LONDON, ENGLAND-Violence has continued to escalate and has now spread to four cities in England. Unrest has made itself known in Liverpool, Nottingham, Birmingham and Bristol, spreading there from London in the days since the shooting of Mark Duggan. 16,000 police officers have been called out to try and quell the violence.
China's most politically explosive trial in recent memory ended in a matter of hours Thursday when Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, did not object to murder charges against her.
As Iran hosted international envoys to the Iranian capital of Tehran, to discuss ways to end the conflict in Syria, Syrian forces pummeled the commercial capital of Aleppo today.
TOKYO-Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon brought a message of international solidarity to parts of eastern Japan still reeling from the effects of the 'triple disasters' triggered by the tsunami, earthquake and nuclear accident that struck earlier this year.