We start with a survivor's account of Anders Behring Breivik's shooting spree in Norway. Next, the Vatican withdraws its ambassador from Ireland but victims of sex abuse say it's not enough. Finally, Sicily's Mount Etna puts on another fiery display, but it doesn't seem to be deterring the tourists.
A volatile volcano in Indonesia erupted Sunday, spewing ash several thousand feet in the air and sending panicked villagers racing for shelter. There have been no reports of casualties.
Outgoing US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will soon retire from the job after serving during two bloody wars spanning two administrations. Another ash cloud creates havoc all the way from South America to Australia. And a rare exhibition of Mayan artefacts from Guatemala is on display here in Paris, but the event's sponsor is an oil company accused of not doing enough to protect the environment.
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Mon. 13/06/11, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s re-election as Prime Minister of Turkey dominates much of the international press. Several papers examine what this means for Turkey’s role in the region. Also, it turns out that "A Gay Girl in Damascus" is a 40-year-old American man. And according to several US newspapers, Sarah Palin’s released emails ain’t no Wikileaks.
An ash cloud from Chile's Puyehue volcano forced airports in South America to ground hundreds of planes Thursday, with no flights allowed in or out of Argentina's capital Buenos Aires and nearly all travel through Uruguay's capital Montevideo halted.
Chile's Puyehue volcano released an ash cloud over South America on Thursday, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights. All flights from Buenos Aires were halted as well as most originating from the Uruguayan capital Montevideo.
Peru votes for a swing to the left, socialist Oyanta Humala has won the country's presidential poll.
Dominique Strauss Kahn pleads not guilty. The gloves are now off in the legal battle with the US media also playing hardball against the former IMF chief.
Scandals too for American politicians, with two senior democrats battling to save their reputations.
Chilean authorities have begun evacuating thousands of people after the long-dormant Andean volcano Puyehue erupted Saturday, carpeting a neighbouring Patagonian ski resort with ash.
Although the eruption of Iceland's Grimsvoetn volcano had slowed and its ash plume had virtually disappeared by Wednesday, experts stopped short of declaring the incident closed. Officials say it is unlikely any more flights will be affected.
Web users concerned over the possible effects of the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud. Hosni Mubarak could be set to make a public apology, which Egyptians refuse to accept. And YouTube has set up a channel devoted to France’s 2012 presidential election.
