News Headlines - 29 June 2011

▽Barack Obama warns 'our work is not done' after Taliban hotel siege - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8606417/Barack-Obama-warns-our-work-is-not-done-after-Taliban-hotel-siege.html
President Barack Obama, speaking after Nato special forces ended a deadly five-hour siege in a Kabul hotel, said on Wednesday night: “Our work is not done.”

▽US imposes new sanctions on Syria - Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8cde248c-a296-11e0-83fc-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1Qi0g3LmQ
The US has imposed new sanctions on Syria in response to the violent crack down on pro-democracy demonstrators by Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

▽France drops guns to Libya tribesmen - ABC
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/30/3257138.htm?section=justin
The French government has admitted it has supplied weapons to Libyan rebels fighting Colonel Gaddafi's forces not far from the capital Tripoli.

▽Cairo street clashes leave more than 1,000 injured - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/29/cairo-street-clashes-demonstrators-police-egypt
The fiercest street fighting seen in central Cairo since the fall of Hosni Mubarak has left more than 1,000 people injured, as popular dissatisfaction with the military-led transitional government boiled over into violence.

▽Lady Gaga Denies Japan Relief Fundraiser Scam - RollingStone.com
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-denies-japan-relief-fundraiser-scam-20110629
Lady Gaga has shot down claims that her efforts to raise money for earthquake and tsunami relief in Japan with the sale of wristbands through her website was a scam.