At least 25 people are killed and 40 wounded in a truck bombing in the market place of the
Iraqi city of
Diwaniyah.
(AP via Google News)
Business and economy
Bob Diamond resigns as the Chief Executive of British bank
Barclays following a scandal in which the bank tried to manipulate the
Libor and
Euribor interest rates systems.
(BBC)
Police search the home and offices of former French president
Nicolas Sarkozy as part of a judicial investigation into financial relations between his political camp and
L'Oréal heiress
Liliane Bettencourt.
(Reuters)
Hundreds of activists demonstrate in
Ramallah to protest against the violent dispersal of two similar rallies at the weekend in a rare expression of public discontent with the ruling party of the
Palestinian Authority headed by
Mahmud Abbas.
(AFP)