Politics

Storm in France knocks out power for tens of thousands

Tens of thousands of French households are still without power after one of the worst storms in years lashes the northwest of the country. Duration: 00:48

Oct 28, 2013

Sudan's Bashir says will work with South for Abyei solution

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir on Monday pledged to work with his South Sudanese counterpart to settle the future of the contested Abyei region, where residents were holding an unofficial referendum. Duration: 00:22

Oct 28, 2013

Lebanon army deploys in Tripoli after week of violence

Lebanon's army begins deploying in the northern city of Tripoli after 14 people were killed and more than 80 wounded in a week of bloodshed. Duration: 00:38

Oct 28, 2013

Romania begins work on NATO missile shield base

A ground-breaking ceremony takes place at Deveselu military base in Romania for a facility that will host missile interceptors as part of a planned NATO missile shield, a project that has irked Russia. Duration: 00:53

Oct 28, 2013

Olympic workers exploited, expelled: rights group

Large numbers of migrants from inside Russia and ex-Soviet republics are being employed by construction firms racing to finish Olympic-related building works on time. But a rights group warns of detentions and deportations of workers, some of whom have not been paid. Duration: 01:21

Oct 28, 2013

Kenya says nothing to hide in doping fight

Speaking on the sidelines of the Nairobi marathon, won by Kenneth Mung'ara, Athletics Kenya's VP David Okeyo says running is far too important for Kenya's international image and economy to be allowed to be ruined by doping. Duration: 01:03

Oct 28, 2013

Rally in Ankara against court's refusal to detain policeman

Turkish police fired water cannon and tear gas Monday to disperse around 2,000 people protesting at a court's refusal to detain a policeman accused of killing a demonstrator during the popular unrest in June. Duration: 00:50

Oct 28, 2013

Trees litter London streets after storm

Nearly 300,000 homes were left without power in Britain and France on Monday and trains and planes were cancelled as a fierce storm battered the region, leaving at least four people dead.

Oct 28, 2013

Golfers Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods face off in China

Rory McIlroy finally tasted success for the first time this year when he beat an ailing Tiger Woods by one shot in a megabucks exhibition in China on Monday. Duration: 00:40

Oct 28, 2013

El Mundo calls for firm reaction from Spain towards NSA spying

The Deputy Director of El Mundo daily newspaper, Inaki Gil, called on Monday for the Spanish government to react firmly to news of telephone tracking by the American government. Duration: 00:51

Oct 28, 2013

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