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World / Sri Lanka Last-minute reprieve for Sri Lankan deportees 31 May 2012 Jonathan Miller

Scores of Sri Lankans, due to have been deported from the UK on a government charter flight on Thursday afternoon, have had their removal orders overturned by high court judges.

World Syria denies role in Houla massacre 31 May 2012 Channel 4 News

With the systematic slaughter of dozens of non-combatants, the evidence on the ground in the Syrian town of Houla is of a war crime. But Syria's government is saying it had no hand in the massacre.

Answers in Houla are hard to come by 31 May 2012

Alex Thomson blogs on the aftermath of the Houla massacre, and why the survivors may never get the answers they deserve.

Battling with the pre-book tour nerves 31 May 2012

International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs on her forthcoming US bok tour - and a bad case of Pre-Book Tour Nerves.

World / Ireland Irish vote on austerity in shadow of Greek chaos 31 May 2012 Channel 4 News

As Greece implodes under tough fiscal reform Ireland, the IMF's 'austerity poster boy', votes on belt-tightening measures in a referendum too close to call.

World / Syria Syria recalled to UN as new killings uncovered 30 May 2012 Channel 4 News

Channel 4 News challenges the Syrian ambassador before the UN Human Rights Council's special session probing the Houla massacre after 13 more bodies are discovered.

The searing grief of Houla's survivors 30 May 2012

Alex Thomson blogs on the searing grief felt by those left behind after the Houla massacre.

World / Liberia Charles Taylor's reign of terror in Liberia 30 May 2012 Channel 4 News

As Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison, Channel 4 News Foreign Editor Ben de Pear says his reign of terror in Liberia should not be forgotten.

World / Thailand Aung San Suu Kyi welcomed by Thai crowds 30 May 2012 Channel 4 News

Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi receives a rapturous reception in Thailand by crowds celebrating her first trip outside Myanmar in nearly a quarter of a century.

World / Liberia Charles Taylor jailed for fifty years 30 May 2012 Channel 4 News

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has been jailed at the UN-backed special court for Sierra Leone in the Hague for aiding and abetting war crimes during Sierra Leone's civil war.

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