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.