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The stories listed in the GRNLive News Advisory below are based on a collection of links from the news organisations of the world…we suggest you start here and click on through to read on their original sites - then hopefully come back for more. GRN is not responsible for the content of these external internet sites. GRNLive correspondents are available to cover these stories as listed….please contact us for any other stories you need covered and check here for stories where Hazardous Environment premiums apply.

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GRN correspondents are available from Damascus and Beirut for phoners. Telegraph: Syrian gunners have pounded the opposition stronghold where veteran American-born war correspondent Marie Colvin chronicled her last dispatch, just hours before an intense morning barrage killed her and a French photojournalist…. Read Full Post »

Faulty brakes suspected of train crash carnage Posted by Matthew Cooksey on February 23, 2012 at 3:40 AM

GRN correspondent Paul Byrne was at the scene yesterday and is available from Buenos Aires for phoners and online invisions. Euronews: There was chaos and panic in Buenos Aires central Once station following Argentina’s worst rail crash in more than three decades. At least 49 people died and more than 600 hundred were injured when a packed commuter train with over … Read Full Post »

‘Mademoiselle’ banned on official French forms Posted by Matthew Cooksey on February 23, 2012 at 3:40 AM

GRN correspondent Henry Samuel is available from Paris for phoners and online invisions. Telegraph: French feminists have scored a major victory in their fight to have the term “mademoiselle” outlawed as sexist after the prime minister’s office issued a decree banning it in official forms.

Australian PM Gillard calls leadership vote, hoping to protect job from man she took it from Posted by Matthew Cooksey on February 23, 2012 at 3:40 AM

GRN correspondent Tim Stackpool (correspondent sample) is available from Sydney for phoners and online invisions. Washington Post: Prime Minister Julia Gillard put her… Read Full Post »

Eight more bodies from Costa Concordia wreck found Posted by Matthew Cooksey on February 23, 2012 at 3:40 AM

GRN correspondents are available in Rome for phoners and online invisions. BBC: Search teams have found eight more bodies in the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia which capsized on 13 January.

Anti-American Koran demos across Afghanistan Posted by Matthew Cooksey on February 23, 2012 at 3:40 AM

GRN correspondents are available from Kabul for phoners and online invisions. BBC: Anti-American protests are taking place across Afghanistan for a third day following the burning of the Koran at a US military base.

Romney and Santorum trade barbs in Arizona debate Posted by Matthew Cooksey on February 23, 2012 at 3:35 AM

Financial Times correspondent Anna Fifield is available from Arizona for live phoners and online invisions. Guardian: Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum traded accusations over federal spending, contraception, the bailout of the car industry and healthcare reform on Wednesday night in what may have been the last in a series o… Read Full Post »

Iraq attacks kill at least 35 in Baghdad and Baquba Posted by Matthew Cooksey on February 23, 2012 at 3:35 AM

GRN correspondent Prashant Rao (correspondent sample) is available from Baghdad for phoners and online invisions. BBC: At least 35 people have been killed and dozens injured in a wave of bombings and shootings across Baghdad. Officials said the attacks appeared to be targeting ma… Read Full Post »

Egypt judge sets Mubarak verdict for June 2  Posted by Matthew Cooksey on February 23, 2012 at 3:35 AM

GRN correspondents are available in Cairo for live phoners and online invisions. AFP: The verdict in the landmark murder and corruption trial of ousted Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak has been set for June 2, Judge Ahmed Refaat said on Wednesday.

EU suspends copyright treaty ratification  Posted by Matthew Cooksey on February 23, 2012 at 3:35 AM

GRN correspondent Nicolai Hartvig is available from Brussels for phoners and online invisions. Associated Press: The European Commission, facing opposition in city streets, on the Internet and in the halls of parliament, has suspended efforts to ratify a new international anti-counterfeiting agreement, and instead will refer it to Europ… Read Full Post »

     On the morning of the 29th April 2011, the day of the media extravaganza that was the royal wedding of William and Kate I had a bit of a rude awakening. A cheerful producer from Israeli Army Radio called at 5am to inform me the morning news program would like me to speak to their listeners within an hour. “How much do you pay?” I mumbled at the producer, most likely a conscript, top of his class, who passed the almost impassable tests and was among the young Israelis lucky enough to spend their compulsory military service In Jaffa. “Pay? We don’t pay, he said, we just want to have a chat with you”. I explained that I would not be having a chat with anybody at 6am, even if he was in my very bedroom. I’m not very chatty at dawn. Let alone a chat that necessitates getting out of bed and finding out a wealth of necessary details regarding Kate Middleton’s Dress, the guest list, the arrangement around town and the excitement among the natives, and various quotes from one royal…

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      The stories listed in the GRNLive News Advisory below are based on a collection of links from the news organisations of the world…we suggest you start here and click on through to read on their original sites - then hopefully come back for more. GRN is not responsible for the content of these external internet sites. GRNLive correspondents are available to cover these stories as listed.

To book a correspondent call + 44 (0) 20 7976 5335 

UN nuclear watchdog holds talks in Iran

Washington Post correspondent Thomas Erdbrink is available from Tehran for live phone coverage. AFP: UN nuclear watchdog officials arrived in Tehran on Monday for discreet talks on Iran’s suspect atomic activities, amid a worsening international showdown that has sent tensions and oil prices soaring.

Pressed by Unrest and Money Woes, Egypt Accepts I.M.F. Loan

GRN correspondents are available from Cairo for live phoners and online invisions. New York Times: Egypt’s transitional government announced plans on Sunday to sign a loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund worth $3.2 billion, less than a year after abruptly turning its back on a loan from the international lender, according to state media.

Russia slams Latvia for rejecting second language

GRN correspondents Gary Peach is available from Riga for phone and video coverage. AFP: Moscow on Sunday slammed Latvia for rejecting Russian as a second language in a highly emotive referendum that exposed the tensions lingering in the Baltic nation since its years under Soviet rule. Saturday’s Russian-minority sponsored motion was… Read Full Post »

Man pulled out of snowed-in car after being stuck ‘for months’

GRN correspondents are available from Stockholm for live phoners and online invisions. Telegraph: A man who police claimed had been snowed in ‘for months’ has been pulled alive from a car northern Sweden.

Chinese newspaper accuses west of provoking civil war in Syria

GRN correspondents are available from Beijing for phoners and online invisions. GRN correspondents inside Syria are available for phoners. Guardian: A leading Chinese newspaper has accused western countries of stirring civil war in Syria, where police and militia patrols have clamped down on a district of the capital to prevent new demonstrations against the pres… Read Full Post »

Chinese newspaper accuses west of provoking civil war in Syria

GRN correspondents are available from Beijing for phoners and online invisions. GRN correspondents inside Syria are available for phoners. Guardian: A leading Chinese newspaper has accused western countries of stirring civil war in Syria, where police and militia patrols have clamped down on a district of the capital to prevent new demonstrations against the pres… Read Full Post »

Obama throws support behind Yemen VP days before he is to become country?s new leader

GRN correspondents Tom Finn and Kais Abu Layla are available from Sana’a for phoners.  Washington Post: President Barack Obama threw his support behind Yemen’s Vice President just days before an election expected to enshrine him as the new leader of a country the U.S. sees … Read Full Post »

Mexico prison brawl ends with 44 killed

GRN correspondent Myles Estey (correspondent sample) is available from Mexico City for live phoners and online invisions. LA Times: Dozens of inmates were killed Sunday in a fierce brawl inside a Mexican prison, authorities said, the… Read Full Post »

Putin says Russia needs strong military

GRN correspondent Shaun Walker (correspondent sample) is available from Moscow for live phone and online video coverage. Associated Press: Russia needs to modernize its military arsenals to deter others from gr… Read Full Post »

J.Lo, Fergie add celebrity attraction at Rio?s Carnival parade extravaganza at Sambadrome

GRN correspondent Renata Araujo is available in Rio de Janeiro for phoners, online invisions and satellite invisions from the AP feedpoint. Washington Post: As millions watched the sequin-clad samba dancers at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Carnival parade Sunday, at least a few eyes turned toward the stars, or at lea… Read Full Post »