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Ukraine activists fill up sacks with snow to build a barricade in front of the ministry of justice building.

Ukraine law minister warns state of emergency

BBC Online :Ukraine’s justice minister has warned anti-government protesters occupying her ministry she will call for a state of emergency if they do not leave.Olena Lukash told local media she would ask the National...

China moon rover Jade Rabbit in trouble

BBC Online :China’s Jade Rabbit Moon rover is in trouble after experiencing a “mechanical control abnormality”, state media report.The moon exploration vehicle ran into problems due to the moon’s “complicated lunar surface environment”, Xinhua...

Protesters created a corridor to allow police to leave Ukrainian House overnight.

Ukraine crisis: Opposition rejects offer of PM post

BBC Online :Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk says protests will continue after he rejected President Viktor Yanukovych’s offer to appoint him as prime minister of the country.Mr Yatsenyuk said the opposition was generally ready...

Opposition negotiators, seen arriving at the Geneva peace talks venue and they want the Syrian president to step down.

Syria talks: Prisoner exchanges on Geneva agenda

BBC Online :Syrian government and opposition delegations are expected to discuss prisoner releases on their second day of face-to-face peace talks in Geneva.On Saturday the talks focused on safe routes for aid convoys into...

Prominent Chinese activist jailed

CNN :Xu Zhiyong, a high-profile Chinese activist accused of organizing protests against official corruption, has been convicted and sentenced to four years in prison, a Beijing court announced Sunday.The U.S. State Department immediately released...

Parts of the England and Wales should be prepared for further flooding, forecasters warn.

More rains hit flood areas in UK

BBC Online :Forecasters are warning of more heavy rain across parts of the UK, bringing further risk of flooding to some areas left struggling by recent storms.The Met Office has issued a yellow warning...

Egypt tense on third anniv of revolution

BBC Online :Rival political groups in Egypt are to mark the third anniversary of the 2011 uprising which ended in the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak.Both supporters of the military-backed government and the Muslim...

800 held in China for illegal surveillance

PTI, Beijing :Chinese police have arrested over 800 people suspected of producing, selling and using illegal wiretapping and photography equipment to conduct surveillance.Through joint efforts by police from 14 provincial regions, 13 production facilities...