Arab League ‘failure’ in Syria
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on the Arab League’s mission to Syria.
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How much would you pay for dinner with George Clooney? A fundraising meal at the Hollywood star’s Los Angeles home is set to raise a record $12 million for President Obama’s re-election campaign.
Police in Washington arrest actor George Clooney during a protest outside the Sudanese embassy against the country’s blockade of aid to southern regions.
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An internet video campaign calling for the arrest of Lords Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony has been viewed 30 million times. Critics have branded the campaign misguided and potentially damaging.
As the Arab League observers pull out, Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller asks what’s next for Syria, as it appears to slide unstoppably towards civil war.
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on the Arab League’s mission to Syria.
The Arab League presence in Syria fails to stop violence, as activists report shootings and nail bomb attacks by soldiers during mass protests after Friday prayers.
As the Arab League struggles to restore order in Syria, defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones reports that the popular rising has now reached a tilting point.
The Arab League’s fifty or so politicians, human rights workers and observers led by a Sudanese general, certainly have their work cut out, writes Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson.
Refugees who have become separated from family during war and disasters can now use a mobile phone web service to try to find them again. Around 200,000 refugees are expected to use the site.
I have been scratching my head to think of any other 87-year-old who could have held an audience of over 4,000 in his thrall for an hour and a half as Jimmy Carter did last night on London’s South Bank.
Matt Frei mulls over why the Americans have put the boot into Palestinian statehood.
As Palestinian negotiators head to the United Nations to push their bid for formal recognition as a state, Jonathan Rugman reports on Palestinians celebrating in the streets in anticipation.
Twins who were born joined at the head have been successfully separated by a team of British doctors. Their parents say they are “very grateful” to be going home with “two separate and healthy girls”.