Iraqi officials have said they believe Sunni militants linked to al-Qaeda were responsible for a bloody siege on Tuesday, in which more than 50 people were killed.
The violence took place at a local government building in Tikrit. A fierce gun battle ended when the attackers, numbering about eight, blew themselves up.
World News from the BBC.
The United States Supreme Court has been hearing evidence on whether a major sex discrimination case can go ahead against the retail giant Wal-Mart. A group of former Wal-Mart employees want to bring a class action lawsuit
on behalf of
more than a million women who work for the company. Rajini Vaidyanathan now reports from Washington.
In one corner, it’s the world’s largest retailer; in the other, a group of its own employees. Six women who worked for the company Wal-Mart alleged they were unfairly
overlook
ed for pay rises and promotion in favour of less experienced male colleagues. If the Supreme Court decides it should go ahead, it would mean more than a million women who’ve worked for the retail store since 1998 would be eligible for a pay-out. Wal-Mart denies any claims of sexism, saying it’s won awards for its female-friendly policies and it has many senior women employees.
An American university says it will appeal against the decision to fine it over a campus rampage in 2007 by a gunman, who killed 32 people. The US Department of Education levied the