News Headlines - 25 January 2011

▽BBC World Service will close 5 overseas services - Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2528403520110125
The BBC World Service, part of Britain's state-backed public broadcaster, will shut down five overseas services in response to a cut in its funding from the foreign ministry, it said on Tuesday.

▽Cabinet never ‘knew score’ on Iraq - Financial Times 
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc2058f8-28b6-11e0-aa18-00144feab49a.html#axzz1C5rS3X7k
Tony Blair never showed key documents on Iraq to his cabinet colleagues and left ministers “imprisoned” in a position of choosing between his downfall or that of Saddam Hussein, according to his former cabinet secretary.

▽Egypt protests: Eyewitness accounts - BBC 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12282978
Thousands of people took part in rare anti-government protests in Egypt after an internet campaign inspired by the uprising in Tunisia.

▽After bombing, Russia's leaders place blame on airport - Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/25/AR2011012501239.html?hpid=topnews
Assigning blame in the wake of the suicide bombing at Domodedovo Airport, Russian leaders Tuesday drew a clear line between those responsible for security at the airport and those whose job it is to fight terrorism nationally.

▽Anger In Lebanon As Hezbollah Backs Sunni PM - Sky News
http://news.sky.com/
In a fundamental shift in power, Shia militant organisation Hezbollah has gained control of the Lebanese government.