 NDTV | Taliban Attack Afghan Hotel Wall Street Journal By ZIAULHAQ SULTANI And DION NISSENBAUM KABUL, Afghanistanâ€"Taliban insurgents stormed a lakeside resort hotel outside Kabul, using assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades to take many hostages, according to Afghan officials. Suicide attackers hit Afghan hotel; hostages taken Taliban militants strike Afghan hotel, take hostages In Afghanistan, gunmen take hostages in siege of lakeside hotel |
 BBC News | Suicide attackers hit Afghan hotel; hostages taken USA TODAY KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) â€" Three suicide bombers attacked a lakeside hotel north of Kabul, taking hostages and staging an hours-long gunbattle with Afghan security forces, police said Friday. The bombers, armed with machines guns, rocket-propelled ... Taliban Attack Afghan Hotel Taliban militants strike Afghan hotel, fighting ongoing Taliban Attack Lakeside Resort Hotel Near Kabul, Taking Families Hostage |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Taliban Attack Lakeside Resort Hotel Near Kabul, Taking Families Hostage New York Times KARGA LAKE, Afghanistan â€" As families ate a late dinner at a popular lakeside resort hotel here on a warm summer night, at least three Taliban shot their way into the compound, entered the dining room and took an unknown number of hostages, ... Afghan police free 18 civilians, hotel siege continues Afghan Taliban attack Kabul hotel, take hostages Suicide attacks at Afghan hotel; hostages taken |
 AFP | Afghan police free 18 civilians, hotel siege continues Reuters | KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces have freed 18 civilians and killed two militants after a Taliban attack on a popular lakeside hotel on the outskirts of the capital Kabul, but a siege was still ongoing and more hostages may be held, ... Afghan Taliban attack Lake Qargha hotel near Kabul Taliban Attack Hotel in Kabul, Site of a Party Gunmen seize control of lakeside hotel in Afghanistan |
 New York Times | Erdan elected vice chairman of Rio+20 summit Jerusalem Post By SHARON UDASIN 193 countries expected to sign far-reaching declaration; Erdan is leading a 66-member Israeli delegation to the conference. Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan was on Thursday unanimously elected vice chairman of the ongoing ... Removing poverty top priority, Manmohan tells Rio+20 At Rio, India blames it on rich but content overall Leaders raise alarm at Rio+20 environmental summit on tepid document |
 BBC News | Taunted NY bus driver doesn't want bullies charged Wall Street Journal AP ROCHESTER, NY â€" A New York school bus monitor who was verbally assaulted by four middle schoolers, an attack that generated international outrage and an outpouring of support for the woman when a video of the taunts went viral, has told police she ... Toronto man raises over $300000 for bullied elderly bus monitor US Fund for bullied bus monitor tops $350K 1 of 9 At least $380K raised for bullied NY bus monitor |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Middle schoolers bully bus monitor, 68, with stream of profanity, jeers CNN International (CNN) -- A profanity-laced video of middle school students in upstate New York verbally abusing a bus monitor is sparking an outpouring of support as strangers worldwide rally to her side. Students taunt Karen Klein, 68, with a stream of profanity, ... Bullied bus monitor: how she's now in line for $250000 in donations More than $360K raised for bullied bus monitor Outpouring of support for bullied grandma |
 CBC.ca | Suu Kyi in historic speech to British parliament Pakistan Daily Times LONDON: Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday urged the world to help Myanmar complete its journey towards democracy as she became the first foreign woman to address both houses of Britain's parliament. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate said it was an ... Aung San Suu Kyi appeals to Britain to help drive her country's transformation Aung San Suu Kyi urges help for Burma reforms in Westminster Hall speech Burma's Suu Kyi Dazzles Overseas, but Faces Myriad Problems Back Home |
 CTV.ca | Prosecutors ask for psychiatric care not prison for Breivik CTV.ca AP OSLO, Norway â€" If Norwegian prosecutors get their way, no one will be held criminally responsible for the deaths of 77 people in a bomb and shooting rampage that roiled the peaceful nation. Even though self-styled anti-Muslim militant Anders Behring ... Breivik prosecutors call for insanity verdict in trial's closing statements Psychiatric care urged for Norway killer Lock Breivik up in a psychiatric ward: prosecutor |
 The Associated Press | AP IMPACT: Syria rebels divided, at times violent The Associated Press By BEN HUBBARD, AP â€" 1 minute ago SARJEH, Syria (AP) â€" Rebel commander Ahmed Eissa al-Sheikh keeps a paper on his desk bearing the names of the dead from his brigade. The first 16 are neatly typed below a Quranic verse extolling martyrdom. Administration mum on claims CIA helping steer arms to Syrian opposition Syrian pilot flies his MiG to Jordan, gets asylum US denies safe passage scheme for Assad |
 CBC.ca | Rio+20: the Earth Summit diaries, Thursday 21 June The Guardian The Rio+20 we don't want Thursday June 21 15.45 A group of civil society organisations has written a letter to the UN and Rio +20 delegates outlining their opposition to the outline agreement. Here is what it says: The Future We Want is not to be found ... People's Summit seeks alternative solutions during UN Earth Summit Poems and politics at the heart of Rio Development Banks to Fund Sustainable Transport |
 USA TODAY | Russia slams Britain over Syria-bound ship USA TODAY MOSCOW (AP) â€" Russia's foreign minister lashed out at Britain on Thursday for pressuring a Russian-operated ship heading to Syria with a load of weapons to turn back, saying that Moscow won't abide by European Union sanctions against its Arab ally. Syrian Pilot Defects to Jordan With Plane Russia confirms Syria-bound ship carried helicopters Syrian Pilot Granted Asylum in Jordan |
CTV.ca | Norway Gunman Needs Psychiatric Confinement, Not Prison, Prosecutors Say New York Times OSLO â€" Norwegian prosecutors asked a trial court in Oslo on Thursday to order Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted killing 77 people, confined for compulsory psychiatric treatment instead of sentencing him to prison. Almost ten weeks of testimony ... Prosecutors Seek Psychiatric Care for Breivik Confessed Norway killer's prosecutors ask for psychiatric care Prosecutors want insanity verdict for Breivik |
 The Guardian | Syrian fighter pilot who landed jet in Jordan granted asylum The Guardian Jordan has moved quickly to grant asylum to a Syrian fighter pilot who landed his warplane at a military base near Amman on Thursday morning and announced his defection from the Assad regime. The pilot, a colonel, named by opposition activists as ... Syrian fighter pilot defects to Jordan Syrian fighter pilot defects to Jordan, gets asylum | AP IMPACT: Syria rebels divided, at times violent |
 TIME | The Breivik Trial: Is Norway's Mass Murderer Really Insane? TIME Prosecutors in the case of Anders Breivik, the man responsible for one of the worst massacres in Norwegian history, asked he be consigned to psychiatric care rather than prison. But the debate over Breivik's sanity will only grow. Confessed Norway killer's prosecutors ask for psychiatric care Anders Behring Breivik 'should be declared insane' Prosecutors want mass killer Breivik ruled insane |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Syrian Pilot Granted Asylum in Jordan New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon â€" The pilot of a warplane who had been reported missing by Syrian Air Force authorities during a training mission on Thursday flew to neighboring Jordan where he sought and was granted asylum, Jordanian officials said. Syrian fighter pilot defects to Jordan Syrian air force pilot defects in fighter jet to Jordan Syrian pilot defects to Jordan with plane |
 Voice of America | Egypt's Shafiq Campaign Signals Softening in Standoff Voice of America CAIRO - Egypt's election officials are reviewing complaints about irregularities in the nation's first freely-contested presidential election, delaying announcement of the results. The indefinite postponement is adding to tensions already heightened by ... Mubarak health scare started with fall in bathroom, lawyer says The Nation: In Egypt, A President Without Power Poll impasse puts Egypt on edge |
 CTV.ca | More uncertainty in Egypt amid delayed vote results, questions over Mubarak's ... Washington Post CAIRO â€" Egyptian election officials said Wednesday that they would not announce formal results of last weekend's landmark presidential vote as scheduled on Thursday, a decision that heightened the nation's sense of uncertainty. Egypt ponders health of Mubarak and democracy Egypt president announcement delayed Tensions Soar In Egypt As Election Results Delayed |
 BBC News | Syrian fighter pilot defects to Jordan BBC News A Syrian fighter plane has landed at a military air base in the north of Jordan and the pilot has asked for asylum, Jordanian officials say. Jordan's Minister of Information Samih al-Maaytah said the pilot of the Mig 21 jet was being debriefed. Syrian fighter pilot lands in Jordan and asks for asylum Syrian air force pilot defects in fighter jet to Jordan Syrian air force pilot defects to Jordan: officials |
 The Guardian | ICRC to attempt Homs evacuation The Guardian The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said it will try on Thursday to evacuate civilians from the Syrian city of Homs. ICRC spokesman Rabab al-Rifai said that in addition to the planned evacuations of the wounded, the ill and others ... Syria crisis: Homs shelling stalls evacuation Syrian military plane disappears while training Arabs urge Russia to stop arming Syria as Homs battered |
 ABC News | Clinton: Military Must Hand Power to Egypt Presidential Winner Voice of America US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Egypt's military must "fulfill its promise" to turn over power to the winner of a presidential runoff vote, as the country's election commission has delayed Thursday's planned announcement of the results. Vote result delay frays Egyptian nerves More uncertainty in Egypt amid delayed vote results, questions over Mubarak's ... Egypt election result delay fuels coup fears - live updates |
 The Guardian | Julian Assange: Ecuador set to make decision on asylum application The Guardian Julian Assange has spent a second night at the Ecuadorean embassy in London amid reports that a decision on his request for political asylum will be made on Thursday. The 40-year-old WikiLeaks founder has been inside the building in Knightsbridge since ... No easy way out for Assange holed up in embassy Assange Faces Arrest If He Leaves Ecuador Embassy Assange Will Likely Lose Asylum Bid, Go to Jail, Lawyers Say |
CBC.ca | World Indigenous rangers conference for Darwin ABC Online By Iain Gustafson Darwin is set to host a conference of Indigenous land and sea managers from around the world. Prime Minister Julia Gillard used the United Nations Sustainable Development conference in Rio to announce plans for a global Indigenous ... Rio+20 environmental conference being called 'epic failure' Earth summit opens in Rio amid low expectations Declaration agreed at summit in Rio |
 euronews | Egyptian election result is delayed until the weekend euronews The results of Egypt's presidential election have been delayed adding to the tension in Tahrir Square. The people had been expecting to discover the winner today. Now they will have to wait until the weekend. “The military council, in an indirect ... Officials Delay Announcing Egypt Election Winner Egypt's Elections Commission postpones announcing winner Vote result delay frays Egyptian nerves |
