http://www.aptnvideo.net/Browse/News.do Latest 24 hours of APTN News Mon, 6 Feb 2012 20:48:09 +0100 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 20:48:09 +0100 APTN News http://www.aptnvideo.net/images/browse/aptn_logo_rss.gif http://www.aptnvideo.net/Browse/News.do Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme welcomed the decision on Monday to strip Alberto Contador of his Tour de France title but said the procedure to reach the decision took too long. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:30:33 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211336 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211336 Queen Elizabeth II marked 60 years on the throne on Monday with a message thanking all those who had supported her over her reign and reaffirming her dedication to serving the British people. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:23:23 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211332 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211332 A dam in southern Bulgaria burst on Monday after days of heavy rain, sending an eight-foot-high (2.5-metre) torrent surging through a village along the Greek border. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:39:09 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211331 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211331 Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by a strong earthquake on Monday that shook a central Philippine island and set off landslides. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:24:22 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211330 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211330 Egyptian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on Monday criticised a decision by the country's military rulers to refer 43 employees of non-profit groups to trial on accusations they illegally used foreign funds to foment unrest in the country. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:19:02 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211325 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211325 Britain has recalled its ambassador from Syria for consultations on the escalating violence in the country, its Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:37:57 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211324 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211324 Senior Hamas and PLO officials on Monday hailed an agreement brokered between rival Palestinian factions to bring the two sides closer on the political arena. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:33:21 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211322 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211322 Bosnian rescue services evacuated patients from remote villages in the east of the country, as more snowfall covered the area Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:29:47 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211321 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211321 The right-wing extremist who has admitted killing 77 people in the worst peacetime massacre that Norway has ever seen Monday told a court that he deserved a medal of honour for the bloodshed and demanded to be set free. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:23:02 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211320 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211320 The US closed its embassy in Damascus on Monday and pulled all diplomats out of Syria as it stepped up pressure on President Bashar Assad to leave power. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:35:31 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211318 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211318 A Syrian opposition spokesman on Monday criticised Russia and China for vetoing a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at ending the bloodshed in Syria. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:29:51 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211317 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211317 Residents of the Spanish town of Pinto have reacted with dismay to the decision to strip cyclist Alberto Contador of his Tour de France title and ban him for two years for doping Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:29:36 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211315 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211315 Thousands of people in Taiwan on Monday marked the Lantern Festival - the traditional end of the Lunar New Year holiday. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:17:45 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211314 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211314 People across Europe were digging out from heavy snow on Monday after a week of bitter cold in which the number of dead - most of them homeless - continued to rise by the day. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:53:01 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211313 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211313 Syrian government forces shelled the central city of Homs on Monday, striking a makeshift medical clinic and residential areas and killing at least 23 people in the third day of a new assault on the epicentre of the country's uprising, activists said. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:45:34 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211312 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211312 A group of pro-government Iranian students gathered outside the parliament building in Tehran on Monday in an attempt to urge the government to halt oil exports to Europe immediately. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:51:40 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211311 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211311 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took a decisive step toward reconciliation with the Islamic militant group Hamas on Monday, agreeing to head an interim unity government that would prepare for elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:51:46 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211310 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211310 Protesters gathered outside the Chinese embassy in Libya's capital on Monday to show their frustration at Beijing's decision to veto a UN draft resolution on Syria. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:31:35 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211308 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211308 Tributes poured in to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday as she marked 60 years on the throne with a message vowing to continue serving the British people. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:04:27 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211306 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211306 Turkey's president said on Monday that the situation in neighbouring Syria had "taken a turn for the worst" and called again on President Bashar Assad to step down. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:07:13 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211305 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211305 France and Germany called on Monday for the creation of a special account to ensure that (b) billions of euros in bailout money for Greece goes directly to paying down debt, just as Greek politicians struggle to agree a fresh austerity plan that is being pushed for by international creditors. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:31 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211302 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211302 Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title on Monday and banned for two years after sport's highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:31:05 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211301 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211301 Millions of Chinese people marked the Lantern Festival on Monday - the traditional end of the Lunar New Year holiday. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:58:53 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211298 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211298 Rescue workers struggled to reach dozens of people trapped in the rubble of a factory that collapsed in an eastern Pakistani city on Monday. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:26:29 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211296 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211296 A strong earthquake in a central Philippine island killed at least 13 people on Monday. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:14:22 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211295 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211295 Clashes between police and protesters continued for a fifth day near the Egyptian Interior Ministry in Cairo on Monday. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:41:16 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211293 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211293 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested on Monday that the West is whipping up hysteria over Russia's vote at the United Nations Security Council on Syria. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:30:30 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211292 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211292 France was hosting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her ministers for a joint Cabinet meeting with fellow eurozone member Greece on Monday, which is again teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:29:53 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211291 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211291 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II marked 60 years on the throne on Monday with a message thanking all those who have supported her over her reign and reaffirming her dedication to serving the British people. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:52:15 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211290 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211290 Parties backing Greece's coalition government are to meet again on Monday in an effort to reach an austerity deal with rescue creditors, needed to avert bankruptcy in March, after a fruitless weekend of negotiations. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:28:24 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211289 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211289 Romanian prime minister Emil Boc announced the immediate resignation of himself and his government on Monday, saying he wanted to protect the stability of the country. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:20:42 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211288 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211288 A goat took police on a wild chase in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday, causing traffic delays and surprising onlookers. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 09:43:33 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211287 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211287 Syrian troops were reported to have continued their assault on the restive city of Homs on Monday. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 09:42:32 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211286 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211286 China said on Monday it was forced to veto a United Nations vote on Syria because it was called before differences in the proposal were bridged, but added it wants to play a constructive role in ending violence there. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:51:33 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211285 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211285 Clashes between protesters and security forces continued for a fifth day in the Egyptian capital on Monday, not far from the Interior Ministry. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:14:41 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211284 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211284 Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National Geographic said Sunday. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 07:27:15 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211283 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211283 Mike deGruy, an award-winning American cinematographer who spent three decades making documentary films about the ocean, has been killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia. He was 60. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 07:22:23 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211279 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211279 A three-story factory building collapsed in a city in eastern Pakistan, killing at least one person and trapping around 40 others, officials said. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 06:27:53 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211278 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211278 Tens of thousands of visitors gathered on Monday at Sapporo's 63rd annual snow festival to view intricately detailed, ice sculptures of famous monuments and buildings, including a 15-metre high replica of Tsuruga Castle in Aizu Wakamatsu City in Fukushima. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 05:29:06 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211277 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211277 Residents of St. George in Australia's Queensland state were on Monday anxiously waiting to see if their town's levees would protect their homes from the floodwaters, local media reported. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 05:26:33 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211276 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211276 Taiwan's new Premier and the newly appointed members of his cabinet were sworn in on Monday at a simple ceremony at the Executive Yuan, the administrative office of Taiwan's government. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:04:20 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211273 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211273 Asian stock markets climbed Monday after US unemployment fell to its lowest in three years, suggesting a stronger recovery in the world's No. 1 economy that could benefit the region's exporters. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 03:32:21 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211271 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211271 Days after a judge ruled against him in a child custody hearing, a father and his two young sons were killed on Sunday when police said he intentionally blew up a house with all three inside. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211270 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211270 The annual Carnival of Venice is the highlight of the famous Italian city's calendar and is an occasion perhaps best symbolised by the famous Venetian mask. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:32:07 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211264 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211264 President Barack Obama said Sunday he does not think Israel has decided whether to attack Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, a standoff that has the Middle East on edge. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:31:55 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211263 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211263 Mexico's ruling National Action Party (PAN) held its primary elections on Sunday to choose its presidential candidate for July's elections. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:31:57 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211262 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211262 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and other leaders of the eight-nation Bolivarian Alliance bloc, or ALBA, condemned on Sunday what they called the "systematic interference" of foreign countries in Syria's political future. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:01:37 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211259 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211259 French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Sunday that Russia and China were taking on a grave responsibility for the lives of Syrian people, after the two blocked a United Nations attempt to end nearly 11 months of bloodshed in the country. MORE TO FOLLOW Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:16:23 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211253 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211253 Rescuers have recovered 16 bodies and pulled 11 survivors from white-capped waters off the coastal town of Sabana de la Mar after an overloaded boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic capsized, officials said on Sunday. Sun, 5 Feb 2012 22:58:10 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211252 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211252 Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who was toppled by a 1989 American invasion and later convicted of drug running, was transferred from prison to a hospital on Sunday, possibly because of a stroke, police said. Sun, 5 Feb 2012 22:59:39 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211251 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211251 A former finance minister won Finland's presidential election on Sunday and will become the country's first conservative head of state in five decades. Sun, 5 Feb 2012 21:01:09 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211244 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211244 Thousands of Palestinians have had their lives disrupted by Israeli restrictions on residency in the West Bank and Gaza, according to a Human Rights Watch report released on Sunday. Sun, 5 Feb 2012 21:04:00 +0100 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211243 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=211243