Poll ruling sparks street clashes in Senegal - Protesters hurled rocks at police who retaliated with tear gas in Senegal's capital Dakar on Friday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade could seek a third term. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:01:37 GMT

UN weighs action on Syria - The Security Council began closed-door negotiations Friday on a new Arab-European draft resolution aimed at resolving the crisis in Syria, but Russia's envoy said he could not back the current language as it stands. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:06:02 GMT

Hacker group Anonymous targets Mexican sites - The activist hacker group Anonymous attacked three Mexican government websites on Friday in protest at a proposed bill that seeks to toughen local laws about online file-sharing. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:59:39 GMT

France wants faster NATO Afghanistan exit -

France and Afghanistan agree NATO should speed up by a year its timetable for handing all combat operations to Afghan forces in 2013, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday, raising new questions about the unity of the Western military alliance.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:49:52 GMT

Australia PM reunited with shoe lost at protest -

Julia Gillard is on firm footing again. A blue suede shoe that she lost during a protest by aboriginal-rights activists has been returned.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:36:16 GMT

US Virgin Islands tourist bus accident injures 13 - A tourist bus collided with a parked vehicle in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday, injuring 13 cruise ship passengers after it went down an embankment, authorities said. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:08:44 GMT

Barrier proposed as Israel border? -

Israel is proposing to essentially turn its West Bank separation barrier into the border with a future state of Palestine, two Palestinian officials said Friday, based on their interpretation of principles Israel presented in talks this week.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:51:06 GMT

Holocaust remembered across the world - The world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday. In Great Britain there was a promise never to forget the genocide at Auschwitz during World War II. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:28:38 GMT