Archive for January, 2007
Protesters barricade Beirut roads
Hundreds of Lebanese opposition supporters block major roads in Beirut in support of a strike call.
Istanbul funeral for slain editor
A funeral of murdered leading Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is to begin in Istanbul amid high security.
US brings in new passport rules
Citizens of Canada, Mexico and Bermuda from now on must show a passport on arrival by air into the US.
View of US’s global role ‘worse’
The view of the role of the United States in the world has deteriorated, according to a BBC poll.
Ex-Chilean leader ‘was murdered’
The family of ex-Chilean President Eduardo Frei Montalva say he was killed under the Pinochet regime.