Tehran has blocked a UK Foreign Office website in Iran as part of its “ever-tightening stranglehold of censorship”, the foreign secretary says. from (author unknown) via http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-17420534
Thousands flee homes for mountains, fearing Sudanese attacks, as Al Jazeera finds homes burnt down and crops destroyed. from (author unknown) via http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/03/20123189523528780.html
Tens of thousands of Egypt’s Coptic Christians hold an overnight vigil and attend a mass for Pope Shenouda III, who died on Saturday aged 88. from (author unknown) via http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-17420084
Thousands gather in Cairo cathedral to pay tribute to Pope Shenouda, the Coptic church’s spiritual leader since 1971. from (author unknown) via http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/03/20123189381735182.html
• Gaddafi’s intelligence chief arrested in Mauritania • Senussi should be handed to ICC, say campaigners• Demonstrations in Syria to mark anniversary of uprising 10.08am: Thousands of Christians have gathered Cairo’s main cathedral in the Abbasiya district to pay their respects to Pope Shenouda III. Al-Jazeera’s Adam Makary tweets this…
Cyclone Lua weakens in northwest but residents in northeast told to be prepared for gales and possible flash floods. from (author unknown) via http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/03/201231861833785419.html
McLaren driver leads from lap one to finish ahead of Sebastian Vettel and claim third win in Melbourne in four years. from (author unknown) via http://www.aljazeera.com/sport/formulaone/2012/03/201231885951340149.html
Two gunmen killed language institute teacher in his car in Yemeni city of Taez, officials say Two gunmen on a motorcycle have shot dead an American teacher working at a language institute in a central Yemeni city, according to the region’s provincial governor. Hamoud al-Sufi said the teacher had been…
Bolton’s Fabrice Muamba faces “crucial 24 hours” after suffering heart attack during English club’s match at Tottenham. from (author unknown) via http://www.aljazeera.com/sport/football/2012/03/20123188358631491.html
Gunmen on motorbikes kill man believed to have been a language teacher in southern city of Taiz, officials say. from (author unknown) via http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/03/201231873142476900.html