Greek lawmakers on Sunday approved another tough round of austerity measures demanded by lenders before the release of €130 billion in aid as an estimated 100,000 people protested the move outside the Greek parliament in Athens.
More than 100,000 people demonstrated in Lisbon's Palace Square on Saturday against the harsh austerity measures in place. The protest came amid growing concerns of international lenders that Portugal will require more bailout funds.
After a solid week of shelling in Homs, the international community is still scrambling for a plan. Also, Nicolas Sarkozy’s re-election bid steers right and Britain marks milestones for Queen Elizabeth and literary (and journalism) giant Charles Dickens.
We begin in Syria where, even as the violence escalates, many Druze continue to support Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Our reporters met with them in the Golan Heights. We then meet Ibrahim, an 18-year-old Syrian who spends every day crafting new songs and slogans for protesters. Finally, we head to Egypt where a band of football supporters have turned into a real political force.
As the election in Senegal draws closer, ever greater numbers are demanding that 85-year-old President Wade give up his controversial bid for a third term in office. Meanwhile, the reported voice of Boko Haram was arrested this week in Nigeria, but that has done little to stop the Islamist group blamed for a series of bloody attacks. Finally, the Malian Eagles are in the quarter finals of the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in eight years.
Western and Arab countries are ramping up the pressure to get a UN resolution passed against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Since the beginning of the uprising ten months ago, the UN has failed to reach common ground on a crisis that has killed more than 5,400 people. But nothing can happen at the UN Security Council if Russia doesn't budge, and Moscow is continuing to stand by Damascus. Is the UN powerless to change the course of events in Syria?
Western and Arab countries are ramping up the pressure to get a UN resolution passed against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Since the beginning of the uprising ten months ago, the UN has failed to reach common ground on a crisis that has killed more than 5,400 people. But nothing can happen at the UN Security Council if Russia doesn't budge, and Moscow is continuing to stand by Damascus. Is the UN powerless to change the course of events in Syria?
Thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square for what activists called "the Friday of Pride and Dignity", demanding speedier democratic reform on the day marking one year since the army moved in to crush anti-Mubarak protests.
Syrian security forces on Friday stepped up their crackdown on protesters, with activists reporting 120 deaths in two days of unrest, as Western and Arab nations unveiled a draft UN resolution in New York condemning the Syrian regime.
China on Wednesday confirmed that police shot dead a protester in the Tibetan-inhabited Sichuan province, stating that they had to use lethal force after "rioters" fired at police during a violent clash on Tuesday, injuring 14 officers.
