WITH just weeks to go until the 30th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the Falklands islands (or Malvinas) on April 2, 1982, the run-up is being greeted not with historical curiosity but with the sound of sabres being rattled.
Tens of thousands of Russians braved the bitter cold in Moscow yesterday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while thousands of others staged a rally supporting the prime minister.
Heavy weapons fire rang out in the northern Malian town of Kidal yesterday, in a sign that a Tuareg-led rebellion was nearing the most significant target yet in two weeks of clashes.
ARULING South African African National Congress appeals panel yesterday upheld a decision to expel its firebrand youth leader Julius Malema for bringing the movement into disrepute.
ACTOR Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, TV shows and stage productions, died of pancreatic cancer in a Manhattan hospital on Friday, his lawyer said yesterday.
KENYA'S military has struck al-Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to crush the rebels last October, a Kenyan army officer said yesterday.
THE number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly football riot rose to eight yesterday, security officials said, as demonstrations continued in the capital Cairo.
India's beleaguered government won some relief yesterday when a court threw out a corruption case against one of its top ministers ahead of crucial state elections next week.
Egyptians incensed by the deaths of 74 people in soccer violence clashed with the country's security forces yesterday, as a state of emergency was declared by the Government.
BEING appointed Britain's new ambassador to Somalia could easily feel like the diplomatic equivalent of being a Second World War soldier sent to the Russian front.
2 February 2012
