESIA

http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&newsId=277082&link=277082 - earthquake

MEXICO

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/04/2012411231737271835.html - earthquake

BOSNIA

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-lessons-to-be-learned-from-sarajevo-7627538.html - Lessons to be learned from Sarajevo

GUINEA-BISSAU

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/04/2012412211055817993.html - Concern over Guinea-Bissau ‘coup’

BURMA

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/david-cameron-ready-to-signal-easing-of-sanctions-against-burma-7640333.html - David Cameron ready to signal easing of sanctions against Burma

SPAIN

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2012/04/2012411131840254793.html - Spanish village grows drugs to pay $1.7m debt

UK CUTS

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/apr/08/tax-credit-rules-families-benefits-trap - Tougher tax credit rules and lack of full-time jobs create benefits trap

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/10/mps-lords-perks-revealed-parliament - MPs’ £1.8m in perks revealed

UK POLICING AND JUSTICE

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/201241181246427731.html - The hypocrisy of the US-UK extradition act

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/09/riot-control-chemicals-plastic-bullets - Riots may be controlled with chemicals

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=20052 - Response to fresh reports of UK’s alleged involvement in rendition

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/10/libyan-dissident-compensation-uk-rendition - Libyan dissident offered money to avoid MI6 appearing in open court

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/10/cameron-clegg-row-secret-court-email-monitoring - Cameron and Clegg clash over secret courts and email monitoring

http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/04/12/exclusive-leak-atos-forces-doctors-to-sign-official-secrets-act/ - ATOS forces doctors to sign Secrets Act

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/team-poison-hackers-claim-to-have-recorded-antiterrorist-hotline-calls-7640090.html - Team Poison hackers claim to have recorded anti-terrorist hotline calls

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/12/conservative-christians-confident-political-arena - Conservative Christians are becoming more confident in the political arena

UK EDUCATION

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/youre-not-welcome-teachers-vote-to-ban-ofsted-7627519.html - ‘You’re not welcome’: teachers vote to ban Ofsted

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/free-schools-harm-education-of-children-nearby-7627528.html - Free schools ‘harm education of children nearby’

UK

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/outrage-as-treasury-plans-granny-tax-ii-7627520.html - Outrage as Treasury plans ‘Granny Tax II’

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/christina-patterson/reforms-in-the-1990s-were-supposed-to-make-nursing-care-better-instead-theres-a-widely-shared-sense-that-this-was-how-todays-compassion-deficit-began-how-did-we-come-to-this-7631273.html - crisis in British nursing

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fewer-wed-but-200-times-more-divorces-than-in-1911-7637163.html - Fewer wed, but 200 times more divorces than in 1911

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/11/iceland-volcano-green-power - Iceland’s volcanoes may power UK

US

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10192386 - Mass. man given 17 1/2 years on terror counts

http://www.salon.com/2012/04/13/the_real_criminals_in_the_tarek_mehanna_case/singleton/ - more on above - The real criminals in the Tarek Mehanna case

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/the-empathy-gap/?smid=tw-NytimesKrugman&seid=auto - The empathy gap

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/09/2739703/absurd-lengths.html - It’s ridiculous for Pentagon to try to shield testimony at Guantánamo that’s already in public domain

http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/21-fatal-bike-crashes-nyc-last-year-only-two-arrests-were-made.html - In 21 Fatal Bike Crashes in NYC Last Year, Only Two Arrests Were Made

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/04/20124518519786175.html - US police track cellphones without warrants

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/10/rick-santorum-quits-republican-race - Rick Santorum bows to the inevitable and quits Republican presidential race

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/12/george-zimmerman-second-degree-murder-trayvon-martin - George Zimmerman to face second-degree murder charge

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/theres-a-race-war-going-on-nazis-come-to-trayvon-martins-town-7637222.html - ‘There’s a race war going on’: Nazis come to Trayvon Martin’s town

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/apr/05/echoes-trayvon-martin-kenneth-chamberlain-sr - Echoes of Trayvon Martin in the police killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/235247.html - ‘The US has seen sudden increase in ongoing racial killings’

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=20055 - Fresh call for Louisiana to end ‘Angola 3’ isolation after 40 years

PEOPLE

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/122682 

BUSINESS

http://www.aljazeera.com/business/2012/04/201249183331607267.html - Facebook snaps up Instagram for $1bn

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/revealed-lobbyists-plans-to-hijack-peoples-petitions-7628058.html -  lobbyists’ plans to hijack ‘people’s petitions’

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/apple-must-learn-from-nike-and-get-tough-on-causes-of-supply-chain-abuse-7624749.html - Apple must learn from Nike and get tough on causes of supply chain abuse

VIDEO

http://youtu.be/NKDXuCE7LeQ - Old Man In Nursing Home Reacts To Hearing Music From His Era

WORLD

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/01/overseas-aid-africa-oil-imports-costs  - Overseas aid to Africa being outweighed by hefty costs of importing oil

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/04/201242132328791769.html - Eurozone unemployment hits all-time high

SYRIA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/03/2012331161239563396.html - Syria regime says battle to topple it is over

http://youtu.be/oyTmZ58M7T8 - Key Syrian activist arrested

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/world-powers-increase-backing-for-an-armed-syrian-rebellion-7606817.html - World powers increase backing for an armed Syrian rebellion

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2012/03/2012331105132799263.html - In Pictures: Syria’s Old Homs in ruins

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/assad-accused-of-brutal-border-crackdown-7615555.html - Assad accused of brutal border crackdown

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/20124253422612678.html - Aid pledged to Syrian opposition groups

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/20124313937942708.html - UN team expected in Syria within 48 hours

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-continues-rebel-bombardment-7618013.html - Syria continues rebel bombardment

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/04/20124613312949549.html - UN steps up pressure on Syria

BAHRAIN

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/04/201241122912440203.html - Bahraini villagers fear effects of tear gas

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/bahraini-hunger-striker-casts-a-long-shadow-over-claims-of-reform-7622271.html - Bahraini hunger striker casts a long shadow over claims of reform

LIBYA

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/233994.html - ‘Tribal clashes killed 147 in south Libya’

IRAN

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/233920.html - Obama gives go-ahead for tougher oil sanctions on Iran

ISRAEL

http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php/palestine-and-israel/1314-why-the-international-criminal-court-should-prosecute-israel-for-war-crimes-in-gaza - The International Criminal Court was set up to bring war criminals to justice — unless the criminal is Israel and the victims are Palestinian.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-defense-ministry-plan-earmarks-10-percent-of-west-bank-for-settlement-expansion-1.421589#.T3hNd-DiFmB.twitter - Israel Defense Ministry plan earmarks 10 percent of West Bank for settlement expansion

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/20124232823265485.html - Palestinian on hunger strike deported to Gaza

http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php/palestine-and-israel/1307-report-documents-systematic-abuse-of-palestinian-children-in-israeli-military-detention - A new report shows how Israel’s routine arrests, detentions, interrogations, abuses and torture of Palestinian children are in breach of UN and international laws.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/20124413019190731.html - Israeli police evict illegal Hebron settlers

MEXICO

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/03/20123316542449795.html - Arrests in Mexico over ‘Saint Death’ killings

COLOMBIA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/02/colombia-farc-rebels-soldiers-police - Colombia Farc rebels free 10 soldiers and police

MALI

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/04/20124181943166936.html - Malian coup leaders restore constitution

MYANMAR

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/01/burma-aung-san-suu-kyi - Burma rejoices on a long-delayed day for democracy

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/04/20124113414427185.html - Myanmar’s Suu Kyi ‘wins landmark election’

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/05/hillary-clinton-burma-sanctions-eased - Burma sanctions will be eased, says Hillary Clinton

SOMALIA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/04/somalia-theatre-suicide-bombing-shabaab - Somalia theatre suicide bombing kills top sports officials

SRI LANKA

http://groundviews.org/2012/04/05/horrible-rise-of-disappearances-in-post-war-sri-lanka-continues-unabated/ - Horrible rise of disappearances in post-war Sri Lanka continues unabated

TURKEY

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/04/2012440046366904.html - Turkey puts former military ruler on trial

KENYA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/03/2012331175153966521.html - Grenade attacks hit Kenyan coastal towns

THAILAND

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/bombs-kill-nine-and-wound-at-least-70-in-southern-thailand-7605898.html - Bombs kill nine and wound at least 70 in southern Thailand

SENEGAL

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/04/20124322544388393.html - Technocrat to be Senegal’s new prime minister

ROMANIA

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/romanias-hospital-scandal-babies-left-to-die-as-doctors-refuse-to-work-without-bribes-7606242.html - Romania’s hospital scandal: Babies left to die as doctors refuse to work without bribes

CHILE

http://articles.cnn.com/2012-03-30/americas/world_americas_chile-hate-crime-death_1_sexual-orientation-orientation-and-gender-identity-crimes-law - Daniel Zamudio, a gay man, was attacked in a Santiago park on March 3 and died from his injuries Tuesday.

GREECE

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9TUAN4O0.htm - Retiree’s suicide jolts Greece, triggers violence

SIBERIA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/04/20124231919378171.html - plane crash

FRANCE

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/04/20124319825285389.html - French court charges alleged ‘jihadist’ group

RUSSIA

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/plight-of-punk-rockers-turns-russians-against-the-church-7619191.html - Plight of punk rockers turns Russians against the Church

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/05/viktor-bout-sentenced-25-years-prison - Viktor Bout sentenced to 25 years in prison

SWEDEN

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/03/201232983619553894.html - Swedish minister quits after Saudi arms row

BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/apr/03/life-and-death-in-sarajevo - Life and death on my street in Sarajevo

UK POLICING and JUSTICE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/05/babar-ahmad-outsourcing-terror-case - Babar Ahmad accuses Britain of ‘outsourcing’ his terror case to US

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/01/abortion-health - Anti-abortion climate ‘will deter new generation of doctors’

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9623459.Special_report__Pro_lifers_target_Brighton_clinic/ - Pro-lifers target Brighton clinic

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/01/government-email-social-network-surveillance - Government plans increased email and social network surveillance

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/02/surveillance-state-coalition-email-social-media - The surveillance state: growing under a coalition that pledged to reverse it

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/02/police-race-row-assault-claim - Metropolitan police race row deepens after assault claim

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/02/sex-and-sharia-muslim-women-punished-for-failed-marriages/ - Sex and Sharia: Muslim women punished for failed marriages

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/sex-workers-feeling-threatened-by-crackdown-on-prostitution-near-olympic-site-7609024.html - Sex workers feeling threatened by crackdown on prostitution near Olympic site

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/02/teenager-accused-cyber-attacks-held-bail - Teenager accused of cyber-attacks held over breach of bail

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/government-retreats-on-digital-big-brother-plan-7615542.html - Government retreats on digital ‘Big Brother’ plan

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ye-big-cleanup-laws-dating-to-the-14th-century-to-be-repealed-7615554.html - Ye big clean-up: laws dating to the 14th century to be repealed

http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/apr/04/human-rights-committee-hidden-justice - Nick Clegg demands rethink on secret justice plans

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/03/surveillance-what-parties-said - Surveillance: what the parties said then and now

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/04/al-qaida-terrorism - Man in London charged with terrorism offences over al-Qaida document - a copy of a book… yeah, that’s it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/05/metropolitan-police-race-allegations-mount - Metropolitan police race row deepens as allegations mount

UK CUTS

http://bevansrun.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/10-key-reasons-why-doctors-opposed.html - 10+ Key reasons why Doctors opposed the Health and Social Care Bill

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/02/fight-for-the-nhs - The fight for the NHS is not over: this is what we need to do now

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/privatisation-is-a-catastrophe-warns-godfather-of-forensics-7606789.html - Privatisation is a catastrophe, warns godfather of forensics

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cutting-20bn-from-the-nhs—and-spending-5000-a-month-on-expenses-7609016.html - Cutting £20bn from the NHS – and spending £5,000 a month on expenses

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/big-society-libraries-under-threat-as-high-court-rules-councils-volunteer-scheme-is-unlawful-7615162.html - ‘Big Society’ libraries under threat as High Court rules council’s volunteer scheme is unlawful

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/04/amazon-british-operation-corporation-tax - Amazon: £7bn sales, no UK corporation tax

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/look-back-in-hunger-britains-silent-scandalous-epidemic-7622363.html - Look back in hunger: Britain’s silent, scandalous epidemic

UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/mar/31/why-kids-should-be-taught-code - Why all our kids should be taught how to code

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/revealed-educations-great-class-divide-7619393.html - educations great class divide

US

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/apr/05/us-sexual-humiliation-political-control - How the US uses sexual humiliation as a political tool to control the masses

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/233930.html - US assassination drone raids kill 9 in Pakistan, Yemen

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/04/201243231635547818.html - Powerful tornadoes pummel Texas

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/man-whose-wmd-lies-led-to-100000-deaths-confesses-all-7606236.html - Defector tells how US officials ‘sexed up’ his fictions to make the case for 2003 invasion

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/04/20124344425450839.html - US bounty for Mumbai attack ‘mastermind’

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/opinion/18wed2.html?_r=3 - The Unfinished Case of Maher Arar

http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2012/03/31/at-11th-hour-georgia-passes-women-as-livestock-bill/ - At 11th Hour, Georgia Passes “Women as Livestock” Bill

http://www.amnestyusa.org/research/reports/cruel-isolation-amnesty-international-s-concerns-about-conditions-in-arizona-maximum-security-prison - Cruel Isolation: Amnesty International’s Concerns about Conditions in Arizona Maximum Security Prisons

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/234399.html - One million US women to wear hijab for Iraqi woman killed in California

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/02/us-plans-nuclear-drones?newsfeed=true - US draws up plans for nuclear drones

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/04/george-bush-state-department-torture - Memo shows US official disagreed with Bush administration’s view on torture

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/04/201244165413555920.html - US to try five 9/11 suspects at Guantanamo

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/04/new-orleans-police-officers-katrina - Five New Orleans police officers sentenced in hurricane Katrina killings

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/04/05/japanese-ghost-ship-to-be-sunk.html - Japanese Ghost Ship to Be Sunk

PEOPLE

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/03/28/donations-help-americas-tallest-man-get-new-shoes/ - Donations Help America’s Tallest Man Get New Shoes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-17633733 - A military policewoman killed herself following a campaign of bullying after she accused two colleagues of rape.

BUSINESS

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/01/apple-iphone-china-factories-forced-interns - Apple’s Chinese iPhone plants employ forced interns, claim campaigners

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/02/bankers-decide-pay-mess-europe - Why do bankers get to decide who pays for the mess Europe is in?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/03/james-murdoch-quits-bskyb - James Murdoch quits as BSkyB boss to spare blushes

VIDEO

http://youtu.be/UIKmSQqp8wY - evolution of the moon

http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html - Susan Cain: the power of introverts

http://youtu.be/wC8ovJYAU3U - trailer for The Newsroom

http://youtu.be/iozZTJB2XOw - Nike Free — I Would Run To You

WORLD

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/27/arab-spring-middle-east-executions - Arab spring leads to wave of Middle East state executions

http://blog.amnestyusa.org/deathpenalty/the-death-penalty-in-2011-three-things-you-should-know/ - The Death Penalty In 2011: Three Things You Should Know

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/27/far-right-philozionism-racism - Don’t be fooled. Europe’s far-right racists are not discerning

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/28/left-to-die-migrants-boat-inquiry - Migrants left to die after catalogue of failures, says report into boat tragedy

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/03/28/sex-slaves-sold-in-the-name-of-religion/ - Sex slaves sold in the name of religion

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/iran-blog/2012/mar/26/message-israel-iran-love-you?CMP=twt_gu - It shouldn’t just be Israeli’s and Iranians doing this, we should all say we love yous a bit more

SYRIA

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/03/25/203055.html - Obama, Erdogan to pursue ‘non-lethal’ aid for Syrian rebels

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17501366 - Young London Syrians travel to country to support protest

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/villagers-forced-into-human-shield-for-assads-soldiers-7584946.html - Villagers ‘forced into human shield for Assad’s soldiers’

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/03/2012327104152892450.html - Syria ‘accepts’ Annan plan to end crisis

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-on-lebanons-border-silent-syrians-are-flocking-to-an-unknown-future-7601133.html - Robert Fisk: On Lebanon’s border, silent Syrians are flocking to an unknown future

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-living-on-the-edge-of-syrias-bloody-war-7594922.html - Robert Fisk: Living on the edge of Syria’s bloody war

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/hague-pledges-500000-to-syria-opposition-7600717.html - Hague pledges £500,000 to Syria opposition

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-syria/2012/03/12/gIQAvgiiES_story.html - Five myths about Syria

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/03/30/204125.html - Two journalists killed in Syria, says media watchdog

IRAN

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/233074.html - Chinese firms fill in gaps left by Iran sanctions - what were they expecting exactly?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/25/bomb-iran-nuclear-arms-iraq-israel - Bomb Iran and it will surely decide to pursue nuclear arms

PALESTINE

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/03/26/palestine%E2%80%99s-right-to-exist/ - Palestine’s right to exist

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/20123297836253440.html - Palestinians forge new strategies of resistance

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/233742.html - Israeli tanks enter southern Gaza Strip

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/03/201232516146607170.html - Israel court rejects plea on outpost removal

ISRAEL

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/mar/28/israel-border-fence-video - Israel ‘faces isolation’ as new border fence is erected - video

BAHRAIN

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/03/2012328184832860844.html - ‘Critical’ rights reforms ignored in Bahrain

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/03/2012325101713249299.html - Grand Prix: A battleground in Bahrain

YEMEN

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/03/201232891054314392.html - Saudi deputy consul abducted in Yemen

AFGHANISTAN

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17533816 - Hundreds of Afghan women jailed for ‘moral crimes’

LIBYA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/03/201232711347936977.html - Deaths as rival militias clash in Libya

PAKISTAN

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/03/201232741115894345.html - Pakistan to charge bin Laden widows

TUNISIA

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/25/us-tunisia-salafis-protest-idUSBRE82O0D120120325 - Tunisian Islamists step up demand for Islamic state

EGYPT

http://www.egyptindependent.com/node/737096 - April 6 launches campaign for Egyptians to discuss visions for constitution

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/the-true-price-of-egypts-freedom-7586402.html - The true price of Egypt’s freedom

SUDAN

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/27/south-sudan-oil-fields-fighting - Sudanese border region sees second day of fighting over oil fields

SRI LANKA

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article3248382.ece - Colombo changing tack on LLRC?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2012/03/sri-lanka-reacts-un-0 - Nationalists do protest - reacts to the UN

BOSNIA

http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/press-release-me-let-me-go/20-years-bosnia-victims-still-search-justice - 20 years on, Bosnia victims still search for justice

HONDURAS

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/03/2012329224223267405.html - Many killed in Honduras prison fight

CHINA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/29/tibetan-monk-self-immolates-china - Tibetan monk, 20, sets himself on fire in China

MYANMAR

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia-pacific/2012/03/2012329184512429532.html - High stakes in Myanmar election

CHILE

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/03/201232523111219719.html - Powerful earthquake hits central Chile

NORTH KOREA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/03/201232818813416452.html - US suspends food aid to North Korea

TURKEY

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/03/201232920153676163.html - Turkey police break up education bill protest

JAPAN

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/29/japan-hangs-three-prisoners-executions - Japan hangs three prisoners after 18-month stay of executions

CANADA

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/03/20123270148206617.html - Canada court rules against ban on brothels

FRANCE

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/03/201232920819671322.html - France bars entry to four Islamic scholars

UK POLICING and JUSTICE

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/leaked-riot-report-identifies-500000-forgotten-families-7593330.html - Leaked riot report identifies 500,000 forgotten families

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/james-moore-coutts-in-the-dock-but-once-again-the-taxpayer-will-pay-price-for-city-folly-7586463.html - Coutts in the dock… but once again the taxpayer will pay price for City folly

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/28/verdict-uk-riots-stake-society - Verdict on UK riots: people need a ‘stake in society’, says report

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/government-must-renegotiate-unbalanced-extradition-treaty-7600779.html - Government must renegotiate ‘unbalanced’ extradition treaty

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/03/30/abortion-industry-a-slur-on-the-women-who-support-their-choice/ - ‘Abortion industry’: A slur on the women who support their choice

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ban-on-filming-in-british-courts-to-be-lifted-7593582.html - Ban on filming in British courts to be lifted

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17534262 - Forced marriage: Girl aged five among 400 minors helped

UK CUTS

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/mar/29/uk-back-in-recession-oecd - UK is back in recession, OECD says

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nhs-reforms-finally-become-law-7592991.html - NHS reforms finally become law

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/how-the-humble-cornish-pasty-became-a-political-hot-potato-7595080.html - How the humble Cornish pasty became a political hot potato

UK

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/03/24/stop-all-this-exaggeration/ - polarisation of UK government - stop all this exaggeration.

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2012/03/20123259101259117.html - UK co-operative prospers in recession

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/mar/26/government-talks-fuel-tanker-drivers-strike - Government urged to hold talks as fuel tanker drivers vote for strike action

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fire-rages-at-britains-largest-cemetery-7593364.html - Fire rages at Britain’s largest cemetery

UK GOVERNMENT

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/guess-who-came-to-dinner-bankers-traders-and-an-oil-baron-7586364.html - Guess who came to dinner: bankers, traders and an oil baron

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2012/mar/25/cash-for-policy-deep-offence - ‘Cash-for-policy’ boast is a deep offence against democracy

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/funding-reform-back-on-the-table-in-effort-to-limit-damage-7584906.html - Funding reform back on the table in effort to limit damage

US

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/26/taliban-sympathiser-arrest-fbi-informant-tactics - ‘Taliban sympathiser’ arrest prompts new questions about FBI tactics

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/us/killing-of-iraqi-woman-leaves-immigrant-community-shaken.html - Iraqi Immigrants in California Town Fear a Hate Crime in a Woman’s Killing

http://youtu.be/RrnMYg62boM - more on above

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/25/us-health-reforms-supreme-court - US healthcare reforms battle moves to supreme court

https://indypendent.org/2012/03/28/big-fight-over-israel-small-food-co-op - A Big Fight Over Israel at a Small Food Co-op

#TRAYVONMARTIN

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/black-panthers-offer-10000-bounty-to-catch-trayvon-killer-7584949.html - Black Panthers offer $10,000 bounty to catch Trayvon killer

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/03/28/453744/bobby-rush-hoodi/ - Bobby Rush Gets Kicked Off House Floor For Wearing Hoodie For Trayvon

SCIENCE

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/03/26/could-the-mind-play-a-bigger-role-in-healthcare/ - Could the mind play a bigger role in healthcare?

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/03/29/ptsd-the-pain-of-reliving-trauma-years-after-the-event/ - PTSD: The pain of reliving trauma years after the event

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/mar/28/face-transplant-man-richard-norris - Face transplant man Richard Norris has ‘life restored’

BUSINESS

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/26/journey-from-keynesiani-economics-to-austerity - How we fell out of love with Keynes

VIDEO

http://youtu.be/W2bOED5LzZw - 86 year old gymnast

http://youtu.be/Ex5DMpGdTOo - a rather good male gymnast

http://youtu.be/vB6jpvrC1SU - little boy discovers shadow for first time

http://youtu.be/fqymcJRSbxI - drunk Bohemian Rhapsody in back of police car