World News

• EU forces attack pirate bases on Somali coast
  16 May 2012

  The European Union's anti-piracy force yesterday attacked pirate bases along the Somali coast for the first time, using helicopters to destroy suspect boats.

• Outcry as PM meets Dalai Lama
  16 May 2012

  China has criticised David Cameron for meeting the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, saying it amounts to support for Tibet's independence from Chinese rule.

• Tymoshenko's hearing delayed
  16 May 2012

  A UKRAINIAN court delayed hearings yesterday into former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko's appeal against last year's abuse-of-office conviction, a verdict seen by many Western nations as politically motivated.

• Ghalioun re-elected as SNC president
  16 May 2012

  The Syrian National Council opposition group re-elected Burhan Ghalioun as president at a meeting in Rome yesterday.

• Iran hangs Israeli spy over murder
  16 May 2012

  Iran has hanged a man it said was an agent for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and whom it convicted of killing one of its nuclear scientists.

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  Euro exit fears grow as Greece hits stalemate
  15 May 2012

  EUROPEAN Union policymakers have warned Greece it could not remain in the eurozone if it ripped up its bailout programme as financial markets ratcheted up the pressure on the bloc.

• Libya Nato survivors payout call
  15 May 2012

  Human Rights Watch has called on Nato to compensate survivors of airstrikes in Libya, which it says killed dozens of civilians.

• Clashes in Syria leave more than 20 dead
  15 May 2012

  Rebels have killed 23 Syrian soldiers in battles around the town of Rastan.