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UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Syria

BreakingNews.ie / TCM — Sun, 27 May 2012 18:44:16 +0100

The UN Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting today to discuss the massacre in Syria.

Iran to build 'at least two' new nuclear plants

BreakingNews.ie / TCM — Sun, 27 May 2012 14:17:46 +0100

Iran is planning to build at least two new nuclear power plants next to an existing facility that became operational with Russia’s help last year, the country’s nuclear chief has said.

Man dies in sea rescue attempt

BreakingNews.ie / TCM — Sun, 27 May 2012 14:07:35 +0100

A man has died while trying to rescue two children after they got into difficulties in the sea, according to the UK Coastguard.

Venizelos accuses IMF of attempt to 'humiliate' Greek people

BreakingNews.ie / TCM — Sun, 27 May 2012 13:41:58 +0100

Greece's socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos is accusing the head of the IMF of trying to "humiliate" the Greek people.

'Eight civilians die' in Afghan airstrike

BreakingNews.ie / TCM — Sun, 27 May 2012 13:08:42 +0100

An airstrike by the US-led Nato coalition has killed eight members of a family in eastern Afghanistan, local authorities have said.

Syria denies being behind Houla attack; 32 children and 60 others dead

BreakingNews.ie / TCM — Sun, 27 May 2012 13:01:59 +0100

Syria’s foreign ministry has denied government troops were behind an attack on a string of villages that left more than 90 people dead.

Rebel groups agree on Islamic state in Mali

BreakingNews.ie / TCM — Sun, 27 May 2012 11:08:21 +0100

Two rebel groups that seized control of the northern half of Mali have agreed to work together to create an independent Islamic state on the territory they occupy.

Egypt candidates woo middle ground

BreakingNews.ie / TCM — Sun, 27 May 2012 10:57:16 +0100

The two surviving candidates in Egypt’s presidential election have appealed for support from voters who rejected them as polarising extremists in the first round, as they faced a new challenge from the third runner-up.

Hillary Clinton: End Assad 'rule of murder'

BreakingNews.ie / TCM — Sun, 27 May 2012 10:12:12 +0100

Horrified Hillary Clinton said Bashar Assad’s “rule by murder and fear” must end after dozens of children were massacred in one of the Syrian regime’s deadliest attacks in the country’s 14-month-old uprising.

32 children among Syrian victims

BreakingNews.ie / TCM — Sat, 26 May 2012 19:26:52 +0100

At least 32 children and more than 60 adults were killed in fighting in the centre of Syria yesterday, the head of the UN observer team in the country said tonight.