The BBC’s Lyse Doucet has travelled with UN observers to the devastated city of Homs, which has been at the centre of the heaviest fighting since the uprising began in Syria 14 months ago.
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VIDEO: Inside Syria’s ‘ghost town’
As Tripoli is hit by the heaviest Nato air strikes in weeks, reports say that at least four sites were hit including what is thought to be a military intelligence agency
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VIDEO: ‘Civilians still under fire in Libya’
TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO warplanes struck Tripoli early Tuesday in the heaviest bombing of the Libyan capital in weeks, hours after an uptick in fighting between rebels and Moammar Gadhafi’s forces on a long deadlocked front line in the country’s east. NATO struck at least four sites in Tripoli, setting off crackling explosions that thundered through the city overnight. One strike hit a building that local residents said was used by a military intelligence agency. Another targeted a government building that officials said was sometimes used by parliament members. Read full article > >
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NATO warplanes strike Tripoli as fighting awakens key front line in Libya’s rebel-held east
A 400-pound Sumo wrestler named Kelly Gneiting became the heaviest man to complete a marathon on Sunday, finishing the L.A. Marathon in nine hours, 48 minutes. Gneiting jogged the first eight miles and walked the next 18, saying he lost track of where…
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Sumo Wrestler Completes L.A. Marathon
South Korea homes are destroyed, people stranded, on the east coast after the heaviest snowfall in a century.
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Record snowfall blankets S Korea
Severe weather warnings remain in place across much of the UK, with Scotland and north-east England predicted to have the heaviest snowfalls.
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UK icy spell ‘could last two weeks’
NATO warplanes strike Tripoli as fighting awakens key front line in Libya’s rebel-held east
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
