Bomb explosion rocks Damascus UN hotel, Syria's state TV reports
Blast took place near car park used by Syrian army command, reports say
A bomb attached to a fuel truck has exploded outside a Damascus hotel where UN observers were staying in the Syrian capital, wounding at least three people, Syria's state TV reported.
The reports said the explosion took place near a car park used by the army command about 300 metres away. None of the wounded was believed to be UN staff.
But according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene, the blast went off inside a different car park belonging to a military compound near the Dama Rose Hotel, popular with the UN observers in Syria.
Special report: 'This is not a trial. It is an attempt to legitimise a death threat
The man accused of masterminding the 9/11 attacks has been detained for nine years. Now his lawyer accuses the authorities of torture and says plans for justice are a sham
A US Army officer representing one of Guantanamo Bay's most notorious prisoners has spoken out against the secretive nature of the Military Commissions system, insisting it risks becoming little more than a "show game" to execute suspects, denying them and the American people the right to a fair trial.
Captain Jason Wright was appointed by the military to represent Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is charged along with four others with conspiring and executing the 9/11 attacks. Yet, the officer revealed to The Independent, rafts of vital evidence – including the three and half years his client spent at secret CIA "black" sites – have been deemed classified.
irishtimes.com - Last Updated: Wednesday, August 15, 2012, 09:21
Spanish mayor robs supermarkets
A Spanish mayor who became a cult hero for staging robberies at supermarkets and giving stolen groceries to the poor sets off this week on a three-week march that could embarrass the government and energise anti-austerity campaigners.
Juan Manuel Sanchez Gordillo, regional lawmaker and mayor of the town of Marinaleda - population 2,645 - in the southern region of Andalusia, said food stolen last week in the robberies went to families hit hardest by Spain's economic crisis.
Seven people have been arrested for participating in the two raids, in which labour unionists, cheered on by supporters, piled food into supermarket carts and walked out without paying while Mr Sanchez Gordillo (59) stood outside.
Shabangu 'concerned' at Marikana violence, death toll at 10
Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu is "gravely concerned" about the violent protests at Lonmin's Marikana mine, her office said on Wednesday.
"The minister is gravely concerned and is condemning the violence at Lonmin's Marikana mine and will engage with the minister of police," her spokeswoman Zingaphi Jakuja said.
Shabangu had said the law needed to take its course and that those who committed crimes during the protest needed to be brought to book.
Lonmin described the situation at the Marikana mine as "calm" on Wednesday morning.
"Things are calm but there is a heavy police presence," the company said just after 9am.
North Korea targets reset in Japan relations
By Kosuke Takahashi
North Korea has found a good fishing spot in the troubled waters of Japan-South Korea relations.
The Japanese government on Tuesday announced it had agreed to hold bilateral talks with North Korea in China on August 29 over the repatriation of Japanese remains from the North. If they go ahead as planned, these would be the first government-level negotiations between the countries in four years.
By approaching Tokyo, the North appears to be relying on its favored tactic of exploiting diplomatic divides among its adversaries. Relations between Japan and South Korea have plummeted in recent days over a territorial dispute.
The Japanese government on Tuesday announced it had agreed to hold bilateral talks with North Korea in China on August 29 over the repatriation of Japanese remains from the North. If they go ahead as planned, these would be the first government-level negotiations between the countries in four years.
By approaching Tokyo, the North appears to be relying on its favored tactic of exploiting diplomatic divides among its adversaries. Relations between Japan and South Korea have plummeted in recent days over a territorial dispute.
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