SPECIAL REPORTS

Last modification: 26/09/11 - SPECIAL REPORT

What will the Libyan endgame look like?

Seven months after the start of Libya's uprising, forces loyal to the National Transitional Council have all but ended the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi after a lightning offensive that has led them to the heart of Tripoli. Gaddafi loyalists now control only a handful of towns, but the ousted leader's whereabouts remain unknown.
Last modification: 25/09/11 - SPECIAL REPORT

Rugby World Cup: scrum time in 'All Blacks' territory

New Zealand is playing host to the world and is also the overwhelming favourite in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. From September 9 to October 23, find all the scores, highlights and more from the pitch in our special report.
Last modification: 22/09/11 - SPECIAL REPORT

Karachigate: Terrorists or French ruling elite behind killing?

In 2002 a suicide bomber killed 11 French marine engineers in Karachi, Pakistan. Initially Islamic terrorists were blamed, but French investigative judges and journalists have since turned up new clues. Were the killings linked to submarine sales to Pakistan in the 1990s? Did France's most prominent politicians conjure up a complex kickback scheme that went wrong? Now the families of the bombing victims want answers.
Last modification: 20/09/11 - SPECIAL REPORT

The Strauss-Kahn case

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a prominent member of France’s Socialist Party, was arrested in New York on May 15 and accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid. The charges forced Strauss-Kahn to resign from his post as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and left his chances of running in France's 2012 presidential election in tatters. But the case against him unravelled in July after prosecutors acknowledged there were serious questions about his accuser's credibility.
Last modification: 16/09/11 - SYRIA

Syria rocked by unprecedented wave of protests

Syria has promised to end its draconian decades-old emergency laws, but government forces continue to crack down on the opposition and the unprecedented pro-democracy protests that have erupted across the country. Rights groups say more than two thousand people have been killed in the unrest, while thousands more have flooded into neighbouring Turkey.
Last modification: 15/09/11 - USA

September 11, 2001: Ten years later

On September 11, 2001, four airliners were hijacked by 19 al Qaeda terrorists. Two of them slammed into New York’s World Trade Center while a third hit the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The fourth crashed in a field in rural Pennsylvania. More than 2,900 people were killed in the worst terrorist attack on US soil. In the aftermath of 9/11, then US president George W. Bush launched a “war on terror” that saw a global crackdown on Islamist militants as well as the US-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Last modification: 21/08/11 - SPECIAL REPORT

Famine and fighting in Somalia

Somalia is suffering its worst drought in over half a century, bringing famine to an already war-torn country. International aid efforts are being hampered by insurgent violence, lawlessness and political instability.
Last modification: 19/08/11 - ECONOMY

Greece cut to the bone

Will Greek islands soon be on sale? It may sound far-fetched, but it’s one of the proposed solutions to save the country, which is drowning in debt and on the brink of default. The €110 billion bailout granted by the EU and IMF in May 2010 may not be enough, and Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou is pushing through tough new austerity measures – much to the displeasure of millions of Greek citizens who have taken to the streets over the past months.
Last modification: 02/08/11 - EGYPT

Egypt after Mubarak

After an 18-day revolution that forced president Hosni Mubarak from power, a military council is guiding Egypt through a “peaceful transition” that has already included a referendum-approved package of constitutional amendments. Military leaders have announced that presidential elections will be held in November, leaving the country’s emerging political groups only a few months to organise ahead of the much-awaited poll.
MUMBAI - ATTACKS

Terror in Mumbai

The port city of Mumbai has historically been India’s gateway to the world. Residents of this newly glamorous, cosmopolitan city believe they have seen it all. But the Nov. 26 attacks caught the city and the country by surprise.
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