Syria ‘profits from disappearances’
The Syria state is profiting from a black market in which people pay huge sums to find forcibly disappeared relatives, Amnesty International says. BBC News – Middle East
Craig Taylor
Caution urged on Russia jet bomb theory
Russia and Egypt urge caution over suggestions that a Russian airliner that crashed in Sinai killing 224 passengers may have been bombed. BBC News – Europe
Colombia lifts same-sex adoption limits
Colombia’s constitutional court lifts restrictions on same-sex couples adopting children. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Bush Sr critical of Rumsfeld and Cheney
Former US President George HW Bush publicly criticises Dick Cheney and Donald H Rumsfeld, in a biography due out next week. BBC News – US & Canada
PM: ‘Some time’ before Sharm Brits home
It could be “some time” before all British tourists stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh are home, the PM says, as he defends the suspension of air links. BBC News – UK
Somalia to deport illegal migrants
A Somali court orders the deportation of 27 Kenyans found to be in the country illegally, the first time in 25 years that such a ruling has been made. BBC News – Africa