USA - President Barack Obama Defends Handling of Keystone Pipeline

Published on Mar 22, 2012 by AssociatedPress

President Barack Obama is defending his administration's handling of the contentious Keystone XL pipeline, saying Congress made it impossible for him to make an informed decision. (March 22)

Mali - troops stage coup attacking the country's presidential palace hours after staging a mutiny.

Published on Mar 22, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.com/ Soldiers in Mali have attacked the country's presidential palace hours after staging a mutiny.

In what started out as a protest over the government's handling of a nomad-led rebellion in the north, has now escalated into an all out coup.

Soldiers have announced on television they have forced the president to stand down.

Belgium - Candles are lit in Leuven for Swiss bus crash victims

Published on Mar 22, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.com/ In Belgium hundreds of mourners attended a candlelit vigil in Leuven for the 28 victims of last week's bus crash in a Swiss tunnel.

The solemn ceremony was held near the church where a memorial for seven children from St. Lambertus school, who died in the accident is to be held today.

France - Gunman dead as Toulouse siege ends in shoot-out

Uploaded by telegraphtv on Mar 22, 2012

The Telegraph's Fiona Govan reports from Toulouse how the siege of Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah ended in a blaze of gunfire after French police entered the flat.