deliberately
directed at civilians. It's not clear exactly what the Syrian forces are targeting, whether they are trying to deliberately hit military targets of the Free Syrian Army, but whatever their intention, civilians are undoubtedly
bearing the brunt
.
Security forces in the Maldives have used batons and fired tear gas to break up a rally in the capital Male in support of the former President Mohamed Nasheed. Andrew North reports.
I'm in the main square in Male where large numbers of army and police in
riot gear
are still
cordoning it off
after the clashes with supporters of the former President Mohamed Nasheed. We saw several of his supporters being taken away in plastic handcuffs, among them, one of his top aides. The former president himself is reported to have been injured in the clashes, and he is now thought to be in his home. People are still
lingering
around the square, denouncing what they say was a coup. There's a smell of tear gas in the air and still a sense that there could be more trouble.
The Mexican navy has found two mass graves containing at least 10 bodies in the eastern state of Veracruz. They said they'd been led to the graves by a man they'd arrested on Tuesday, who said that he was a member of the country's most powerful drug gang, the Zetas.
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After more than two decades of
drilling
, Russian scientists say they've reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake in Antarctica. Lake Vostok is beneath nearly 4km of ice. Jonathan Amos reports.