/News/world/-/1068/1068/-/7d5ehtz/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Last+ditch+salvage+effort+at+tough+Iran+talks/-/1068/1412878/-/6khftwz/-/index.html Iran and six world powers sought desperately Thursday to salvage something tangible from 2012-05-24T15:36:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Mladic+war+crimes+trial+to+resume+June+25/-/1068/1412868/-/iapu9w/-/index.html The genocide and warcrimes trial of former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic, which was 2012-05-24T15:31:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/US+hacked+Al+Qaeda+to+undermine+propaganda/-/1068/1412720/-/a4i4j3/-/index.html Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said US experts scored a cyberwarfare coup by hacking into websites run 2012-05-24T13:51:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Breivik+says+wont+appeal+guilty+verdict+if+found+sane/-/1068/1412700/-/aiw82s/-/index.html Anders Behring Breivik, on trial for killing 77 people in Norway last July, told an Oslo court 2012-05-24T13:43:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Euro+and+stocks+sink+before+eurozone+meeting+/-/1068/1411910/-/u2dwnmz/-/index.html European shares dive and the euro hits a 22-month low before an informal EU summit 2012-05-23T14:52:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/-/1068/1411900/-/2tuorcz/-/index.html A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden is sentenced to 33 years in prison 2012-05-23T14:43:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Lawsuits+pile+up+over+Facebook+IPO+/-/1068/1411898/-/ow9bf1/-/index.html Facebook and its underwriters comes under broad legal attack as lawyers and investors file lawsuits 2012-05-23T14:41:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Romney+slams+US+visa+for+Castro+daughter+visit+/-/1068/1411896/-/l3m06a/-/index.html The Republican says he is "greatly disturbed" that Castro's daughter was granted a visitor's visa. 2012-05-23T14:35:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/-/1068/1411702/-/2tuqc7z/-/index.html Russia on Wednesday staged the first successful test-launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of breaching defence systems now being developed by NATO, a military spokesman said. 2012-05-23T08:23:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Doubts+on+Iran+IAEA+deal+ahead+of+Baghdad+talks+/-/1068/1411374/-/vti7oo/-/index.html A mooted deal between the IAEA and Iran got a cool reception Tuesday on the eve of talks with world powers aimed at defusing the dangerously escalating crisis over Tehran's nuclear programme. 2012-05-22T16:41:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Swedens+future+queen+Princess+Estelle+is+baptised+/-/1068/1411366/-/10lu73v/-/index.html Princess Estelle, the daughter of Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel and second in line to the throne, was baptised Tuesday in Stockholm 2012-05-22T16:38:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Putin+defies+protests+by+promoting+old+guard+/-/1068/1411356/-/jh71d8z/-/index.html Russian President Vladimir Putin defied calls Tuesday to bring fresh faces into top jobs by shifting his old ministers into the Kremlin 2012-05-22T16:35:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Medina+declared+victor+of+Dominican+Republic+vote+/-/1068/1411352/-/a58txmz/-/index.html Ruling party candidate Danilo Medina on Tuesday was officially declared the winner of a presidential election held over the weekend in the Dominican Republican, 2012-05-22T16:27:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Quake+rocks+Bulgaria++no+casualties/-/1068/1410996/-/bqno5c/-/index.html A 5.8-magnitude quake struck Bulgaria early Tuesday, triggering panic among local residents who ran into the streets in their pyjamas, and some minor damage, but no casualties were reported. 2012-05-22T06:52:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/14+killed++30+injured+in+Indian+train+collision/-/1068/1410980/-/mbcs8j/-/index.html At least 14 people were killed and about 30 injured on Tuesday when a passenger train collided with a stationary goods train in southern India, a local railway official told AFP. 2012-05-22T06:19:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Afghans+will+not+stand+alone+Obama+/-/1068/1410480/-/me1ugk/-/index.html US President Barack Obama vows the international community will not abandon Afghanistan 2012-05-21T15:39:52Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Bee+Gees+star+Robin+Gibb+dies+/-/1068/1410472/-/108d7s6/-/index.html Bee Gees star Robin Gibb has died aged 62 having lost his battle against cancer. 2012-05-21T15:34:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Prosecutors+probe+new+Strauss+Kahn+rape+case+/-/1068/1410468/-/g35fyb/-/index.html Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s legal woes deepens 2012-05-21T15:33:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Eclipse+ring+of+fire+wows+Asian+US+sky+gazers+/-/1068/1410466/-/1069qhkz/-/index.html Millions turn their eyes to the sky on both sides of the Pacific as a solar eclipse creates a "ring of fire" 2012-05-21T15:26:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Serb+nationalist+Nikolic+wins+presidential+vote+/-/1068/1409898/-/obv3sl/-/index.html Serb nationalist Tomislav Nikolic upset the odds to defeat incumbent Boris Tadic in a presidential run-off Sunday but vowed to pursue his predecessor's drive for the Balkans nation to join the EU. 2012-05-20T20:00:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Saudi+Kings+unity+call+causes+jitters+in+the+Gulf+/-/1068/1410102/-/7vwxoaz/-/index.html Arab nations bordering the Persian Gulf often feel as comfortable as Maasai herders in a manyatta (hut) would 2012-05-20T18:41:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Blast+goes+off+near+UN+observers+in+Damascus+suburb+AFP+/-/1068/1409906/-/8vcumoz/-/index.html A powerful blast went off within a few metres of a team of UN truce monitors visiting the Damascus suburb of Douma on Sunday, an AFP correspondent reported. 2012-05-20T16:04:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Pakistan+blocks+Twitter+over+Prophet+cartoons+/-/1068/1409892/-/7tpymz/-/index.html Pakistan blocked Twitter on Sunday, saying the website had refused to remove posts promoting a Facebook competition involving caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. 2012-05-20T15:56:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Strong+Italy+quake+kills+at+least+six+/-/1068/1409848/-/w06ovr/-/index.html A powerful earthquake shook Italy's industrial and densely populated northeast early Sunday, killing at least six people 2012-05-20T15:35:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Three+dead+50+hurt+in+northern+Italy+quake/-/1068/1409570/-/l8ft8mz/-/index.html Panicked people rushed into the streets when a powerful earthquake shook northern Italy 2012-05-20T06:26:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Activists+planned+Obama+HQ+attack+prosecutors+/-/1068/1409528/-/11yoykwz/-/index.html Three NATO summit activists arrested on terrorism charges were plotting an attack on President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters 2012-05-19T18:05:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Quake+strikes+western+Turkey/-/1068/1409396/-/otbtpkz/-/index.html A 4.6-magnitude earthquake strikes western Turkey, but causes no deaths or injuries, Anatolia news agency reports. 2012-05-19T15:59:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Blind+China+activist+leaves+for+US+with+family+/-/1068/1409384/-/ehfmqmz/-/index.html Blind activist Chen Guangcheng and his family leave China on a plane bound for the United States 2012-05-19T15:47:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Obama+faces+tough+choices+in+bid+for+second+term+/-/1068/1409380/-/135e729/-/index.html The message of hope and change that reverberated so powerfully for Barack Obama four years ago is unlikely to have the same effect 2012-05-19T15:39:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/-/1068/1409370/-/2ubsmtz/-/index.html Engineers abort the launch of a privately built spacecraft on a landmark mission to the International Space Station 2012-05-19T15:27:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/One+dead++six+hurt+in+Italy+school+blast+/-/1068/1408992/-/al130f/-/index.html A bomb went off in front of a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi on Saturday, killing one student and injuring six as they were going into class, a local emergency official said. 2012-05-19T07:55:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Regime+forces+fire+at+Syria+protesters+/-/1068/1408770/-/whqkmkz/-/index.html Regime forces fired at protesters who took to the streets of Aleppo today, wounding several people at the biggest rally seen in Syria’s second city since a revolt erupted last year, a watchdog said. 2012-05-18T18:03:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Disco+legend+Donna+Summer+dead+from+cancer/-/1068/1408172/-/13eghk7/-/index.html Grammy-winning disco legend Donna Summer died Thursday after a battle with cancer, aged 63 2012-05-17T16:57:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Yemen+army+says+Qaeda+routed+from+southern+town/-/1068/1407956/-/9b8py9/-/index.html Yemeni troops sent Al-Qaeda fighters fleeing from the southern city of Loder on Thursday and pressed 2012-05-17T14:55:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Hollande+appoints+envoy+on+Colombia+kidnap+reporter/-/1068/1407954/-/bwdvf6/-/index.html French President Francois Hollande on Thursday appointed an envoy to a group set up to help secure 2012-05-17T14:53:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Italy+deploys+police+to+protect+550+people+after+shooting/-/1068/1407950/-/sv7f3k/-/index.html Italy has deployed 2,000 officers to protect 550 people after the shooting of a nuclear company 2012-05-17T14:52:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Syria+opposition+chief+resigns+amid+infighting/-/1068/1407948/-/3xcompz/-/index.html Syrian National Council chief Burhan Ghalioun said Thursday he is resigning to avert divisions 2012-05-17T14:50:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/New+French+government+to+take+a+pay+cut/-/1068/1407626/-/l4bmg4z/-/index.html France's new government, under Socialist President Francois Hollande, gets down to work Thursday with the first order of business on their agenda being a pay cut for themselves. 2012-05-17T07:46:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Spain+refuses+ETA+talks+demands+disbandment+/-/1068/1407136/-/176cr8/-/index.html The Spanish government insists Basque separatist group ETA must disband unconditionally 2012-05-16T13:13:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Cameron+says+eurozone+must+shape+up+/-/1068/1407132/-/mp86ro/-/index.html British Prime Minister David Cameron tells eurozone leaders to sort out their debt problems soon 2012-05-16T13:09:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Jihadists+threaten+to+kill+Spanish+hostage/-/1068/1407130/-/i0x0fgz/-/index.html A west African Al-Qaeda splinter group has threatened to kill a Spanish hostage kidnapped in western Algeria last year 2012-05-16T13:06:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/New+French+cabinet+to+be+unveiled+/-/1068/1407126/-/be1n3kz/-/index.html The new French government line-up under Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will be unveiled late on Wednesday 2012-05-16T13:04:19Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Bosnia+war+crimes+trial+of+Mladic+opens/-/1068/1406958/-/12k1fo6z/-/index.html The trial of wartime Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic opened before a UN court Wednesday, where he faces charges for some of the worst atrocities committed in Europe since World War II. 2012-05-16T08:18:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Strauss+Kahn+files+suit+against+New+York+maid+/-/1068/1406656/-/dfqb46z/-/index.html Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn files a $1million countersuit against the New York hotel maid 2012-05-15T17:38:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Brooks+among++six+charged+in+UK+hacking+case+/-/1068/1406648/-/uhhsjyz/-/index.html Rebekah Brooks, her husband and four others are charged with trying to conceal evidence 2012-05-15T17:32:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Obama+support+for+gays+political/-/1068/1406638/-/vc3cmc/-/index.html Most Americans believe President Barack Obama came out in favour of gay marriage for political reasons. 2012-05-15T17:25:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Hollande+sworn+in+as+French+president+amid+euro+turmoil/-/1068/1406156/-/145o05cz/-/index.html Socialist leader Francois Hollande was sworn in as president of France on Tuesday at a solemn ceremony overshadowed by the catastrophic debt crisis threatening to unravel the eurozone. 2012-05-15T09:13:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Hollande+to+be+sworn+in+as+French+president/-/1068/1406088/-/miqribz/-/index.html Socialist Francois Hollande was to be sworn in as France's president Tuesday before naming a prime minister and dashing to Germany to battle with Berlin over how to tackle Europe's debt crisis. 2012-05-15T06:12:40Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Hain+quits+UK+politics+front+line+/-/1068/1405580/-/lr8ikoz/-/index.html Peter Hain, a key figure in the sporting boycott of apartheid South Africa, announces he is stepping down 2012-05-14T13:01:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Nepal+plane+crash+kills+15+six+survive/-/1068/1405578/-/hsem7hz/-/index.html A small plane crashes near a treacherous high-altitude airport in northern Nepal on Monday, killing 15 people 2012-05-14T12:59:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Dalai+Lama+to+meet+Cameron+/-/1068/1405576/-/7l2vd3/-/index.html The Dalai Lama is to meet British Prime Minister David Cameron during a visit to London 2012-05-14T12:57:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Mexican+police+find+49+headless+bodies/-/1068/1405400/-/9sd3xi/-/index.html Mexican investigators on Monday searched for perpetrators of a heinous drug-war massacre 2012-05-14T07:50:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Hollande+faces+bruising++entry+onto+world+stage++/-/1068/1405012/-/kvcy0qz/-/index.html The moment France’s president-elect Francois Hollande is sworn in on Tuesday, he leaves his cosy post-election no-man’s land 2012-05-13T15:01:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/France+and+Greece+out+to+change+Europe+/-/1068/1405008/-/gngq2pz/-/index.html Two politicians have within a week thrown the spanner into the eurozone’s prevailing economic thinking. It isn’t all that bad. 2012-05-13T14:59:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Cuba+Raul+Castro+backs+gay+rights+/-/1068/1405004/-/viodft/-/index.html Cuban President Raul Castro backs greater gay rights and ending discrimination against homosexuals, his daughter Mariela, a famed sexologist 2012-05-13T14:57:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/A+year+later+things+get++worse+for+ex+IMF+chief+/-/1068/1405002/-/2m858t/-/index.html Time doesn’t heal for Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Things only get worse. 2012-05-13T14:56:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Romney+courts+young+evangelicals+/-/1068/1404708/-/1knspk/-/index.html Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney was at America’s largest Christian university 2012-05-12T17:17:32Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Why+gay+is+a+campaign++issue+in+US+/-/1068/1404702/-/m1ko9i/-/index.html One of former Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s many uninspired decisions was to choose Sarah Palin as his running mate for the 2008 election. 2012-05-12T17:13:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Syria+troops+fire+on+protesters+/-/1068/1404218/-/11bhhdl/-/index.html Syrian troops shot and wounded protesters in the capital, activists said, as thousands demonstrated across the country a day after twin bombings killed dozens of people in Damascus. 2012-05-11T17:21:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Victims+kin+hurls+shoe+at+Breivik+in+Norway+trial+/-/1068/1404216/-/83wmab/-/index.html A family member of one of Anders Behring Breivik’s 69 victims in his shooting massacre on Norway’s Utoeya island last July threw a shoe at him in court on yesterday, screaming “you killer, go to Hell!” 2012-05-11T17:20:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/British+queens+jubilee+kicks+off+/-/1068/1404214/-/s1n9bc/-/index.html Hundreds of horses and 1,000 performers from around the world staged a glittering pageant in Britain in a stirring start to the major celebrations for Queen Elizabeth’s diamond jubilee. 2012-05-11T17:20:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Obama+vow+on+same+sex+marriages+hailed++/-/1068/1404212/-/2s6iggz/-/index.html US President Barack Obama said late Thursday gay marriage is a “logical” milestone towards a fairer America, as he was feted at a Hollywood fundraiser tipped to make a cool $15 million. 2012-05-11T17:20:52Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/-/1068/1403544/-/2ufx2hz/-/index.html Two suicide bombers killed at least 55 people and wounded nearly 400 in the Syrian capital Damascus today, authorities said, in the deadliest attacks of the country’s 14-month uprising. 2012-05-10T17:06:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Obama+makes+history+as+he+supports+gay+marriage+/-/1068/1403542/-/os6dsk/-/index.html US President Barack Obama took a calculated gamble and stepped into the political unknown with his firm public backing for gay marriage, after a long period of personal soul searching. 2012-05-10T17:06:53Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Mexico+police+find+12+dead+apparent+gangland+victims/-/1068/1402806/-/cvnanxz/-/index.html Police acting on a tip-off found the dismembered, decapitated bodies of 12 people Wednesday 2012-05-09T16:58:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/European+rights+court+clears+way+for+Qatada+extradition/-/1068/1402804/-/4ki83ez/-/index.html Radical cleric and terror suspect Abu Qatada lost his bid Wednesday for top European Court 2012-05-09T16:56:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Blast+hits+UN+observer+convoy+in+Syria/-/1068/1402796/-/o8uvmb/-/index.html A roadside blast hit troops escorting UN observers in Syria's south on Wednesday, a day after 2012-05-09T16:54:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Sarkozy+holds+emotional+last+French+cabinet+meet/-/1068/1402790/-/12fdp55/-/index.html Outgoing French leader Nicolas Sarkozy's cabinet met for a last session Thursday as president-elect 2012-05-09T16:52:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Blast+hits+UN+observer+convoy+in+Syria/-/1068/1402542/-/o8utwu/-/index.html A blast hit troops escorting UN observers in Syria's restive south Wednesday 2012-05-09T10:57:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Bomber+in+Qaeda+plot+was+double+agent+reports/-/1068/1402432/-/11l6kn7z/-/index.html The man ordered by Al-Qaeda's branch in Yemen to blow up a US-bound airliner was a double agent who infiltrated the group and volunteered for the suicide attack, with Saudi intelligence likely playing a key role, US media reported Tuesday. 2012-05-09T08:08:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/France+unwed+first+lady+may++pose+problems+/-/1068/1402364/-/10hhaeuz/-/index.html Taking over from a supermodel should not be a problem for Valerie Trierweiler, who has plenty of glamour of her own, but making state visits abroad as France’s first unmarried first lady just might. 2012-05-09T06:36:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Pakistan+militants+vow+holy+war+for+bin+Laden/-/1068/1401890/-/13yfemsz/-/index.html Militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan on Tuesday distributed pamphlets pledging holy war 2012-05-08T13:55:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Pressure+builds+on+Frances+Hollande+over+EU+debt+plans/-/1068/1401888/-/o16bdlz/-/index.html Pressure built on president-elect Francois Hollande to stand by France's austerity vows Tuesday 2012-05-08T13:53:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/UN+inspector+dies+in+Iran+car+crash/-/1068/1401886/-/u1oa0t/-/index.html A UN nuclear inspector was killed and another injured in a car accident in central Iran 2012-05-08T13:51:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Court+orders+India+to+scrap+hajj+subsidies/-/1068/1401884/-/u8bifuz/-/index.html India's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the government to scrap subsidised travel for tens of thousands 2012-05-08T13:48:52Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Santorum+endorses+ex+rival+Romney+/-/1068/1401616/-/15buce3z/-/index.html Conservative Republican Rick Santorum has endorsed Republican presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney 2012-05-08T06:05:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/US+foils+Al+Qaeda+underwear+bomb+plot+/-/1068/1401610/-/n5xlkfz/-/index.html The United States has foiled a plot by Al-Qaeda's branch in Yemen to blow up a US-bound passenger jet 2012-05-08T05:57:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Putin+sworn+in+as+Russian+president/-/1068/1401018/-/j47r98/-/index.html Vladimir Putin on Monday took his oath of office to become Russia's president for a historic third mandate at a glittering ceremony inside the Kremlin. 2012-05-07T09:27:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/US+released+high+level+Afghan+insurgents+report+/-/1068/1400934/-/137my51/-/index.html The United States has for years been freeing "high-level" detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan 2012-05-07T08:00:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Clinton+wants+female+US+president+in+her+lifetime+/-/1068/1400932/-/nv2xoez/-/index.html Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday she hoped the United States would elect a woman 2012-05-07T07:58:05Z