Gary Gibbon
Syria – the UK analysis changes
The government’s analysis on Syria looks to be changing from “there’s nowt much we can do” to “we should explore what can be done to limit Syria’s wider impact”.
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Syrian ‘cluster bomb kills 10 children’
Syrian activists say 10 children have been killed by a cluster bomb dropped from a government jet in the village of Deir al-Asafir east of Damascus.
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Rwanda: Where has your aid money gone?
Exclusive: A former ally of the Rwandan president warns that British aid is bankrolling an unaccountable, repressive regime accused of war crimes in neighbouring Congo, writes Jonathan Miller.
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Ceasefire agreed following Tel Aviv bus bombing
Israel and Hamas agree a ceasefire following eight days of conflict – just hours after 21 people were injured in a bus bombing in Tel Aviv.
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UN report links Rwanda to Congo rebel group M23
A report from the UN links Rwanda’s defence minister James Kabarebe with the rebel group which has been taking over towns and cities in the mineral-rich east of Congo.
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Gary Gibbon
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Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
Israeli aircraft attack targets in Gaza following rocket strikes against Tel Aviv carried out by Islamist militants.
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Hague blames Hamas for violence in Gaza and Israel
William Hague says Hamas bears responsibility for escalating violence in the region, as Israel’s prime minister says the army is prepared for a “significant widening” of its operation.
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Further twist in Petraeus affair scandal
The United States’ top commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, is under investigation as part of the scandal engulfing the former head of the CIA, David Petraeus.
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US election: What does it take to be president?
As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney make their final sprint for the White House, we look at the presidential CV and the major challenges facing the next administration.
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Turkey threatens retaliation if Syria strikes again
Turkey fortifies security and threatens to retaliate forcefully if its border with Syria is violated again.
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Syria ‘sorry’ for mortar attack on Turkey
Syria apologises for Wednesday’s mortar attack on Turkey, as the Turkish parliament gives the green light for military action outside the country’s borders if the government deems it necessary.
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Gary Gibbon
Tory right happy: Ming says Cameron ‘paying Danegeld’
The Conservative right welcomes Cameron’s party reshuffle, which could be seen as progress for those who are no so Lib Dem friendly.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Sufi saints and roundheads
I don’t suppose the men who attacked the Al Sha’ab shrine in Tripoli with jackhammers and a bulldozer on Saturday have heard of William Dowsing, writes Lindsey Hilsum.
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Claims of new Syrian ‘massacre by government troops’
Syrian opposition activists accuse President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of a massacre of scores of people in a town close to the capital that the army has just retaken from rebels.
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Cameron and Obama in warning over Syria
Prime Minister David Cameron and US president Barack Obama agree that use of chemical weapons in Syria or even a threat to deploy them is “completely unacceptable”.
