Riot police enforced a wide security zone early on Thursday around a campsite housing thousands of anti-G8 protesters, hoping to avoid a repeat of violence that broke out on the opening day of the summit.
The British Broadcasting Corporation, the world’s biggest public broadcaster, announced plans on Monday to cut 3 780 jobs so as to save hundreds of millions of pounds in what it termed its ”toughest period” in memory. The figure amounts to 880 more cuts than the 2 900 the BBC announced when it first disclosed a massive reorganisation and modernisation overhaul in December.
A blueprint for peace in Sudan could pave the way for increased investment from Western oil firms, now wrestling with security problems and charges they are helping Khartoum’s war effort.