12 Mar
Events of Interest and Analyses, A Foreign Perspective
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Afghan civilian massacre sparks public fury
Killing of 16 civilians by rogue American soldier sparks calls for immediate US exit and could derail partnership pact.
Last Modified: 12 Mar 2012 14:09 GMT
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Central & South Asia
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Afghans speak out
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Mass murder in Kandahar
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Afghan mission ‘condemned’
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A serious misstep
More deaths reported in Gaza air raids
Palestinian medics say five killed in Israeli strikes, bringing death toll to 23 since attacks began on Friday.
Last Modified: 12 Mar 2012 14:26 GMT
Middle East
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Scores reported killed in two Syrian cities
Women and children killed by “government thugs” in Homs, activists say, as the military assault on Idlib continues.
Last Modified: 12 Mar 2012 11:09 GMT
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Japan tsunami debris drifting towards US
Wreckage that was swept away by tsunami last year is now making its way across the Pacific Ocean.
Last Modified: 12 Mar 2012 11:41 GMT
Gaza air strikes kill 18 Palestinians
Boy, 12, among dead as Israeli PM says forces have ‘extracted a very high price’ and rockets are fired into Israel from Gaza
US soldier’s killing spree puts Afghanistan on a knife-edge
Tensions increase as nine children among 16 shot dead by lone gunman in Zangabad village in Kandahar
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A fragile strategy easily derailed by lone gunmen?
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Afghanistan: dash for the exit
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Karzai moves closer to agreement on post-2014 US pact
Doonesbury strip on Texas abortion law dropped by some US newspapers
Several papers decline to use cartoon strip, which depicts state-required sonograms as Republican-approved rape
A fabric wrap produced by Dow Chemical is seen in this computer-generated image of London’s 2012 Olympic Stadium. Photograph: Reuters
London 2012: Dow Chemical deal is fine by me, says David Cameron
The prime minister has intervened for the first time in the row over Dow Chemical’s sponsorship of the wrap that will surround the main Olympic stadium in London, backing the deal in the face of protest from the Indian government and human-rights campaigners.
David Cameron has followed the line adopted by the International Olympic Committee and London 2012 chairman, Lord Coe, arguing that Dow was not the owner of Union Carbide at the time of Bhopal disaster in 1984 that killed an estimated 15,000 people.
Campaign groups including Amnesty International and politicians including the shadow Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, have called for the relationship to be dropped, claiming that Dow has ongoing liabilities relating to the fatal gas leak………………………………………….
