 BBC News | Egypt's army in control of vast business empire BBC News By Magdi Abdelhadi Middle East analyst Out in the desert to the east of the capital, Cairo, the Egyptian military has just finished building a massive new sports centre. The resort is complete with a hotel and other facilities, including an impressive ... Standoff hardens in Egypt between military and Islamists as protesters throng ... Egypt's Brotherhood says military holding onto election results Protests in Cairo continue |
 CTV.ca | Turkey says Syria downed its plane Xinhua BEIJING, June 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Turkey says its air force jet that disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea Friday, was shot down by Syria. After a two-hour security meeting led by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey issued a statement, ... Syria says it shot down Turkish air force jet Syria admits to shooting down Turkish jet Syria admits shooting down Turkish warplane |
 AFP | Syria shoots down Turkish jet, claims rebel massacre AFP DAMASCUS â€" Syria confirmed on Saturday it had shot down a Turkish warplane over its territory, sparking a fresh crisis between the two countries, while accusing rebels of having massacred 25 of its supporters. UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan urged ... Turkey says it will take 'steps' after determining that Syria shot down ... Syria Says It Shot Down Turkish Air Force Jet Syria shoots down warplane from Turkey |
 DAWN.com | Turkey says it will take 'steps' after determining that Syria shot down ... Washington Post BEIRUT â€" Turkey vowed to take “necessary steps†after concluding that Syria shot down a Turkish fighter jet near the Syrian border on Friday, sending tensions soaring in the already fraught region. In a terse statement issued after an emergency ... Syria Says It Shot Down Turkish Air Force Jet Syria shoots down warplane from Turkey Syria Shoots Down Turkish Warplane, Fraying Ties Further |
 The Guardian | Syria shoots down warplane from Turkey Los Angeles Times BEIRUT â€" Syria shot down a warplane from Turkey on Friday that it said had violated its airspace, an event that illustrated the potential for the Syrian conflict to spill across its borders and risked a further deterioration in relations between ... Syria Shoots Down Turkish Warplane, Fraying Ties Further Syria says it shot down Turkish air force jet in Syrian airspace in escalation ... Turkey says it will take 'steps' after determining that Syria shot down ... |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Paraguay's President Ousted in Impeachment... ABC News Paraguay's Senate removed President Fernando Lugo from office in a rapid impeachment trial on Friday, and the leftist former priest said he was stepping aside even though he considered his ouster a blow to democracy. Vice President Federico Franco was ... Paraguay Congress Removes President Fernando Lugo Paraguay's president ousted in impeachment trial Paraguay President Fernando Lugo impeached by congress |
 BBC News | Paraguay President Fernando Lugo impeached by congress BBC News Paraguay's Senate has voted to impeach left-wing President Fernando Lugo, forcing him to step down. Both houses of Congress had voted on Thursday to begin impeachment proceedings over his handling of clashes between farmers and police last week in ... Paraguay's Senate Impeaches President Lugo Amid Protests Impeachment of Paraguay's President Still Doesn't Solve Underlying Injustice Paraguay swears in new leader after impeachment |
 BBC News | Syria downs Turkish jet, Ankara to act decisively | Reuters By Oliver Holmes | BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria shot down a Turkish warplane over the Mediterranean on Friday and Ankara warned it would respond decisively to the incident that threatened a new international dimension to the 16-month revolt against Syrian ... Syrian military says it downed Turkish fighter jet Syrian Forces Down Turkish Jet Off Syrian Coast Syria admits shooting down Turkish fighter jet |
 CBS News | Syrian government accuses rebels of mass killing, Annan appeals for Iran ... Washington Post BEIRUT â€" An online video showed more than a dozen bloodied corpses, some of them piled atop each other and in military uniforms, dumped beside a road in northern Syria in what the government Friday called a mass killing by rebel forces. Ruthless Assad regime leaves Syria burning US sees Syrian military defections beginning to 'accelerate' Activists: 26 Syrian Regime Supporters Killed |
 CBC.ca | Rio+20 earth summit concludes with few commitments CBC.ca The huge Rio de Janeiro summit on sustainable development is drawing to a messy close and the end results mean Canada does not have to lift a finger to fulfil the meeting's vision. Dubbed the Rio+20 conference to mark the 20th anniversary of the Earth ... Rio+20: the Earth Summit diaries, Friday 22 June Clinton, Rousseff speak out for women's rights in Rio Hillary Clinton Rallies Delegates to Stand Together in Solving Environmental ... |
 BBC News | Voices from Norway as Breivik trial ends BBC News The trial of Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted killing 77 people, many of them teenagers, in two attacks in Norway last year, has ended and Judges will deliver their verdict in August. Anders Behring Breivik bombed government buildings in Oslo ... Breivik ends massacre trial by defending attacks At Close of Trial, Killer Gets the Stage He Always Wanted |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Taliban insurgents attack popular Kabul resort; at least 20 killed Washington Post KABUL â€" On a warm summer evening, with peacocks strutting amid the patio chairs and moonlight reflecting off the lake, the Spugmay Restaurant is one of the most elegant sanctuaries in Kabul, a place where the war feels almost far enough away. Deadly standoff ends at Afghan hotel; hostages freed after several hours Witnesses Describe Brazen Attack on Resort Hotel Near Kabul Taliban suicide bombing kills 17 at resort near Kabul |
 Wall Street Journal | Breivik Attacks Norway's Morals Wall Street Journal By KJETIL MALKENES HOVLAND OSLOâ€"In final testimony of Norway's grueling 10-week terror trial, mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik attacked his country's morals and demanded to be acquitted and declared sane for killing 77 people in one of the ... Trial Ends in Oslo for Mass Killer as Judges Must Rule on Sanity Anders Breivik: I was defending the Norwegian people Trial of Oslo Killer Ends, With Lawyers Saying He Is Sane |
 BBC News | Turkish military jet 'downed by Syria' near border BBC News Turkey's government has called an emergency security meeting amid reports that one of its fighter jets was shot down by Syrian security forces. The Turkish military earlier said it had lost contact with an F-4 Phantom over the Mediterranean Sea on ... Syria shoots down Turkish warplane, apologizes Turkey Loses Military Jet Near Syria Turkey: warplane missing near Syria |
 New York Times | Clinton: family planning key to sustainability The Associated Press Rio de Janeiro (AP) â€" United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has taken a stand for women's reproductive rights during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro. Clinton told the audience Friday that she ... Rio+20 summit: Final day live blog In the shadows of Rio, progress slips through Clinton speaking at Rio+20 environment summit as talks conclude in Brazil |
 Christian Science Monitor | Defense makes final case for acquitting Norwegian mass killer Breivik (+video) Christian Science Monitor Today's closing arguments mark the end of months of testimony focused on whether Anders Behring Breivik was mentally ill when he killed 85 people last July. His lawyer says he was sane. By Ariel Zirulnick, Staff writer / June 22, 2012 Norwegian gunman ... Anders Behring Breivik trial ends Anders Behring Breivik trial in Norway draws to a close Breivik Calls For Acquittal As Terror Trial Ends |
 Christian Science Monitor | Taliban claim attack on Kabul resort, citing presence of 'illicit fun' and alcohol Christian Science Monitor Taliban militants killed at least 20 people in an all-night battle with Afghan security forces at a popular resort near Kabul. By Tom A. Peter, Correspondent / June 22, 2012 Afghan policemen stand guard outside of the Spozhmai Hotel on Lake Qurgha ... 18 killed in Afghan resort attack, officials say Twenty dead in Taliban siege of Afghan hotel; NATO blames Haqqanis | Taliban storm Afghan hotel, killing 18 people |
 BBC News | Breivik final remarks prompt families' walkout BBC News Anders Behring Breivik is giving final remarks at his trial for the killing of 77 people in Norway, prompting victims' families to walk out of court. Earlier his defence told the Oslo court he should be considered sane and sought his acquittal - a ... Trial of confessed Norway killer ends, August sentencing set Defense makes final case for acquitting Norwegian mass killer Breivik Breivik Defense Makes Sanity Plea |
 Los Angeles Times | 'Senior Syria regime figures trying to defect' Jerusalem Post By JPOST.COM STAFF The "British Daily Telegraph" reports that members of Assad inner circle making contacts with opposition forces. Members of Syrian President Bashar Assad's inner circle are covertly planing to defect and join the opposition should ... Syria Army Kills 144; 54 Soldiers Die, Rights Group Says Report: Top Syrians ready to f,lee Syria air force pilot defects to Jordan |
 BBC News | Criticism and discord mark Rio summit end BBC News The United Nations summit on sustainable development is entering its final day in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro amid widespread criticism of the likely outcome. The gathering, which has attracted more than a hundred world leaders, had promised ... Rio+20 summit: Final day live blog Leaders raise alarm at Rio+20 environmental summit on tepid document Leaders raise alarm at Rio+20 enviro summit |
 CTV.ca | Deadly standoff ends at Afghan hotel; hostages freed after several hours CNN Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Taliban militants attacked a hotel near Kabul on Friday and seized dozens of hostages, sparking a fierce gunbattle with Afghan and NATO troops that left at least 26 people dead, authorities said. Taliban Attack at Resort Hotel Near Kabul Kills at Least 16 Taliban Attack Afghan Hotel Afghan forces end Taliban siege of hotel, 13 dead | |
 The Guardian | Mexican marines capture man believed to be drug kingpin's son The Guardian Mexican marines have detained a man they believe is one of the sons of Mexico's most-wanted drug kingpin, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel. The presumed son, identified by the navy as Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, 26, ... Drug Kingpin's Son Is Arrested in Mexico Mexico marines detain suspected son of drug lord |
 BBC News | Rio summit: Little progress, 20 years on BBC News On the final day of the UN sustainable development summit in Rio, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged governments to eliminate hunger from the world. The secretary-general said in a world of plenty, no-one should go hungry. The final phase of the summit has ... Leaders raise alarm at Rio+20 environmental summit on tepid document Leaders raise alarm at Rio+20 enviro summit Rio+20 summit begins under a cloud of criticism |
 New York Times | Drug Kingpin's Son Is Arrested in Mexico New York Times MEXICO CITY â€" A man believed to be the son of Mexico's most-wanted drug trafficker has been detained by the Mexican Navy, one of a series of recent moves aimed at toppling the elusive kingpin, Mexican officials said Thursday. Mexico troops detain son of most-wanted drug lord Mexico marines detain suspected son of drug lord |
