Four arrest warrants were issued by a UN-backed tribunal today that is investigating the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005.
Mr Hariri's son, Saad, has welcomed the indictments and has described them as being a "historic moment" in Lebanon's existence. Local reports say that the warrants name ...
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Senegal's riot police fire dtear gas and rounds of rubber bullets at protesters gathering outside parliament in the country's capital Dakar, while MPs discussed making changes to its constitution.
The protests, involving thousands of disgruntled members of the Senegalese public, continued despite President Abdoulaye Wade dropping one of the proposed changes ...
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A juror who made contact with a defendant via Facebook, in turn causing the collapse of a £6m drugs trial, was jailed for eight months today for contempt of court.
Ms Joanne Fraill admitted to the charge, the first case of its kind in the UK. London's High Court heard how ...
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Ex-French president Jacques Chirac has been revealed as mocking his successor and fellow party member Nicolas Sarkozy in the memoirs that cover all 12 of his years in office.
Sarkozy is branded by Chirac as being irritable, rash, too confident and never allowing for any doubt. In contrast, however, the former ...
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The PlayStation Network is set to be fully restored across the US and Europe today, Sony has announced.
The network was completely shut down in April once Sony discovered a huge security breach that involved 100 million users having their data stolen. A limited service allowing people to play games was ...
