Iran tests rocket but offers olive branch on uranium; Largest ever drone attack kills 10 in Pakistan; Chinese inequality levels off; France bans Moroccan man over wife's veil; and more
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World News Brief, Wednesday February 3
Debt could undermine American global influence (+ Davos analysis); China warns US off meeting Dalai Lama; Malaysian sodomy trial; New al Qaeda alliance in Africa; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday February 2
Obama announces Budget set to grow deficit before cutting it by 2013 (+ analysis); US to build missile shield in Middle-East; Nuclear powers stalling on non-proliferation; Taiwan to buy $6.4 billion in arms; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday January 29
Obama's first State of the Union address all about the economy; North Korea holding American man; Clinton calls for Yemen reforms; new Honduran President takes power; more economic gloom on the way; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday January 28
Yemen and Afghanistan peace conference opens in London as US lead secret ops in Yemen; North and South Korea exchange fire; signs of recovery in Japanese economy; State of the Union priorities: spending freeze and education; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday January 27
US deficit to be focus of tonight's State of the Union address; Iran opposition leaders back Ahmadinejad; France to ban veils when 'using publlic services'; Dalai Lama envoys in China for Tibet talks; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday January 26
US debates Haitian immigration; China accuses Google of being a pawn in America's "ideology war"; White House tries to whip up support for Bernanke; Greece "won't quit eurozone; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday January 22
Chinese growth tops 10% as Obama announces limits on US banks (+ analysis); Untreated wounds and disease now greatest risk in Haiti; Karzai offers land and pensions to retiring Taliban; China on Google complaints; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday January 21
Troops arrive in Haiti, work to open more airfields amidst aftershocks (+ analysis of what's next); Obama's healthcare plans at risk after Massachusetts loss; South Korea promises pre-emptive strike; Nigerian military enforce curfew, 4,000 displaced; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday January 20
World community ramps up 'sluggish' aid effort in Haiti (+ analysis); Japan Airlines bankrupt; Kabul on high alert after 20 co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks; US company to buy Britain's favourite chocolate; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday January 15
Many thousands feared dead in Haiti as aid begins to arrive (+ Haiti background); China defends internet policies; Malaysian churches attacked over use of "Allah"; Obama bank tax expected to raise over $100 billion; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday January 14
Google to stop censoring for Chinese (+ analysis); Haiti suffers worst earthquake in 200 years; Indonesia steps up pressure to stall ASEAN free trade; Afghan civilian death toll highest since 2001; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday January 13
Israel and US accused of killing Iranian scientist; Dutch inquiry finds Iraq war illegal; Campell testifies before British Iraq inquiry; WTO steps into US-China trade dispute; Nigerian president recovering; and more
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Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday January 12
US banks' multimillion dollar bonus packages raise public ire; figuring out who caused the Great Recession; China now world's largest exporter, Germany second; North Korea proposes peace talks with US; Afghanistan to take over Bagram Prison; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday January 7
Obama says US intelligence should have "connected dots" on Christmas day terror attempt; China criticises UN sanctions of Iran; Yemen arrests three terror plotters; Russian bombing; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday January 8
Questions asked on American methods for dealing with terror suspects; al-Qaeda could gain further entrenchment in Yemen; North Korea currency reform bad for small business; Japanese finance minister wants to weaken yen; report on Gitmo; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday January 6
CIA bomber was al Qaeda double agent; Japan's finance minister considers quitting; US and British embassies in Yemen re-open as troops capture militants; Karzai delays winter break to confirm Cabinet; Chinese get glimpse of YouTube; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday January 5
US targets travellers from 'high risk' countries, considers bombing Yemen; Australia and New Zealand join ASEAN states in world's largest free trade zone; diesel spill in Yellow River; Afghan parliament rejects Karzai nominations; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday December 31
Intelligence "chatter" from Yemen knew of airline plot; wildfires destory homes in Western Australia; China bites back over execution of Briton; US wants Afghan vote delayed for credibility's sake; and more
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