Hundreds in ‘SlutWalk’ in Delhi

Men and women rallied in India’s capital on Sunday (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk), inspired by the “SlutWalk” protests which started in Toronto last April and has now spread in many countries : United States, Europe, Australia, South Korea and South Africa.

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Iranian man sentenced to blinding was pardoned by his victim

In 2004 Majid Movahedi attacked Ameneh Bahrami with acid because she refused his offer of marriage. The attack left her severely disfigured (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) and he was sentenced to be blinded when his victim demanded qisas, a rarely used retributive justice under Sharia law.

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Polish report says Russia partly responsible for presidential plane crash

Over a year ago Lech Kaczynski, who was Poland’s president at the time, died in a plane crash near Smolensk airport in western Russia. All 96 people on board the TU-154 Tupolev, mostly Polish officials, died when the plane crashed while trying to land in heavy fog.

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Amy Winehouse found dead in London

27-year-old singer Amy Winehouse (photo, from lemonde.fr) was found dead at her London home on Saturday.

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Norway : many killed in Oslo bombing and youth camp shooting

Two attacks killed at least 92 people on Friday in Norway. At 3:20pm local time a bomb killed seven people in the government quarter in Oslo (photo, from aljazeera.net) and later a gunman opened fire at a youth summer camp in Utoya island, near the country’s capital.

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UN court orders Thai-Cambodian troops withdrawal from border

A few months ago Cambodia asked the International Court of Justice, the UN’s highest judicial organ, to rule over the disputed border with Thailand. (map, from bbcimg.co.uk)

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Local forces back in control in one of Afghanistan provinces

Bamiyan (map, from bbcimg.co.uk) is the first of seven areas has been handed over by Nato to Afghan security forces. The handover is part of a plan announced in March by Afghan president Hamid Karzai.

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Eight European banks failed stress tests

The European Banking Authority (EBA) carried stress tests on 90 banks in order to ensure that they could withstand another financial crisis.

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Israel passes law banning boycott of settlements

After failed attempts to delay debate, a controversial law was passed by the Israeli parliament on Monday night. It allows Jewish settlers in the West Bank to seek damages from Israelis individual or organisation who promote boycotts of settlements. (photo from bbcimg.co.uk)

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CIA organised a fake vaccination programme to get Osama bin Laden DNA

Amid tensions between Pakistan and the US, the Guardian newspaper revealed new informations about the CIA actions to locate Osama bin Laden.

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