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Al Qaeda's 'wanted dead or alive' list confirms its propaganda machine is still running
A hate list of 11 politicians, writers, cartoonists and polemicists accused of insulting Islam has been published by the Yemen-based Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Love poem to photographer draws attention to those killed in conflict
A moving elegy about a journalist killed in Homs, Syria, leaves a radio presenter speechless. Colin Randall reports
Sri Lanka's double burden
How Sri Lanka's economy is doing in the wake of the catastrophic 2004 tsunami and a 30-year civil war depends on who you talk to.
Stiff tests lie ahead for three Ts of the Sri Lankan economy
Three Ts - tea, tourism and textiles - account for the bulk of Sri Lanka's economy, valued by the IMF last year at US$64 billion.
Nestle finds horse meat in its European beef products
Nestle, which had previously insisted its output was untainted, was forced to change its position after carrying out its own tests. Colin Randall reports from London
Europe fears fight against militancy will shift to the home front
Meanwhile, moderate Muslim leaders are worried that political leaders may be playing into the hands of right-wing extremists by stigmatising followers of Islam. Colin Randall reports
Newsmaker: Celine Dion
As the star turn at Beijing’s Chinese New Year celebrations, Celine Dion sang in Mandarin and acquitted herself rather well, to the chagrin of her critics.
Did Sri Lanka's growing stability come at the cost of human rights?
As Sri Lanka celebrates its 65th year of independence, its president presents his country as a model of growing stability. Yet others lament that human rights have been trampled in the process. Colin Randall reports from Peraliya
France's rich flee to UK's Paris-on-Thames
About 400,000 French citizens are believed to call London home these days, but David Cameron is not the only European leader receiving refugees from the Élysée Palace's aggressive socialist tax policies.
Algeria hostage recounts survival tactics, as toll rises
Tony Grisedale's account of survival amid the carnage of the terrorist attack on the Algerian gas plant makes an agonising ordeal seem almost commonplace. Colin Randall pieces together the drama
Influential French express doubts on Mali intervention
France's decision to bomb Islamist rebels in northern Mali and commit troops to ground combat has provoked the first signs of doubt about the wisdom of intervention in its former African colony.
France says Mali victory 'will be swift'
France says military intervention in Mali is likely to last only weeks, as Mali rebel leaders threaten to 'strike at the heart' of France by attacking its territories and interests. Colin Randall reports
Sarkozy faces new questions over alleged corruption
A Franco-Lebanese businessman is said to have told an investigating judge that the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy received more than Dh240 million for an earlier election campaign from the Qaddafi regime.
Mayhem reigns for imperiled Europe
Hopes for a quick upturn for the euro zone should be extinguished. For anything better than stagnation or fractional growth this year would come as a surprise.
The euro zone in 2012: Cuts, cuts, cuts and cuts again
Look Back 2012: Last year began with warnings of a tough period ahead for Europe - and there is no sign of any quick fixes in 2013.
