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February 23rd, 2009

World Links: Bombing in Cairo; Celebrations in Mubai

A Guantanamo detainee who says he was tortured while in U.S. custody returns home to the U.K.

Three Egyptians are arrested after a bombing in a busy Cairo market injures nearly 20 people and kills at least one, a French tourist.

Two aid workers are killed in Darfur as tensions mount in anticipation of a decision from the International Criminal Court on whether or not to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.

Meeting in Berlin, European leaders call for global financial regulation.

Indians celebrate the Oscar success of Slumdog Millionaire.

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