NEWS French fighter jets struck deep inside Islamist strongholds in northern Mali on Sunday, shoving aside months of international hesitation about storming the region after every other effort by the United States and its allies to thwart the extremists had failed. Adam Nossiter, Eric Schmitt and and Mark Mazzetti report.
An Egyptian appeals court on Sunday threw out the guilty verdict and life sentence against former President Hosni Mubarak on charges that he allowed the killing of protesters. The court ordered a new trial, which would once again send the ailing autocrat rolling on a stretcher into the steel defendant’s cage in an Egyptian criminal court. David D. Kirkpatrick reports from Cairo.
For many Greeks, new mining operations are a symbol of their country’s willingness to accept any economic development, regardless of the environmental cost. Suzanne Daley reports from Ierissos, Greece.
Cubans will be allowed to spend more time overseas before they forfeit their residency, a concession that reflects the government’s desire for closer ties with Cubans living abroad. Victoria Burnett reports from Havana.
An outspoken former prime minister and the current foreign minister will face each other in the Czech Republic’s presidential runoff in two weeks, according to the results of the first round of voting released Saturday. This is the first direct popular vote for a head of state in the Czech Republic.The winner will succeed President Vaclav Klaus, a vociferous critic of the European Union who has dominated Czech politics for decades. Dan Bilefsky reports.
ARTS Hundreds of organizations have chosen the name Bauhaus: from a Hong Kong furniture store and a solar energy conference in Frankfurt, to a Madrid investment bank and a hostel in the Belgian city of Bruges. What’s in a name? Alice Rawsthorn on design.
FASHION It should have been the kickoff celebration of 60 years in fashion. Instead, there was a pall of sadness over the Missoni show Sunday as the search continued for the small plane that disappeared Jan. 7 in Venezuela with Vittorio Missoni, the son who always wore the brightest and cuddliest of the family’s iconic knits. Suzy Menkes writes from Milan.
SPORTS Wu Di is the first Chinese man to play singles in any Grand Slam tournament in the 45-year-old Open era. Christopher Clarey reports from the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Real’s coach, José Mourinho, virtually conceded the title following his team’s goalless draw Saturday in Pamplona, against the club at the bottom of the standings, Osasuna. Rob Hughes on soccer.
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