BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Eleven European Union countries will call next week for the right to opt-outs for growing genetically modified (GM) crops, to cut through complex EU decision-making and end years of stalemate on biotech policy

Heavily armed soldiers &riot police used tear gas/machine guns to disperse unarmed crowd -tens of thousands came from all over country, despite military blockades, to wait at airport/welcome back their ousted President. Reporters- murders, death threats

SOA has trained >60,000 soldiers, many of whom ve returned home & committed human rights abuses, torture, extrajudicial execution and massacres. Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of SOA Watch: Pres Obama has the power to shut this school of assassins, of coup

Ban Ki Moon, the UN Secretary-General, asked the leader of Burmese junta to release the detained democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, today but was refused the chance to meet her in an unpromising start to an important two-day visit.

Israel calls them "absentee properties"- houses/land belonging to nearly 700,000 Palestinians who left or were expelled in '48 when Israel created. Properties supposed to be held in trust by Israel Land Adm until final resolution agreed, but once sold..

Of course police who accused me of assaulting them are lying. Lyings become common within Israeli police force, military &among settlers. After 140,000 letters sent to support my actions, MinofJustice said I "provoke," reflecing culture of deceit that has

What is your response to Mark Regev, Israeli spokesperson, who said aid is free to pass into Gaza? No, that is wrong, we know it is not free. Our little boat was boarded by navy combat soldiers, they came in full riot gear when we were just 25 miles off

North Korea has launched a series of missiles off its eastern coast. The missiles were fired over several hours beginning Saturday morning;a type of short-range Scud missile. No.Korea likes doing this on US holidays!

Accused of taking part in vast arms-trafficking network with Angolan regime during 1990s civil war when French govt refused to supply & UN arms embargo was in effect. A Mitterand son, an ex-InteriorMinister, a Sarkozy economic advisor, some risk 10 yrs

"Mugabe wants to swallow the MDC. We will not allow that. He wants...finance, home affairs, defence, information, foreign affairs, justice, even women & youth," says MDC spokesman. Zimbabwe has no govt since parliament dissolved in January. Plan flawed...