http://www.news24.com/ Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wed, 16 May 2012 13:57:10 +0200 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:10:29 +0200 Founded in the early days of the Cold War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has grown into a collective defence group of 28 nations from North America and Europe. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Nato-The-worlds-biggest-defence-alliance-20120516 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:10:28 +0200 More than 30 Aboriginal rights activists have been arrested in Brisbane after refusing an order to dismantle their protest camp, prompting accusations of excessive police force. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Police-break-up-Aboriginal-protest-camp-20120516 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:10:29 +0200 Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she will not oppose a freeze on US sanctions but has urged caution, warning that her country could backtrack after reforms. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Cautious-Suu-Kyi-nod-to-US-sanctions-freeze-20120516 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:01:13 +0200 Indonesian investigators have expressed hope that the newly found cockpit voice recorder from a Russian airliner will help answer why the aircraft crashed into a mountain. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Focus-on-voice-recorder-in-Russian-crash-20120516 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:01:15 +0200 Australia has pledged to contribute $300m to Afghanistan in the years following the withdrawal of foreign troops to assist local forces with the transition. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Australia-pledges-300-to-Afghanistan-20120516 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:01:16 +0200 Russian riot police have broken up an Occupy-style protest against President Vladimir Putin, forcing dozens of people out of a central Moscow park and detaining at least 15. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Police-disperse-anti-Putin-sit-in-20120516 Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:09 +0200 A bomb targeting a hardline former interior minister has killed two of his bodyguards and injured at least 39 people in Bogota's uptown commercial district. http://www.news24.com/World/News/2-dead-as-Bogota-bomb-targets-ex-minister-20120516 Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:10 +0200 Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou has been fined $17 000 by electoral authorities for urging his Facebook followers on polling day to vote for him, say electoral authorities. http://www.news24.com/World/News/President-fined-for-Facebook-campaigning-20120516 Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:11 +0200 Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney has won primary ballots in Oregon and Nebraska, partial results show, moving him a step closer to winning his party's formal nomination. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Romney-wins-Oregon-Nebraska-primaries-20120516 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:10:41 +0200 German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande say they've agreed to discuss ways to generate economic growth in Europe. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Hollande-Merkel-pledge-to-seek-growth-20120515 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:10:43 +0200 The deal that ended the Palestinian prisoners' mass hunger strike has proved the growing success of the Palestinian strategy of non-violent protest. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Middle-East-Non-violent-protest-a-success-20120515 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:10:44 +0200 The UN's observer mission in Syria has been caught up in a burst of violence captured on video, with a roadside bomb damaging its cars. http://www.news24.com/World/News/UN-observers-caught-up-in-Syrian-violence-20120516 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:08:43 +0200 Debt-stricken Greece must prepare for its second elections in less than two months after failing to form a government, exacerbating the eurozone crisis. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Greece-prepares-for-2nd-election-20120516 Wed, 16 May 2012 08:53:51 +0200 George W Bush has praised the Arab spring in the Middle East, saying the US and other countries can't fear the spread of freedom. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Bush-touts-Arab-spring-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 22:47:53 +0200 The United Nations' nuclear watchdog and Iran will meet again next week after a "good exchange of views" during two days of talks on the Islamic state's atomic programme. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Nuclear-watchdog-and-Iran-agree-to-talk-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 22:47:53 +0200 A well-funded US non-profit group using the internet to find a centrist candidate to run for president has failed to generate enough interest in any one nominee. http://www.news24.com/World/News/US-3rd-party-cant-find-president-nominee-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 22:47:54 +0200 A woman who suffered multiple gunshot wounds in last year's shooting spree in Norway has recalled at the trial of accused gunman Anders Behring Breivik how close she was to dying. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Breivik-survivor-felt-death-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 21:12:37 +0200 Italian fashion firm Benetton is making a donation to a Catholic charity to end a legal dispute with the Vatican over an ad that showed Pope Benedict kissing an imam on the lips. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Vatican-Benetton-settle-pope-kiss-dispute-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 21:11:08 +0200 French officials say that new President Francois Hollande's plane has been hit by lightning but no one is hurt. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Inauspicious-start-to-Hollandes-term-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 19:00:46 +0200 The answer is blowing in the wind? UK panel hears varied reasons for airport clearance waits. http://www.news24.com/World/News/UK-airport-delays-blamed-on-wind-staff-20120515 Tue, 15 May 2012 19:47:38 +0200