| North Korea 'tests more missiles' North Korea reportedly fires three short-range missiles amid speculation it may be planning another long-range test.  No Suu Kyi meeting for UN chief Burma's junta refuses to allow visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon to meet jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Honduran court defiant on Zelaya Honduras' high court rejects a demand by the Organization of American States to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Alaska Governor Palin to resign Republican ex-vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin is to quit as Alaska governor amid speculation about a possible presidential bid. Kenya sets new tribunal deadline Kenya and the ICC agree a new deadline to set up a special tribunal to try the ringleaders of post-election violence. Russia 'agrees US troop transit' An Obama administration official says Russia has agreed to let US troops bound for Afghanistan fly through its airspace. Serbia jails Muslim 'terrorists' Twelve alleged Serbian Muslim radicals are jailed for up to 13 years for plotting terrorist attacks on an imam and others. African Union in rift with court The African Union halts co-operation with the International Criminal Court over its war-crimes charges against Sudan's leader. Six die in London tower block fire Investigations begin into the cause of a tower block fire which left six people, including three children, dead. North Korea tunes in to commercial world with beer advert North Korea launches television adverts for a beer, in a rare commercial move for the resolutely communist nation. News Wizard |