27 July 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe FRANCE: The chief of the armed forces resigned after Macron gave him a dressing down for complaining about defence cuts. GREECE: A 6.7 magnitude earthquake in the Aegean (hitting the Greek island of Kos, and also Bodrum in Turkey) left 2 people dead and 500 injured.… Continue reading !ssue 115:2017 07 27:Week in Brief International
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Issue 90: 2017 02 02:Week in Brief International
02 February 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: The government announced a ban on the burka and the niqab, and other measures to strengthen security and to integrate migrants. The governing coalition (Social Democrat Party and People’s Party) is hoping that such measures will take the wind out of the far-right Freedom party’s… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02:Week in Brief International
Issue 56: 2016 06 02: President Sall Strikes Again (Neil Tidmarsh)
02 June 2016 President Sall Strikes Again Good news from sub-Saharan Africa. by Neil Tidmarsh This week, an ex-president of an African country was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment. Hissène Habré was president of Chad from 1982 to 1990. In those eight years he proved himself a ruthless dictator… Continue reading Issue 56: 2016 06 02: President Sall Strikes Again (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 16: 2015 08 20: International News
20 August 2015 News in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS AUSTRALIA: Surfers’ beaches at Ballina, Lennox Head and Bondi Beach have been abandoned following shark attacks and sightings off the New South Wales coast. BAHRAIN: Ibrahim Sharif, the former head of the opposition National Democratic Action Society, is facing new charges of urging the overthrow of the… Continue reading Issue 16: 2015 08 20: International News
