Syrian troops fought intense battles with hundreds of fellow soldiers who have turned their weapons against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
Protesters who have camped out near Wall Street for two weeks marched on Friday on police headquarters in Manhattan.
The United States embassy in Zimbabwe has criticised police and judicial officials for failing to stop escalating political violence.
Côte d’Ivoire’s toppled ruler Laurent Gbagbo — who has been under house arrest since April, still considers himself the legal president.
President Barack Obama on Friday hailed the drone strike on Anwar al-Awlaki as "another significant milestone" in efforts to defeat al-Qaeda.
Australia crushed Russia 68-22 to secure their place in the rugby World Cup quarterfinals on Saturday but suffered another injury blow.
The prosecution has wound up its case against Amanda Knox by saying that "fortunately" she and her Italian former boyfriend could not be executed.
British businessman Shrien Dewani has lodged an appeal against the UK Home Secretary’s order that he can be extradited to SA over his wife’s murder.
Anwar al-Awlaki, a US-born cleric linked to al-Qaeda and implicated in attacks on the United States, has been killed in a CIA drone strike in Yemen.
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/ 30 September 2011
Members of the advertising industry have come together in an effort to prevent the government’s proposed ban on alcohol advertising.