Few countries have a mascot for London this summer – and now that Israel’s Baby Bamba has been withdrawn, they will be even thinner on the ground Sad days in the state of Israel. Baby Bamba, a peanut-shaped toddler dressed in a blue nappy, has been withdrawn as the country’s…
Gaddafi’s brother-in-law and spymaster Abdullah al-Senussi seized after flying into Mauritania on false passport A three-way battle for custody of the Gaddafi regime’s spymaster was threatening to break out following his arrest while trying to enter Mauritania on a fake passport over the weekend. Abdullah al-Senussi, 62, Muammar Gaddafi’s brother-in-law…
Five people shot dead on resort island of Bali “for planning acts of terrorism and robberies”. from (author unknown) via http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/03/201231818311112547.html
Politician reportedly killed by tear gas canister as thousands use New Year celebrations to rally for rights. from (author unknown) via http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/03/2012318173842690891.html
Two men convicted of carrying out a 2011 bombing in Minsk have been put to death, drawing international condemnation from (author unknown) via http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/03/2012318164312437754.html
Egyptian spiritual leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church for more than 40 years Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, who has died aged 88 after suffering from prostate cancer, was for four decades the spiritual leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the largest Christian community in the Middle East. In his…
Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead an American teacher in Taez city from (author unknown) via http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/mar/18/us-teacher-killed-yemen-video
At least three people have been killed and 25 injured in a car bomb explosion in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, according to reports. from (author unknown) via http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-17423157
Libya formally requests the handover of Col Gaddafi’s former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, following his arrest in Mauritania. from (author unknown) via http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-17421266
WASHINGTON — More than a decade into the war in Afghanistan, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney does not have enough information to “take a stand… Read more: Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Video, Hamid Karzei, Afghanistan, Politics News from The Huffington Post News Team via http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/18/mitt-romney-afghanistan_n_1356730.html