Allied air strikes protect anti-regime rebels, but Qaddafi forces repel advances (+ analysis & multimedia); Electricity back on at Fukushima plant, but cooling systems not working; Military leaders switch sides in Yemen; Obama holds up Brazil as model for protesting states; and more
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World News Brief, Wednesday June 30
US arrests Russian spies, rattling relationships with the Kremlin (+ analysis); Iran sets conditions on further nuclear talks and reserves right to defend ships; Protests in Spain and Greece as loans run out; Google backs down on China site; and more
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More bombings in Russia kill at least 12 (+ analysis); India and Pakistan feud over Indus River water; Obama and Sarkozy want urgent Iran sanctions; Serbia apologises for Srebrenica; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday March 26
Russian leak: US and Russia to cull hundreds of nuclear warheads under new treaty (+ analysis); EU on verge of Greece debt package; Chinese telco takes on Google; Dubai finds more money for Dubai World; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday March 25
Netanyahu has chilly meeting with Obama as Israel confirms building plans; Kurds lose sway in Iraq election; Private security guards kill Somali pirate; China's Google stance hurting its economy; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday February 24
EU condemns Hamas hit as Israel refuses to co-operate with British inquiry; Google re-enters talks with China; Has senior Taliban leader been arrested?; Australia plans new face scan for visitors; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday January 22
Chinese growth tops 10% as Obama announces limits on US banks (+ analysis); Untreated wounds and disease now greatest risk in Haiti; Karzai offers land and pensions to retiring Taliban; China on Google complaints; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday January 20
World community ramps up 'sluggish' aid effort in Haiti (+ analysis); Japan Airlines bankrupt; Kabul on high alert after 20 co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks; US company to buy Britain's favourite chocolate; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday January 15
Many thousands feared dead in Haiti as aid begins to arrive (+ Haiti background); China defends internet policies; Malaysian churches attacked over use of "Allah"; Obama bank tax expected to raise over $100 billion; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday June 26
Iran government steps up arrests; a new Iran?; state-led stimulus in South Korea seems to be working; Netanyahu rules out settlement freeze; and more
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