Major earthquake strikes near Acapulco on Mexico’s Pacific coast, the US Geological Survey reports. from (author unknown) via http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/03/201232018191034387.html
Housemaid Alem Dechasa killed herself after street attack that sparked outrage over treatment of migrant workers in Lebanon Ethiopia is lobbying Lebanon to investigate fully the death of an Ethiopian housemaid who killed herself after being beaten on the street in Beirut. Video footage of Alem Dechasa being attacked outside…
Government report claims “significant” progress on implementing reforms following abuses during last year’s unrest. from (author unknown) via http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/03/2012320174926385790.html
An old tradition where grooms make a substantial payment to the bride’s family is flourishing in Turkmenistan, and the sums changing hands are getting higher. Programme: News Briefing Central Asia read more from IWPR London via http://iwpr.net/report-news/price-marriage-turkmenistan
Comic turn, or nefarious plot to project Russian power? Programme: Caucasus read more from IWPR London via http://iwpr.net/report-news/derision-servile-putin-fan-club-armenia
Aleks Krotoski is joined by Keith Stuart and Charles Arthur to review the week’s technology news, including Apple’s decision to pay its shareholders dividends, and the malware attacks on the computers of Syrian anti-government actists. Plus, Keith reveals his highlights from the Bafta video game awards. Aleks Krotoski Iain Chambers…
Tens of thousands of Egyptian Coptic Christians join a funeral mass for their patriarch, Pope Shenouda III, at St Mark’s cathedral in Cairo from (author unknown) via http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2012/mar/20/funeral-pope-shenouda-in-pictures
In a video greeting to Iranian people for Nowruz, the US president accused the Tehran government of creating an ‘electronic curtain’ around the country from (author unknown) via http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/mar/20/barack-obama-tehran-electronic-curtain-video
Nearly a decade has passed since that day in 2003, but Craig Mullaney still gets choked up recalling the firefight in Afghanistan where he watched one of his soldiers die. Read more: The Unforgiving Minute, Beyond the Battlefield, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Ptsd, Craig Mullaney, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Afghanistan War,…
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran will “attack to defend itself” if targeted by US or Israeli aggression. from (author unknown) via http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/03/20123201550485845.html