The Muslim militant suspected of building the bombs used in
the 2002 Bali attack went on trial today on terrorism
charges, a year after he was arrested in Pakistan while
apparently trying to meet Osama bin Laden.
Historic cinemas, cafes and shops went up in flames in
central Athens as black-masked protesters fought Greek police
outside parliament, while inside lawmakers looked set to defy
the public rage by endorsing a new EU/IMF austerity deal.
The Arab League has thrown its support firmly behind the
opposition mounting an uprising against Syria's President
Bashar al-Assad, and called for the UN Security Council to
send peacekeepers to halt bloodshed.
British police have arrested five senior staff at News
Corporation's tabloid newspaper The Sun as part of
investigations into journalists paying police for
information.
A man who was convicted in 1996 of stalking and threatening
pop star Madonna has been caught, one week after escaping
from a Los Angeles-area mental hospital, police said.
President Barack Obama, in an abrupt policy shift aimed at
quelling an election-year firestorm, has announced that
religious employers would not be required to offer free birth
control to workers and the onus would instead be put on
insurers.
