Somalia: Abdiweli Mohamed Ali appointed prime minister
Posted June 23rd, 2011 by zsn520US-trained economist Abdiweli Mohamed Ali has been named as Somalia's new prime minister.
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His predecessor was sacked as part of a UN deal to end squabbling in the interim government, whose mandate was extended as part of the agreement.
But protests erupted in the capital, Mogadishu, last week at the decision to oust Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.
The government, backed by African Union troops, is battling Islamist militants and only controls parts of Mogadishu.
Qantas announces profits and Rolls-Royce settlement
Posted June 22nd, 2011 by zsn520Australian carrier Qantas has agreed on a settlement with engine-maker Rolls-Royce over a mid-air blast incident and the grounding of the Qantas fleet of superjumbos.
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Rolls-Royce will pay 95m Australian dollars ($100m; £62m), said Qantas.
The compensation helped boost Qantas' pre-tax profit for the year ending 30 June 2011 to between A$500-550m.
The airline has faced a string of natural disasters that have disrupted flights this year.
Europe's ATV space freighter burns up
Posted June 21st, 2011 by zsn520Europe's space freighter has destroyed itself over the South Pacific. D&G shoes
The ATV-Johannes Kepler ship took 1.3 tonnes of rubbish from the space station into a controlled dive into the atmosphere just before 2100 GMT on Tuesday.
Most of the vehicle and its waste cargo would have been vaporised in the descent.
Only a few robust pieces of hardware could have survived to the ocean surface, say officials.
The burn-up brings to an end Kepler's four-month mission to the station.
Hungary's new constitution 'puts democracy at risk'
Posted June 20th, 2011 by zsn520Experts from the Council of Europe have expressed concerns about the new Hungarian constitution voted in by a single political party in April.
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The legal and constitutional experts said the charter was rushed through without proper debate.
They said the governing Fidesz party could use its two-thirds majority in parliament to push through laws which might prove impossible to overturn.
This meant, they said, "the principle of democracy itself is at risk".
Tripoli blasts heard near Col Gaddafi's compound
Posted June 16th, 2011 by zsn520Six explosions have been heard in the centre of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, near the fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound of Col Muammar Gaddafi.
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Smoke could be seen rising in the area at dawn on Thursday.
The compound has been the target of a number of Nato air strikes in recent months.
The alliance imposed a no-fly zone in Libya in March as Col Gaddafi's forces threatened to overrun rebel-held parts of the country.
Downview prison officer 'ordered sex act', court told
Posted June 15th, 2011 by zsn520A senior prison officer ordered a frightened woman inmate to perform a sex act with him, a court has heard.
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It was the start of a three-year relationship between the woman and acting governor of Downview Prison in Sutton, south London, jurors heard.
At Guildford Crown Court, Russell Thorne, 41, of Sutton, denies two counts of misconduct in public office.
His co-accused, officer Simon Dykes, from Dorking, Surrey, denies six counts of the same charge.
